CURRICULUM VITAE

(2020)

Name Dr Mali Devi Sawariya

Designation Assistant Professor

College Aditi Mahavidyalya

Department Department of Social Work

Address(College) ADITI MAHAVIDYALAYA,

Delhi Auchandi Road, Bawana,

Delhi-110039

(Residence) RZ-10, FF, Street No. 5, Mohan Block, West Sagarpur, New

Delhi -110046

Mobile 9818867427

Email mali.sawaria@gmail.com ; malidevi@aditi.du.ac.in

Education B.A ,M.A. (SOCIAL WORK), M.Phil, Ph.D.

Subject Institution Year Details

Ph.D Department

of Social

Work,

University

of Delhi

2017 Gender, Identity and Conflict in The Social Imagination through Films since 1947: A Social Work Perspective

M.Phil Department

of Social

Work,

University

of Delhi

2011 Social Work (66%)

M.A in Social Work Department

of Social

Work,

University

of Delhi

2009 Social Work (62%)

B.A (Programme) Daulat

Ram

College,

University

of Delhi

2007 Political Science,

Economics, English,

Human Rights (62%)

Career Profile

Working as Assistant Professor in Aditi Mahavidyalya, Department of Social Work and

performing the roles and responsibilities in the teaching – Social Action and Social

Movements, Application of Programme Media in Social Work, Criminal Justice and

Social Work and Social Work with Elderly; and Fieldwork supervision.

July 2016 – 14 October 2016 served as Guest Lecturer at Delhi School of Social Work,

University of Delhi and performed the role and responsibilities in the teaching and

supervision. Taught Social Development (M.A Final) & Family and Child Welfare (Elective

for M.A Final) b) Sociological Concepts (M.A Previous) and Supervision of ten MSW

students.; Faculty Coordinator for Placement Committee -2016 for M.A (Final) Students; Part

of Orientation Programme Core Committee for M.A (Final) year.

March 2011- March 2015 served as University Teaching Assistant, Delhi School of Social

Work, University of Delhi engaged in Field Work supervision to students of M.A. previous

and final with the Projects of Girls in Foster Care Homes in SOS Children‟s Village, Bawana

and with Children of Migrant Population other NGOs like Mobile Creches and Ashray

Adhikar Abhiyan

March 2011- March 2015 served as University Teaching Assistant, Delhi School of Social

Work, University of Delhi engaged in providing assistance in teaching MSW Students and

Field Work supervision to students of M.A. previous and final with the Projects of SOS

Childrens Village, Bawana and other NGOs like Mobile Creches.

Then as a University Teaching Assistant, I was also the part of following CSR projects

conducted under by Department of Social Work, University of Delhi during 2011-2015

Research Interests / Specialization

Social Action and Social Movements (Elective Paper during M.Phil)

Media, Communication and Social Work Practice

Children in Vulnerable Situations: Theories, Legislations and Interventions

Human Right, Peace in Conflict Situations and Social Work Practice

Social Work engagement with Rights of Dalits and Minorities

Social Sciences Research: Qualitative Approaches

PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS

Successfully accomplished a two month course „Research Methodology in Social Sciences‟

organised by Centre for Study of Developing Societies, July-August 2013

Certificate in One year course on Management of Voluntary Organisations organised by

Department of Social Work, University of Delhi (2008-09)

Qualified UGC/ NET-JRF Examinations for lectureship held on 28th December 2008

Qualified M. Phil on July 2011 from Department of Social Work. University of Delhi.

Successfully completed a Film Appreciation Course (2013) organized by Ministry of

Information & Broadcasting, Govt of India, National Film Archives of India and Film &

Television Institute of India, in Pune.

Successfully completed a Film Appreciation Course by Prof. Richard Allen – Chair,

Department of Cinema Studies, New York University, (31st July 2012-12

th August 2012)

from organized by Habitat Film Club, India Habitat Centre, Delhi.

Successfully completed a Film Appreciation Course by Prof. Suresh Chhabria organized by

Public Service Broadcasting Trust, on 10th and 11

th September 2012.

Successfully completed a course on „Multi Camera TV Studio operation and Programme

Production‟ (15 October 2012 to 6 November 2012), organized by Film and Television

Institute of India, Pune.

Excellently completed a one month Summer Internship Programme – 2009, 18th May to 16

th

June 2009, organised by National Human Rights Commission, New Delhi.

RESEARCH EXPERIENCES/CONSULTANCIES

Research Assistant in Project Mobile Health Initiative by Hindustan Petroleum and

Department of Social Work – 2018.

Research Coordinator, Project Shrijan in Uttarakhand sponsored by GAIL in 2017.

