Gender and Sexuality Studies

Biography

Nupur Ray is an Associate Professor at the Department of Political Science, Kamala Nehru College, University of Delhi.  Her areas of academic interest and teaching include Political Philosophy, Gender Studies, Human Rights and Human Development. She has published widely in reputed journals including Indian Journal of Public Health and Indian Journal of Gender Studies, recently. Her recent publication also includes a jointly edited book ‘Discourse on rights in India: Debates and Dilemmas’ (Routledge, 2019). She has contributed chapters to edited volumes and presented papers at various national and international conferences {Human Development and Capability Association (HDCA) Annual Conferences, International Studies Association -North East (2020), International Journal of Feminist Politics Virtual Conference (IFJP-2021)} around issues/themes of human development, violence against women, sexual and reproductive rights, feminist research methodology, women in sex-work etc. She is currently engaged in an Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR) awarded research project on ‘Declining Child Sex Ratio and Violence Against Women: Examining Girl-Child Discrimination in India’.  She is heading the Women’s Development Cell currently, a student-based group working towards gender sensitization and creating awareness around gender issues on college campus. She has also been actively involved in the different campaigns of women’s movements in India like the One Billion Rising against Violence. She has been invited as a resource person at various faculty development programmes, faculty seminars, students’ seminars and on panel discussions at various occasions.