Title | Dr. | First Name | MANISHA | Last Name | CHOUDHARY |
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Designation | Associate Professor | ||||||
Department | Department of History | ||||||
mchoudhary@history.du.ac.in | |||||||
Webpage | |||||||
Phone.no | 9891522019 |
Employement Info | |||||||
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Employee Type | Nature Of Employment | ||||||
Teaching | Permanent |
Educational Qualifications | |||||||
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Degree/Certification Name | Institution | Year of Completion | |||||
UG | University of Delhi | 2018 | |||||
M.Phil. | University of Delhi | 2009 | |||||
Certificate | University of Delhi | 2007 | |||||
Certificate | Urdu Academy | 2007 | |||||
PG | University of Delhi | 2006 | |||||
UG | University of Delhi | 2004 | |||||
HSC | CBSE | 2001 | |||||
SSC | Rajasthan Board | 1999 |
Fellowship Details | |||||||
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Name Of Fellowship | Awarding Body | Fellowship Level | |||||
IIAS-Fellow | Indian institute of Advanced Study, Rashtrapati Nivas, Shimla | International | |||||
Fellowship Award | The Indian Council of Historical Research. | National |
Teaching Experience (Within Institution) | |||
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Designation | Duration | ||
Research Associate | 05-09-2008 To 31-03-2009 (6 months, 26 days) | ||
Assistant Professor | 22-02-2010 To 22-01-2014 (3 years, 11 months) |
Administrative Experience (Within Institution) | |||
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Designation | Duration | ||
Deputy Dean Vice Chancellors Office | 27-01-2014 To 03-08-2015 (1 years, 6 months, 7 days) | ||
Deputy Co-ordinator NAAC | 01-06-2014 To 29-02-2016 (1 years, 8 months, 28 days) | ||
Co-ordinator AQAR- Department of History | 01-09-2020 To 01-01-2021 (4 months) | ||
Nodal Officer AQAR | 01-01-2021 To 31-03-2022 (1 years, 2 months, 30 days) | ||
Co-ordinator NAAC- Department of History | 01-03-2016 To 30-11-2017 (1 years, 8 months, 29 days) |
Research Supervision Overview | |||||||
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PhD Scholars Supervised | PhD Degrees Awarded | Theses Submitted | |||||
8 | 2 | 0 | |||||
M.Phil Scholars Supervised | M.Phil Degrees Awarded | M.Phil Theses Submitted | |||||
0 | 4 | 0 |
Research Publications | |||||||
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Title of Article | Type of Publication | Name of Journal | ISSN | Journal Volume | Year | Link to Article | DOI (Digital Object Identifier) |
The Temporal Continuity: Temple, Theatre and Anthropology | Research Papers in Scopus Listed Journals | Indian Historical Review | 0376-9836/0975-5977 | 51 | 2024 | https://doi.org/10.1177/03769836241287051 | |
Mughal Samrajya: Chaviya, bhudrashya, shikshya aur gyan-nirman | Research Papers in UGC listed Journals | Itihaas Drishti | 0976-349X | 24-25 | 2024 | ||
The Thar Desert and its Travelers | Research Papers in Scopus Listed Journals | Ancient Asia: Journal of the Society of South Asian Archaeology | 2042-5937 | 15 (1-2) | 2024 | https://doi.org/10.47509/AA.2024.v15i.02 | |
‘The Valley of Sand: Tracing the Subjective Spaces in Thar Desert’ | Research Papers in UGC listed Journals | Inclusive Journal | 2278-9758 | Vol.2 (24) | 2024 | ||
Mer: Itihaasachy, paulkhula vbadalti aalekh’ | Research Papers in UGC listed Journals | Parivartanacha Vatsaru (Marathi Magazine) | 2250-3145 | Volume 16 | 2023 | ||
The Imperial Connections of the Thar Desert: Environment, Power and Political Alliances | Research Papers in Peer Reviewed Journals | History and Sociology of South Asia | 2230-8075/ 2249-5312 | 17 (2) | 2023 | https://journals.sagepub.com/ | https://doi.org/10.1177/22308075231164673 |