Researcher Co-ordinator, Project – Transforming Tehri: Need and Capacity

Assessment in Dunda and Pratapnagar Blocks of Uttarakhand, Department of Social

Work, University of Delhi (2011).

Team Member of Research Assistance for, Project CII Due Diligence Awards Team -

2014, Department of Social Work, University of Delhi.

Team Member of Research Assistance for, Project CII Due Diligence Awards Team -

2013, Department of Social Work, University of Delhi.

Team Member of Research Assistance for, Project CII Due Diligence Awards Team -

2012, Department of Social Work, University of Delhi.

Team Member of Research Assistance for Project CII Due Diligence Awards Team -

2011, Department of Social Work, University of Delhi

Research Assistant, Project – A Study of Impact Assessment of GAIL-CSR Initiatives,

2012, Department of Social Work, University of Delhi.

Research Assistant, Project – A Study of Identification of Community for Adoption by

IGL Limited, 2012, Department of Social Work, University of Delhi.

Research Coordinator, Project – A Study of Impact Assessment of Moserbaer Trust

Initiatives in , 2012, Department of Social Work, University of Delhi.

Research Assistant, Project – A Need Assessment Study in LahaulSpiti by Moserbaer

Trust, 2011, Department of Social Work, University of Delhi.

Project Documentation for six CSR Projects (2009-11) by The State Trading

Corporation of India, Delhi.

Researcher, Project –An Evaluation study of Night shelters for homeless in Delhi,

Under MNGo St. Stephens Hospital, 2011, Department of Social Work, University of

Delhi.

Research and documentation of DSA-2012 & 2013 Project, Department of Social Work,

University of Delhi.

August 2010- December 2013- Professional Consultant as researcher for Media

Studies Group Research On, “Media and Society” Project.

ADMINISTRATIVE RESPONSIBILITIES

Invigilation and Paper Evaluation during semester examination at college (2016-till

now)

Co-ordinated data entry of internal assessment marks in the college administrative

section (2016)

Faculty Coordinator, Placement Committee (2016), Department of Social Work,

University of Delhi

Direct Concurrent Field Work Supervision of four PG students since 2011-14.

Assistance to Admission coordinator during Admission Process in Department (2011).

Assistance to Director Field Work during Identification of Field work agencies for

concurrent field work placements (2013)

Assistance to Director Field Work in Evaluation of Orientation Programme M.A

(Previous) and M.A (Final) year students (2013)

Assistance to Head of Department during Department events like ANNUAL DAY and

ORIENTATION PROGRAMME, to create a visual media archive of films for

Department (2012-13)

Assistance to HoD in making of DSA and NAAC Report and as well as in compilation of

list of research work undertaken by M.Phil and Phd scholars.

Invigilator during Semester Exams of PG Students (Since 2011-14)

Part of Various Committees during UDAI-II – Remembering a Journey Celebrations

and Annual Day as well as Antardhwani Festival Celebrations in the Department.

Core Team Member, Antardhwani Festival, DSSW, University of Delhi (2014)

Counselling of Prospective Students during the PG Admission process

Invigilation Duty in Semester end Examination for Post Graduate students

Assistance to Research Committee in recording the process of PhD Entrance

Presentations and recommendation. (2011-14)

Assistance to Director, Field Work during the orientation to PG students on field

work visits to Nirmal Hriday, Prayas and Jahangirpuri Community.

Assistance to Student committees related to Film and Theatre programmes in

arrangement of workshops.

PUBLICATIONS IN BOOKS

Sawaria, M. (2014) “Mukhyadhaara ke Hindi Cinema ke Chuninda Deshbhakti Gaano Ka Vishleshan

(1947-2010)” (in Hindi) in Chamadia, S. [eds] Deshbhakti Gaane, Cricket aur Raashtravaad, Media

Studies Books Publications, ISBN – 978-81-926852-1-2, New Delhi

PUBLICATIONS IN NEWSPAPER AS ARTICLE:

Sawaria, M.D. (2017) “Haashiye Ki Duniya Ka Sitaara: Om Puri” published in national daily Dainik

Bhaskar on January 11, 2017 on pg.5

PUBLICATIONS IN JOURNALS

Research Paper titled “Nation as Context, Patriotic Songs as Text‟, published in Journal of

Mass Media: A Communication Research Journal, Peer – Reviewed, Vol. 5, pp. 8-18, ISSN

2277-7369, 2012, Delhi.

Research Paper titled “Mukhyadhaara ke Hindi Cinema ke Chuninda Deshbhakti Gaano Ka

Vishleshan (1947-2010)‟‟, published in Journal of Jan Media, Peer – Reviewed ,Vol. 8, pp.

9-23, ISSN 2277-2847, 2012, Delhi.

