Dr. Tripti Bassi

Academic Qualifications

  • Ph.D in Sociology of Education, Zakir Husain Centre for Educational Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University
  • M.Phil in Sociology of Education, Zakir Husain Centre for Educational Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University
  • M.A in Sociology, Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi
  • B.A. Integrated from Lady Shri Ram College for Women, University of Delhi

Research Interests

– Gender and Education, Sociology of Education, Social Science Education, Religious Studies.

Bionote

Dr. Tripti Bassi is Associate Professor in the Department of Elementary Education at Lady Shri Ram College for Women, University of Delhi since 2004. She has done her Ph.D titled ‘The Social Context of Sikh Girls’ Education: A Study of the Sikh Kanya Mahavidyalaya, Ferozepur, Punjab’, in Sociology of Education in 2018 under Prof. Geetha B. Nambissan from Zakir Husain Centre for Educational Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. Her M.Phil titled ‘Gender and Education: An Exploratory Study of Classroom Processes in a Primary School’ (2003) is from ZHCES, JNU and Masters in Sociology (2001) from Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi. She has published many research papers, chapters in books and has made paper presentations in National and International Conferences. Dr. Bassi has coedited Proceedings of the ICSSR sponsored National Seminar on ‘Alternative and Innovative Education: The Way Ahead’. Her Book titled ‘A Study of the Sikh Kanya Mahavidyalaya: Education, Religion and Gender Issues’ has been published by Springer. https://www.springer.com/gp/book/978981163218

Publications in National and International Journals

  • Tripti Bassi (2022) Early Childhood care and Education in Realizing Right to Education: The Way Forward, The Journal of Education and Indian Perspective, Vol. XIII, Number 1, January, ISSN 0976-934X, pp. 1-5.
  • Tripti Bassi (2021) ‘Emancipatory Pedagogy: Teaching of Gender in an Elementary Teacher Education Programme’, Journal of Indian Education, August, ISSN 0972-5628, National Council of Educational Research and Training: New Delhi, pp.28-38.
  • Tripti Bassi (2021) ‘Pedagogy of Social Science for Primary Classrooms: Some Insights into Theory and Practice’, Manaviki: An International Peer Reviewed and Refereed Research Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences, Vol. XIII, No.2, July-December, pp. 217-225.
  • Tripti Bassi (2021) ‘Religious Socialization and Pedagogy in the Sikh Kanya Mahavidyalaya, Ferozepur, Punjab’in Journal of Sikh and Punjab Studies, Vol.28 (2), pp. 205-222. ISSN:  0971-5223
  • Tripti Bassi (2020) ‘Pedagogy and Classroom Processes: Reflections from a School in Ferozepur, Punjab’ in Journal of Education and Pedagogy, Vol. XII, No.2, pp. 62-72. ISSN:  0975-0797
  • Tripti Bassi (2020) ‘Education, Religion and Gender in a Sikh School in Punjab’ in Contemporary Education Dialogue, Vol. 17 No.1, Sage: New Delhi. ISSN 0973-1849, 2249-5320
  • Tripti Bassi (2019) ‘Women and Education: A Case Study of the Sikh Kanya Mahavidyalaya, Ferozepur, Punjab’ in Occasional Paper Series, History & Society, New Series 97, Nehru Memorial Museum and Library, Teen Murti: New Delhi, ISBN: 978-93-84793-24-1
  • Tripti Bassi (2018) ‘Kristen Kold and Folk Schools of Denmark’ in The New Leam, March 13, RNI: DELENG 2016/67474. ISSN 2455 – 4936.
  • Tripti Bassi (2018) ‘Texts and Contexts: Into Pedagogy of Social Sciences in Primary Classes, The Primary Teacher, Vol. XLIII Number 2 and 3, ISSN 0970-9282, April and July, pp.77-84.
  • Tripti Bassi (2017) ‘The Sikh Kanya Mahavidyalaya: A Socio-historical Study’in Journal of Sikh & Punjab Studies, Vol. 24, Numbers 1 & 2, Spring-Fall,  pp. 95-118.  ISSN: 0971-5223
  • Tripti Bassi (2017) ‘Tradition and Modernity: Exploring Institutional Forces and Experiences of Rural Sikh Girls in Ferozepur, Punjab’ in The Primary Teacher.  ISSN: 0970 9282
  • Tripti Bassi (2009) ‘Assessing the Quality of Education Across Nations: A Review Article’, Perspectives in Education: A Journal of the Society for Educational Research and Development, vol. 25, no. 2, April 2009, Silver Jubilee year, pp. 81-89, ISSN 0970-1575
  • Tripti Bassi (2003) ‘Gender in School: Observations from an Exploratory Study’, Journal of Indian Education, Vol. 29, No. 3, November 2003, pp. 135-146, ISSN 0972-5628.