Mughal Kulinta: utpati, Vikas aur Nirantarta’ | Research Papers in UGC listed Journals | Himajlai | 2349-4905 | Vol. 27 | 2023 | https://iias.ac.in/himanjali/ | |
'Khanabadoshi: A socio-economic History of Mobility in Rajasthan' | Research Papers in UGC listed Journals | Studies in Humanities and Social Sciences | 0972-1401 | Vol. 29 no. 2 | 2022 | ||
Khanabadoshi: History and Aspects of Mobility in the Rajasthan | Research Papers in UGC listed Journals | Rajasthan History Congress Proceeding | 2321-1288 | Vol XXXVI | 2022 | ||
Badalta Shetr, simitata privesh aur sangharshrt prjaati: oonto ka itihaas | Research Papers in Peer Reviewed Journals | Samajiki | 00000 | 1 | 2021 | 0000000 | |
Thar registhaan ke saahi aadaan-prdaan: pryavaran, shakti aur raajnaitik gathjod | Research Papers in Care Listed Journals | Itihaas Drishti | 0976-349X | 16-17 | 2021 | 00000 | |
Changing Area, Shrinking Spaces and Struggling Species: History of Camels | Research Papers in Scopus Listed Journals | History and Sociology of South Asia | 2249-5312 (web)/2230-8075 (print) | 13 (2) | 2021 | 10.1177/22308075211043285 | |
The Historical Thar Desert of India | Research Papers in Scopus Listed Journals | Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences | 2039-2117 | 12 | 2021 | 10.36941/mjss-2021-0029 | |
‘Badshah Begam: Awadh ke saahi mahal ke rajnaitik evam dharmik gatividhiya-ek aitihasik vishleshan’ | Research Papers in UGC listed Journals | Itihaas Drishti | 0976-349X | 18-19 | 2021 | No DOI | |
Tracking the Mers: An insight in their History and Culture | Research Papers in Care Listed Journals | Shodh-Sadhana | 2231-3877 | 30 | 2021 | 00000 | |
Rait hu dher nahi: Thar ke ek jhalak’ | Research Papers in UGC listed Journals | Himanjali | 2349-4905 | Vol. 19 | 2019 | ||
Recruitment, Role and Hierarchy of Khojas in Amber-Jaipur Kingdom | Research Papers in Care Listed Journals | Proceedings of Rajasthan History Congress | 2321-1288 | 32 | 00000 | ||
Setting the Game of Ferocity and Innocence: Hunts of Jahangir’ | Research Papers in Peer Reviewed Journals | American Research Journal of History and Culture | 2379-2914 | 4 (1) | 0000 | ||
Setting the Game of Ferocity and Innocence: Hunts of Jahangir’ | Research Papers in UGC listed Journals | Shodh-Sadhana | 2231-3877 | 30 | 00000 | ||
Migrating Banaras and Settling Tandas: An Un-noticed Contribution | Research Papers in Peer Reviewed Journals | ACR-International Journal of history and Cultural Studies | 2454-7646 | 3 (4) | 10.20431/2454-7654 | ||
The Court Protocol and Social Ordering in Jaipur State | Research Papers in Peer Reviewed Journals | International Journal of History and Cultural Studies | 2454-7646 | 1 (1) | 0000 | ||
The Royal Household (Rajlok) of Kachhwha Kings of Jaipur | Research Papers in Peer Reviewed Journals | IOSR-Journal of Humanities and Social Science (IJHSS) | 2279-0837 | 6 (3) | 0000 | ||
Contesting and Negotiating Power: The multi-faceted dynamics of the Jat uprising during late 17th and early 18th century | Research Papers in Peer Reviewed Journals | International Journal of Humanities and Social Science Invention (IJHSSI) | 2319-7722 | 2 (1) | 2013 | 0000 | |
Domesticity, Religion and Power Politics: Exploring Life in the Royal Palace of Awadh | Research Papers in Peer Reviewed Journals | International Journal of Social Science Tomorrow (IJSST | 2277-6168 | 1 (4) | 000 | ||
