Narratives from the Women′s Studies Family

Devaki Jain, Honorary Fellow St Anne’s College, Oxford University, is Founder and former Director of the Institute of Social Studies Trust, New Delhi, India. She was previously a lecturer at the University of Delhi, a founding member of Development Alternatives with Women for a New Era (DAWN), member of the South Commission (chaired by Julius Nyerere), and of the UN eminent persons group concerned with child soldiers. She has an honorary doctorate from the University of Westville in Durban, Republic of South Africa, and has held fellowships at Harvard and Sussex Universities. She has been a member of State Planning boards and many of the Government of India’s special committees related to gender and its inclusion.

• Introduction - Devaki Jain and Pam RajputForeword - Arun NigavekarFrom Women′s Education to Women′s Studies - Neera Desai, Vina Mazumdar and Kamalini BhansaliThe Long Struggle for LegitimacyPART ONE: CASE STUDIES OF UNIVERSITY-BASED WOMEN′S STUDIES CENTRESBlazing a Quarter Century Trail - Maithreyi KrishnarajResearch Centre for Women′s Studies, SNDT UniversityFrom Cycle Shed to Powerhouse - Pam RajputCentre for Women′s Studies and Development, Panjab UniversityIntegrating Activism and Academics - Chaya DatarUnit for Women′s Studies, Tata Institute if Social SciencesCatalysts and Deterrents - Susheela KaushikWomen′s Studies and Development Centre, Delhi UniversityBeing a Woman Is Not Enough - Surinder JetleyCentre for Women′s Studies and Development, Banaras Hindu UniversityA Challenging and Inspiring Journey - Jasodhara BagchiSchool of Women′s Studies, Jadavpur UniversityTowards Justice - Bharati RayCentre for Women′s Studies, Calcutta UniversityCrossing Boundary Politics - Regina PapaCentre for Women′s Studies, Alagappa UniversityTaking Wings within a University: Many Struggles, a Few Successes - Amita VermaWomen′s Studies Research Centre, Maharaja Sayaji Rao UniversityFrom Presence to Identity - Rameshwari VarmaWomen′s Studies Centre, Mysore UniversityPART TWO: CASE STUDIES OF WOMEN′S STUDIES CENTRES OUTSIDE THE UNIVERSITYBuilding a Service Station Brick by Brick - Devaki JainInstitute of Social Studies TrustNurturing Links Between Scholarship and Activism - Anveshi Research Centre for Women′s StudiesThe Story of AnveshiThe Discourse Between Studies, Institutions and Critical Pedagogy - Kumud SharmaCentre for Women′s Development StudiesPART THREE: INDIVIDUAL SCHOLARSMy Journey into Women′s Studies - V S ElizabethFull Circle - Leela GulatiWomen′s Studies sans InstitutionsOppositional Imaginations - Uma ChakravartiIndex