Guru Ghasidas Vishwavidyalaya

गुरु घासीदास विश्‍वविद्यालय, बिलासपुर

Guru Ghasidas Vishwavidyalaya, Bilaspur

Department of Political Science & Public Administration

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Dr. Anupama Saxena

Professor

Work Experience

33 Years (as on 20th April 2022)

Area of Specialization

Public Policy, Gender Studies, Indian Government and Politics

Projects & Patents

(2014) “Gender Evaluation of Information Communication Technology (ICT) Policies and Programmes in India: A Comparative Study of Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh” (Rs. 6.90 Lakhs) sponsored by ICSSR, New Delhi. (2014) “Comparative study of Policy Formulation Process in Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh” with Dr. Louise Tillin , Kings College London University and Prof Yatindra Singh, Regional Centre, ICSSR, Ujjain, sponsored by British Academy. (2013) Survey Project titled “State Election Study 2013 for Chhattisgarh”, sponsored by Centre for Study of Development Societies, New Delhi. (2011), Major Research Project titled “Gender Evaluation of Water Policy in context of Industrialization with special reference to Chhattisgarh, India”, sponsored by University Grants Commission, New Delhi, India, Rs 3.98 Lacs. (2010) Research Project titled “Problems of Migratory Labourers in Chhattisgrah”, sponsored by PRAYAS and Tata Education Trust, India. (2009) Project titled “Gender Evaluation of E-Gram Suraj Scheme of Chhattisgarh state of India” sponsored by Association for Progressive Communications, SA, US$1500. (2009) Survey Project titled “National Election Study 2009 for Chhattisgarh”, sponsored by Centre for Study of Development Societies, New Delhi. (2007) Contributed to a study titled ‘A multi State Study on the Socio–Economic Status of Women with Disability and their access to government policies and programmes in India’ , sponsored by UNDP, Government Of India. (2005) Awarded a research grant of US$ 1000 for the study titled “Gender Mainstreaming of ICT Policies and Programmes: A case study of Chhattisgarh State of India” sponsored by Gender Caucus of World Summit On Information Society. (2002) Minor research project on “Gram Panchayton me Dalit Ntrativa” sponsored by PRIA, Delhi. (2000) Minor Research project on “Gram Panchayton Kaa Ek Sanranchnatmak and Prakryatamak Adhyaan”, sponsored under UGC minor grant scheme.

Education

MA. MPhil. PhD

Achievments/Awards/Honors

  • (2008) Included in the global pool of writers of Association for Progressive Communication (APC http://www.apc.org/en/about)
  • (2007) Included in the editorial board of International Journal of Information Communication Technology for Human Development, Published by IGI Publishers USA
  • (2007) Included in the Technical Programme Committee of International Conference on “Information Resource Management”, Ottawa Canada, March 2008.
  • (2006) Visited Malaysia (19th and 20th June) to participate in the Inaugural Meeting of Global Alliance for Information Communication Technologies and Development (www.un-gaid.org/kl06/global_allianc). The alliance has been created by UNO and the invitation has been sent by Sar Bulandkhan, Director, ECOSOC, UNO on the basis of the research work related to ICT and Gender.
  • (2005) Worked as online Volunteer for E-Governance Thematic Group on E-Governance. Member of Selection Committee, CGPSC for Selection of Assistant Professors -2016, member of selection committees, PhD Examiner of various universities,

    • Publications

    Best Peer Reviewed Publication (up-to 10)

    1. (2021) Saxena , Anupama , ‘The Politics of Digital Divide with Special Reference to India published in Turkish Online Journal of Qualitative Enquiry, Vol 12 , No 10 (2021)

    2. (2014) Saxena, Anupama, “The Dilemma of Development: The tribal People of India’, Published in Global South Development Magazine, published from Helsinki

    3. (2013) Saxena, Ganveer, ‘Whither Are The Tribals In Chhattisgarh...,published in Voice of Dalit, volume 6 , issue 1 ,published by Sage Publication

    4. (2012), Saxena,Anupama, “Challenges in Converting to ICTs Based Public Services in Bilaspur City, India”, published, International Journal of E-Governance, Amsterdam, ISSN1878-7673, Indexed in ACM Digital Library, Cabell's Guide or Directory, EBSCO database, Ulrich's Periodicals Directory. WWW.IOSPRESS.NL,

    5. (2011), Saxena, Anupama, “Chhattisgarh: The Dilemmas of Development”, Journal of Indian School of Political Economy”, Vol 21, Nos 1-4, ISSN- 0971-0396, pp 350-353, Indexed in Bibliography of Asian Studies (BAS)

    6. (2010), Saxena, Anupama, “Rural e-governance: Exploring the gender gaps and its impact on women (A case study of egram suraj (e-good local self governance) scheme of Chhattisgarh State of India)”, International Journal of Community Informatics, Vol, No 3-4, ISSN: 1712-4441,Open Access Journal, Indexed by IBSS.

