Dr. Ramshin Rahiman

Teaching

Educational Background

Work Experience

Lecture Courses

• Dynamics of Indian Social Structure
• Gender, Technology and development
• Indian Constitution and Human Rights
• Introduction to Sociology
• Corporate Social Responsibility
• Indian Society and Social Problems

Research

Area of Research Interest

• Gender and Society,
• Sociology of Education
• Sociology of Muslims
• Society and Muslim Women

Publications

ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4916-9937

• Reinterpreting gender; the identity and lived experiences of Muslim women in India within Islamic and popular discourses in International Journal of Cultural Studies and Social Sciences, 20 (2) 153-164, 2024, Published by Avantgarde Press, Tagore-Gandhi Institute/Shakespeare Society.
• ‘Gender, religion and higher education: strategies of Muslim women students in India’ in Sociological Bulletin, 72(4) 462–475, 2023, Published by Sage journals.
• ‘Education, Employment and Empowerment: Reflections on Muslim Women in Kerala’ in Social Action, January-March 2018, Vollume-68, Vollume-01, (65-79), ISSN 0037-7627. Published by Indian Social Institute -New Delhi.
• ‘Backwardness of Indian Muslims: Problems and Perspectives’ in Golden Research thought Journal, December 2016, Vollume-6, Issue-6, ISSN 2231-5063. Macmillian PublishingCompany.
• ‘Youth and Marriage: A Study of Changing Marital Choices among the University Students in India’ in Journal of Sociology and Social Anthropology, January 2015, Vollume-6, Number 1, (137- 147), ISSN 0976-6634. Published by Kamla-Raj Enterprises -New Delhi.

International Conferences / Seminars / Workshops

• “Gender, religion and higher education: strategies of Muslim women students in India” at international seminar organized by Women and Family Studies, Cukurova University, Adana, Turkey from 20th to 21st November 2024.
• Presented a paper titled “Empirical Reflections on Unheard Voices of the Women Sanitation Workers’ at National Seminar on Status of Health Indicators in Telangana since 2014-15 organised by Council for Social Development-Hyderabad from 25th to 26th November 2021.
• Presented a paper titled “Education, Employment and Empowerment: Reflection of Muslim Women in Kerala”, at International Seminar on Ethnicity and Minority: Debates and Discourses in Contemporary India organised by Al Beruni centre for study of social exclusion & Inclusive Policy, Maulana Azad National Urudu University- Hyderabad from 15th to 16th March 2018.
• Presented a paper titled “Role of Reform Movements and Making Womanhood in Kerala”, at International conference on Status of Muslim Women in Indian Sub-Continent, organised by centre for study of social exclusion & Inclusive Policy, Maulana Azad National Urudu University6th to 9th March 2013.
• Presented a paper titled “Ideologies of Male reformism on Women’s Education in Kerala”, at Comparative Education Society of India-International Conference on re-thinking education policy organised by the Department of Sociology, University of Hyderabad from 16th to 18th November 2011.

 National Conferences / Seminars / Workshops

• “Role of Social and Cultural Capital and Aspirations towards Education: A Study of Telangana Muslims” on commemoration of Prof. Imtiaz Ahmad organized by Department of Sociology, Maulana Azad National Urdu University, Hyderabad, from 11th to 12th March 2024.
• Presented a paper titled “Constructed Womanhood: Religious Reformism and Contemporary Muslim Women in Kerala”, at Indian Association for Women’s Studies, XIV National Conference on Equality, pluralism and the state: Perspectives from the Women’s movement organised by the Department of Women studies, Guwahati University from 4th to 7th February 2014.
• Presented a paper titled “Sociological Analysis on the Educational Evolution of Muslims in Kerala”, at Comparative Education Society of India-Annual International Conference on Education for a changing world, organised by University of Jammu from 10th 12th October 2012.
• Presented a paper titled “Muslim Women and Public Engagements: An analysis on the political participation of Muslim women in Kerala”, at Indian Association for Women’s Studies, XIII National Conference on revisiting marginalization, challenging hegemonies: revisioning gender politics organised by the Department of Women studies, Mahatma Gandhi Antarashtrriya Hindi Vishwavidyala, Wardha from 21th to 24th December 2011.
• Presented a paper titled “Making of Muslim Womanhood and Role of Reformism in Kerala”, at XXXVII All India Sociological Conference organised by the Centre for the Study of Social System, Jawaharlal Nehru University from 11th to 13th December 2011.
• Presented a paper titled “Gender and Higher Education: An analysis on the present status of Muslim women in Kerala”, at XXXVI All India Sociological Conference on development, polity and social tensions organised by the Department of Sociology, Ravenshaw University from 27th to 29th December 2010.

 Guest Lectures Delivered

• On January 27-28, 2025 served as resource person for a workshop titled “Education, Nation Building and Social Justice : A study of Universities in India, South Africa and the USA at University of Hyderabad.
• On November 20, 2024, served as moderator at the first international and third National Cukurova Women’s Studies Congress organized by Women and Family Studies, Cukurova University, Adana, Turkey.
• On January 7, 2022, served as resource person for a lecture series entitled “Empirical Reflections on Gender, Education, and Employment of Muslim Women in Kerala” hosted by the Centre for the study of social exclusion and inclusive development at Maulana Azad National Urdu University in Hyderabad.
• On August 25, 2020, served as resource person for a national webinar titled “Gender, Education, and Empowerment: Empirical Reflections from Kerala” hosted by Milad-E-Sherief Memorial College in Kayamkulam, Kerala.