Dr. Ashok Kumar M

Dr. Ashok Kumar Mocherla
Phone : 01905-237996
EMail : ashok[at]iitmandi[dot]ac[dot]in
Address : School of Humanities and Social Sciences (H&SS)

IIT Mandi,

near Bus Stand, Mandi - 175001

India

Research interests

  • Sociology of Religion, Caste, and Christianity in India.

Education


  • Ph.D.,Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay, 2011
  • M.Phil., University of Hyderabad, 2005
  • M.A., University of Hyderabad, 2003

Publications

Articles in Edited Volumes:

  • Ashok Kumar. M & Rowena Robinson. 2010. 'Legally Hindu: Dalit Lutheran Christians of Coastal Andhra Pradesh'; in Rowena Robinson & Joseph Marianus Kujur (Ed). Margins of Faith: Dalit and Tribal Christianity in India. New Delhi: Sage Publications.

Book Review:

  • Rajpramukh K D. 'Dalit Christians of Andhra: Under the impact of Missionaries'. New Delhi: Serials Publications, Religion and Society, Vol. 53 No.3/4 Sept. - Dec.

Papers Presented at International Conferences:

  • Paper titled 'Religious Celebrations: Terrains of Protest and Contestation for Social Status in India' will be presented at the second International Conference on Religion and Spirituality in Society during 20-22 February 2012 to be held at University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.(Forthcoming).
  • Paper titled 'Merging Caste with Congregation: Lutheran Christian practice in Coastal Andhra, South India' was presented in European Conference on Modern Asian Studies (ECMSAS, 2010) during 26 - 29th July, 2010 held at University of Bonn, Germany.
  • Paper titled 'Christianity, Caste and Structurally imposed Marginality: A Sociological Study of Lutheran church in Contemporary South India" was presented in 7th Annual South Asia Graduate Conference during 16 -17th April 2010 held at University of Chicago, USA .
  • Paper titled 'Caste Identity and Combating Marginality: A case of Lutheran Christians in coastal Andhra Pradesh, South India' was presented in an International Colloquium on "Mission at and from the Margins" during 23- 27 September, 2009 held at the Henry Martyn Institute, Hyderabad, India.

Papers Presented at National Conferences:

  • Paper titled 'Intertwined Domains: Community Politics and Religious Celebrations' was presented at XXXIV All India Sociological Conference held at Jaipur University from 27-29 December,
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