Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Affiliations
Fellowships, Achievements, Awards and Honors
Community Service
Recent International Publication (Scopus Enlisted)
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Ravi Saxena

Ravi Saxena

Ph.D.- Political Science

Summary

Associate Professor (Political Science) teaches Political Science and International Relations across law and liberal arts programs. Leads international linkages, faculty development programmes, and university coordination while supporting research output on tribal freedom movements and public policy themes. Connects classroom teaching with academic collaboration, curriculum support, and publication-focused research.

Overview

19
19
years of professional experience

Work History

Associate Professor (Political Science)

Sharda School of Law, Sharda University
  • Associate Professor (Political Science)- Sharda School of Law, Sharda University, Greater Noida.

Faculty Coordinator

International Linkages
  • Faculty Coordinator: International Linkages

Faculty Coordinator

Faculty Development Programmes (FDPs)
  • Faculty Coordinator: Faculty Development Programmes (FDPs)

Assistant Professor - Selection Grade

School of Law, NMIMS University
  • Assistant Professor - Selection Grade (Political Science and International Relations) at Jyoti Dalal School of Liberal Arts & Kirit P. Mehta School of Law, NMIMS (Deemed-to-be-University), Mumbai. India.

Visiting Faculty

St. Xavier’s College (Autonomous), University of Mumbai
  • Course on ‘Foreign Policy’ in the programme- Master in Public Policy (MPP), St. Xavier’s College (autonomous), University of Mumbai, Mumbai.
  • 2025-26.

Research Consultant and Fellow

Tribal Research and Training Institute (TRTI)
08.2025
  • Research Project ‘Tribal Freedom Movements in Colonial India’, for the publication of ten volumes, to be jointly published by the Indian Council for Social Science and Research (ICSSR), New Delhi and Tribal Research and Training Institute (TRTI), Gandhinagar.
  • Project is headed (as the General Editor) by Shri Sanjay Prasad, IAS, former Election Commissioner of Gujarat.
  • My role as the Consultant and fellow has been to transform the diversified data and content in the form of a highly competitive research article form.

University Coordinator

Shastri Indo Canadian Institute (SICI)
01.2018
  • Shastri Indo Canadian Institute (SICI), N. Delhi, since 2018.

Assistant Professor – Selection Grade (Academic Level-12)

Kirit P. Mehta School of Law & Jyoti Dalal School of Liberal Arts, NMIMS (Deemed to be University)
01.2016 - 01.2025
  • Political Science & international Relations, Kirit P. Mehta School of Law & Jyoti Dalal School of Liberal Arts, NMIMS (Deemed to be University), Mumbai. 2016-2025.

Research Associate

Mahatma Gandhi Labour Institute
03.2016 - 06.2016
  • Organized a national conference on ‘Dr. B.R. Ambedkar’s Socio-Political Philosophy,’ May 2016.
  • Edited papers presented in the conference, to be published soon in three volumes.
  • Total Industry Experience: 7 months, as Research Associate.

Visiting faculty

Pandit Deendayal Energy University (PDEU) & IET, Ahmedabad University
01.2016 - 06.2016
  • Department of International Relations, School of Liberal Studies, Pandit Deendayal Energy University (PDEU), Gandhinagar, Gujarat & IET, Ahmedabad University, Ahmedabad (Gujarat). January 04, 2016 to June 25, 2016.

Assistant Professor

Institute of Law, Nirma University
05.2010 - 12.2015
  • Assistant Professor (Political Science & IR), Institute of Law, Nirma University, Ahmedabad, (Gujarat). May 15, 2010 to December 03, 2015.

Assistant Professor (Political Science)

Govt. College for Girls, Sector-11, Chandigarh
01.2009 - 01.2010
  • For the academic session 2009-2010

Guest Lecturer

Panjab University
01.2008 - 01.2009
  • Dept. of Emerging Areas of Social Sciences, Panjab University, Chandigarh in the academic session 2008-09. I took the paper “Self-Determination and Human Rights” in the M.A. (Human Rights)-II course.