    7. (2009), Saxena, Anupama and Rai, Praveen, “Chhattisgarh: an emphatic Win for the BJP”, Economic & Political Weekly. September 26, 2009 vol xliv no 39, pp 125-127, ISSN 0012-9976, Indexed in Bibliography of Asian Studies (BAS) http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/indiv/southasia/cuvl/SABAS.html, and in UnCover.

    8. (2007), Saxena, Anupama & Subramanian, Malathi, “E-Governance in India: From Policy to Reality, a Case Study of Chhattisgarh Online Information System for Citizen Empowerment (Choice) Project of Chhattisgarh State of India Published in International Journal of Electronic Government Research”, Vol. 4, Issue 2 pp. 12-26 ISSN:ISSN 1548- 3886; E-ISIIISN: 1548-3894 7, Indexed in DBLP, SCOPUS, Worldwide Political Abstracts (WPSA).

    9. (2007), Saxena, Anupama & Subramanian, Malathi, “Linguistic and Cultural Identities in Information Age: Some Observations” published in South Asian Journal of Social Political Science 2007VOL 7 No 2 Jan-Jun 2007 , pp 91-94 ,ISSN 0972-4613, Indexed by GIPL, AIILSG and CMRD OF NIRD Hyderabad.

    10. (2005), Saxena, Anupama, “E-Governance for Good Governance: The Indian Context” in Indian Journal of Political Science. Vol.66, No. 2, April-June, 2005, pp 313-328 ISSN 0019-5510 ISSN 0019-5510, Indexed in Bibliography of Asian Studies (BAS) http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/indiv/southasia/cuvl/SABAS.html and also in IBSS.

    Recent Books/Book Chapters/Monographs etc.

    1. (2016) Book Chapter entitled ‘‘Chhattisgarh: Consolidation of BJP Influence’ accepted for publication in a volume entitled ‘Electoral Politics in Indian States: 2014 Elections and After’ edt by Prof Ashutosh and Prof Yatindra Singh to be published by Orient Blackswan

    2. (2015) Louise Tillin, Anupama Saxena and Yatindra Singh Sisodia, ‘Comparing the Politics of Food Security Policies in Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh’, published in a book entitled ‘Comparing the Politics of Welfare across Indian States’, published by Oxford University Press

    3. (2014) Saxena, Rai, ‘Chief Minister Wins Chhattisgarh for BJP’ in book entitled ‘Party Competition in Indian States: Electoral Politics in Post –Congress Politics, edited by Suhas Palshikar and others, Oxford University Press

    4. (2011), Saxena, Anupama, “Gender Evaluation of Rural E-Governance in India: A Case Study of E-Gram Suraj (E-Rural Good Governance) Scheme” published in the book titled “Global Strategy and Practice of e- Governance: Examples from Around the World”, IGI publisher, USA, ISBN13: 978-1-60960-489-9, pages 67-82.

    5. (2007), Saxena, Anupama & Subramanian, Malathi, “Information Technology and Gender: Taiwan and India” in a book titled “Taiwan Today” published by Anthem Press Pages 174-187 ISBN 13:978 1 84331 746 3.

    6. (2007), Saxena, Anupama & Subramanian, Malathi, “E-Governance Initiatives in an Indian State: Some Reflections from a Gender Perspective” Published in the book titled “EGovernment: Macro Issues” published by Global Institute of Flexible System Management New Delhi. ISBN 81-903397-5- 3PAGES 130-140.

    7. (2007), Saxena, Anupama & Subramanian, Malathi, “Gender and ICT Policies and Programmes in an Indian State”, published in the first global encyclopaedia on “Gender and ICT” published by IGI Publishers USA, ISBN 1-59140-815-6 AND ISBN 1-59140- 816-4 Pages 411-416.

    8. (2007), Saxena, Anupama & Subramanian, Malathi, Periodical Article, titled “'ICT in Government: Requisites for Transition to E-Governance in India” Published in “E-Gov” considered as Asia’s First and only magazine on E-Governance, Volume 1 issue 7 May 2007 pages:7-10, ISBN-13: 9780100002916.