Contact: +91 8113056730
Email Id: meetsajan@gmail.com
Teaching experience: 06 years
Scholarships and Fellowships
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Fredrick Barth – Sutasoma Trust fellowship for doctoral research at the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Bergen, Norway (2009 -2013). Supervisors: Prof. Andrew Lattas and Prof. Bruce Kapferer
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Norwegian Lanekassen scholarship for pursuing Mphil degree in Anthropology of Development at the University of Bergen (2006-2008). Supervisor Prof. Bruce Kapferer.
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Lauritz Meltzer grant from the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Bergen, during the PhD extension period (2013-2014)
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Fellowship from the Global Equity Initiative, Harvard University, Massachusetts, to research on the community-based palliative care movement in Northern Kerala (2006)
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Post-Doctoral Fellowship (2017) from the Indian Council for Social Science Research (ICSSR), New Delhi (declined)
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Dr. S. Radhakrishnan Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Humanities And Social Sciences (2017) from the University Grants Commission (UGC), New Delhi (declined)
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Bharat Petroleum scholarship for postgraduate studies and research at the national level (2003-05)
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Stipend to research on Intellectual Property Rights from the Centre for the Study of Developing Societies (CSDS), New Delhi (2004)
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CSDS-Sarai fellowship to research on the Information Economy and Labour Rights in Technopark, Thiruvananthapuram (2004-2005)
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University rank holder for the Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in Political Science, University of Kerala (2003, 2005)
Experiences
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Research internship at the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) between April and July, 2005.
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Supra visiting scholar at the Nordic Institute of Asian Studies (NIAS), Copenhagen, Denmark (August 2011)
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Faculty member at the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS)-Kudumbashree community college for the post graduate diploma in development praxis (2015-16)
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Research Associate, Research Unit on International migration, Centre for Development Studies (CDS), Thiruvananthapuram (2016-17)
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Invited faculty, Semester-in-India programme for American students, Center for International Academics, University of Kerala (2014)
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Expert member, PhD progress evaluation committee, Kerala Council for Historical Research, (2014 and 2015)
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Visiting lecturer at the Indian Institute of Archaeology, an institute under the Kerala Council for Historical Research (June -July, 2015)
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Member in the Academic committee of PGDDP programme, Tata Institute of Social Sciences- Kudumbashree community college (2016)
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Resource person for the refresher course in research methodology, UGC-Academic Staff College, University of Calicut (2013)
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Member, PG Board of Studies of University of Kerala in Political Science and Public Administration (2022)
Other Academic Experiences
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Finished a doctoral course titled Philosophy of Social Sciences at Vatnahalsen, Norway (January 2011)
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Successfully completed the PhD coursework in Community Psychology at the Oslo Summer School, Norway (2011)
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Finished doctoral courses titled “The Search for Order: Territory, Citizen, State and Governance” from the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Bergen (2011)
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Participated in the Nordic PhD method course titled “From Text to Field and from Field to Text” at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway (21- 23 May, 2012)
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Professional visitor at the Frankfurt Book Fair – the world’s largest trade fair of books –in Frankfurt, Germany (October 2013)
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Completed a three week summer course in ‘Philosophy of Social Sciences and Humanities’ from the Centre for Philosophy, National Institute of Advanced Studies (NIAS), Bangalore (June 2006)
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Finished two courses as part of the Fulbright educational partnership between University of Kerala and Claremont Graduate University, California (2005).
