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'{{short description|Indian sociologist}} {{pp-pc|small=yes}} {{BLP sources|date=June 2017}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2016}} {{Use Indian English|date=August 2016}} {{Infobox academic | name = R. Indira | native_name = | image =Indira_mam.jpg | caption = | image_size = | birth_name = Ramarao Indira | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1952|04|22}} | alma_mater = [[University of Mysore]] | thesis_title = | discipline = [[Sociology]] | workplaces = | sub_discipline = | website = {{URL|r-indira.com}} | occupation = | birth_place = [[Mysore]], [[Karnataka]], India }} '''Ramarao Indira''' (born 22 April 1952 in [[Mysore]], [[Karnataka]]) is an Indian sociologist who lives in Mysore. In her University career spanning 42 years, she has held such positions as Chair of the Department of Sociology, Director of the International Centre and Honorary Director of the Centre for Women's Studies at the University of Mysore.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Sociology - Visiting Scholars|url=https://www.uj.ac.za:443/faculties/humanities/sociology/Pages/Visiting-Scholars.aspx|access-date=2021-06-06|website=www.uj.ac.za|language=en}}</ref> ==Academic and professional career == Indira had her school and college education in [[Mysore]] and joined the [[University of Mysore]] as a faculty in the Department of Sociology in 1972 and continued to teach and engage in research in the department until her superannuation in the year 2014. She built a research culture in the department through her people-centric research projects and also through training students to undertake studies on themes of social relevance. She is well known for her works on gender issues in forest management, girls' education, building capacities of women in institutions of local self-governance. She has published columns on sociological topics in Kerala newspapers such as ''Mysuru Mithra''.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last= |date=2022-11-23 |title=Indian Sociological Society to present Lifetime Achievement Award to Prof. R. Indira |url=https://starofmysore.com/indian-sociological-society-to-present-lifetime-achievement-award-to-prof-r-indira/ |access-date=2024-03-04 |website=Star of Mysore |language=en-US}}</ref> Her major works include ''Themes in Sociology of Education'' (Studies in Indian Sociology) and ''Gender and Society in India'' (two volumes) as editor, and many Kannada books on such themes as feminism, women and culture, and research methods.<ref>{{Cite web|title=NEP 2020 should reduce inequality and socio-educational gap: Dr R Indira – Mysuru Today|url=https://citytoday.news/nep-2020-should-reduce-inequality-and-socio-educational-gap-dr-r-indira/|access-date=2021-06-06|language=en-US}}</ref> Consulting Editor, 'Sociology' - English -Kannada Translation Equivalents. Chief Editor, 'Gender and Women's Studies'- English - Kannada Translation Equivalents. She is a contributor to and editor of encyclopaedias, dictionaries, journals, theme-based books and translation projects. ===Research and teaching=== Indira is an Honorary Adjunct Professor at the University of Iowa. She also taught a semester at that University as a Fulbright Visiting Lecturer. Earlier she had worked on American Women & Technical Education on a Fulbright Post-Doctoral Fellowship at Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana. She was an ICSSR Senior Research Fellow & received four fellowships from the Shastri Indo Canadian Institute and has carried out extensive work with forest communities in Western Ghats. Indira has been a visiting faculty at Study India Programs of the Universities of Puget Sound, Iowa, Delaware, Princeton, Michigan and Florida International University in the United States and Mount Alison, Guelph and Concordia Universities in Canada. She has been Visiting Fellow at the University of Delhi and Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati and Scholar-in-Residence at the Kuvempu and Bangalore Universities. ===Current responsibilities=== She is the President of Samruddhi Foundation,<ref name=":0" /> a civil society group that she initiated with her family & friends for building the capacities of women, research students and members of society. She was Secretary of the [[Indian Sociological Society]] between 2014 and 2015,<ref>{{Cite web |last= |date=2014-01-19 |title=Prof. R. Indira elected as Secretary of Indian Sociological Society |url=https://www.bangalorefirst.in/?p=8661 |access-date=2024-03-04 |website=Bangalore First |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-12-28 |title=All-India Sociological Conference to conclude at KISS-Bhubaneswar on Dec 29 |url=https://odishanewsinsight.com/events/all-india-sociological-conference-to-conclude-at-kiss-bhubaneswar-on-dec-29/ |access-date=2024-03-04 |website=Odisha News Insight |language=en-US}}</ref> and later served as the organization's president in the late 2010s.