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Prof (Dr) Arunoday Majumder

Assistant Professor, RSPL

arunoday.m@rishihood.edu.in

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About

Dr. Arunoday Majumder is Assistant Professor (Social Sciences & Policy) and Assistant Director (Academic Excellence) at Rashtram School of Public Leadership in Rishihood University. He has trained in sociology, journalism and international relations and security studies with publications in leading journals and media. A JNU PhD, he has taught at NLU Meghalaya and NMIMS and previously worked with national news networks.

Work Experience

Assistant Director Rishihood University (May 2024 - Present)
Assistant Professor & Founding Faculty, National Law University Meghalaya (2023-24)
Assistant Professor, Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies (2020-23)
Reporter, Times Now (Benett & Coleman Group) 2010
Desk Editor CNN-News18 (Network 18) (2008-10)

Education

BA (Sociology)

PG Diploma (TV Journalism)

Ph.D (Sociology)

Presidency College, Calcutta University, (2007)

Asian College of Journalism, (2008)

Jawaharlal Nehru University, (2024)

Research Areas

Discourse Studies. Mind, Emotions and Society. Postcolonial India. Strategic Narratives.

Publications

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2026 : Forthcoming. ‘Anti-Corruption and Nation Building: Visual Cultures in the Anna Movement’ in Vipin Kadavath & Deepali Yadav (ed.) Indian Visual Cultures and Transmediality: Exploring Nationalism‚ Identity‚ and the Politics of Space. Routledge (Taylor and Francis)‚ New Delhi.

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2026 : Forthcoming. ‘Bharat Frames’ co-edited with Kamal Madishetty‚ Kanishka Sharma and Aditya Trivedi. Vitasta Publications‚ New Delhi.

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2026 : Forthcoming. ‘From Soldier to Sage: Reading Anna Hazare via the Monomyth’ in V. Bhuvaneswari and G. Christopher (ed.) Proceedings of ICADBSL Conference‚ VIT Vellore. Routledge (Taylor and Francis)‚ New Delhi.

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2026 : Forthcoming. ‘‘Orientalism’ and ‘The Archaeology of Knowledge’: Did Edward Said Misread Michel Foucault?’ in Gyanbati Khuraijam (ed.) Beyond Postmodern: Unravelling Culture and Identity. Atlantic Publishers‚ New Delhi.

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2026 : Forthcoming. ‘Padmaavat (2018): Swara Bhasker‚ The Wire and the Endurance of Colonial Rhetoric’‚ in Ramesh Rao & Nidhi Shendurnikar (ed.) Hindus and Hinduism in Media and Popular Culture. Springer Nature. New Delhi.

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2025 : ‘Cinematic Representation of Anti-Corruption Movement as a Revolution: Case Study of ‘Satyagraha’’ in HSSC Journal (Scopus Index Quartile1)‚ Open Access‚ Springer Nature

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2024 : ‘A Comparative Study of Lokpal Bills and Jan Lokpal Bill of 2011’ in The Review of Contemporary Scientific and Academic Studies. Vol. 4 No. 2.

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2014 : ‘Merits and Demerits of Katju Offensive’ in Subarno Chattarji and Sevanti Ninan (ed.) ‘Hoot Reader: Media Practice in 21st Century India’. Oxford University Press‚ New Delhi.

Awards & Recognitions

2025 : Received Academic Excellence Award at Rishihood University‚ Sonipat.
2019 : Elected Unopposed at ‘Student Faculty Coordinator’ at the CSSS‚ Jawaharlal Nehru University‚ New Delhi.
2018 : Received UGC Senior Research Fellowship at the CSSS‚ Jawaharlal Nehru University‚ New Delhi with ‘outstanding’ grade.
2015 : Received UGC Junior Research Fellowship at Sociology Department‚ Delhi School of Economics‚ Delhi University.
2013 : Received MSA Rao Memorial Grant at Sociology Department‚ Delhi School of Economics‚ Delhi University.
2008 : Received Best Investigative Journalism Award at the Asian College of Journalism‚ Chennai.
2008 : Represented India in Japan for governments-run exchange program – JENESYS.
2007 : Received Merit-cum-Means Fees Scholarship at the Asian College of Journalism‚ Chennai.
2005 : Elected Constituency Representative and Secretary‚ Dramatics Society at Presidency College‚ Calcutta University.

Others

2026 : Co-Investigator in ‘Military Families and National Unity’ funded for Rs 130000 by ICSSR‚ Government of India.
2026 : Co-Investigator in ‘Mapping Mental Health and Neurodivergence’ funded for Rs 020000 by HSRF‚ Government of India.
2026 : Consulting Researcher in ‘Vulnerability and Religious Conversion’ funded for Rs 160000 by ICSSR‚ Government of India.
2026 : Co-Investigator in ‘Military Families and National Unity’ funded for Rs 130000 by ICSSR‚ Government of India.
2025 : Co-Investigator in ‘Mahakumbh 2025: Social Survey’ funded for Rs 100000 by Rishihood University‚ Sonipat.
2024 : Co-Investigator in ‘Domestic Violence in a Matrilineal Context’ funded for Rs 500000 by WBNUJS‚ Kolkata.