Qualifications:

B.A. (English Hons.), B.J.B. College and Utkal University, Bhubaneswar, 2002.

M.S.W. (Community Development), TISS, Mumbai, 2004.

Work Experience:

June 2004 - June 2005: Research Associate, TISS, Mumbai.

Scholarships, Awards and Accomplishments:

· National Institute of Advanced Studies Doctoral Fellowship for the years 2005-2010.
· Sir Ratan Tata Scholarship at the TISS for the years 2002-2003 and 2003-2004.
· Topper in English Literature (Hons.).

Invited Talks

· Title: "An Introduction to Sociology of Development"
Indian Institute of Mass Communication, Dhenkanal, Orissa, 2 September 2008

Current Activities:

· Fulfilling Ph.D. programme requirements as a doctoral student at the NIAS
· Searching for value for money restaurants
· Translation

Courses Taken:

Sociology of Environment, Rural and Agrarian Studies, Anthropological Perspectives on Development, Social Theory - I, Social Theory - II, Anthropological Theories and Methods, Research Methodology, Foundation Course for Interdisciplinary Research, Global Climate Change and Water Crisis, Sociology of India

Publications:

Books

Shantha Mohan, N, Sailen Routray, and N. Shashikumar (Editors). 2010. River Water Sharing: Transboundary Conflict and Cooperation in India. New Delhi: Routledge.

Book Chapters

Routray, Sailen. 2010. The Water Sector in India: An Overview In Shantha Mohan, N, Sailen Routray, and N. Shashikumar (Editors). 2010. River Water Sharing: Transboundary Conflict and Cooperation in India. New Delhi: Routledge.

Routray, Sailen. 2007. The Mahimandala Gita, Chapter 66, by Arakkhita Das: Notes towards a Translation. Sarai Reader 07: Frontiers. Delhi: Centre for the Study of Developing Societies. Pp: 332-338.

Scholarly articles

Routray, Sailen. 2008. Refocusing on Regions in South Asia: A Review Article on Orissa. Contemporary Perspectives 2 (2); pp 360 - 371.

Routray, Sailen. 2008. What an Oriya widow can eat. Contributions to Indian Sociology 42 (2); pp 307-310. [Comment].

Routray, Sailen.2008.Contemporary South Asia 16 (4): 482-486[Book review essay without title]

Routray, Sailen. 2006. Water: Social Differentiation, Politics and Participation. Indian Journal of Social Work 67 (4): 423 - 429. [Book review essay]

Translations

Routray, Sailen. 2009. Bidyalaya Mukta Samaja (Oriya translation of Deschooling Society by Ivan Illich). Bhubaneswar: Siksha Sandhan.

Routray, Sailen and Nikhil Mohan Pattnaik. 2003. Bikaasa Paain Binaasa (Oriya translation of Arundhati Roy's Greater Common Good). Bhubaneswar: Srujanika.

Reports

(Co-authored) School of Social Sciences, NIAS, 2008. Report of the Consultation 'Towards Engaged Social Sciences,' October 2007, NIAS, Bangalore.

Mukhopadhyay Rahul, Sahana Udupa, Sailen Routray, and Sowjanya Peddi. 2007. Research Programmes for Engaged Social Sciences. Economic and Politics Weekly 42 (49); pp 19-21.

Shantha Mohan, N, N. Shashikumar, Sailen Routray and K.G. Sreeja. 2007. Report of the Dialogue to Review and Evolve Parameters for Interstate Transboundary Water Sharing in India, June 26-27, 2007, NIAS, Bangalore.

Book Reviews

Routray, Sailen. 2009. Review of Beyond Belief: India and the Politics of Postcolonial Nationalism by Srirupa Roy. Contemporary South Asia 17 (2): pp. 237 - 238.

Routray, Sailen. 2009. Review of The Politics and Poetics of Water: Naturalising Scarcity in Western India by Lyla Mehta. Contemporary South Asia 17 (1): pp 100-101.

Routray, Sailen. 2007. Review of Shifting Landscapes: The Making and Remaking of Village Commons in India by Rita Brara. Contemporary Sociology 36 (3).

Articles and Reviews in the Popular Press

Routray, Sailen. 2010. Review of ‘Chitra Jibana’ by Ramakanta Samantray. Sachitra Vijaya 10 (5): 56.

Routray, Sailen. 2010. Review of ‘Punjikayanra Fakira’ by Dinanath Pathy. Sachitra Vijaya 10 (4): 62.

Routray, Sailen. 2009. Review of Meeting the Mahatma by Jatindra Kumar Nayak (editor). The Samadrusti 4 (4): p. 24 and 29.

Routray, Sailen. 2009. Review of Reading Literary Culture by Sumanyu Satpathy. Muse India 29.

Routray, Sailen. 2009. Between History and Memory. Muse India 28.

Routray, Sailen. 2008. Translation of Poems by Basudev Sunani. Muse India 22.

Routray, Sailen (Translated into Malayalam by Nuiman Keeprath Andru). 2008. Kristhuvum muttaporathakalum (Of Christ and Egg Parathas). Pachakuthira October Issue.

Routray, Sailen. 2008. Review of Kashipur Diary by Achyut Das. The Samadrusti 3 (13): 40-41. [Book Review].

Routray, Sailen. 2008. Review of Kharasuanru Kulabiri (A Dalit Oriya Autobiography). The Samadrusti 3 (12): 39.

Patnaik, Nikhil Mohan, and Sailen Routray. 2007. Odishara Sikhya Niti. The Samadrusti 2 (7); pp 24 -27.

Conference Papers

Routray, Sailen. Social Dynamics of Water Management: Tradition and Change. 10th International Seminar on Participatory Irrigation Management. May 2 - 5, 2007, Tehran, Iran. (Paper accepted)

Bhat, Kishor G. and Sailen Routray. On the Application of Mathematical Models to Social Science . The International Conference on Mathematical Modelling and Computer Simulation, December 12-15, 2006, LNM IIT, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India (Paper accepted and presented).