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About Us

Staff Profile

Staff Profile

Department of Political Science
Ph.D, M.Phil, MA

Dr. Shailza Singh

Assistant Professor

Educational Qualifications

Degree Institution Year

Career Profile

Dr. Shailza Singh has been teaching in the Department of Political Science, Bharati College since January 2016.

She has taught in various colleges of University of Delhi since 2008.

She has also taught paper on International Security as Guest Faculty in the Department of Political Science, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Delhi in 2016.

Administrative Assignments

Teacher-in-Charge, Department of Political Science (Academic Year 2021-22)

Convenor, Research Committee, Bharati College (2019-Present)

Liaison Officer for SC/ST, Bharati College, April 2019-April 2020

Member, Committee of Courses, Department of Political Science, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Delhi 2018-2020

Co-Convenor, Hindi Content Development Committee, Department of Political Science, University of Delhi, 2017-18.

Areas of Interest / Specialization

Dr. Shailza Singh is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science, Bharati College, University of Delhi. She specializes in the field of International Politics and Security Studies. Dr. Singh obtained her PhD from the Centre for Canadian, US and Latin American Studies, School of International Studies, JNU, New Delhi, India. Her thesis was on US Homeland Security and Challenges of Governance. She wrote her MPhil dissertation on US-India Relationship During the Administration of George W. Bush: From Engagement to Strategic Partnership. She obtained her Master’s degree from the School of International Studies in Politics (With Specialization in International Relations). Her schooling and college education is from Allahabad. Prior to joining Bharati College she also worked as an Assistant Professor in some of the prestigious colleges of University of Delhi, like Miranda House Hindu College, IP College for Women, and Jesus and Mary College. Dr. Singh has also been involved with the Women’s Development Cell and Research Committees of different colleges. She has given talks on rights of women in conflict areas, security problematique and conflict resolution and presented papers on her areas of work on several international forums including International Studies Association and Global Transparency Conference. She had also a member of the International Studies Association and its Global South Caucus, and also a member of the International Transparency Research Network. She has co-authored a book on Theories and Approaches of international Politics (2011, New Delhi: Vikas Publishing House). Her current area of interest is exploring securitization and security policies in a comparative perspective and exploring International Relations from the perspectives of post-colonial countries.

Subjects Taught

International Relations and World History, Global Politics, Comparative Politics, Public Administration and Policy, Understanding Ambedkar, Women, Power and Politics, Your Laws, Your Rights

Research Guidance

Supervising 1 Ph.D Student, Department of Political Science, University of Delhi.

Publications Profile

10

Publications in the Last one year

1.     Research Article titled The 'Homeland Security Moment' in International Politics: Implications for the Third World forthcoming in the journal International Studies.

2.     Chapter “Constructivism” in International Relations: Theory and Practice Ed. Nirmal Jindal and Kamal Kumar, SAGE Publications India, ISBN: 9789353883454, pp:134-150.

3.     Research Article titled “Security as Risk Management: Emerging Dynamics of United States Homeland Security” in the journal The JMC Review: An interdisciplinary Social Science Journal of Criticism, Practice and Theory, Volume 2, 2018 ISSN: 2456-9550.

4.     Book Review titled “Indian Lobbying as Catalyst of US-India Relations” of the book Indian Lobbying and its Influence in US-Decision Making: Post Cold War in the Economic & Political Weekly, January 12, 2019.

5.     Book Review of the Book Cascades of Violence: War, Crime and Peacebuilding Across South Asia by John Braithwaite and Bina D'Costa in Studies in Indian Politics Vol.7 Issue 1 June 2019, ISSN 2321-0230

6.     E- Resource titled Studying International RelationsInstitute for Lifelong Learning, University of Delhi, ISSN 2349-154 X

7.     Book Review of Tariq Thachill’s book Elite Parties, Poor Voters, The JMC Review, Vol. 1 , 2016, ISSN: 2456-9550

8.     Research Article titled Constructing Homeland Security: A CritiqueThe Research Post, August 2014, Vol. 2, 91-109, ISSN 2229-676 X

9.     The N-Deal Crisis: Delayed But Not the EndIndia News and Feature Alliance, 22 Oct 2008 url http://www.infa.in/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=222&Itemid=36

10.  Article titled Indo-US Defence CooperationWorld Focus, July 2008, Vol. 29, No 7

Conference Organization / Presentations (in the last three years)

Presented as Resource Person on “Impact of Present Sino-Indian Relations on South Asian Regional Security Set Up” in an International Webinar Regional (Dis)engagement: Rhetoric or Reality? Looking through the Lens of recent Sino-Indian Skirmishes on 5 August 2020 organised by the Department of Political Science and IQAC, Dwijendralal College, Krishnanagar, Nadia, West Bengal.

 

Presented as Resource Person about the resources on the subject Peace and Conflict Resolution in the National Resource Centre for Education Virtual Workshop on Collating Political Science Resources for Teachers in Higher Education held on 24-25 August, 2020 organised by NIEPA, New Delhi.

