Mr Avdhesh Kumar is currently working as Assistant Professor in School of Liberal Education, Division of Political Science. He is a fresher in teaching with over 8 years of research experience in the field of higher education. He believes in ethics and efficiency in work. He acknowledges that teaching is not only confined to making the pupils understand the concepts of a course but also to develop intellectual ability and critical thinking. He always endeavours towards the holistic development of the students. He has participated in many conferences, seminars and workshops at the national and international platforms.

Qualification

• Ph.D (Thesis Submitted and Viva-voce awaited) in Political Science from Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi
• M.Phil in Political Science from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
• M.A. & B.A. in Political Science from University of Delhi.
• UGC-NET in Political Science.

Research

• Kumar, Avdhesh (Review of the book The Quantified Worker: Law and Technology in the Modern Workplace, Ifeoma Ajunwa 2023). Surveillance & Society.
• Arun P, Kumar, A (2023). [Review of the book Data Driven: Truckers, Technology, and the New Workplace Surveillance, Karen Levy]. Labor History.
• “The Role of Women in a Technology-Driven Economy during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Case Study of the BPO Industry in India” in Business: Resilience and Sustainability: Evidence from Emerging Market Developing Economies, Reena Marwah and Anshi Goel World Scientific Publishing Company, Singapore 2023. pp 245- 259. ISBN: 978- 
• “Minority within Minority: Exploring the Politics of Pasmanda Muslims in Uttar Pradesh” in Politics of Inclusion Empowering Minorities in India, Mohammed Ghouse, Murali Manohar Gogulamudi, and Mohammed Rizwan Rasheed (ed.), Manak Publication Pvt. Limited New Delhi, 2018. (pp.173-185). ISBN:9789378314551.

Seminars/Conferences/Workshops

• Presented a paper, “Data-Driven Call Centre Workers:An Analysis of Technology and Work Floor Surveillance of Domestic Call Centre in Delhi,” at Surveillance Studies Workshop (SSN Oregon 2023), Conference held on October 13-14, 2023 on the University of Oregon campus in Eugene, Oregon, USA.
• Absence of ‘Self’ on the Work Floor: A Case Study of Intensive Use of Technology-Driven Surveillance in Call Centres in Delhi” at the International Conference on New Technologies and the Future of Work in the Global South conducted by Institute for Human Development, New Delhi, International Labour Organisation and Southeren Centre for Inequality, WITS University, South Africa held on 17-19 July 2023.
• An Analysis of “Contested Subjectivity” of Women Workers: A Case Study of Call Centres in India” at the International Online Symposium on Women’s Rights at Georgian Young Reformers Associations, Georgia held on 30th July, 2022.
• Participated in a workshop on “Research Methodology Workshop on Labour Studies” organised by Dr. B. R. Ambedkar University Delhi in collaboration with V. V Giri National Labour Institute, Noida on 10th- 12th May 2023.
• .Participated in a workshop on “Theory in Political Economy:A Focus on Das Kapital Volume 1” organised by the Centre for Comparative Politics and Political Theory, Jawaharlal Nehru University on 16th-20th January,2017.

Area of Interest

• Political Economy
• Political Theory
• Feminism:Theory and Practice
• International Relation

Book Published

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