Shivali Tukdeo

Shivali Tukdeo is an Associate Professor in the education programme. Her scholarly engagements are rooted in diverse disciplinary interactions including education policy, critical social theory and sociology of education among others. Her research interests include sociology of education, global studies in education and gender studies.
Research Interest:
Over the last few years, she has focused her research on the new policy regimes in education in India and their connections with international, supra-national policy orientations. Her current work includes education among the disadvantaged communities, ethnography of education and sociology of education policy.
Book Chapters
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Tukdeo, Shivali . 2015. “Literacies and Power: Looking for Adivasi Voice in Education”. In India’s Children: Essays on Social Policy, India’s Children: Essays on Social Policy, New Delhi: Oxford University Press. http://www.oup.co.in/product/academic-general/economics/development-economics/155/indias-children-essays-social-policy/9780199455287.
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Tukdeo, Shivali . 2015. “Class Divided: Global Pressures, Domestic Pulls and a Fractured Education Policy in India”. In Policy Futures in Education. Vol 13, Policy Futures in Education. Vol 13,.
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Tukdeo, Shivali . 2014. “Complexity, Institutions and Public Policy”. In Current Science. Vol. 196. No. 7. Pp, Current Science. Vol. 196. No. 7. Pp, , 1014–1015.
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Tukdeo, Shivali . 2012. “Teacher Education in Pakistan”. In D, D, ed. Encyclopedia of Interna Education. Ness and Chia-Ling Lin) New York: M.
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Tukdeo, Shivali . 2012. “Teacher education in India”. In International education: Encyclopedia of contemporary issues and systems, International education: Encyclopedia of contemporary issues and systems, eds. Daniel Ness and Lin, Chia-Ling . New York: M E Sharp Inc. http://eprints.nias.res.in/373/.
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Tukdeo, Shivali . 2012. “Teacher Education in India”. In D, D, ed. Encyclopedia of Interna Education. Ness and Chia-Ling Lin) New York: M.
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Tukdeo, Shivali . 2010. “The Power of P2P: Information Networks, Social Organizing and Educational Futures”. In Open Education and Education for Openness, Open Education and Education for Openness, eds. and , . Boston, MA: Sense Publishing.
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Peters, M. , and Shivali Tukdeo. 2009. “Cultural Exchange, Study Abroad and Discourse of the Other”. In Marginson, Murphy and Peters (eds) Global Creation: Space, Mobility and Synchrony in the Age of Knowledge Economy, Marginson, Murphy and Peters (eds) Global Creation: Space, Mobility and Synchrony in the Age of Knowledge Economy, New York: Peter Lang Publishing.
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Tukdeo, Shivali . 2006. “Critical Reflections on Seasonal Migration and Educational Access in India”. In Proceedings, Graduate Conference on Mobility and Education, Proceedings, Graduate Conference on Mobility and Education,.
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Tukdeo, Shivali . 2006. “The Crisis of Elementary Education in India (Kumar”. In Educational Studies, Educational Studies, , 167–170.
Books
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Tukdeo, Shivali . 2019. India Goes to School: Education Policy and Cultural Politics. Springer. https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9788132239550#aboutBook.
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Tukdeo, Shivali . 2007. Mapping Resistance: Coca-Cola and the Struggle in Plachimada. ed. India. In J Harris. Chicago: Change Maker Publications.
Journal Articles
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Tukdeo, Shivali . 2018. “Beyond deaths in school: education, knowledge production, and the Adivasi experience”. Qualitative Research Journal. http://www.emeraldinsight.com/doi/abs/10.1108/QRJ-D-17-00054?journalCode=qrj#.WpbZovkhlZ0.gmail.
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Tukdeo, Shivali , and S. Babu. 2015. “Teaching and Teachable Moments in the New Regime”. Economic and Political Weekly. Vol. L. No L.
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Tukdeo, Shivali . 2014. “Book review: Complexity, Institutions and Public Policy: Agile Decision-Making in a Turbulent World by Graham Room. Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, 2011.”. Current Science 106: 1014–1015. http://eprints.nias.res.in/641/.
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Tukdeo, Shivali . 2014. “The Not-so-Hidden Power of Mobility and Education: Indian Diaspora, Knowledge Industries and the Development Imperatives”. Journal of Diaspora Studies 7.
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Tukdeo, Shivali . 2011. “Universities at the Crossroads: In Contributions to Indian Sociology”. Vol. 47 pp327-330. {Tukdeo}, {S}. (2011) {Education} for {Sustainable} {Development}: {Challenges}, {Strategies} and {Practices} in a {Globalized} {World}. {In} {Current} {Science}. {Vol}. 98. {No} 98.
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Cortez, R , J. Estrada, K. Lam, Shivali Tukdeo, and M. Wu. 2006. “Brazilian and {US} {Educators}: {Hope} and {Possibilities} through {Dialogue}”. Illinois International Review 2.
Opinions
Project Reports
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Veerbhadranaika, P , Revathi Sampth Kumaran, Shivali Tukdeo, and AR Vasavi. 2012. “The Education question from the perspective of Adivasis: Conditions, policies and structures”. (No. R7-12). http://eprints.nias.res.in/423/.
