Associate Professor & Research Guide
Department of Political Science
@ sachusandhya-at-gmail.com
# +91 – 9497.240.009
Academic Qualifications
- MA Political Science from University of Kerala.
Area of interest (Research)
- Diaspora Studies
Area of interest (Teaching)
- Indian Constitution
- Comparative Politics
- Contemporary Political Theory
Additional Responsibilities
- Convenor, Women Studies Unit.
- Convenor, UG and PG Admission Committee
- Chairperson, Board of Studies in Political Science (Pass)
Responsibilities Held
- Returning Officer, College Council Elections 2022-2023
List of publications
- Sandhya S Nair, Indian Diaspora in the American Political Realm, Journal of Polity and Society, Department of Political Science, University of Kerala, Vol.11.Issue 1. January-June 2019
- Sandhya S Nair, Conceptualizing Diaspora, University College Journal of Politics & Society, Vo.13 No.1&2 August 2017 & March 2018
Book Chapters/Edited
- Indian Diaspora and Indo-US Relations, in Dr.Josukutty, CA (Ed)India-US Relations and Asian Rebalancing, New Century Publications, New Delhi, 2015.ISBN 978- 7708-415-3
- Development, Marginalization: The Plight of Adivasis in Attappady, Kerala in Dr. Sundara Raj T (Ed), Social Exclusion Dimensions of Marginality in India, A.P.H Publishing Corporation, NewDelhi, 2015, ISBN 978-93-313-2683-6
Papers presented in Seminars/Conferences/Workshops
- Indian Diaspora in US: Bridging the two Democracies, International Conference on Global Diaspora Studies: Contexts and Configurations organized by UGC Area Study Centre for Canadian Studies & UGC-SAP, Institute of English in association with World Association of Global Diaspora Studies
- Indian Diaspora as Factor in Indo-US Relations, National Seminar on Asian Rebalancing and the Changing Dimensions of Indo-US Relations , organized by Department of Political Science, University of Kerala
- Impact of Social Media on Electoral Politics: Reflections from Electoral Campaigns, National Seminar on State, Democracy and Governance: Landscaping National and International Politics, organized by the Association of Political Scientists Kerala in association with Department of Political Science, Govt. College, Kottayam
- Women Reservation Bill: Way Ahead to Women Reservation, National Seminar on Empowering Women: The Eluding Firing Power, organized by the Department of Economics, Govt. College for Women
- Asian Indians : Involvement in the American Democratic Process, National Seminar on Democracy, Development and Globalization Perspectives and Experiences organized by Association of Political Scientists-Kerala in association with Department of Political Science, Govt. College, Madappally
- Indian Diaspora: soft Power in the Realm of Foreign Policy, International Seminar on India’s Foreign Policy Strategies through the 21st Century, organized by Department of Political Science, University of Kerala supported by Policy, Planning and Research Division, Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India