Chapters in Books

  • Tripti Bassi (2022) ‘Designing Safe Environments’ in Early Childhood, Class XII, Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), New Delhi
  • Tripti Bassi (2012) Girl Children: A Vulnerable Group’, a Unit for MSWE programme (Block: Status of Children in India) of IGNOU, January, ISBN-978-81-266-5791-
  • Tripti Bassi (2012) ‘Global Initiatives and UN Safeguards for Women’ a Unit for MSWE programme (Block 2: Women and Development Initiatives), IGNOU, January, ISBN-978-81-266-5790-2.
  • Tripti Bassi (2012) Policy and Programmes for Children in India’, a Unit for MSWE programme (Block: Care and Safeguard of Children) of IGNOU, ISBN-978-81-266-5792-6
  • Tripti Bassi (2012) ‘Policy and Programmes for Women Empowerment in India’, a Unit for MSWE-002 programme (Block: Women and Development Initiatives), IGNOU, January, ISBN-978-81-266-5790-2
  • Tripti Bassi (2012) ‘Situational Analysis of Women in India’, a Unit for MSWE programme (Block: Status of Women in India), IGNOU, January, ISBN: 978-81-266-5789-6
  • Tripti Bassi (2012) ‘Women Down the Ages’, a Unit for MSWE programme (Block: Status of Women in India) of IGNOU, January, ISBN: 978-81-266-5789-6.
  • Tripti Bassi (2008) ‘Development and Progress: Economic and Social Dimensions’ a Unit for MSWE programme (Block 2: Concepts of Development), IGNOU (co-author), ISBN-978-81-266-3513-9.
  • Tripti Bassi (2008) ‘Migration’, a Unit for MSWE programme (Block 1: Social Dynamics and Change) of IGNOU (co-author), June, ISBN-978-81-266-3512-2
  • Tripti Bassi (2008) ‘Rural-Urban Continuum and Urbanisation’ a Unit for MSWE programme (Block 1: Social Dynamics and Change), June, ISBN-978-81-266-3512-2
  • Tripti Bassi (2008) ‘Gender Perspectives on Development’, a Unit for MSWE programme (Block 2: Concepts of Development) of IGNOU, ISBN-978-81-266-3513-9
  • Tripti Bassi (2007) ‘HIV and Drug Addiction’ a Unit for B.Ed programme (Block: HIV Transmission and Testing) of IGNOU with UNICEF, ISBN: 978-81-266-3080-6
  • Tripti Bassi (2007) ‘Role of Home, School and Religion’, a Unit for B.Ed programme (Block: Family Life Education) of IGNOU with UNICEF, ISBN: 978-81-266-3085-1
  • Tripti Bassi (2007) ‘Concept of Family in Indian Context’, a Unit for B.Ed programme (Block: Family Life Education: Adolescence and Family Education) of IGNOU, New Delhi, ISBN 978-81-266-3085-1
  • Tripti Bassi (2006) ‘Women’s Development Initiatives in Education’, a Unit for Bachelor of Social Work (BSWE) programme, Block 6 on Empowerment of Women, IGNOU, New Delhi, ISBN-81-266-2395-0
  • Tripti Bassi (2009) ‘Gender in School’ in Prof. Chandrashekharaiah (Ed.) ‘Perspectives in Education: A Golden Jubilee Volume of JSS Mahavidyapeetha (1954-2004)’, JSS Granthamala, JSS Mahavidyapeetha, Jagadguru Dr. Sri Shivarathri Rajendra Circle, Mysore, pp.627-642