Assistant Professor

Government College for Boys, Sector-11, Chandigarh
01.2007 - 01.2008
  • Department of Political Science, Government College for Boys, Sector-11, Chandigarh for the academic session 2007-08.

Assistant Professor

Government College for Girls, Sector 11, Chandigarh
01.2006 - 01.2007
  • Department of Political Science, Government College for Girls, Sector 11, Chandigarh for academic session 2006-07.

Education

Ph.D. -

Gujarat National Law University
Gandhinagar, Gujarat
01-2022

UGC-NET - Political Science

06-2005

M. Phil. - Political Science

Panjab University
Chandigarh
01-2003

M.A. - Political Science

Panjab University
Chandigarh
01-2000

Skills

Curriculum development

Lecture delivery

Student mentoring

Assessment design

Academic advising

Research writing

Literature review

Conference organization

International relations teaching

Scholarly editing

Affiliations

  • Life Member- Indian Political Science Association.
  • Member- International Political Science Association.
  • Member- American Comparative Literature Association (ACLA).
  • Member-International Union for the Conservation of Nature- World Council for Environmental Law (IUCN-WCEL).
  • Life Member-Gujarat Sociological Society, Membership No. GSS-O-LMN-386.
  • Member- Board of Studies (Political Science and IR)- St. Xavier College, Mumbai. 2021 onwards.
  • Member, Board of Studies, School of Integrated Coastal and Maritime Security Studies, Rashtriya Raksha University, Gandhinagar. Gujarat.
  • Member- Board of Studies, School of Liberal Arts, Era University, Lucknow.
  • Member- Research Development Committee (RDC)- Political Science, School of Liberal Arts, Amity University, Mumbai. January 2023 onwards.
  • Member- International Society for Environmental Information Sciences (ISEIS).
  • Member - International Association of Conscious & Creative Writers (IACCW).

Fellowships, Achievements, Awards and Honors

Best Faculty Award- 2021-22, Kirit P. Mehta School of Law, NMIMS (Deemed to be University), Mumbai., Rashtriya Pratibha Award in 2019 for the contribution in academics., Appreciation of Excellence in Research Award 2013-14, Institute of Law, Nirma University, Ahmedabad (Gujarat)., Appointed as a committee member of “The International Symposium on Society, Technology, Education and Politics,” April 06, 2012, China.

Community Service

Panjab University, Participated in the Ten Days N.S.S. Camp organized by the Panjab University in connection with the “Healthy Youth for Healthy India” campaign launched by Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, Government of India.

Recent International Publication (Scopus Enlisted)

