DR. MIRANDA DAS

• Name: Dr.  MIRANDA DAS
• Gender: Female
• Department: Political Science
• Qualifications: PhD (2016), M. Phil (2011), MA (2009),NET-JRF/SRF (2010)
• Designation: Assistant Professor Department of Political Science Patna Women’s College (Autonomous)
• Area of Interest: Political Theory, International Relations, Feminist Legal Research and Migration Studies

Assistant Professor of Political Science
Patna Women’s College
Patna – 800001
1 December 2020 – Continue

Research Fellow
Centre for Development Practice and Research
Tata Institute of Social Sciences
Senior Wing, Delhi Public School (DPS)
Chandmari Village
Patna- 801502
7 March 2016 – 28 February 2017

Research at Patna Women’s College (Seed Money): “Multinational Corporations and Gender Discrimination: Escape from Accountability” (Ongoing)
Research at TISS Patna: “Male Out-migration and
Women in Rural Bihar: A Socio-Legal Study” (2017)
PhD Thesis: “Re-examining International Law: A
Feminist Perspective” (2016)
M. Phil Dissertation: “Feminist Approaches to
International Law: An Overview” (2011)

Presented Paper, “Male Outmigration and Women in Rural Bihar: A Socio-legal Study”, in Symposium on ‘Exploring New Grounds of Studying Bihar’, held at SAP Building, History Department, Darbhanga House, Patna University, 27 February 2017

Presented Paper, “Re-interrogating Refugee Law: A Feminist Analysis”, in National Seminar on ‘Prospects of and Challenges in Bridging the Gender Divide’, held at National Law University and Judicial Academy, Assam, 02 May – 03 May, 2014

Presented Paper, “The Legal Treatment of Marital Rape: A Critique”, in International Conference on ‘Comparative Law and Development’, held at Law Centre – I, Faculty of Law, University of Delhi, New Delhi, 21 March – 22 March, 2014

Presented Paper, “International Humanitarian Law and Women’s Rights: Re-investigating the Fault-Lines”, in Annual International Studies Convention on ‘Reimagining Global Orders: Perspectives from the South’, Convention Centre, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, 10 Dec – 12 Dec, 2013

Presented Paper, “Rethinking Women’s Identity: A Feminist Critique of Patriarchy and the State” in UGC Sponsored National Seminar on ‘Questioning Identity: Response of the State and Community in Contemporary India’ held at Barrackpore Rastraguru Surendranath College, Kolkata, 23 Aug – 24 Aug, 2013

Presented Paper, “Domestic Violence and Human Rights: A Feminist Analysis” in 1st WDC International Conference on ‘Empowerment of Women in the Developing World’ held at University of Delhi, New Delhi, 1 April- 2 April, 2013

Presented Paper, “Gender Blind Economics: A Feminist Critique” in UGC & ICSSR Sponsored National Conference on ‘Rethinking Development: Emerging & Contemporary Debates’ held at K.C. College, Mumbai, 11 Dec- 12 Dec, 2012

(With Sukhdev Singh) “Crimes of Sexual Violence within International Criminal Law: A Historical Outline”, Journal of Politics and Law, Vol. 14, No. 1, 2021/ Online
Published on November 25, 2020 (ISSN 1913-9047/ EISSN 1913-9055) (Published by Canadian Centre of Science and Education)

“Male Out-migration and Women in Rural Bihar: A Socio-legal Study”, Journal of Migration Affairs, Vol. 1, Issue. 1, 2018 (ISSN 2582-0990) (Published by Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Patna)

“Law Relating to Rape: An International Humanitarian Perspective”, Journal of Law and Public Policy, Vol. 1, Issue. 1, 2014, (ISSN No. 2350-1200) (Published by National Law School of India University, Bangalore)

“Women and War: A Feminist Critique of International Humanitarian Law”, Conference Proceedings: National Conference on Law and Justice, Gujrat: AURO University, 2013, (ISBN: 978-81-928189-0-0)

“Domestic Violence and Human Rights: A Feminist Analysis”, 1St WDC International Conference on Empowerment of Women in Developing World: Abstracts, New Delhi: DK Publishers Distributors Pvt. Ltd., 2013, (ISBN: 978-93-80397-39-9)

(with Sukhdev Singh)“Locomonster: Memory of Colonial Modernity”, Monsters and the Monstrous, Vol.2, No. 1, (Special Issue Monstrous Memory), 2012, (ISSN: 1756-770X) (Published by Interdisciplinary Press, United Kingdom)

Delivered a Lecture on “Understanding Power” as a Resource Person for the Exchange Programme, Sophia Girls College (Autonomous), Ajmer, Rajasthan, 23 December 2020

Resource Person for Session on “Academic & NonAcademic Writing”, One Week Faculty Development Program on Academic Writing: Theory & Practice, Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University, Katra, J&K, 01-06 November 2018

Resource Person for Session on “How to Write Data Chapters”, One Week Faculty Development Program on Academic Writing: Theory & Practice, Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University, Katra, J&K, 01-06 November 2018

Instructor for a Module on “Gender, Vulnerabilities and Migration”, Orientation Programme on Migration, Centre for Development Practice & Research, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Patna, Bihar, 20-26 February 2017

Organised & Conducted a Session on “References/ Citations & Plagiarism”, Academic Writing Workshop for PhD Scholars Belonging to SC/ST Communities, TISS Patna/Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of Youth Development Tamil Nadu/Centre for Social Equity & Inclusion, Bihar, 14-15 December 2016, TISS Patna, Bihar
<http://www.tiss.edu/uploads/files/ReportAcedamicWriting Works hopDec14-152016.pdf>

Organised & Conducted a Session on “How to Write Data Chapters”, Academic Writing Workshop for PhD Scholars Belonging to SC/ST Communities, TISS Patna/Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of Youth Development Tamil Nadu/Centre for Social Equity & Inclusion, Bihar, 14-15 December 2016, TISS Patna, Bihar
<http://www.tiss.edu/uploads/files/ReportAcedamicWritingWorks hopDec14-152016.pdf>

Any Other/ Memberships:

Member, International Studies Association, University of Connecticut, 362 Fairfield Way, Unit 4013, Storrs, CT 06269-4013, USA

Member, AWID (The Association for Women’s Rights in Development), Toronto, Canada, (Membership ID: 19882, Membership from 20 February 2020 to 19 February 2023) Counsellor for Higher Studies in India, Xomidhan, a Non-Profit Organization