Edited Volume

  • Tripti Bassi (2019) Alternative and Innovative Education in India: The Way Ahead’ Proceedings of The National Seminar ‘Alternative and Innovative Education in India: The Way Ahead’ (Seminar sponsored by ICSSR); Dept. of Elementary Education, LSR College, ISBN 978 93 5361 293 1.

Book

  • Tripti Bassi (2021) A Study of the Sikh Kanya Mahavidyalaya: Education, Religion and Gender Issues, Springer Nature, Singapore, 2021, ISBN 978-981-16-3219-8

Invited lectures/Panelist

  • (2023) Resource Person for ‘Innovative Practices in EVS’, Four-day Pedagogy based Art Integrated Workshop, D.El.Ed. I Year, Department of Teacher Training & Non-Formal Education (IASE), Faculty of Education, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, 24th March.
  • (2023) Invited for a session on ‘Integrating EVS in the Curriculum’ for the Early Childhood Education Teachers of Delhi Public Schools during the ECE Programme being conducted by the HRDC, DPSS, May 10, 2023.
  • (2022) Invited for a talk on ‘Safety and Security of Children in School with reference to Child Sexual Abuse’, 21 Day Inservice Training Programme for Jamia School Teachers (Preparatory to Senior Secondary Stage), 31st May to 20th June 2022, 6th June.
  • (Online Lecture). Invited to deliver a special lecture ‘Gender Discourse in Education’, on the occasion of International Women’s Day, 8th March 2022, National Museum Institute, New Delhi.
  • (Online Lecture). On Sikh Girls’ Education: Through the Lens of an Institution, at 5th Refresher Course in Teacher Education, organised by Human Resource Development Centre, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi on 8th February, 2022.
  • (2021) Resource Person for Live Interactive session, dated 24th August 2021 on English subject which was telecast on PM E-Vidya Channel (One Class One Teacher) DTH TV Channel III, organized by CIET, NCERT.
  • Resource Person for Live Interactive session, dated 12th October 2021 on English subject which was telecast on PM E-Vidya Channel (One Class One Teacher) DTH TV Channel III, organized by CIET, NCERT.
  • (Online lecture) on ‘A Study of the Sikh Kanya Mahavidyalaya: Education, Religion and Gender Issues’, for Doctoral students of Zakir Husain Centre for Educational Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, on 4thAugust, 2021.
  • (Panelist) invited for a lecture on ‘Gender Inequality in Education’ at the one-day National Webinar on ‘Unequal Pay: Gender Discrimination at Workplace’, Department of Economics and Department of Mass Communication, Mewar University, Chittorgarh, Rajasthan, Supported by National Commission for Women, Government of India, New Delhi, on October 25, 2021.
  • Delivered an online talk on ‘Trajectory of the Sikh Kanya Mahavidyalaya, Ferozepur, Punjab’ on 26 March 2021, at National Institute of Punjab Studies, New Delhi, also streamed Live on Youtube link https://youtu.be/70N4VEasrZs
  • Delivered an online talk on ‘Beauty as Coercion’ organized by Women Development Cell (WDC) at LSR College for Women, 8th April, 2021.
  • Resource Person for generating awareness among CBSE School Principals followed by Online session for Capacity Building of Class XII Teachers regarding the New Skill Course Early Childhood Care Education (Subject code 842) held in 2021.
  • ‘Trajectory of the Sikh Kanya Mahavidyalaya, Ferozepur Punjab’, 26th March 2021, Director Prof. Mohinder Singh, Bhai Vir Singh Sahitya Sadan, National Institute of Punjab Studies, New Delhi, Live on Youtube.
  • Discussant for the Technical session on ‘Gender Discourse in Education’ in the UGC-CAS Graduate Seminar on ‘Educational Landscapes in India’s Changing Socio-Political Context’ organized by Zakir Husain Centre for Educational Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, held on 26th March, 2019
  • ‘Women and Education: A Case Study of the Sikh Kanya Mahavidyalaya, Ferozepur, Punjab’, The Nehru Memorial Museum and Library, Teen Murti House, Live on Facebook, New Delhi, 9th February, 2018.
  • ‘Gender Issues in Education’ for teacher trainees of four-year integrated course in Teacher Education at Tagore Government College of Education, Middle Point, Port Blair on 04/07/2014.
  • ‘Gender and Schooling: A look at Determinants of Girls’ Education’ for Final Year Students of Diploma in Elementary Education (D. El. Ed) at Dr. S. Radhakrishnan District Institute of Education and Training, Garacharma, South Andaman on 05/07/2014.
  • Conducted a workshop on ‘Social Science Teaching in classes 3rd to 5th’ for 40 teachers of East Delhi Municipal Corporation (EDMC) schools on 13/08/2014.
  • Conducted a workshop on ‘History of Delhi’ for 40 teachers of East Delhi Municipal Corporation (EDMC) schools on 24/09/2014.
  • Conducted a workshop on ‘Social Science textbook – Meri Dilli’ for 40 teachers of East Delhi Municipal Corporation (EDMC) schools on 22/10/2014.

