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1 Biographical Sketch of Dr. Anupama Saxena Position Title Professor and Head Department of Political Science and Public Administration Guru Ghasidas University, Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh, India Positions held in past 2007-till date Professor and Head, Department of Political Science, Guru Ghasidas University, Bilaspur , Associate Professor and Head, Department of Political Science and Public Administration, Guru Ghasidas University , Assistant Professor in Department of Political Science and Public Administration, Guru Ghasidas University Teaching specialisations Indian Government and Politics, Indian Administration, Public Policy and Research Methodology Research A trained researcher with specialization in Survey Research, Gender Evaluation for ICT for Development Project, Policy Research and Gender Research. Have experience of collaborative research with scholars across the world and India. Have guided more than 50 scholars for M. Phil and 04 scholars are working for Ph.D. Academic Ph.D. (Political Science),1993, Guru Ghasidas University Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh M. Phil. ( Political Science) 1988, Guru Ghasidas University M.A. ( Political Science),1987, Guru Ghasidas University, (Prestigious NTSE Scholarship, Chief Minister s Gold Medal for securing Ist Position in Metric Board in Arts and Social Science Faculties in MP State, III Position in University Merit List in BA, III Position in University Merit List in MA, Highest Scorer in M. Phil., All-rounder Best Student of the College in M.A. (Final ) Contact Office :Dr. Anupama Saxena, Political Science, Public Administration Guru Ghasidas University, Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh, India Residence : 27, Friends Residency, Sarkanda, Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh, India Phone : (cell) Important Contribution to Institution(Present) Head, Department of Political Science and Public Administration Member Gender Cell Media -in-charge Chairperson, Editorial Board, Annual Report of the University Mentor, Students Council of Department of Political Science and Public Administration Chairperson, Board of Studies, Examination Committee of Political Science and Public Administration Member, Internal Quality Assurance Cell Member, Academic Council Member, University Anti Ragging Committee Member, University Rajbhasha Committee Important Contribution to Institution(past-last five years) Dean, Faculty of Social Science Coordinator, Students Union Elections 1

2 Administrative Warden, University Girls Hostel Started University Students Magazine Udaan Started University Students Musical Band Tarang Chairperson, University Cafeteria Management Committee Various Enquiry Committees Research Projects Research Projects: Ongoing (2012) Gender Evaluation of Information Communication Technology (ICT) Policies and Programmes in India: A Comparative Study of Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh (Rs Lakhs) sponsored by Indian Council for Social Science Research ( ICSSR), New Delhi. (2012) Comparative study of Policy Formulation Process in Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh with Dr. Louise Tillin, Kings College London University and Prof Yatindra Singh, Regional Centre, ICSSR, Ujjain, sponsored by British Academy. Research Projects : Completed (2011), Major Research Project titled Gender Evaluation of Water Policy in context of Industrialization with special reference to Chhattisgarh, India, sponsored by University Grants Commission, New Delhi, India, Rs 3.98 Lacs. (2010) Survey Research Project titled Problems of Migratory Labourers in Chhattisgrah, sponsored by PRAYAS and Tata Education Trust, India. (2009) Research Project titled Gender Evaluation of E-Gram Suraj Scheme of Chhattisgarh state of India sponsored by Association for Progressive Communications, SA, US$1500. (2009) Survey Research Project titled National Election Study 2009 for Chhattisgarh, sponsored by Centre for Study of Development Societies, New Delhi. (2007) Contributed to a study titled A multi State Study on the Socio Economic Status of Women with Disability and their access to government policies and programmes in India, sponsored by UNDP, Government Of India. (2005) Awarded a research grant of US$ 1000 for the study titled Gender Mainstreaming of ICT Policies and Programmes: A case study of Chhattisgarh State of India sponsored by Gender Caucus of World Summit On Information Society. (2002) Minor research project on Gram Panchayton me Dalit Ntrativa (Dalit Leadership in Village Local Self Governance)sponsored byparticipatory Research in Asia( PRIA), Delhi. (2000) Minor Research project on Gram Panchayton Kaa Ek Sanranchnatmak and Prakryatamak Adhyaan ( Astructural-Functional Analysis of Village Self Governance), sponsored under University Grants Commission, New Delhi, INDIA minor grant scheme. Publications Participation and Presentation in 2