  • Book: Dilemma in Politics: Issues, Values and Debates in the Contemporary World, New York: Routledge, 2024.
  • Link: https://www.routledge.com/Dilemma-in-Politics-Issues-Values-and-Debates-in-the-Contemporary-World/Saxena/p/book/9781032498690
  • 1. The Caste Conundrum: Social Justice, Affirmative Action and Public Policy Perspectives, London: Routledge (in press; to be published in September,2026).
  • Https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/mono/10.4324/9781003773382/caste-conundrum-ravi-saxena
  • 2. General Editor of the ‘Introduction Series’ in the Political Science and International Relations streams; publisher- Routledge, London. Expected publication in October 2027.
  • 3. As author, four books to be published- on ‘Political Theory’, ‘Political Thought’, ‘International Relations’ and ‘Public Policy’; to be published in the second half of 2027, as the part of the Routledge series on ‘Contours of Contemporary Political Science’.
  • 3 Books (authored, co-authored and edited), 17 Research Articles (peer Reviewed; national and international), 3 Book Chapters and one opinion article in Businessworld Magazine, forthcoming articles- 3, forthcoming book from Routledge, London, The Caste Conundrum and Affirmative Action in India, from Routledge, London in 2026.
  • International:
  • 2026: Best Paper Award- International Conference on “Conceptualizing Legal Framework and Policies for Domestic Animal and Wildlife Conservation: Issues and Challenges”, Sharda School of Law, Sharda University, Greater Noida, Greater Noida, Delhi- NCR, January 16-17, 2026.
  • 2024- ‘Deconstructing Ambedkar-Gandhi and Decoding Annihilation of Caste’ presented in the Seminar on “Global Rise of the Critical Caste Studies,” Montreal, Canada, March 14-17, 2024. The Conference was organized by American Comparative Literature Association (ACLA).
  • 2022- ‘Caste, Politics and Cultural Discourse in India: On Inequality, Humiliation and Discrimination’ in the SICI Prairie Regional Conference, Canada, October 20, 2022.
  • 2021- ‘Dalit Women, Caste and Patriarchy in Indian Society: A Contemporary Assessment’ in the 2nd ANNUAL ELIMINATION OF VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN CONFERENCE, School of Law, Nelson Mandela University, Johannesburg, South Africa, on November 25, 2021.
  • National:
  • 2026: Presided over the Technical Session on ‘Law and Artificial Intelligence: Prospects and Challenges’ in the international conferences on “Artificial Intelligence Nexus: Bringing Intelligences Across Fields” today, April 18, 2026, Hindi Vidya Prachar Samiti's College of Law, University of Mumbai, Mumbai.
  • 2026: Resource Person: One Week long Faculty Capacity Building Programme on “Bridging Law and Social Sciences: Epistemological Foundations and Pedagogical Innovations”, March 27- April 2, 2026, jointly organized by Dr D Y Patil Law College and Law Teachers of India.
  • 2026: Resource Person: Delivered an interdisciplinary talk on- “Tolerance and Harmony Towards Cultural, Regional, Linguistic, Communal, Socio-Economic and Other Diversities”, March 30, 2026, Sharda School of Medical Sciences, Sharda University, Greater Noida.
  • 2026: Resource Person- delivered a Plenary Session at the ICSSR sponsored national seminar on “Socio-Political Flux in South Asia: Regime Change, Recalibrating Geopolitical Dynamics and Resetting Balance of Power”, March 19-20, 2026, jointly organized by Department of International Relations, School of Social Sciences, Central University of Jharkhand, Ranchi, ICSSR- Eastern Regional Centre, Kolkata and International Political Science Association (IPSA)- RC34 (Quality of Democracy).
  • 2025- Talk on- ‘Higher Education in India: Mainstreaming the Marginalized’, as the invited Resource Person by the Human Resource and Development (HRD)Cell- Malviya Mission Teacher Training Mission (MMTTM), University of Rajasthan, Jaipur, in the Guru- Akshata: 9th Faculty Induction Programme, August 30, 2025.
  • 2025- Talk on ‘Relevance of Political Theory in the Contemporary Legal Education’, organized by School of Law, GLS University, Ahmedabad, August 28, 2025.