Paper Presentations

  • ‘Gender, Socialisation and Education: A Study of Girlhood in Kotla Mubarakpur, New Delhi’, December 11, 12th Annual International CESI Conference, 2022, MANNU, Hyderabad.
  • ‘Digital Gender Divide during the Pandemic: Some Explorations’, at the ICSSR sponsored Seminar on ‘Information Communication Technologies and Society: Emerging Prospects and Challenges’, at Punjabi University, Patiala, on 30th March, 2022 (Hybrid mode).
  • ‘COVID-19 and Gender Gap in Education: An Exploratory Study through Experiences of Student-teachers, at the Comparative Education Society of India (CESI), 11th Annual Conference (Online), ‘Mapping Education in Times of Covid 19’, December 19th, 2021, New Delhi.
  • Presented A Paper (Online) ‘Pandemic, Technology And Gender Inequality In Education: An Exploratory Study’ at XXI Annual NWISA Conference on Information Communication Technologies and Society: Emerging prospects and Challenges’, Department Of Sociology And Social Anthropology, 27th November, 2021, Punjabi University, Patiala.
  • Presented a paper ‘Gender and School Choice: Observations from Ferozepur, Punjab’, at the 1st Virtual Conference on ‘Sociology of School Choice’, held on 10th September, 2021, hosted by CESI RIG-SOE in collaboration withZakir Husain Centre for Educational studies, JNU, department of Social Sciences and Humanities, IIT and School of Liberal Arts and Humanities, O.P Jindal GlobalUniversity.
  • ‘Tribes of Andaman and Nicobar Islands: Educational and Cultural Contexts’, on December 9, 2021 in the Two Day (Online) National Seminar “Tribes: learning and Unlearning Tribal Culture” organized by Janki Devi Memorial College in collaboration with Mahatma Gandhi Government College under Vidya Vistar Scheme of University of Delhi.
  • Participated and presented a Paper titled ‘ School and Gender: Mapping the Barriers to Equality in Education in a Two-day International Virtual Conference on ‘Gender Equity:  Social Reflections in Present Scenario, Internal Complaint Committee, under the aegis of IQAC, Vasanta College for Women, Rajghat Fort, Varanasi in collaboration with Lakshyam (NGO, New Delhi), 31st July-1st August, 2020. 
  • Presented a Paper ‘Teaching Gender in an Elementary Teacher Education Programme: Reflective Experiences’, at the Tenth International Conference of the Comparative Education Society of India (CESI) Exclusion, Inclusion and Equity in Education, 9-11 December, Zakir Husain Centre for Educational Studies (ZHCES) (Under the aegis of UGC-CAS Programme), School of Social Sciences (SSS), Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi
  • Presented a paper ‘Tradition and Modernity: Exploring the Institutional Forces and Experiences of Rural Sikh Girls in Ferozepur, Punjab’ at the Ninth International Conference of the Comparative Education Society of India (CESI) ‘Modernity, Transformative Social Identities and Education in Comparative Contexts’, 14-16 December, 2018. The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Vadodara
