PROFESSOR INDIRA RAMARAO

1.Prof. R.Indira conferred the Lifetime Achievement Award by the Indian Sociological Society for the year 2022. 2.Prof. R.Indira conferred the Bharata Ratna Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Mookanayak Award by the Karnataka Media Academy, Government of Karnataka, Bengaluru for the year 2020

INTERNATIONAL VISITS

USA

University of Iowa, Iowa city - To teach two courses - Gender and Development in India and Women, Environment and Sustainable Futures: Experiences from India during the Fall Semester on a Fulbright Visiting Faculty Fellowship-Period of Stay August 17 to December 07, 2011.
Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana-Fulbright Post-doctoral Research Fellowship, September 14, 1991-March 7, 1992 (Research Topic-American Women and Technical Education).

Canada

Toronto: To present a Paper on “New Living Arrangements: Are they Re-defining the Situations for the Elderly?” XIX ISA World Congress of Sociology held between July 15 and 21, 2018, and also to represent Indian Sociological Society as its national president in Inter-country Conference Events.
University of Calgary, Calgary, University of British Columbia, Vancouver and University of Alberta, Edmonton-Canadian Studies Faculty Research Fellowship, May 24 to June 24, 2007.
University of Calgary, Calgary and Queen’s University, Kingston - To participate in the dissemination activities of the SHARP Project on Building Capacities of Self-Help Groups, October 5 to 20, 2005.
Carleton University, Ottawa and University of Calgary, Calgary - To participate in the Dissemination Workshop of the CIDA-Shastri Partnership Project on Women’s Empowerment through Forestry Programmes, May 26 to June 17, 2001.
Soaring Eagle Friendship Centre, Hay River, North West Territories and University of Calgary, Calgary - To participate in the Validation Workshop of the CIDA-Shastri Partnership Project on Women’s Empowerment through Forestry Programmes, August 3 to 26, 2000.
University of Quebec, Montreal and Arctic Institute of North America, University of Calgary, Calgary - To participate in the Mid-Project Review Workshop of the Project on Women’s Empowerment through Forestry and the Annual Conference of the South Asian Council of the Canadian Asian Studies Association, June 6 to 19, 1999.
Carleton University, Ottawa - To participate in the Inception Workshop of the CIDA-Shastri Partnership Project on Women’s Empowerment through Forestry Programmes, June 11 to June 20, 1998.
University of Manitoba, Winnipeg and Arctic Institute of North America, University of Calgary, Calgary - To identify the Canadian Research Partner to collaborate in the CIDA-Shastri Partnership Project on Women’s Empowerment through Forestry Programmes, November 21 to December 5, 1997.

France

Lyon - To represent the University of Mysore in a programme to sign an MOU with the University of Lumière Lyon 2, June 14 to 16, 2011.

Sweden

Gothenburg - To chair the joint session of Research Committees on Women and Society and Sociology of Population of the International Sociological Association, and present a paper titled ‘Do Mortality Rates Reflect a Gender Stereotype? A Study across Different Regions of India’ at the XVII World Congress of Sociology, July 11 to17, 2011.

Dubai

To represent the University of Mysore in the eight-member University Grants Commission’s delegation at the GETEX Educational Fair, April 14 to 18, 2009.

South Africa

Johannesburg: Visiting Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Johannesburg, January 24 to February 05, 2020.
Durban - To present a paper on ‘India’s Population Policy and Gender Sensitivity: A Feminist Critique’ at the XVI World Congress of Sociology, July 22 to 29, 2006.

Maldives

To conduct a Workshop on Effective Teaching Skills for teachers of Ghaazee School, Hulhumale, June 6-8, 2008.
As member of a University delegation to hold talks with officials of the Ministry of Education, Government of Maldives for fostering collaborations between the Ministry and the University of Mysore, March 28-30, 2006.

Turkey

Bogazici University, Istanbul - To present a paper on Micro Credit Initiatives in India at the Fulbright Conference on Women in the Global Community, September 18 to 22, 2002.