3 Papers in Journals : 14 Full Papers in Conference Proceedings :10 Books :01 Book Chapters :07 Periodical Articles :02 Book Reviews /Commentaries :02 Conferences/ Workshops International :07 ( Including countries: USA, UK, Tunis, Malaysia(Twice), Indonesia, Pakistan National :11 Academic Recognition (2012)Appointed Reviewer for International Political Science Review. (2010) Social Science Research Division of Indian Space Research Organisation ISRO, invited to make a presentation before their team on Gender based Impact Assessment Methodology for EDUCAT Project. (2008) Included in the global pool of writers of Association for Progressive Communication( APC ) (2007) Included in the editorial board of International Journal of Information Communication Technology for Human Development, Published by IGI Publishers USA (2007) Included in the Technical Programme Committee of International Conference on Information Resource Management, Ottawa Canada, March (2006) Visited Malaysia (19th and 20th June) to participate in the Inaugural Meeting of Global Alliance for Information Communication Technologies and Development ( The alliance has been created by UNO and the invitation has been sent by Sar Bulandkhan, Director, ECOSOC, UNO on the basis of the research work related to ICT and Gender. (2005) Worked as online Volunteer for E-Governance Thematic Group on E-Governance Notable Projects for the University (2004) Prepared and presented a project for setting up of Women s Studies and Development Centre worth Rs. 50 Lakhs, the project was sanctioned by University Grants Commission, Delhi. Acted as Incharge director for four years (2004) Prepared and submitted a project for Infrastructure development for women teachers, students and non teaching staff, worth Rs. 10 Lakhs in October Project was sanctioned by University Grants Commission Delhi. Events Organized in the University (2014) One day workshop in collaboration with Indian Council of World Affairs, proposed to be organised on 4 November 2014 (2014) One day workshop in Collaboration with National Human Rights Commission, New Delhi, proposed to be organised on 18 October 2014 (2014) Organised one day state level colloquium on Food Policy and Politics in Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh, Key Note address was delivered by Dr Oliver Heath, Director Social Science Research Centre, University of London 3

4 (2013) Organised two training workshop for field investigators for National State Election study and National Election Study (2010) Organised two days National Workshop on Problems of Migratory Workers during March. (2009) Two days training workshop for National Election Study 2009 in Chhattisgarh. (2008) Organized a One day workshop on Empowering the Grassroots Leaders: Opportunities and Challenges on 8th January. (2006) Organized /Directed a five Day workshop(16th May -20th May) on Gender Equity through Enterprise Development sponsored by National Institute for Entrepreneurship and Small Business Development, Ministry of Small Scale Industries, Govt. of India. (2006) Organized a one day (25th February) workshop on Identification of project for self reliance for rural women (2006) Organized a one day (14th January) conference on Women Entrepreneurs: Opportunities and Challenges (2005) Organized one Day conference on Women in Contemporary World: Opportunities and Challenges with reference to the women of Chhattisgarh. (2003) Directed one week (16-22 June) training course on Research Methodology and Computer Applications sponsored by ICSSR, New Delhi for social science streamed academicians, college assistant professors. (2002) Organized a one day workshop on Dalit Leadership and Panchayata sponsored by PRIA New Delhi. (2002) Organized a one day district level symposia on Revisiting Indian Politics List of Publications Research Papers Published in Refereed Journals (2014) Saxena, Anupama, The Dilemma of Development: The tribal People of India, accepted for publication in Global South Development Magazine, published from Helsinki (2013) Saxena, Ganveer, Whither Are The Tribals In Chhattisgarh...,published in Voice of Dalit, volume 6, issue 1,, Indexed in EBSCO (2012), Saxena,Anupama, Challenges in Converting to ICTs Based Public Services in Bilaspur City, India, published, International Journal of E-Governance, Amsterdam, ISSN , Indexed in ACM Digital Library, Cabell's Guide or Directory, EBSCO database, Ulrich's Periodicals Directory. (2011), Saxena, Anupama, Chhattisgarh: The Dilemmas of Development, Journal of Indian School of Political Economy, Vol 21, Nos 1-4, ISSN , pp , Indexed in Bibliography of Asian Studies (BAS) and in UnCover, 4