  • Presented a paper titled ‘The Changing City and the Trajectory of an Institution: Ferozepur and the Sikh Kanya Mahavidyalaya’, at Young Scholars’ Workshop on ‘Interrogating Marginality: Education and The Urban’, Max Weber Stiftung, 12-14 November, 2018, National Institute of Advanced Studies, Indian Institute of Science Campus, Bangalore
  • Presented a paper ‘Gurmat Education: Disciplining Bodies And Minds Through Religious Discourses’ (Technical session 17 on Gender and Education) at Eighth International Conference of the Comparative Education Society of India (CESI) on the theme ‘Criticality, Empathy and Welfare in Contemporary Education Dialogues’, 16-18 November 2017 at P. G. Department of Education, University of Jammu, Jammu
  • Chaired Technical Session 24 on ‘Gender and Schooling’, at Eighth International Conference of the Comparative Education Society of India (CESI) on the theme ‘Criticality, Empathy and Welfare in Contemporary Education Dialogues’, 16-18 November 2017 at P. G. Department of Education, University of Jammu, Jammu
  • Presented a paper titled ‘Gurmat Education: Disciplining Bodies and Minds Through Religious Discourses’, in Technical session 17 on ‘Gender and Education’, ‘Comparative Education Society of India (CESI) 8th Annual International Conference 16-18 November, 2017 on “Criticality, Empathy and Welfare in Contemporary Educational Discourses”, Jammu.
  • Presented a paper ‘Exploring Caste and Gender Inequalities: A Study of the Sikh Kanya Mahavidyalaya’ (Session on ‘Exclusion, Inequality and Education) at Seventh International Conference of the Comparative Education Society of India (CESI) on the theme “Comparative Educational Destinies: Vision, Dilemmas and Challenges”, 14-16 December, 2016 at Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati
  • Presented a paper ‘Gendered Socialization experiences of Rural Sikh Girls in Ferozepur, Punjab’ at Sixth International Conference of the Comparative Education Society of India (CESI) on the theme “Education: Domination, Emancipation and Dignity”, 14-16 December, 2015 Azim Premji University, Bangalore.
  • Presented a paper ‘Religiously Socializing: Looking at Notions of Religious Identity and Gender in a ‘Sikh’ School in Punjab’ at Fifth International Conference of the Comparative Education Society of India (CESI) on the theme “Education, Politics and Social Change”, 16-18 November, 2014 at University of Delhi, Delhi.
  • Presented a paper ‘Girls’ Education in India: Priorities and Challenges’ in the Seminar at 88th Orientation Programme, Academic Staff College, Jamia Millia Islamia.
  • Presented a paper ‘Social Context of Girls’ Education in India’ in the Seminar at 16th Refresher Course in Education, Academic Staff College, Jamia Millia Islamia.
  • Presented a paper ‘Gender in Schools’ in the Seminar at 22nd Refresher Course in Education, Academic Staff College, Jamia Millia Islamia.
  • Presented a paper “School and Gender: Mapping the Barriers to Equality in Education”, International Seminar on Gender Equality and State Interventions: Issues Ahead” organized by Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology, Punjabi University, Patiala and UNESCO/UNITWIN on October 28-29, 2010.

