Dr. Nancy Pathak

Paper Presentations :

  • Co-presented paper titled “Reclaiming Islam: Interpretations by the weaker gender” at India International Islamic academic conference organised at India Islamic Center, New Delhi in October 2016.
  • Presented paper titled “Representing eco-feminist solutions in developmental academic dis-course: A bottom-up road to achieving sustainable development goals in India”, at National Seminar on Higher education in India: Vision 2030 with special reference to Sustainable Development Goals organised in January 2017.
  • Presented a paper titled “Ismat Chugtai’s “Quilt”: The writings of silence”, at National Con-ference on “The feminist Quartet of Isabella Thoburn College: The writings of Rashid Jahan, Ismat Chugtai, Attia Hosain and Qurratulain Hyder” in February. 2017.
  • Presented a paper titled “The politics of Interpretation and misinterpretation: The case of In-dian Muslim feminist movements” in The international conference on advances in English Studies, Education and women empowerment-2017 at Carmel College, Nuvem, Goa, India in February 2017
  • Presented paper titled “Legitimacy of Russian Elites: Manufacturing consent in the Russian Society” at the Department of Politology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia in May 2018.
  • Presented a paper titled “Indonesia and the South China Sea: Between the Nine-Dash line and an EEZ”, at Conference for young scholars at National Institute of Advanced stud-ies, Bangalore, India held in June 2020.
  • Presented paper titled “Creation of a committed academia, manufacturing of a national dis-course” in the Annual conference of Politics at Heidelberg Graduate school for humanities and social sciences, held from 3 rd to 4 th September ‘2022.

Workshops Conducted :

  • Presented a paper titled “Exploring politics of Queerness in Sufi Islam through Maimouna Gueressi’s Mystic Art” in Workshop on Modest Fashion: An expression of contemporary Muslim Women’s lifestyle and identity in Europe organised by Faculty of Humanities, South Campus, University of Copenhagen, Denmark, on 7th June 2022.

Journal :

  • Pathak, N (2017). ‘Bureaucracy for Democracy: A theoretical Analysis’, Research Inspiration 2(3) (Print: ISSN:2455-443X)
  • Pathak, N (2017). Politics of Interpretation and misinterpretation: The case of Indian Muslim feminist movements, Arts and Education International Research Journal, Vol.4(1) (Print: ISSN 2349-1353)
  • Pathak, N (2018). Administrative reforms in Russia, International Journal for academic research and development, 3(1) (Print: ISSN 2455-4197)
  • Pathak N (2018), Russian Ideological state apparatus, International Journal for academic research and development, 3(2) (Print: ISSN:2455-4197)
  • Pathak, N (2022) Kautilya's Arthashastra (a treatise on statecraft): With special reference to widow welfare" in journal of Acharya Narendra Dev Research institute, ISSN: 09763287, Vol-32(Co-authored)

Chapter Book :

  • Pathak, N. (2021). High Heels and Rainbow Hijab. In: Thimm, V. (eds) (Re-)Claiming Bodies Through Fashion and Style. New Directions in Islam. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. Switzerland. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-71941-8_10

Participated in Seminars/workshops/Seminars :

  • Undertook a module Lecture series for United Nation’s initiative Girl Up Rise- on “Introduction to policy” held on 30 th October 2021
  • Undertook a module lecture series for United Nation;s initiative Girl up rise- on “Gender and Policy” held on 6 th November 2021.
  • Lecture on the topic ‘Psychology, Power and Constructs of Gender Laws- A Research-Based View’ conducted by the research circle, Psychology Department, Lady Sriram Col-lege, on 25th of August 2022.
  • Lecture session on “judiciary, society and women’s rights” held by interface society on 8th September 2022.
  • Lecture on the topic “Gender Sensitization: Why Pronouns matter”, as a Pride month lecture organized by Department of B.A Programme, Lady Sri Ram College, Delhi University in June 2022.
  • Lecture on the topic “Russia-Ukraine Conflict and the changing world order” held at Parul University, Gautam Buddha Nagar, Noida, held in May 2022.
  • Participated in the “Two-day Research Writing Lecture Series” organized by the Academic Writing Lab (AWL) and Department of Social Sciences and Humanities (SSH), IIIT-Delhi, New Delhi, on 27-28 January 2022.

Panel Discussion :

  • Panelist at Panel discussion held on the topic – “Gender discrimination and Queer rights” organized by WDC, Jesus and Mary College in association with Pink Legal Panache, held
    on 2nd July 2021
  • Panelist for a Session held on theme “India and Japan: Growing capabilities in The Quad and Beyond” at the Global Youth India’s Annual Summit on the larger theme “The India Moment:rediscovering the rising global power” in April 2023
  • Panelist for a discussion held on the theme “Growing International conflicts and how can academics map them” at Konrad Adenauer Stiftung Office-India, for the launch of the National institute of advanced studies-Konrad Adenauer Stiftung Conflict Annual 2023 and the report on “Why Conflicts Continue?” held in March 2023.

Academic Awards :

  • 2008 – 2009 Best All-Round Student (academics and extracurricular) of the Department of Political Science, I.P College, Delhi University
  • 2008 – 2009 Awarded Best Student prize for Department of Political Science, I.P College, Delhi University
  • 2006 Smt. Chandra Kanta Aggarwal Prize for the highest marks in Colonialism and Nationalism in B.A (hons.) Pol. Science Part I, Delhi University