  • 2025- Talk on ‘Indian Knowledge System- Pathways and Trajectories’ in a Faculty Development Programme organized jointly by Saheed Mangal Pandey Govt. Post Graduate Girls College, Meerut and Nucleus of Learning and Development, Baroda, on July 1, 2025.
  • 2025- Talk on ‘Political Science and Indian Knowledge Systems (IKS)’, jointly organized by Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law, Patiala (India) and Law Teachers of India, on July 3, 2025 in an Eleven Day Online Capacity Building Programme/ FDP on Indian Knowledge Systems (IKS).
  • 2025- Talk on ‘Law and Social Sciences’ organized by Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law (RGNUL), Patiala and Law Teachers of India, May 19, 2025. (Resource Person).
  • 2024- ‘Indian Knowledge System and Political Science’ in a Faculty Capacity Building Programme on 'Indian Knowledge System (IKS), jointly organized by the Law Teachers India and the Centre for Advanced Study in International Humanitarian Law, Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law (RJNUL), Patiala, Punjab on October 21, 2024.
  • 2024- Talk on- ‘Data Protection in India: A Balancing Attempt Between Globalization and Individual Right to Privacy’ in a Faculty Development Programme (FDP) on 'Legal Dimensions of E-Commerce, E-Governance and Data Protection under the regime of Infotec Era', organized by the HRD Cell of Lala Lajpatrai Institute of Management (LLIM), Mumbai on October 7, 2024.
  • 2024- ‘Higher Education in India: Mainstreaming the Marginalized’ in one of the sessions of the Guru Dakshata (8th Faculty Induction) Programme organized by UGC-HRD Cell of University of Rajasthan, Jaipur under the Malviya Mission Teacher Training Programme (MMTTP) on Monday, September 9, 2024.
  • Panel Member- to judge the presentations of research papers on the topic- ‘SDG-16: Rule of Law in Access to Justice’ at the 3rd International Conference on Social Work, Law, and Human Rights, March 16, 2024 at Gujarat National Law University, Gandhinagar (Gujarat).
  • 2024- Lecture on- ‘The Hermeneutics of Annihilation of Caste by Ambedkar in the Changed Socio-political Dynamics of Indian Democracy’ on Saturday, March 9, 2024. The Lecture was organized by the Department of Political Science, St. Xavier’s College, Mumbai.
  • 2024- Chair- Technical Session of research papers presentations at NITI-SAMVAD, St Xavier’s College, Mumbai’s flagship Public Policy Dialogue, on Saturday, February 17, 2024. The event was organized by the Department of Public Policy, St. Xavier’s College, Mumbai.
  • 2024- Chair- Technical Session of paper presentation in the interdisciplinary international conference on ‘Contemporary Contours of Constitutionalism in light of Changing Dimensions of Governance, Judicial Review and Judicial Activism’ on February 10, 2024 at K.C. Law College, University of Mumbai, Mumbai.
  • 2024- Discussant- to speak on the book- Grace, Glory and Gaffe: India’s Defence and Security at 75, edited by Dr Uttara Sahasrabuddhe and Mr Akshay Ranade, September, 2023. The Book Discussion event took place at SNDT Women’s University, Mumbai, on January 18, 2024.
  • 2023- ‘AIIB and NDB: Towards Making India’s Infrastructure Innovative, Technology-driven and Climate Resilient’ at the School of Integrated Coastal and Maritime Security Studies, Rashtriya Raksha University (An Institution of National Importance- a central university), Gandhinagar (Gujarat) on December 16, 2023.
  • 2023- ‘Indian Foreign Policy and WTO: Points of Preference’ at the School of Integrated Coastal and Maritime Security Studies, Rashtriya Raksha University (An Institution of National Importance- a central university), Gandhinagar (Gujarat) on December 15, 2023.
  • 2023- ‘Higher Education in India: Mainstreaming the Marginalized’ at the National Induction Programme for the faculty Members across India- Dakshata, organised by the UGC- Human Resource and Development Cell, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur, December 7, 2023.
  • 2022- ‘Law, Policy and Environment’ to the students of Meghnad Desai Academy of Economics, Mumbai, June 11, 2022.