 

Presented a Paper titled “Sexual Harassment at Workplace-Social Challenge and Legal Remedy: An Analysis of the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition & Redressal) Act, 2013 of India” the National Conference on Historical Perspectives on Predicaments and Rights of Women in India organized by Jagriti- Women Development Cell, Bharati College, University of Delhi and sponsored by Indian Council of Historical Research (ICHR) held on March 22-23, 2018.

 

Presented a Paper titledThe Homeland Security Moment in International Security: A Critical Perspective from the Global Southat the Two-day National Seminar on Revisiting Peace and Security in the Contemporary World: Interventions from India organized by the Peace and Security in International Politics Research Network, University of Delhi and supported by the UGC CAS-SAP, held on 11-12 May, 2018.

 

Presented as Resource Person on “Causes of War: What is Conflict and Conflict Resolution” at the ICSSR Northern Regional Centre Sponsored Workshop on Peace and Conflict Resolution organized by Department of Political Science, Kamala Nehru College, University of Delhi on 28 March 2017.

 

Gave Invited Lecture on “Position of Women and Gender Rights in Conflict Areas” at Women’s Study Centre, Jesus and Mary College, University of Delhi on 1 March 2017.

 

Presented a Paper titled “Alternative Conceptualisation/s of Security in IR: Exploring the Possibilities from South Asia”  at the National Conference on Re-working the ‘Knowledge Structures in International Relations: Some Indian Contributions organized by Institute for Research on India and International Studies (IRIIS) and supported by Indian Council for Social Science Research (ICSSR) held on November 29-30, 2017 at India International Centre, New Delhi.

 

Presented a paper titled Security in Contemporary World Politics: Securing What and How? At Annual Conference of International Studies Association (North-East Region), “(In)humane World Politics”, Baltimore, Maryland, USA (Travel Funded by ICSSR) 4-5 November 2016.

Presented a paper titled Emerging Global Dynamics of Homeland Security Governance: A Comparison At International Conference on Global Politics and Governance: Challenges and Prospects organized by the Department of Political Science, Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar (Central) University, Lucknow, March 2014.

Presented a paper titled Transparency and Internal Security: A Study of Security Reforms at Global Transparency International Conference, Rutgers University, Newark, New Jersey, 19 May, 2011.

Presented a paper titled Terrorism and US Homeland Security: Some Insights for India at 40th Annual Conference of Indian Association for American Studies organized by the UGC Academic Staff College and Bharathiar University, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, 11-13 August 2010

Presented a paper titled Constructing the South Asian Security Community at South Asian Youth Peace Meet held at the Symbiosis Institute of Media Studies, Pune, 9th-11th September 2009

Events Organised

Organised a Panel Discussion and Launch of the book International Relations: Theory and Practice Ed. Nirmal Jindal and Kamal Kumar, SAGE Publications India, ISBN: 9789353883454 as Convenor, Research Committee, in Collaboration with Department of Political Science University of Delhi and Satyawati College, University of Delhi on 20 February 2021.

 

Organised a Research Methods Workshop as Convenor of Research Committee Bharati College with Professor Pradeep Krishnatray as Resource Person on 25 September, 2020.

 

Organised an International Webinar as Convenor of the Research Committee Bharati College, University of Delhi on Language, Research and Teaching: A Dialogue on Hindi in collaboration with Cauldron Magazine Society (Hindi Desk), Jesus and Mary College, University of Delhi on 17 October, 2020.

 

Organised a Talk on “Decolonizing Security Archives” by Dr. Ritu Mathur, Associate Professor, Department of Political Science and Geography, University of Texas, San Antonio, US on 30 October 2020 as Convenor of Research Committee, Bharati College, University of Delhi.

 

Member, Organising Committee of a Two-Day National Webinar on India-China Relations in Global Perspective: Emergence of Glossary organised by Department of Political Science, Jamia Milia Islamia and Bharati College, University of Delhi in collaboration with Commission for Scientific and Technical Terminology (CSTT), Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Education held on 28-29 August, 2020

 

Member, Organising Committee of a Two-Day National Webinar on COVID-19 Pandemic and its Impact on World Order organised by Department of Political Science, Bharati College, University of Delhi held on 6-7 May, 2020.

 

Organised a Book Discussion on The Black Woman Speaks by Nandini C. Sen on 21 February 2020 as Convenor of the Research Committee, Bharati College.

 

Convened a Two-Day National Seminar on “Political Action in Global Politics: Ethics, Strategies and Methodological Concerns” co-sponsored by the ICSSR Northern Regional Centre, Jean Monet Chair European Studies Program, JNU and the India International Centre held on 19-20th November, 2018.

Organized a One-Day Workshop on Research in Progress for Faculty Members, Bharati College, University of Delhi on 6 March 2017.

Research Projects (Major Grants/Research Collaboration)

Awards and Distinctions

Association With Professional Bodies

Co-Convenor, Peace and Security in International Politics (PSIP) Research Network, Department of Political Science, University of Delhi.

Co-Convenor, Global Political Action Research Network (GPARN)

Had been a member of International Studies Association (ISA).



Other Activities

Associate Editor, The Research Post International Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities) ISSN 2229-676 X