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,