, ‘Landscape, Images and Knowledge Creation in A Pre-Colonial Mughal State' | Research Papers in Peer Reviewed Journals | Journal of Indian History | 0022-1775 | Centenary Jubilee volume | 2024 |
Non-Journal Publications | |||||||
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Title of Publication | Type of Publication | Publisher | Role | ISBN | Year | Link to Publication | Level |
Representing the Animals: Kings, Kingdom and Shikar | Full Paper in Conference Proceedings/Other | Anamika Publishers & Distributors (P) LTD. | Author | 978-93-95404-85-3 | 2024 | National | |
Can Animals Speak?: Empires, Militaries and Animals | Full Paper in Conference Proceedings/Other | Sunrise Publisher, Jaipur | Author | 978-81-19447-70-1 | 2024 | Local Publishers | |
Economic History of Modern India India 1757-1947 | Text/Reference/Subject Books/Other | International Centre of Distance Education of Open Learning (Shimla) | Author | 2023 | International | ||
Revolutions and Revolutionary Ideas | Text/Reference/Subject Books/Other | International Centre of Distance Education of Open Learning (Shimla) | Author | 2023 | International | ||
HISt-104: Aspects of Society and Culture in Early Modern Europe,c. 1450-1700 | Text/Reference/Subject Books/Other | The International Centre of Distance Education of Open Learning (Shimla) | Author | 0000 | 2022 | International | |
Ain-i-Akbari: Reminiscence and Mirror of Ages | Full Paper in Conference Proceedings/Other | KHATIRATIN IŞIĞINDA OLAYLAROLGULAR VE İNSANLAR, Ankara | Author | 978-975-17-5074-7 | 2021 | International | |
The History of Thar Desert: Environment, Society & Culture | Text/Reference/Subject Books/Other | IIAS, Shimla | Author | 978-93-82396-75-8 | 2021 | International | |
The Eternal Dastur Craft | Text/Reference/Subject Books/Other | Primus Books | Author | 978-93-90022-49-6 | 2020 | International | |
Delhi: A Concise History | Text/Reference/Subject Books/Other | Rupa | Author | 978-93-5333-809-1 | 2020 | International | |
Trade, Transport and Tanda: Shifting Identities of Banjaras | Text/Reference/Subject Books/Other | Manohar | Author | 978-81-935609-8-3 | 2018 | International | |
Exploring Gender History and Power Relations: An analysis of Jaipur and Jodhpur Rajloks* during 1619th Centuries | Full Paper in Conference Proceedings/Other | Natnagar Sodh Samsthan, Malwa | Author | 978-81-926930-8-8 | 2018 | National | |
Interaction between the Jaipur State, Popular Culture and the Religious Dignitaries | Full Paper in Conference Proceedings/Other | Global Art Publication | Author | 978-81-931738-9-3 | 2017 | International | |
The Trends of Environmental History Writing in India | Chapters in Books | B.R. Publishing Corportion, Delhi | Author | 9789386223524 | 2017 | National | |
Contesting and Negotiating Power: The multi-faceted dynamics of the Jat uprising during late 17th and early 18th century | Full Paper in Conference Proceedings/Other | Maharaja Surajmal Reasearch Institute Delhi Originals Publisher | Author | 818454138-4 | 2013 | National | |
Long distance trade in Awadh during the 17th -18th centuries and Banjaras’ | Full Paper in Conference Proceedings/Other | Anamika Publishers, Delhi | Author | 978-81-7975-406-1 | 2011 | National |
Research Projects | ||||||
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Project Title | Project Type | Year Of Sanction | Outcome/Output | Duration | ||
The depiction of multi-faceted lifestyles in the bhiti-chitrakari of Setha ka Ramgarh and Nawalgarh havelis: A study into popular knowledge system and role of traders’ | Minor | 2016 | 15-10-2015 To 30-07-2016 (9 months, 15 days) | |||