  • 2022- ‘Law, Sustainability and Public Policy’ to the students of Meghnad Desai Academy of Economics, Mumbai, June 4, 2022.
  • 2021- The Arrest of Disha Ravi and Sedition Law’, Jyoti Dalal School of Liberal Arts, NMIMS (Deemed to be university), Mumbai, on March 19, 2021.
  • 2021- ‘Caste-Based Reservations in the Indian Education System’, Jyoti Dalal School of Liberal Arts, NMIMS (Deemed to be university), Mumbai, on February 26, 2021.
  • 2021- ‘Caste System in India: Past, Present and Future’ on February 23, 2021 at the School of Law, NMIMS (Deemed to be University), Hyderabad campus, NMIMS University.
  • 2021- ‘Importance of Legal Literacy among Youth’ to the students of Gandhi Memorial National College, Ambala (Haryana), on February 12, 2021.
  • 2020- ‘New Education Policy and Atma Nirbhar Bharat’ on December 17, 2020 at Government Post Graduate College, Sleemnabad, Katni (M.P.). The lecture was organised jointly by Govt. College, Sleemnabad and the Higher Education Department, M.P.
  • 2019- Delivered a fifteen lectures module on ‘International Political Economy’ to the students of the Advanced Management Programme (AMP) September 14-28, 2019 at BSE Institute, Bombay Stock Exchange, Mumbai. The AMP Course is jointly conducted by BSE Institute, Mumbai and Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Lucknow.
  • 2019- Delivered a fifteen lectures module on ‘International Political Economy’ to the students of the Advanced Executive Programme (AEP) April 14-27, 2019 at BSE Institute, Bombay Stock Exchange, Mumbai. The AEP Course is jointly conducted by BSE Institute, Mumbai and Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Lucknow.
  • 2017- ‘Tradition, Caste and Education in Jyotiba Phule’s Thought: Some Reflections’, in the international conference on ‘Retrieving the Voices from the Margins: Thinkers of Modern India’, August 10-13, 2017 at Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi. This international conference was jointly organized by Banaras Hindu University (BHU), Varanasi and Indian Institute of Advance Study (IIAS), Shimla.
  • ‘A Comparative Analysis of Scheduled Tribes in India and Indigenous People in Canada’, at the “Engaging India-Engaging Canada: Interdisciplinary Perspectives” on October 20-21, 2022 in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada.
  • ‘Sustaining Earth: Bringing Law, Society and Sustainable Development Together’ in the Thirteenth International Interdisciplinary Social Sciences Conference, Granada, Spain, July 25-27, 2018.
  • “Tradition, Caste and Education in Jotiba Phule’s Thought: Some Reflections” in the international seminar on ‘Retrieving the Voices from the Margins: Thinkers of Modern India’, August 11-13, 2017, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi (U.P.). The international seminar was jointly organized by the IT-BHU, Varanasi and Indian Institute of Advance Study (IIAS), Shimla.
  • “Towards the Annihilation of Caste: Resituating Ambedkar in the Contemporary Dalit Discourses”, in the International Seminar on Philosophy of B. R. Ambedkar in Contemporary Period, March 17-18, 2016 at Central University of Gujarat, Gandhinagar (Gujarat).
  • “Dalit Politics and Poetics in Contemporary India: Some Reflections” in the International Conference on "Critical Race Theory and Critical Dalit Studies: Understanding Segregation, Exclusion, Intersectionality and the Narratives of Struggle" organized jointly by Dr. Ambedkar Centre for Social Justice, Phule-Ambedkar Chair, University of Mumbai, Mumbai (India) and Indiana University, USA on June 25-26, 2015.
  • “Contemporary Indo-Pak Relations: Exploring the Political Impasse” in an international conference on India’s Foreign Relations-South-East Asia and the Indian Ocean: Strengthening Political, Economic, Security and Cultural Prospects, September 12-13, 2014, at Gujarat National Law University, Gandhinagar (Gujarat).
  • “Contextualizing Dr. Ambedkar’s Annihilation of Caste in Contemporary Discourse of Distributive Justice in India, in the national seminar on The Contemporary Relevance of Social and Political Thought of Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar, March 19-20, 2016, Mahatma Gandhi Labour Institute, Ahmedabad (Gujarat).