5 (2010), Saxena, Anupama, Rural e-governance: Exploring the gender gaps and its impact on women (A case study of egram suraj(e-good local self governance) scheme of Chhattisgarh State of India), International Journal of Community Informatics, Vol, No 3-4, ISSN: ,Open Access Journal, Indexed by IBSS. (2009), Saxena, Anupama and Rai, Praveen, Chhattisgarh: an emphatic Win for the BJP, Economic & Political Weekly. September 26, 2009 vol xliv no 39, pp , ISSN , Indexed in Bibliography of Asian Studies (BAS) and in UnCover. (2007), Saxena, Anupama & Subramanian, Malathi, E-Governance in India: From Policy to Reality, a Case Study of Chhattisgarh Online Information System for Citizen Empowerment (Choice) Project of Chhattisgarh State of India Published in International Journal of Electronic Government Research, Vol. 4, Issue 2 pp ISSN:ISSN ; E-ISIIISN: , Indexed in DBLP, SCOPUS, Worldwide Political Abstracts (WPSA). (2007), Saxena, Anupama & Subramanian, Malathi, Linguistic and Cultural Identities in Information Age: Some Observations published in South Asian Journal of Social Political Science 2007VOL 7 No 2 Jan-Jun 2007, pp 91-94,ISSN , Indexed by GIPL, AIILSG and CMRD OF NIRD Hyderabad. (2006) Saxena, Anupama, et al, Status of Women in Chhattisgarh in Samaj Vaigyaniki, A journal of Association of Indian Social Science Institutions. ISSN , Vol VIII March, pp (2005), Saxena, Anupama, E-Governance for Good Governance: The Indian Context in Indian Journal of Political Science. Vol.66, No. 2, April-June, 2005, pp ISSN ISSN , Indexed in Bibliography of Asian Studies (BAS) and also in IBSS. Research Papers Published in Conference proceedings as full papers (2012), Saxena, Anupama & Ansari, Shamshad, Impact of Industry Oriented Water Policy on Communities: A Case Study of Chhattisgarh State of India accepted for presentation and published in the proceedings of the International Conference on Public Policy and Governance 2012 organized by Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore on 4-6 September. (2011), Saxena, Anupama & Sharma, Ankit, A Comparative Analysis between ICTs based Public Service Delivery System and Manual Service Delivery Systems in Bilaspur City of India, published in the Proceedings of the International Conference on E-Governance, Organised by IIT Delhi and NIRMA University Ahmadabad,, ISBN : , (2009), Saxena, Anupama, Gender Evaluation of E-gram Suraj (e-good governance) Scheme of Chhattisgarh State, Published in E-Governance Compendium, published by Government of India, Department of Administrative Reforms, pp Single Author 5