Reports
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Tukdeo, Shivali . 2020. Ashram Schools: Challenges and Future Directions (NIAS/SSc/EDU/U/PB/24/2020). Bengaluru : NIAS.
1. Organized and taught the Foundation Course - ‘Imagining Interdisciplinarity’( 2014, 2013, 2012), Monsoon Semesters, NIAS Bangalore
2. Taught a course on Research Methodogoly (2013, 2014), Winter Semesters, NIAS Bangalore
3. Taught a course on Introduction to Gender (2013) Winter Semester, NIAS Bangalore and Srishti School for Art and Design
4. Taught ‘Perspectives in Education Research’ over Semester I and II (2011), NIAS Bangalore
5. Taught a module on Gender in the Foundation Course. (2010 & 2011), NIAS Bangalore
6. Taught a module on Feminist Research Methods (2010).
Lectures Delivered:
1. Transnational Mobility of Education. At the panel on International Mobility, Transnational Flows, and Development in India held at the EPFL Summer School. (August 2012) 2. Thinking of Higher Education in India: Global Context, Issues and Questions. At Christ University, Bangalore (March 2012). 3. Literacies of Power: Finding the Adivasi Voice in Education. At ISEC, Bangalore (March 2012). 4. PESA, RTE and Adivasi Education. Conference on Participatory Public Policy held at CSDS, New Delhi (Jan 2012). 5. ‘Education 2.0: Internet and the Promise of Open Education’ at the panel on International Mobility, Transnational Flows, and Development in India. (August 2011) 6. Between Global Economic Crisis and Domestic Political Pressures: An Analysis of India’s Education Policy. Global Studies Association, Chicago (May 2011) 7. Higher Education Policy: A look at Current Bills at the seminar entitled Critical Knowledges and Higher Education: Mapping the Ground. JNU, Delhi (2011) 8. Cultural and Material Relevance of Diasporic Actions. At the National Level Consultation on Mobility of Indian Scientists and Technologists.National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bangalore. (2011). 9. For Schools Back Home: Education and the Dynamics of Transnational Activities of Indian Diaspora in the U.S. American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting (2008) 10. Neoliberalism and Education: Perspectives on Policy and Practice. American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting (2008) 11. Global Studies in Education: Online Technology and pedagogical possibilities. ConnectED: A Conference on Global Education (2008) (With Linda Smith Tabb). 12. The Politics of Textbook Production in Neoliberal India. Global Studies Association Annual Conference (2007) 13. Transforming Education through Alternative Media. American Educational Research Association, Annual Meeting (2007) 14. Disrupting Hidden Curriculum: Coca-Cola and the Corporatization of Higher Education. American Educational Research Association, Annual Meeting (2007) 15. Racialized Women: Critical Perspectives on Gender, Identity and the Body. National Women’s Studies Association Annual Meeting (2007)
Select Lectures:
1. The Pedagogic Project of Indian Higher Education: Reconstruction, Reforms and Justice. At Shiv Nadar University (27 March, 2015) 2. Contemporary Social Sciences: Trends and Pedagogic Relevance. At Christ University, Bangalore (17 March, 2014). 3. Schooling Anxieties: Questions of Education Policy in India. Seminar at the Ashoka Trust for Ecology and Environment (ATREE), Bangalore (27 January, 2014) 4. Violence and Public Pedagogy. Lecture Delivered at the Zakir Husain Center for Educational Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. October 2013. 5. Global Pressures and Domestic Pulls: The Story of India’s Education Policy. Lecture Delivered at the Zakir Husain Center for Educational Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. October 2013. 6. An Assault on Reason: Commemorating the Legacy of Dr.Narendra Dabholkar. Panel Discussion organised by Bharat Gyan Vigyan Samiti (BGVS), Indian Institute of Science Campus, Bangalore. September, 2013. 7. Indigenous Knowledges and Formal Education. Lecture Delivered at R.V. College of Education, Bangalore. August 2013. 8. Towards a Greater Gender Literacy: Sexual Violence and Possible Interventions. Lecture delivered at the Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR), Bangalore, February 7, 2013. 9. Our Rape/Their Rape: The Politics of Spectacle-Making. Lecture Delivered at Mediating Modernity Conference, Bangalore, January 25, 2013. 10. The Adivasi Question in Education UNICEF meeting on education and equality held in New Delhi, May 15, 2012. 11. Literacies of Power: Finding the Adivasi Voice in Education. At ISEC, Bangalore, March 29, 2012. 12. PESA, RTE and Adivasi Education. Conference on Participatory Public Policy held at CSDS, New Delhi (Jan 2012). 13. Between Global Economic Crisis and Domestic Political Pressures: An Analysis of India’s Education Policy. Global Studies Association, Chicago (May 2011) 14. Higher Education Policy: A look at Current Bills at the seminar entitled Critical Knowledges and Higher Education: Mapping the Ground. JNU, Delhi (April 2011)
- Bilal Kaloo, Book Review of 'Shivali Tukdeo-India Goes to School: Education Policy and Cultural Politics'Contemporary Education Dialogue, 30 January 2021
- "Education in Times of COVID: Re-Centering Our Public Schools" The Bastion Development in Depth, 14 April 2020
- "BJP's Record on Education Runs Afoul of Its Own Manifesto", The Wire, 1 March 2019