  • “Status of Differently-abled Persons in Society: Reservation Versus Healthy Work Environment” in Twentieth Conference of Gujarat Sociological Society and School of Social Sciences, Central University of Gujarat, Gandhinagar (India). The Theme of the conference was “Social Development in Gujarat and India: Retrospect and Prospects,” held on January 19-20, 2013.
  • “The 73rd And 74th Constitutional Acts, 1992: An Impact Analysis of Organization and Decentralization in India” in the 3rd Annual National Conference 2013 on “Vision 2020: Future of Law and Legal Transformation”, held on 24-25 January, 2013 at Institute of Law, Nirma University, Ahmedabad (Gujarat) India.
  • “Indian Nation at Crossroad: A Gandhi-Nehru Debate” in two days National Seminar on “Social Exclusion, Discourses in the Thought of Phule, Ambedkar, Gandhi and Nehru” held on March 12-13, 2012 organized by CSSEIP & Dept. Of Philosophy, Goa University, Goa.
  • “Caste in Social Realm in India: A Human Rights Perspectives” in a two-day National Seminar on “Law, Science & Society: Dynamics, Dilemmas, Disparities” held on January 27-28, 2012. Institute of Law, Nirma University, Ahmedabad.
  • “Ambedkar and Annihilation of caste: Reading in Contemporary Times” in two days National Seminar on “Role of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar in National Reconstruction” held on March 1-2, 2012 organized by Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Study Centre, S.R.K. (P.G.), College, Firozabad (U.P.).
  • “Dalit Poetics and Politics in Contemporary India: Contextualizing Ambedkar” in two days National Seminar on “Dr. B.R. Ambedkar’s Perspective of Equality and Its Relevance in the Era of Globalization” held on November 29-30, 2011 Organized by: CSSEIP Pondicherry University, Puducherry.
  • “Human Rights and Dalit Politics in India” in the one-day National Seminar on “Equality & Human Rights” held on March 14, 2009 in the CEASS, Panjab University, Chandigarh.
  • “Interrogating issues in India’s Experiments with Multiculturalism: Some Reflections on the Situation of Dalits, Religious Minorities and Pravasis” in the three days National Seminar on “Foundations of Social Life: Cultural, Aesthetics and Religious” (Sponsored by ASIHSS, UGC) held on Dec. 6-8, 2006 in the Dept. of Philosophy, Panjab University, Chandigarh.
  • Books:
  • 2016- Political Science- I. N. Delhi: LexisNexis India, 2016. ISBN: 978-93-5143-702-4.
  • 2019- Political Thought and Theory, N. Delhi. E-Publications, 2019. ISBN: 819394954-4.
  • 2024- Dilemmas in Politics: Values, Norms and Debates in the Contemporary World, New York: Routledge, New 2024. Link: https://www.routledge.com/Dilemma-in-Politics-Issues-Values-and-Debates-in-the-Contemporary-World/Saxena/p/book/9781032498690
  • Chapters in Edited Volumes:
  • Saxena, Ravi. ‘Caste and Politics in Contemporary India: Genesis, Mechanism and Dilemma’, in Ravi Saxena (Ed.), Dilemma in Politics: Issues, Values and Debates in the Contemporary World, New York: Routledge, 2024. ISBN: 9781032498690. DOI: 10.4324/9781003518389-1.
  • Saxena, Ravi. ‘The Politics of Dalit Movement in Contemporary India’, in Ravi Saxena (Ed.), Dilemma in Politics: Issues, Values and Debates in the Contemporary World, New York: Routledge, 2024. ISBN: 9781032498690.
  • Saxena, Ravi and Mitali Gupta. “Caste, Privatization of Higher Education and Social Exclusion in India: Some Reflections” in Dr. Swati Chakrabarty, Handbook of Social Media: For Digital Inclusion, N. Delhi. ABS Publications, 2018. ISSN: 978-93-86088.
  • Publication in the Report of an International Conference:
  • Presented a paper on – Caste, Politics and the Cultural Discourse in India: On Inequality, Humiliation and Discrimination’ at SICI-Prairies Conference. This has been reported in the Shastri-Indo Canadian Institute (SICI) Canada’s Report on the international conference- SICI-Prairies Regional Conference October 21-22, 2022.
  • Publications in Peer Reviewed International and National Research Journals:
  • Saxena, Ravi, “The City and the Development: A Counter Narrative of Sustainable Development,” Educational Administration: Theory and Practice, 30(5), 1086–1091, E-ISSN: 2148-2403, P- ISSN: 1300-4832). A SCOPUS (Q4) Indexed Research Journal.2024. DOI: 10.53555/kuey.v30i5.3014.
  • Saxena, Ravi, “Interrogating the Brahminical Discourses of Subaltern Studies: Some Reflections”, Littcrit, June-July, 2023, Vol. 49, No. 1. ISSN: 0970-8049. 136-146.
  • Saxena, Ravi. ‘Phule, Gandhi and Ambedkar on Dalit Emancipation and Education as a Panacea for Dalit Empowerment,’ Kurdish Studies, Vol. 10 (2): 402-406. September, 2022. ISSN: 2051-4883 (Print) | ISSN: 2051-4891 (Online). (Scopus, Q1). DOI: https://doi.org/10.53555/ks.v10i2.3052
  • Saxena, Ravi. “Sustaining Earth: Bringing Law, Society and Sustainable Development Together”, NMIMS Journal of Economic and Public Policy, Volume V, Issue I, pp- 91-102. January 2020. (Peer Reviewed)
  • Saxena, Ravi and Vaibhav Shah. “Is the Crisis in Humanities Escapable? Rethinking Martha Nussbaum’s Curriculum Reforms in the Light of Indian Higher Education System..” Littcrit, Vol. 41, No.1, June 2018. ISSN: 0970-8049. Pp.185-195. (UGC- CARE).
  • Saxena, Ravi and Vaibhav Shah. “Quest for Academic Autonomy and the Making of Public Intellectuals: Some Reflections on Martha Nussbaum’s Humanity Project”, Dialogue, Vol. 19 No.2, October-December 2017. Pp.143-158. ISSN: 0973-0095. (UGC- CARE).
  • Saxena, Ravi. “The Annihilation of Caste, Joothan and Cultural Questioning”, September 2017, The Scholastic Forum, D.A.V. College, Chandigarh. (UGC approved peer reviewed research journal) ISSN: 2395-0889. Pp. 98-107.
  • Saxena, Ravi. “Democracy, Plurality and Higher Education in India: A Perspective”, The Scholastic Forum, Vol.1, No.2, September, 2016. pp. 62-72. ISSN: 2395-0889. (UGC Approved peer-reviewed Research Journal)
  • Saxena, Ravi. “Globalization, Role of Education and Professional Education: A Layman’s Labour”, Libertatem, Vol.1, Issue 8, September 15, 2015. www.mylibertatem.com. ISSN: 2395-4418. Pp. 27-28. (Peer Reviewed)
  • Saxena, Ravi. “Caste, Constitutionalism and Human Rights in Modern India: A Gandhian Critique”, Indian Journal of Lifelong Learning and Development, Department of Adult Education, Savitribai Phule University, Pune. Vol.3, No.3, July-September, 2015, pp. 58-72. ISSN: 2454-6852. Pp. 58-72. (UGC-CARE).
  • Saxena, Ravi and Saurabh Anand. “Scripting Women in Modern Political System in India: Roots and Routs” in GNLU Journal of Law, Development and Politics, Vol.4, Issue 1, April. 2014. Pp. 91-99. ISSN: 0975-0193. (UGC-CARE)
  • Saxena, Ravi. “The 73rd and 74th Amendment Acts, 1992: An Impact Analysis of Decentralization in India” in Journal of Centre for Law and Governance (JCLG), Institute of Law, Nirma University, Ahmedabad, Vol.1, Issue 1, July 2014. Pp. 43-53. ISSN No. 2348-7801. (Peer Reviewed)
  • Saxena, Ravi. “The Dalit Question: Reading Godan and Joothan as Narratives of Dalit Protest.” in Panjab University Research Journal (Arts), Vol. XXXVI (1&2), April- October, 2009. Pp.90-112. ISSN: 0970-5260. (UGC-CARE).
  • Saxena, Ravi. “Interrogative Issues in India’s Experiments with Multiculturalism: Some Reflections on the Situation of Dalits, Religious Minorities and Pravasis” in DIVINER, Vol. 4(2), Feb-July, 2007. pp. 135-140. (Peer Reviewed)
  • Commentaries/Magazine/Newspaper Articles/Opinions:
  • Saxena, Ravi. ‘Is Dalit a Hindu?’, BW Businessworld, November 19, 2017 issue, available at http://businessworld.in/article/Is-Dalit-a-Hindu-/19-10-2017-128713/
  • Forthcoming publications:
  • Saxena, Ravi. (2026). The Koli Rebellions of 19th Century Maharashtra, in Sanjay Prasad et al. (Eds.). Tribal Freedom Movements in Colonial Maharashtra. ICSSR, N. Delhi and TRTI, Gandhinagar.
  • Saxena, Ravi. (2026). Folk Songs of Tribal Freedom Movements in Colonial Gujarat, in Sanjay Prasad et al. (Eds.). Tribal Freedom Movements in Colonial Maharashtra. ICSSR N. Delhi and TRTI, Gandhinagar.
  • Saxena, Ravi. (2026). The Bhil Uprising in Santarampur in Colonial Gujarat, in Sanjay Prasad et al. (Eds.). Tribal Freedom Movements in Colonial Maharashtra. ICSSR, N. Delhi and TRTI, Gandhinagar.