6 (2005), Saxena, Anuapama et al, Problems of Migratory Labours of Chhattisgarh in Reference to the Human Rights published in the proceedings of a University Grants Commission Sponsored National Seminar on Human Rights in Chhattisgarh, Single author (2005), Saxena, Anupama & Subramanian, Malathi, Women and ICT Education in Chhattisgarh, published in the proceedings of the regional conference, organised by Guru Ghasidas University, November 10, 2005, pp (2000), Saxena, Amit & Saxena, Anupama, E-Com : Challenges to benefit India published in the proceedings of National Conference on E-Commerce, organised by Institute of Public Enterprise Hyderabad, February 2000, pp (2000), Saxena, Amit & Saxena, Anupama et al, Information Technology in 21 st Centaury in India ( Evaluation of IT Investment : Benefits and Risks,published in the proceedings of the National Seminar on Information Technology in 21 st Centaury Organised by Computer Society of India, January 1, (1999), Saxena, Amit & Saxena, Anupama, Implementation of Government Policies: Problems and Suggestions published in the proceedings of 10 th All India Management Congress, Organised by Indian Institute of Business Management, Patna, May 1999, pp (1989), Saxena, Anupama & Sinha Anil, A New Approach to the Application of Science and Technology for the Development of Backward Areas Development with special reference to Arpa Project, published in the proceedings of the National Seminar on Application of Science and Technology for the Development of Backward areas Development, Organised by Guru Ghasidas University, July 1989, pp Research Publications ((books, chapters in books, Periodical Articles) Book: (2012), Saxena, Anupama & Subramanian, Malathi, Gender Mainstreaming of ICTs Policies and Programmes: A Case Study of Chhattisgarh State of India, published by LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, ISBN-10: , ISBN-13: , Book Chapters: (2014) Louise Tillin, Anupama Saxena and Yatindra Singh Sisodia, Comparing the Politics of Food Security Policies in Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh, accepted for publication in a book entitled Comparing the Politics of Welfare across Indian States, published by Oxford University Press (2014) Saxena, Rai, Chief Minister Wins Chhattisgarh for BJP in book entitled Party Competition in Indian States: Electoral Politics in Post Congress Politics, edited by Suhas Palshikar and others, Oxford University Press 6

7 (2011), Saxena, Anupama, Gender Evaluation of Rural E-Governance in India: A Case Study of E-Gram Suraj (E-Rural Good Governance) Scheme published in the book titled Global Strategy and Practice of e- Governance: Examples from Around the World, IGI publisher, USA, ISBN13: , pages (2007), Saxena, Anupama & Subramanian, Malathi, Information Technology and Gender: Taiwan and India in a book titled Taiwan Today published by Anthem Press Pages ISBN 13: (2007), Saxena, Anupama & Subramanian, Malathi, E-Governance Initiatives in an Indian State: Some Reflections from a Gender Perspective Published in the book titled E-Government: Macro Issues published by Global Institute of Flexible System Management New Delhi. ISBN PAGES (2007), Saxena, Anupama & Subramanian, Malathi, Gender and ICT Policies and Programmes in an Indian State, published in the first global encyclopaedia on Gender and ICT published by IGI Publishers USA, ISBN AND ISBN Pages (2007), Saxena, Anupama & Subramanian, Malathi, Periodical Article, titled 'ICT in Government: Requisites for Transition to E-Governance in India Published in E-Gov considered as Asia s First and only magazine on E-Governance, Volume 1 issue 7 May 2007 pages:7-10, ISBN-13 : Presentation in International conference/workshops (2013) Saxena, Anupama participated in and International workshop to share ongoing research project on Food Policy, organized by Kings College London University, London (2010) Saxena, Anupama & Angela M. Kugathas, Workshop Co-facilitators (By Invitation and with full grant) on Gender Evaluation Methodology for ICT for Development Projects during International Evaluation Conclave, October 2010, held at New Delhi (2009), Saxena, Anupama, delivered an Invited Talk (with full grant) on Exploring Gender Gaps in Rural E-Governance in India : A Case Study of e-gram suraj scheme of Chhattisgarh State of India delivered during XII Sustainable Development Conference, held from December, Islamabad, Pakistan (2009), Saxena, Anupama, presented ongoing work on Gender Evaluation Methodology for Rural Development (with full grant) during 2 nd Global Exchange, Gender Evaluation Methodology, November 24-30, Bali, Indonesia (2009), Participated and Presented ongoing work paper titled Gender Evaluation of E-Gram Suraj Scheme in India (with full grant) in CHI 2009, International Conference, Boston, USA, 4-9 April (2007), Saxena, Anupama, delivered an Invited talk (With Full Grant) on Engineering and Technology Education for Women: Prospects for Rural Women in India during the International Colloquium on Empowering Women in Engineering and Technology, Organised by WFEO, Tunis, 6-8 June, 7