The History of Thar: Environment, Culture & Society | Major | 2019 | Published as monograph from Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Rashtrapati Nivas, Shimla | 01-12-2017 To 27-11-2019 (1 years, 11 months, 26 days) | ||
The History of Water’ | Minor | 2022 | In Publication Process | 04-11-2021 To 22-07-2022 (8 months, 18 days) | ||
Project Leadership | Minor | 2023 | 31-08-2023 To 31-08-2024 (1 years) |
Other Research Activities | |||||||
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Activity Name | Collaborating Body | Organizing Body | Activity Date | ||||
Talk on: Delhi: A History on ‘Dil Mein Hai Dilli Festival | Friend of Books (The Utsav and the Square Mall Aerocity) | ‘Dil Mein Hai Dilli Festival’ at The Square, Aerocity, Delhi | 26-05-2024 | Panel Discussion. Panelist Topic: Temples: A site of Ancient Knowledge System | Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC) | Dyal Singh College, University of Delhi | 05-08-2024 | Lecture Title: ‘Understanding Gandhi and Environment through Hind Swaraj’ | Himachal Pradesh University | Department of Political Science Himachal Pradesh University on the Birth Anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi | 02-10-2018 | Lecture Title: ‘Perspectives of Environmental history’ | University of Jammu | Department of History, University of Jammu | 19-12-2018 | Panel Discussion- Panelist Topic: ‘Women in Indian History: Contribution and Depiction’ | University of Delhi | Daulat Ram College, University of Delhi | 10-01-2023 | Special Lecture on : Dialogue its significance and types of Dialogue | Indialogue | Indialogue Foundation | 24-09-2024 | National Seminar: Sadhu Sunder Singh and the his Contemporaries: Mahatma Gandhi and Charles Andrews, Problematizing the trajectory | National Council for Churches of India, New Delhi | Church of Northern India, New Delhi | 03-09-2024 |
Professional Development Programmes | |||||||
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Programme Title | Sponsoring Institution | Organizing Institution | Role | Type of Programme | |||
Connecting and Negotiating: A History of Animals | Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli | MMTTC(Formely UGC-HRDC) | Resource Person | Refresher Program | |||
Historical Research: Insights, Trends, and methods | Banasthali Vidyapith | Department of History and Indian Culture | Resource Person | Refresher Program | |||
Short Term Course | Self Funded | Heritage Foundation, Jalgaon | Attending | Short Term Program | |||
Refresher Course 37 | UGC | HRDC-JNU | Attending | Refresher Program | |||
Refresher Course 22 | UGC | HRDC-Jamia | Attending | Refresher Program | |||
Orientation Programme-81 | UGC | CPDHE | Attending | Orientation Programme |
Honors and Awards | |||||||
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Name of the Award | Awarding Body | Award Category | Level | Award Date | |||
Prof. Pema Ram Award for Best Paper | Rajasthan History Congress | Research | National | 22-12-2017 | |||
Prof. Pema Ram Memorial Lecture 2022 | Rajasthan History Congress | Research | National | 26-02-2022 | |||
Prof. Radhey Shyam Memorial Lecture | Uttar Pradesh History Congress | Research | National | 08-11-2022 | |||
Resource Person: Medieval Section Presidential Address | Haryana History congress | Research | National | 25-11-2023 | |||
ABP Podcast 'History of Crackers' Link: https://youtu.be/Oa-BYSENq5Q?feature=shared | ABP News | Extension | International | 21-10-2023 | |||
Resource Person | Project Border History, NMML, Delhi | Academic | National | 09-12-2021 | |||
Podcast ABP: https://youtu.be/BuwlW1hzfZY?si=JGgMh9rcSVb28VyW | ABP Nalanda विश्वविद्यालय में कैसे पढ़ाते थे? क्या पढ़ाया जाता था? किसने बनाई नालंदा? | Extension | International | 19-06-2024 | |||