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2019-12-25 |title=Capital to host the biggest gathering of top minds in sociology from December 27 |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/thiruvananthapuram/2019/Dec/25/capital-to-host-the-biggest-gathering-of-top-minds-in-sociology-from-december-27-2080584.html |access-date=2024-03-04 |website=The New Indian Express |language=en}}</ref> She is the Honorary President of the Alumni Association, Department of Sociology, Masagangotri, University of Mysore, Mysuru. == Recognition and awards == In 2022, the [[Indian Sociological Society]] presented Indira with the society's Lifetime Achievement Award.<ref name=":0" /> == Publications == === Articles === * {{Cite journal |last=Geetha |first=G.S. |last2=Indira |first2=R. |date=January 2010 |title=Women, Income Generation, and Political Capital in the Silk Industry in Karnataka |url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1177/097185241001400307 |journal=Gender, Technology and Development |language=en |volume=14 |issue=3 |pages=423–440 |doi=10.1177/097185241001400307 |issn=0971-8524}} * {{Cite journal |last=Geetha |first=G.S. |last2=Indira |first2=R. |date=February 2011 |title=Silkworm Rearing by Rural Women in Karnataka: A Path to Empowerment |url=http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/097152151001800105 |journal=Indian Journal of Gender Studies |language=en |volume=18 |issue=1 |pages=89–102 |doi=10.1177/097152151001800105 |issn=0971-5215}} * {{Cite journal |last=Indira |first=R. |date=April 2020 |title=Lending Voices to the Marginalised: The Power of Narratives as Alternative Sociological Discourse |url=http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0038022919898999 |journal=Sociological Bulletin |language=en |volume=69 |issue=1 |pages=7–16 |doi=10.1177/0038022919898999 |issn=0038-0229}} * {{Cite journal |last=Indira |first=R. |date=January 2023 |title=Situating Development in a Culture Sensitive and Eco-Conscious Framework: A Roadmap for Policy and Practice |url=http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/00380229221136255 |journal=Sociological Bulletin |language=en |volume=72 |issue=1 |pages=7–17 |doi=10.1177/00380229221136255 |issn=0038-0229}} === Chapters === * {{Cite book |last=Indira |first=R. |chapter=The sociology of C. Parvathamma: Going beyond stereotypes |date=2018 |title=Re-Imagining Sociology in India |url=https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/10.4324/9780429470974-4/sociology-parvathamma-indira |access-date=2024-03-04 |publisher=Routledge India |doi=10.4324/9780429470974-4/sociology-parvathamma-indira |isbn=978-0-429-47097-4}}</ref> * {{Cite book |last=Indira |first=Ramarao |chapter=Interrogating Relocation of Forest-Dependent Communities from a Gender Lens: Perceptions from the Kali Tiger Reserve in Karnataka |date=2023 |title=Gender, Environment and Sustainable Development |url=https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/10.4324/9781032628394-8/interrogating-relocation-forest-dependent-communities-gender-lens-ramarao-indira-shanthi |access-date=2024-03-04 |publisher=Routledge India |doi=10.4324/9781032628394-8/interrogating-relocation-forest-dependent-communities-gender-lens-ramarao-indira-shanthi |isbn=978-1-032-62839-4 |last2=Shanthi |first2=G.}} ==See also== *[[Jayalakshmi Seethapura]] *[[Nanjaiah Honganuru]] *[[Aravinda Malagatti]] *[[Vijaya Dabbe]] *[[C. P. Siddhashrama]] ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== * {{Official website|http://r-indira.com}} * [http://uni-mysore.ac.in/sociology/faculty/dr-rindira University of Mysore page] {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Indira, R.}} [[Category:1952 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:20th-century Indian educational theorists]] [[Category:20th-century Indian educators]] [[Category:20th-century Indian non-fiction writers]] [[Category:20th-century Indian social scientists]] [[Category:20th-century Indian women educational theorists]] [[Category:20th-century Indian women educators]] [[Category:20th-century Indian women scientists]] [[Category:20th-century Indian women writers]] [[Category:21st-century Indian social scientists]] [[Category:21st-century Indian women writers]] [[Category:Academic staff of the University of Mysore]] [[Category:Educators from Karnataka]] [[Category:Indian feminists]] [[Category:Indian sociologists]] [[Category:Indian women sociologists]] [[Category:Scientists from Karnataka]] [[Category:Scholars from Mysore]] [[Category:University of Mysore alumni]] [[Category:Women educators from Karnataka]] [[Category:Women scientists from Karnataka]] [[Category:Women writers from Karnataka]]'