Research Paper titled “Inter-media Networks in Hindi Films: A Glimpse from 1970s and

1980s‟ published in Journal of Mass Media: A Communication Research Journal, Peer –

Reviewed, Vol. 9, pp. 7-13, ISSN 2277-7369, Delhi.

Research Paper titled „Cinema and Social Work Practice : Understanding resistance from

Dil Se‟, 2015, Journal of Mass Media: A Communication Research Journal, Peer –

Reviewed, Vol. 35, pp. 4-15, ISSN 2277-7369, Delhi.

Research Paper titled „Women‟s Body, Cinema and Desire for Nation: Revisiting lanes of

Partition through Chhalia (1960)‟, 2017, Journal of Mass Media: A Communication

Research Journal, Peer – Reviewed, Vol. 6, pp. 4-14, ISSN 2277-7369 2013, Delhi

Research Article titled „Emerging Mediascapes: Alternative Voices for Social Justice‟,

2019, Journal of Mass Media: A Communication Research Journal, Peer – Reviewed, Vol.

9, pp. 4-10, ISSN 2277-7369, Delhi

Research Article Co. authored Jha, M.K (2020) titled „Where is my home, my nation? :

Cinematic Memory of the Women who were Abducted During the Partition of India in

1947‟, published in Journal of Exclusion Studies, Peer – Reviewed, Vol. 10, No. 2, August

2020, 107-119, Delhi

PAPERS PRESENTED IN CONFERENCES

Paper presentation on „Best practices in E-Waste Management: A Comparative study of India

and Germany in Department of Environmental Studies, University of Delhi, 2018

Participated in a Panel Discussion organised on „ BEYOND PRISON WALLS –

CONVERSATION ON PRISONERS‟ RIGHTS‟ by Tihar Prisons in collaboration with the

Bureau of Police Research & Development, Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative, & Delhi

School of Social Work, University of Delhi on 16 September 2017 at NDMC Convention

Centre, New Delhi.

Participated in a Panel Discussion organised on „"DECODING DISSENT- To Conform or not

to Conform?".organised by Students Association, Department of Sociology, Jamia Millia

Islamia on annual festival "Karvan-E-Fikr" scheduled on 31th March,2017.

Presented a paper on „Revisiting the lost Nation via Firaq (2008) and Maachis (1996) as sites of

dissent against communalism: A Critical Discourse Analysis‟ on 10th September 2016 in

Ludhiana at Punjab Bhavan in a seminar titled „Role of Media and Entertainment Industry in

Indian Nation Building‟ 4th edition, by Samvad.

Delivered a lecture on „Representation of Female Labourers in Cinema‟ on International

Women‟s Day at Gandhi Peace Foundation on 8th March 2017 in a symposia organised by Jan

media, Media Studies Group, Delhi.

Presented a paper on „Cinema and Social Work practice : Researcher‟s Experience‟ during

Youth for Social Change: Five Days Capacity Building Training Programme for SC/ST/OBC

Youth from 27th to 31st January 2017 supported by the Rajeev Gandhi national Institute of

Youth Development (RGNIYD)

Presented a paper on „Nationalism or Xenophobia : A Critical Discourse Analysis of

Patriotic Songs from Hindi Cinema 1947-2010‟ at TISS – Platinum Jubilee Conference on

„ Globalisation and Social Transformation: The Indian Experience‟ on 19th

Feb, 2012.

Presented a paper on „Cinema and Social Work Practice: Understanding Elements of

Resistance in Hindi Films through Dil Se‟ at 1st Indian Social Work Congress, Department

of Social Work, University of Delhi, 2013.

Presented a Paper on “Project- Right to Food” in National Human Rights Commission, 18

May- June 2009.

Abstract titled „Bridging the gaps between Theory and Practice: A Study to understand the

present nature of academic engagement in context of Minorities in India‟ selected for

Presentation in „International Conference – India‟s Development Strategy: Discourses on

Past, Present and Future- 2013‟, Centre for Jawaharlal Studies, Jamia Millia Islamia.

SEMINAR / WORKSHOPS ORGANISED

Organized an Inter disciplinary lecture cum training series; Gender, Health and Justice in Aditi

Mahavidyalya, 2018

Organised a National Seminar on E-Waste Management in Department of Environmental

Studies, University of Delhi, 2018

Organized a seminar on International Women‟s Day on the theme „#BreaktheBarriers -

Understanding access barriers to timely medical & psychological care faced by survivors

of sexual and gender based violence‟ on 12th

March 2018 in collaboration with Medicins

Sans Frontiers Doctors Without Borders and Umeed Ki Kiran Clinic at Aditi

Mahavidyalya.