Organized National Seminar

  • Convener, ICSSR-sponsored National Seminar on ‘National Education Policy 2020: Themes and Perspectives’, 29th & 31st March, 2023, Department of Elementary Education, Lady Shri Ram College for Women, University of Delhi.
  • Convener, ICSSR-sponsored National Seminar on ‘Alternative and Innovative Education in India: The Way Ahead’, 26th & 27th March, 2018, Department of Elementary Education, Lady Shri Ram College for Women, University of Delhi

Faculty Development Programmes

  • Participated in One Week Online Faculty Development Programme on “Teachers in National Education Policy-2020 Role, Awareness, Orientation, Challenges and Response” (17-23 March 2021)  jointly organized by Mahatma Gandhi Kashi Vidyapeeth, Varanasi & Teaching Learning Centre in Social Sciences, Dr. Harisingh Gour Vishwavidyalaya, Sagar. 
  • Participated in a Five-Day Workshop on ‘Academic Writing’ organized by Institute of Life-long Learning, University of Delhi, January 27- February 2, 2021.
  • Participated in UGC-sponsored First Online Two-Week Refresher Course in Teacher Education, 12th- 26th December, 2020, organised by UGC Human Resource Development Centre, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi
  • Attended One Week Professional Development Programme for Senior Faculty organised by the UGC-Human Resource Development Centre, Jamia Millia Islamia from 24th December to 31st December, 2018
  • SWAYAM ARPIT (Annual Refresher Programme in Teaching) Online Course Certification, Successfully completed the ARPIT Course for Career Advancement Scheme (CAS) Promotion on “Gender/Women Studies” organized by UGC- Human Resource Development Centre, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, November 2018- March 2019, 29th May, 2019
  • 88th Orientation Course, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, 16 April to 14th May 2009, HRDC-JMI, University Grants Commission
  • 16th Refresher Course in Education, Academic Staff College, Jamia Millia Islamia, University Grants Commission, 11thApril- 3rd May 2014.
  • 22nd Refresher Course in Education, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, 11 April to 03 May 2014, University Grants Commission

Membership of Professional Bodies

  • CBSE Skill Based Course ‘Early Childhood Care and Education’ (Subject code 842) as a Skill subject for Senior Secondary school level from session 2019-20 onwards. This module is equivalent to Level 4 of the National Skills Qualification Framework and aligned the job role ‘Early Childhood Educator’ of the National Qualification Register. In the Committee to review the study material of class XII.
  • US-Fullbright-Nehru Fellowship Member in National Selection Committee for the year 2018-19, U.S. Fulbright-Nehru English Teaching Assistantship (ETA) Program for the US citizens.
  • Central Institute of Education, University of Delhi, 2015-16, Convener, B.El.Ed Admission Committee
  •  NIEPA Two–day Tier-2 National Workshop on Finalization of Teaching Learning Resources for Science and Social Science Teachers in Higher Education on 15-16 January, 2020 at NIEPA, New Delhi
  • NIEPA Participated in the Virtual workshop on Collating Sociology Resources for Teachers in Higher Education as Subject Resource Person organized by National Resource Centre for Education, NIEPA, June 25-26, 2020.
  • Member, Curriculum development for D.El Ed , IASE, Jamia Millia Islamia, 2015.

Prizes and Awards

  • Received the National Women’s Empowerment and Development Award conferred by the International Association of Educators for World Peace at World’s Women Empowerment Summit organized by Women’s Agency for Generating Employment (WAGE) on 11th July 2017 at the India International Centre, Lodhi Road, New Delhi.
  • Academic Prize for Best Student in Psychology 1998-99- 69 percent, Lady Shri Ram College for Women, University of Delhi, 1999
  • Academic Prize for Best Student in English 1998-99- 61 percent, Lady Shri Ram College for Women, University of Delhi, 1999.