8 (2006), Presented a paper titled E-Governance in Chhattisgarh: An Analysis during 4 th International Conference on E-Governance, Organized by IIT Delhi, December Presentation in National/ Regional Conference/Workshops (2010), Saxena, Anupama, Presented( by invitation) a paper titled Study on Brick Workers that migrate from Chhattisgarh to UP organized by Gobind Ballabh Pant Social Science Institute, Allahabad, Jhusi, during August (2010), Saxena, Anupama, Presented (by invitation) a paper titled Is there a case for the reorganization of the states: The Case Study of Chhattisgarh? in a National seminar, organised by Indian School of Political Economy, Pune, during August. (2007), Saxena, Anupama, Presented a paper titled Addressing the issues of women with disability in policy formulation and policy implementation, A case study of Chhattisgarh state of India, during a National Seminar, Organised by Government College, Seepat and sponsored by UGC during February. (2006), Saxena, Anupama, Presented a paper titled Linguistics and Cultural Identities In the digital age during National Conference, organized by Daulat Ram College, Delhi University, October. (1999), Saxena, Anupama, Presented a paper titled Evaluating Gram Panchayatas in Chhattisgarh during a state level seminar organized by Durga College, Raipur and sponsored by UGC, 8-9 January (1989), Saxena, Anupama, and Presented a paper titled Environment Policies and Tribals during a national seminar, December 1989 organised by Guru Ghasidas University, Bilaspur. (1989), Saxena, Anupama, Presented a paper titled Political Participation of Tribes: A Case study of Kota Block during a national conference of Indian Political Science Association, 3-5 November, Pune. (1989), Saxena, Anupama, Presented a paper titled Role of Women in Indian Politics with special reference to Bilaspur District during a national conference of Indian Political Science Association, 3-5 November, Pune. (2009),Saxena, Anupama, Delivered an invited talk on Impact Assessment of Satellite Networks with reference to Edusat in Social Science Research Division of Indian Space Research Centre( ISRO) Ahmadabad on 24 August (2008), Saxena, Anupama, Delivered an invited talk in refresher course on Women s Studies at Utkal University Bhubaneswar, July (2003), Saxena, Anupama, Delivered two invited talks in a National level training course on Research Methodology and Computer Applications sponsored by ICSSR, New Delhi, during June 2003 (2009) Saxena, Anupama,,made a presentation during a National Workshop on Migratory Labourers, March, organised by Department of Political Science, Guru Ghasidas University, Bilaspur. 8

9 ( ), Delivered 06 lecturers during the various orientation and refresher courses in Academic Staff College, Guru Ghasidas University, Bilaspur. Commentary (2006) Published a Commentary on Towards Doubling the Rural GDP in India using Information and Communications Technology ( presentation of Prof Ashok Jhunjhunwala, IIT, Chennai) published by World Bank. Available online at the website of World Bank: web.worldbank.org/wbsite/external/topics/extinformationandcommunicationa NDTECHNOLOGIES/EXTEDEVELOPMENT Book Review (2008) published a book review article of the book titled Communicating Disasters, edited by Nalaka Gunawardane and Frederick Noronha available online at News paper articles (2014) In Chhattisgarh, BJP builds on success of 2009, The Hindu, 25 May (2013) Battle-ready in Raipur, The Indian Express, 5 November 9

Profile. Administrative Experience: Subject coordinator in finance. Seminar/ Workshop/ Conference/ FDP/MDP attended:

Profile. Administrative Experience: Subject coordinator in finance. Seminar/ Workshop/ Conference/ FDP/MDP attended: Profile Work Experience: (10 years ) Presently working as Asst. Professor in Finance in Regional College of Management, Bhubaneswar since 1 st July 2011. Lecturer in Finance in Regional College of Management,