Workshops and Training Programmes

  • Attended and worked as Co-convener of the Two-day Faculty Development Programme (FDP) on ‘Jurisprudential Evolution of Constitutionalism’ at Kirit P. Mehta School of Law, NMIMS (Deemed to be University), Mumbai, May 27-28, 2022.
  • Participated in the Two-Week Long Winter School on ‘Arthayam: Towards A Dharma- centic Vision of Economy/Political Economy with Special Reference to Gandhi and other Indian Thinkers’, Organized by the Indian Institute of Advanced Studies (IIAS), Shimla, from December 1, 2021 to December 15, 2021.
  • Attended and participated in a Week-long Interdisciplinary Faculty Development Programme on ‘Constitutional Values and Fundamental Rights’, organized by Amity Law School, Amity University, Noida, June 7-12, 2021.
  • Attended and participated in the Faculty Development Programme ‘Legal Education: Vision for Future’, on January 29-30, 2021 at Kirit P. Mehta School of Law, NMIMS (Deemed to be university), Mumbai.
  • Attended and participated in two-day Faculty Development Programme (FDP) on ‘Law and Policy of Taxation with Reference to GST’, November 4-5, 2016 at NMIMS (Deemed-to-be-University), Mumbai.
  • Participated and successfully completed Research Methodology Workshop on “Legal and Interdisciplinary Research”, organized by Gujarat National Law University, Gandhinagar (Gujarat) India, August 7-13, 2015.
  • Attended and participated in One Week long “Faculty Development Program”, January 24-30, 2014, organized by Institute of Law, Nirma University, Ahmedabad (Gujarat) India.
  • Attended and participated in Three Week Long Special Interdisciplinary Summer School (Equivalent to Refresher Course-) on Higher Education: National Repository of Human Capital, organized by UGC-Academic Staff College and University School of Open Learning, Panjab University, Chandigarh from June 10, 2014- June 30, 2014.
  • Attended and participated in Four Week long “UGC Sponsored Orientation Programme” held at Academic Staff College, Panjab University Chandigarh from May 3-30, 2012 with Grade A.
  • Attended and participated in a Two-Week long “Induction Training Program” held on June 7-19, 2010, at Nirma University, Ahmedabad.

Disclaimer

Thank you for your patient reading and consideration! Sincerely; Ravi April 2026.

Timeline

Research Consultant and Fellow

Tribal Research and Training Institute (TRTI)
08.2025

University Coordinator

Shastri Indo Canadian Institute (SICI)
01.2018

Research Associate

Mahatma Gandhi Labour Institute
03.2016 - 06.2016

Visiting faculty

Pandit Deendayal Energy University (PDEU) & IET, Ahmedabad University
01.2016 - 06.2016

Assistant Professor – Selection Grade (Academic Level-12)

Kirit P. Mehta School of Law & Jyoti Dalal School of Liberal Arts, NMIMS (Deemed to be University)
01.2016 - 01.2025

Assistant Professor

Institute of Law, Nirma University
05.2010 - 12.2015

Assistant Professor (Political Science)

Govt. College for Girls, Sector-11, Chandigarh
01.2009 - 01.2010

Guest Lecturer

Panjab University
01.2008 - 01.2009

Assistant Professor

Government College for Boys, Sector-11, Chandigarh
01.2007 - 01.2008

Assistant Professor

Government College for Girls, Sector 11, Chandigarh
01.2006 - 01.2007

M.A. - Political Science

Panjab University

M. Phil. - Political Science

Panjab University

UGC-NET - Political Science

Visiting Faculty

St. Xavier’s College (Autonomous), University of Mumbai

Assistant Professor - Selection Grade

School of Law, NMIMS University

Faculty Coordinator

Faculty Development Programmes (FDPs)

Faculty Coordinator

International Linkages

Associate Professor (Political Science)

Sharda School of Law, Sharda University

Ph.D. -

Gujarat National Law University
Ravi SaxenaPh.D.- Political Science