Education

Experience

Undergradute

• Sociology of Industry and Work Culture
• Organizational Psychology

Postgraduate

• Sociology of Development
• Team Building and Leadership

Invited Talks

• Invited as a Speaker in the Plenary Session of National Conference entitled “Development, Environment, and Issues on Sustainability” at the Department of Sociology, Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University, Aurangabad, Maharashtra, January 27th and 28th, 2020.
• Invited as a Discussant of the Session on “Politics of Visual Representation: The Symbolic Expression” at the Visual South Asia Conference at the University of Dhaka, Bangladesh, May 10th-11th, 2017.
• Mukherjee, Anirban., “Qualitative Research Design”, Lecture Delivered at the 2015 ICSSR Sponsored Research Methodology Workshop, HNB Garhwal University, Feb.7-16, Srinagar, Garhwal.
• Mukherjee, Anirban., “Understanding Culture”, Talk delivered at the Dept. of Humanities and Social Sciences, VNIT Nagpur on 13th September 2013.

Industrial Experience

• Acted as a Resource Person in Soft Skill Training for the Induction Training Program (Samavesh, 2021) of HPCL (Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd.) Trainees at Visakhapatnam between January 26th-30th, 2021.

Lectures, Conferences and Workshops Organized

• Organized NRC-ICSSR (Northern Regional Centre-Indian Council of Social Science Research) Sponsored National Conference on “Mapping Urbanization in India from Socio-Spatial Perspectives”, at Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Petroleum Technology (RGIPT), Jais, UP on August 25th, 2018. Invited Speakers: Prof. N. Jayaram, Former Director, ISEC; Prof. Ravinder Singh Sandhu, Former Professor, Guru Nanak Dev University (GNDU), Amritsar; Prof. Dipti Ranjan Sahu, Professor and Head, Lucknow University.
• Organized a Talk (Institute Lecture Series) by Prof. Munmun Jha, Professor of Sociology, Dept. of HSS, IIT Kanpur, on the topic “Constitutional Rights and Duties: A must know for every citizen”, at RGIPT on 26-01-2024.
• Organized a Talk (5th Institute Lecture Series) by Prof. B. K. Pattnaik, Dept. of HSS, IIT Kanpur, on the topic “Impact of Globalization on Science and Technology Regime in India”, at RGIPT on 30-10-2019.
• Organized a Talk (6th Institute Lecture Series) by Prof. Paramjit Singh Judge, President, Indian Sociological Society (ISS), on the topic “Intertwining of Science, Technology and Social Sciences”, at RGIPT on 24-01-2020.

Editorial Board Member

• Journal of Land and Rural Studies, Sage Publication.
• Shanlax International Journal of Arts, Science, and Humanities (UGC Approved: 43960), Published by Christ University, Bangalore.

Journal Publications

Satish, Shukla, Anirban Mukherjee, and Gerad Middendorf. (2024). Ittar Industry of Kannauj: A Saga of Commodification of Olfactory Aesthetics. Journal of Land and Rural Studies, Sage Publications, 12(1): 7-21. (ISSN 23210249). DOI: 10.1177/23210249231192757 Scopus Indexed.

Gupta, Satish, and Anirban Mukherjee. (2024). Positive Ageing in Institutional Homes: Towards a De-Stigmatization   Process,   Working    with    Older    People,    Emerald.    28(1):    49-60. DOI: 10.1108/WWOP-04-2022-0015

Ullah, A. and Mukherjee, A. (2023). School choice decision of middle-class parents in urban India: A Sociological Introspection. Asian Education and Development Studies Journal, Emerald. 12(15): 208-220. DOI: 10.1108/AEDS-02-2023-0015

Gupta Satish & Mukherjee, Anirban. (2022). A Study of Elderly in the Old Age Homes of Varanasi. Indian Journal of Gerontology. Indian Gerontological Association. Vol. 36(4): 560-572. (Reg.No: R.N.17985/69: ISSN 0971-4189).

Shukla, Satish and Anirban Mukherjee (2023). Unmasking the Challenges of Attar Industry in Kannauj: A Repertoire of Sociological Insights. Man and Development. Centre for Research in Rural and Industrial Development, Chandigarh. (ISSN 0258-0438) (In Press) OCLC/WorldCat Indexed.

Mukherjee, Anirban and B. K. Pattnaik. (2021). Assimilation and Symbolic Ethnicity through the Class-Ethnicity Nexus: A Study of Second-Generation Indian Immigrants in the USA. Journal of South Asian Diaspora, Taylor and Francis. 13(2): 199-215 DOI: 10.1080/19438192.2021.1893011 Scopus Indexed, Q1.

Mukherjee, Anirban. and B. K. Pattnaik. (2021). Assimilation, Heterolocalism, and Ethnic Capital: The Case of an Immigrant Indian Community in America. Sociological Bulletin, Sage. Vol. 70(1): 24-41. ISSN: 00380229. DOI: 10.1177/0038022920956737. Scopus Indexed. Google Scholar.

Mukherjee, Anirban. (2020). The Changing Vogue of Calendar Art Among the Middle Class in Urban India. Man in India. Serials Publications. Vol. 100(3): 155-170. ISSN 0025-1569. OCLC Indexed. Scimago Indexed.

Gupta Satish & