CONFERENCE PATRONS/ STEERING COMMITTEE
- Dr Murli Manohar Joshi, Former Minister of Human Resources and Development, Govt of India (Padma Vibhushan Awardee-2017) and currently President of CRRID Society (Chief Patron)
- Dr S K Mangal, Chairman, Governing Body, CRRID, Chandigarh (Chair)
- Dr Bindu Duggal, Director (Acting), CRRID, Chandigarh (Co Chair)
- Prof Harmohinder Singh Bedi, Chancellor, Central University of Himachal Pradesh (Padma Shri Awardee- 2022 and noted author and academician)
- Prof Raghvendra P Tiwari, Vice Chancellor, Central University of Punjab, Bathinda, Punjab
- Prof. R C Kuhad, Former Vice Chancellor, Central University of Haryana, Mahendergarh
- Prof R.M. Pant, Vice-Chancellor, Assam University, Silchar, Assam
- Prof. Renu Vig, Vice-Chancellor, Panjab University, Chandigarh and Chairperson, CRIKC
- Dr. Subhash Sharma, Director, CEPR, Chandigarh
- Professor Debolina Kundu, Director, National Institute of Urban Affairs (NIUA), New Delhi
- Professor Gaurav Verma, Coordinator, CRIKC, Panjab University, Chandigarh
- Shri Prabodh Kumar, IPS, Special DGP, Punjab Human Rights Commission
- Mrs Asha Kumari Jaswal, Former Mayor, Municipal Corporation, Chandigarh
- Professor (Retd) Debal K SinghaRoy, President, WG05 on Famine and Society, ISA
- Shri S.N. Tripathi, Director General, Indian Institute of Public Administration (IIPA), New Delhi
- Professor V N Alok, Indian Institute of Public Administration (IIPA), New Delhi
- Dr G R Chaudhary, Director, SAIF and Professor, Department of Chemistry, PU, Chandigarh
- Dr S K Mishra, Registrar, IKGPTU, Kapurthala, Punjab
- Shri Ravinder Singh Sheoran, Senior Journalist
- Dr Rajeev Kumar, Chairperson, Department of Environment Studies, PU, Chandigarh
- Shri Ravi Guru, Deputy Director General, All India Institute of Local Self Government (AIILSG), New Delhi
- Prof Rekha Saxena, Deptt of Political Science, University of Delhi and Hony Senior Advisor, Forum of Federations, Canada
- Professor Abha Chauhan, Deptt of Sociology, Central University of Himachal Pradesh and Former President, ISS
- Prof Sukhdev Singh, President, North-West Indian Sociological Society (NWISA)
- Prof Hitesh Vaidya, Former Director, NIUA, New Delhi
- Prof. Punam Agarwal, Principal, PGGC, Sector 11, Chandigarh
- Dr Nisha Bhargava, Principal, MCM DAV College for Women, Chandigarh
ADVISORY COMMITTEES
i. International Advisory Committee
- Professor Dai-Yeun Jeong, Director, Asia Climate Change Education Center, Jeju, South Korea
- Professor Yuri Kazepov, Department of Sociology, University of Vienna, Austria
- Professor Debra J. Davidson, Environmental Sociology, Deptt of Resource Economics & Environmental Sociology, University of Alberta, Canada
- Professor Aboobacker Rameez, Vice Chancellor, South Eastern University of Sri Lanka (SEUSL) and Professor of Sociology, FAC, SEUSL
- Professor Vladimir Klimanov, Director of the Center for Regional Policy of RANEPA under the President of the Russian Federation & Director of the Institute for Public Finance Reform. Moscow, Russia
- Professor Jean Pierre Paulain, Chair of “Food Studies” jointly set up by University of Toulouse (France) and Taylor's University, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
- Dr Peer Smets, Department of Sociology, Vrije University of Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Professor Merino Martinez Susana B, Economic Research Institute, National Autonomous University of Mexico
- Dr Ilshat RYSAEV, Bashkir Academy of Public Administration and Management under the Head of the Republic Bashkortostan, Russian Federation
- Dr Rimma Anasovna AKHMETIANOVA, Head of the Deptt of Sociological Analytics, Centre for Strategic Research, Ufa, Russia
- Dr Bikram Singh Sekhon, Development Engineer and Planner, Melbourne, Australia
- Mr Vladimir Kulikov, Moscow, Russia
- Dr Mikhaylova Anna A., Leading Researcher, Institute of Applied Economic Research, Russian Academy of National Economy and Public Administration under the President of the Russian Federation, Moscow, Russia
- Dr Angela Genova, Deptt of Economics, Society & Politics, University of Urbino Carlo Bo, Italy
- Ms Maliga Naidoo, Director, Academy of Leisure Sciences, Africa
- Dr Krishna Prasad Bhandari, Associate Professor, Pashchimanchal Campus (Formerly Western Region Campus), Institute of Engineering, Tribhuvan University, Nepal
- Mr Nawaraj Koirala, Professional Local Governance Finance, Kathmandu, Nepal
- Dr Deepika Gupta (Canada), Shri Sukhdev Singh (Singapore); Shri Kamal Chaudhary (Finland)
- Shri Lovekesh Soni, Entrepreneur, Wolver Hampton, UK
- Dr Joyeb Garai, Sociologist from Chittagong, Bangladesh
ii. National Advisory Committee
- Dr. Vidyutkumar Anantray Joshi (Vidyut Joshi), Former V.C., Bhavnagar University, Former Director, Centre for Social Studies, (ICSSR), Surat
- Professor S Gurusamy, Former Senior Professor and Head, Department of Sociology, Dean, School of Social Science, The Gandhigram Rural Institute (DU), Dindigul, TN
- Prof S L Sharma, Deptt of Sociology, Panjab University, Chandigarh
- Professor B K Nagla, Formerly with the Deptt of Sociology, MDU, Rohtak
- Professor J K Pundir, Formerly with the Deptt of Sociology, CCSU, Meerut, UP
- Prof Virendra Pal Singh, Univ of Allahabad & currently Chairman of GREFI
- Dr. Parvez A. Abbasi, Former Prof and Head, Department of Sociology, Veer Narmad South Gujarat University, Surat, India and currently Vice Chairman, GREFI
- Prof Ranvinder Singh Sandhu, Deptt of Sociology, Retd from GNDU, Amritsar
- Prof Rajesh Gill, Deptt of Sociology, Panjab University, Chandigarh
- Prof Satish K Sharma, Deptt of Sociology, Formerly with HPU, Shimla
- Prof Arvind Joshi, Former Dean, Social Sciences and Retd. Prof of Sociology, BHU
- Prof Pampa Mukherjee, Chairperson, Deptt of Political Science, PU, Chandigarh
- Dr Vimal Triverdi, Fomerly with CSSS, Surat, Gujarat
- Prof Upendra Nath Roy, Head, Department of Rural Development, National Institute of Technical Teachers Training and Research (NITTTR), Chandigarh
- Prof Antony Palackal, Deptt of Sociology, University of Kerala
- Prof Jagan Karade, HOD, Deptt of Sociology, University of Kolhapur (AG-02)
- Prof Balaji Kendre, Deptt of Sociology, University of Mumbai
- Professor D R Sahu, Deptt of Sociology, Lucknow and Former Secretary, ISS
- Prof Manish K Verma, Deptt of Sociology, BBAU, Lucknow & Former Secy, ISS
- Professor Shweta Prasad, Deptt of Sociology, BHU, Varanasi and Secretary, ISS
- Prof Ajailiu Niumai, Deptt of Sociology, University of Hyderabad
- Prof Arvinder Ansari, Deptt of Sociology, JMI University, Delhi
- Prof Chandan Kumar Sharma, Deptt of Sociology, Tejpur University, Assam
- Prof Monica Munjial Singh, Former Chairperson, Centre for Social Work, PU, Chd.
- Prof V N Alok, Indian Institute of Public Administration (IIPA), New Delhi
- Professor Manoj Kumar Jena, Centre for Study of Social System, School of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
- Professor Rabindra Kumar Mohanty, Professor and Head, Department of Sociology, Mizoram University, Aizawl
- Professor Kali Nath Jha, Department of Sociology and Social Work, Hari Singh Gaur, Central University Sagar, MP
- Prof Mahesh Shukla, Professor of Sociology, Govt. TRS College of Excellence, Rewa, Madhya Pradesh
- Professor Kulwinder Kaur, Deptt of Sociology, JMI University, New Delhi
- Deptt of Sociology, Savitribai Phule Pune University, Maharashtra
- Dr Sanjay Kolekar, Deptt of Sociology, Savitribai Phule Pune University
- Dr Sanjay Tiwari, Member Management Committee, Indian Sociological Society
- Professor Daya Shanker, IIT, Roorkee, Uttrakhand
- Prof M Thamilarasan, Head, Deptt of Sociology, University of Madras, Chennai, TN
- Professor Annesha Shafi, Chairperson, Deptt of Sociology, University of Kashmir
- Prof Pramod Kumar Shukla, Deptt of Sociology, DDU Gorakhpur University, UP
- Prof Sanjeev Chaddha, Head, MDC, MGSIPA, Chandigarh
- Professor Sandip Chaudhari, Head, Department of Sociology, SBES College of Arts and Commerce, Aurangabad, Maharashtra
- Prof Namita Gupta, Former Chairperson, Centre for Human Rights and Duties, PU
- Prof Sunil Kumar, Deptt of Sociology, KUK, Kurukshetra
- Prof Vijaylakshmi Brara, Deptt of Sociology, Royal Global University, Guwahati
- Prof Amalendu Jyotishi, School of Development, Azim Premji University, Bengaluru
- Dr Sudha Khokate, Department of Sociology, Bangalore University, Bangalore
- Dr Sreemannarayana Murthy, Asso. Prof., Sociology, Andhra Univ., Visakhapatnam
- Prof (Dr) Devender Pal Singh Tomar, HOD, Sociology, JV College, Baraut, UP
- Prof Ashish Saxena, Head, Deptt of Sociology, University of Allahabad
- Prof Alok Kumar, HOD, Sociology, Chaudhary Charan Singh University, Meerut, UP
- Dr. Abdul Qayum, IFS, Deputy Conservator of Forests (DCF), A&N Administration
- Dr. Debashsish Nandy, Asso Prof, Political Science, Kazi Nazarul University, WB
- Dr Mujtaba Hussain, Noted Flute Artist, Panjabi University, Patiala
- Dr Rajni Bala, Convenor, RC10, Indian Sociological Society (ISS)
- Dr Bhup Singh Gaur, Convenor, RC 21 of ISS on Political Sociology
- Shri Tikender Singh Panwar, Former Deputy Mayor, Shimla MC, HP
- Dr Mohinder Slariya, General Secretary, Sociological Society Himachal Pradesh
- Dr Amar Pal Singh, Associate Professor, SRM University, Lucknow, UP
- Dr Rajvir Dhaka, AP, HIPA, Haryana & Secretary, IIPA, Haryana Regional Branch
- Dr Pirzada Amin, IUST, J&K, Srinagar
- Dr Shabnam Ara, DSW, Cluster University Srinagar, J&K
- Dr Surya Prakash Upadhyay, School of Humanities & Social Sciences, IIT, Mandi
- Dr Sumant Swain, Assistant Professor, IIHMR, New Delhi
- Professor Soumyajit Patra, Deptt of Sociology, SKBU, Purulia, WB
- Prof B P Badola, Sociologist, GCTE, Dharamshala, HP
- Dr Itishree Pattnaik, Associate Professor, Christ College, Banglore, Karnataka
LOCAL ORGANISING COMMITTEE
- Dr Manoj Kumar Teotia, Conference Coordinator/Organizing Secretary and PhD Incharge, Sociology, CRRID, Chandigarh; Convenor, RC19 on Urban Studies, ISS and Vice President cum Secretary, WG05 on Famine and Society, ISA
- Dr Vinod Chaudhary, Chairperson, Sociology, Panjab University, Chandigarh (CoCoordinator and Joint Secretary)
- Shri Sunil Bansal, Asso Prof/S&EO/FA and Former Director (Acting), CRRID, Chd
- Dr Rajesh Aggarwal, Asso Prof, PRC and Former Director (Acting), CRRID, Chd
- Advovate Berjeshwar Singh Jaswal, Chandigarh
- Dr Rakesh Kumar Malik, Deputy Director, Sports, Panjab University, Chandigarh
- Dr Manoj Kumar, Secretary, NWISA & Asso Prof, Sociology, PGGCG-11, Chd.
- Dr Ranjay Vardhan, Associate Prof, Sociology, PGGCG, Sector 46, Chandigarh
- Dr Anupam Bahri, AP, UILS, PU, Chandigarh
- Dr Jagdish Kumar Mehta, Head, Sociology, DAV, Sector 10, Chandigarh
- Dr Rakesh Thakur, Associate Prof,, Deptt of Sociology, PGGC-11 Chandigarh
- Dr Bhavna Sood, Chairperson, Sociology, MCM DAV College for Women-36, Chd.
- Dr Rohtash Godara, Associate Professor, Deptt of Geography, Govt College, Panchkula
- Shri Jayant Attreya, PMLSDPS, Sector 32, Chandigarh
- Dr Meenakshi Rana, Sociology, MCM DAV College for Women, Sector 36, Chd
- Dr Vinod Kumar, RBI Chair Professor, CRRID, Chandigarh
- Dr Neetu Gaur, AP, CRRID, Chandigarh
- Dr Gurinder Kaur, AP, CRRID, Chandigarh
- Dr Jatinder Singh, AP, CRRID, Chandigarh
- Dr Vikas Kumar, AP, CRRID, Chandigarh
- Dr Pawan Sharma, PRC, CRRID, Chandigarh
- Dr Poonam Sandhir, PRC, CRRID, Chandigarh
- Dr Shaik Iftikhar Ahmed, CRRID, Chandigarh
- Shrvashree Hanslal, Sukhwinder Singh, Kuldeep Singh and Banjinder Singh
CONFERENCE SUPPORT UNIT- STUDENTS AND STAFF (with Coordinators)
- Shri Meenal Barua, CRRID
- Shri Parveen Negi, CRRID
- Shri Hem Singh, CRRID
- Shri Jagtar Singh, CRRID
- Mrs Bindu Sharma, CRRID
- Shri Suresh Kumar, CRRID
- Shri Surender Sharma, CRRID
- Shri Gurjot Singh, CRRID
- Shri Harsh Rawat, CRRID
- Sarvashree Deepak Kumar, Anirudh Kumar, Rakesh and Sandeep, Chandigarh
Ph.D. Students of Sociology @CRRID
- Mr Gourav Kumar, PhD Scholar, Sociology, CRRID
- Mr Abhimanyu Singh Thakur, PhD Scholar, Sociology, CRRID
- Ms Aishwarya, PhD Scholar, Sociology, CRRID
- Mr Ajit Kumar, PhD Scholar, Sociology, CRRID
- Ms Rehiana, PhD Scholar, Sociology, CRRID
- Ms Parmeet Kaur, PhD Scholar, Sociology, CRRID
- Mr Amit Kumar, PhD Scholar, Sociology, CRRID
- Ms Neetu Rana, CRRID, Chandigarh
- Mr Baneshwar, CRRID, Chandigarh