Publications
Books/Monographs
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Thomas, Sajan (2015) The Fear of Fever: Epidemic Persistence and Medical Authority in a Kerala Village. Publisher: University of Bergen, Norway, ISBN: 978-82-308-3420-6. Accessible from the Bergen Open Research Archive http://bora.uib.no/handle/1956/17082
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Gray, Sarah, Narayan, Camille and Thomas, Sajan (2006) Partnerships for Hygiene and Sanitation Promotion: The case of UNICEF Gujarat and Vasudhara Diary Union. Publisher: United Nations. Accessible from https://www.sarahgray.info/uploads/1/3/9/5/13957304/partnerships_for_hygiene_and_sanitation_awareness-_the_case_of_unicef_gujarat_and_the_vasudhara_dairy_union_.pdf
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Thomas, Sajan (2017) Keralathile Kudumbashree Edapedalukal (edited book). Publisher: State Institute of Languages, Government of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram, ISBN:978-81-200-4247-6 https://keralabookstore.com/book/keralathinle-kudumbasree-idapedalukal/17640/
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Fiction (Malayalam Novel) Doramma Viplavam (2022) Chintha Publishers: Thiruvananthapuram, ISBN: 978-93-94753440, https://amazon.in/dp/B0BRGL9TKL
Journal articles
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Thomas, Sajan (2018) Beyond health-seeking behaviour: Exploring the hospital attacks in Kerala. Issue 2, Accessible from https://alablog.in/issues/2/hospital-attacks/
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Thomas, Sajan (2017) A New Socio-Medical Gaze: The Political Anatomy of Epidemic Management in Kerala, Indian Journal of Politics and International Relations, Volume 10, Number 1. ISSN: 0973-5011
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Thomas, Sajan (2017) A Risk Society Analysis of the Emergent Epidemic Crisis in Kerala, ISDA Journal, Volume 27, Number 4. ISSN: 0971-2550
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Thomas, Sajan (2015) The Clash of Domestic Economies: An Ethnography of the Social Relations in Microcredit, Journal of Polity and Society, Volume 7, Issue 1. ISSN:0976-0210
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Thomas Sajan (2015) A Historical Anthropology of the Household Economies in Kerala’s Migrant Settlements, ISDA Journal, Volume 25, Issue 3. ISSN: 0971-2550
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Thomas, Sajan (2014) Critical Medical Anthropology: Some Epistemological Issues, Journal of Polity and Society, Volume 6, Issue 2. ISSN: 0976-0210
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Somasekharan, Jayasekhar, Harilal, KN and Thomas, Sajan (2015) Transformation of Value Chain Governance: The Impact of Food Safety Regime on Fishery Sector of Kerala, Agricultural Economics Research Review, Volume 28, ISSN: 0971-3441
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Varkey, Shaji and Thomas, Sajan (2005) Kerala Development Experience in a Technological Age. ISDA Journal, Volume 15, Issue 4. ISSN: 0971-2550
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Somasekharan, Jayasekhar, Harilal, KN, Chandran, KP and Thomas, Sajan (2016) Experiencing the food safety regime: Compliance, market access, and coping strategies of Indian fishery sector, Agricultural Economics Research Review, Volume 29, ISSN: 0971-3441
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Thomas, Sajan (2016) Religion, Community, Identity: Reform and Change in Kerala, (A review of the book edited by Prof. Ashokan Mundon) ISDA Journal, Volume 26, Issue 3, ISSN: 0971-2550
Chapter in edited books
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Thomas, Sajan, Mathew, Aju and Gopala Rao, PrabhuDass (2012) Community-based Palliative Care Initiative in Irudaya Rajan and K.C Zachariah (Ed) Kerala’s Demographic Future: Issues and Policy Options, Centre for Development Studies & Academic Foundation, New Delhi. ISBN 978-81-7188-786-6
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Thomas, Sajan and Raj, Jayaseelan (2008) The Kudumbashree weapon of poor: Grassroot States and Self-Developmentalism in Kerala in T.M Joseph (ed) New Governance Paradigm: Issues in Development, Kalpaz Publications, New Delhi. ISBN: 978-81-7835-715-7
Academic Journalism
My recent Op-Ed articles (co-authored with Dr.Titto Idicula) on national and global issues are accessible from the author page at The Hindu BusinessLine website – https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/profile/author/THOMAS-SAJAN/