As Convenor, Organized Annual NGO meet 2017 titled as „„SOCIAL JUSTICE AND

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT: GENDER, HEALTH AND EDUCATION‟ at Aditi

Mahavidyalya on 12th October 2017

As Convenor, Organized Annual Diwali Mela 2017 titled as „BOL KE LAB AZAAD HAIN

TERE‟ ON 13th October 2017.

Organized a National seminar on „Empowering The Differently Abled: Issues, Concerns and

Interventions‟ with Pt. Deen Dayal Upadhyay a National Institute for Persons with

Physical Disabilities, Department of Empowerment of Persons with Physical Disabilities,

Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment ON 16th Feb 2017.

As Faculty Coordinator , organised Orientation Programme for all the three semester students

from 19th July 2017- 21

st July 2017 in Department of Social Work, Aditi Mahavidyalya,

As Faculty Coordinator from NSS Committee organised a cultural orientation programme of

students from multiple disciplines to the 'Hope Project' at Basti Hazarat Nizamuddin and

Ghalib Academy on 28th Dec 2018.

As Film Committee member, co-organised sufi musical evening by Shri Dhruv Sangari on 1st

September 2017 at Aditi Mahavidyalya.

As NSS member, co-organised an Intergenerational Painting competition among children and

elderly people of Shahbad dairy, Bavana slum on 22nd

January 2018 on theme of “Mere Sapnon

ka Bharat- Swachch Bharat” in partnership with Delhi Public Library.

As a Faculty Coordinator co-organised and Represented college in a Cultural Exchange

Programme to Sikkim from 22nd

January – 25th January 2018 in collaboration with Sarva

Shiksha Abhiyan, MHRD, Govt of Sikkim and Shri Narayan Chetna Nyas alongwith 20

students from economically weaker section.

As a Faculty Coordinator participated in a „Four Day Residential Camp in Tihar Prisons‟ from

22/05/2017 to 25/05/2017 organised by Department of Social Work, University of Delhi.

Organized Agency Supervisors Meet -2012, Department of Social Work, University of Delhi

Organized UDAI-II SAHYATRI PROGRAMME -2011, Department of Social Work,

University of Delhi

Organized The Symposium – „Remembering Nehru: State, Society and Citizens‟

Engagement‟ -2014, Department of Social Work, University of Delhi.

February 2012-- Designed and facilitated workshop “Participatory Learning and Action

Research” for Post Graduate Students at Department of Social Work, University of Delhi.

SEMINARS/ CONFERENCES ATTENDED

Participated in National Seminar on “Social Justice in Neo-Liberal Times : Issues and

Concerns (16-17th April 2017) Organized by Department of Social Work, Spnosred by

ICSSR and University of Delhi.

Participated in „All India Conference on Professional Social Work Practice at

Crossroads‟, organized by Jamia Millia Islamia University, on 23rd

and 24th

February

2012, Delhi.

Participated in National Seminar on „Marginalised Sections and Inclusive

Development: Issues and Challenges‟, organized by Jamia Millia Islamia University,

on 11th -12

th October 2012, Delhi.

Participated in a Two day workshop on „Exclusions: Gender and Politics in South Asia‟

on 14th

-15th

September 2012, organized by Developing Countries Research Centre,

University of Delhi.

Participated in an International Seminar on Social Movements for Children and

Women organised by India Habitat Centre, 27 Jan. 2010, Delhi

Attended an International Conference „The Indian Cinema Century : Film, Technology

and the Contemporary‟ organized by Department of Cinema Studies, School of Arts and

Aesthetics, Jawaharlal Nehru University on January 10-12, 2013.

Participated in a seminar on the titled „Retro return in Bombay Cinema‟ by Dr. Ranjani

Mazumdar, organised by Nehru Memorial Museum and Library, 2013.

Participated in a public lecture „Dr. Kotnis Ki Amar Kahani and after : Images of China

in Hindi Cinema‟ by Prof. Patricia Uberoi, organised by Nehru Memorial Museum and

Library, 2013.

ACADEMIC AWARDS AND DISTINCTIONS

Awarded Certificate for Excellent performance for research work on Project – Right to

Food by National Human Rights Commission, New Delhi.

Awarded Certificate of Merit for performing excellent in the Foundation Course „Gender,

Human Rights and Environment‟ by Daulat Ram College, University of Delhi.

Awarded „A‟ grade certificate for meritorious performance in short term course on Film

Appreciation jointly organized by Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, Govt of India,

National Film Archives of India and Film & Television Institute of India.

Awarded ‘Chhatra Pratibha Puraskaar’ by Hindi Academy, Govt. of Delhi for securing 84% marks

in Hindi in CBSE-2004.