Key Note Address ‘Reading Rajasthani Sources’ | IIS University Jaipur | Research | State | 07-10-2023 | |||
Resource Person lecture title ‘Dialogue, Democracy and Human Rights in Contemporary Society’ | Indialogue Foundation | Academic | International | 19-09-2023 | |||
Resource Person, History and Culture of India | UGC-HRDC, Mizoram University | Academic | National | 09-09-2023 | |||
Panelist Topic: ‘Women in Indian History: Contribution and Depiction’ | Daulat Ram College | Academic | University | 10-01-2023 | |||
Prof. R. P. Vyas Memorial Lecture | Rajasthan History congress | Research | National | 26-02-2022 | |||
Resource Person | NEPA Delhi | Research | National | 08-10-2020 | |||
Junior Research fellow | University Grants Commission | Research | National | 07-06-2010 | |||
NET Qualified | UGC-NET | Research | National | 08-06-2010 | |||
Fellowship Award | The Indian Council of Historical Research (ICHR) | Research | National | 18-02-2009 | |||
Fellowship Award | IIAS Rashtrapati Niwas Shimla | Research | International | 27-11-2017 | |||
Distinguished Guest in the National Symposium | N.R.E.C. College, Khurja | Academic | National | 25-02-2015 | |||
Resource Person | VSSD College Kanpur, Department of Law | Academic | National | 21-03-2024 | |||
Resource Person | University Grants Commission Human Resource Development Centre Mizoram University | Academic | National | 20-09-2023 | |||
Jury Member- PM YUVA 2.0 | National Book Trust | Research | International | 26-04-2023 | |||
ABP-Podcast on transgenders https://youtu.be/5FxEmqjqyNg?si=kyz245DNdbwVxVsT | ABP-Podcast | Extension | International | 14-08-2024 | |||
Resource Person | Jambani Sahitya Academy | Research | National | 16-12-2024 |
Talk Poster Presented | |||||||
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Name of the Activity | Role | Date of Activity | |||||
Prof. R.P.Vyas Memorial Lecture 2022 | Invited Talk | 26-02-2022 | |||||
Vision Education and Committed Kalam: Narrative of Life and Zeal to achieve Dreams’ | Invited Talk | 15-03-2016 | |||||
Rulers, society and Dastur Statecraft formation of the Amber-Jaipur Kingdom | Invited Talk | 15-03-2017 | |||||
Migration, Settlement and Making of the Open-Live Art Galleries: A study of Setho ka Ramgarh and Nawalgarh | Invited Talk | 21-03-2017 | |||||
Lifestyle Yoga | Invited Talk | 21-06-2017 | |||||
Women in Medieval Indian History: An insight in Mughal Harem and Rajlok of Jaipur | Invited Talk | 15-10-2018 | |||||
Migrating Banjaras and Settling Tandas: An un-noticed | Panelist | 25-07-2017 | |||||
Constitution of India and its historical Legacy | Invited Talk | 29-11-2017 | |||||
Talking Thar: Environment and Economy | Speaker | 10-10-2021 | |||||
Significance of Faculty Development Programme | Invited Talk | 30-07-2021 | |||||
Collating History Resources | Oral Presentation | 09-10-2020 | |||||
Emotional Well being in Challanges | Invited Talk | 11-07-2020 | |||||
The Rise of Rajput States in Medieval Rajasthan | Invited Talk | 04-03-2020 | |||||
Environmental History | Invited Talk | 19-12-2018 | |||||
Thoughts of Netaji for the Youth of 21st Century | Invited Talk | 24-01-2022 | |||||
Talking Thar: Environment and Economy | Invited Talk | 10-10-2021 |
Consulting Details | |||||
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Name of the Project | Consulting Agency | Duration | |||
Lecture on School Student Union Election | Dev Vidyalaya, Sikar Rajasthan | 15-07-2024 To 17-07-2024 (2 days) | Resource Person, Project Border History | NMML, Delhi | 09-12-2021 To 10-12-2021 (1 days) |