TRACK 1

Coordinators


Dr. Sainath Bitragunta (Assistant Professor)
Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering
BITS Pilani,
Pilani Campus


Dr. Madhurima Das(Assistant Professor)
Dept. of Humanities and Social Sciences
BITS Pilani,
Pilani Campus

Keynote Speaker



Prof. Hargrave
Professor of Educational Technology and Critical Multicultural Education Iowa State University (ISU) College of Engineering
United State

Theme

Cultural and Gender Studies in Higher Education

Sub-Themes

  1. Silent Revolution: Gender gap and women enrollment in Higher Education.
  2. Inclusivity and diversity issues in Higher Education
  3. Diversity in the classroom: gender, caste and sexuality.
  4. Curriculum and pedagogy in the Indian context (this might need a bit more fine tuning).
  5. Language, Cultural and Social capital, accessibility and privilege in Higher Education (vernacular focus and issues of aspiration).
  6. Higher education as a space for cultural migration.
  7. Neoliberalization and Globalization in Higher Education.
  8. Higher Education as a space for social change and contestation.
  9. Digital divide and differential accessibility.

Objective



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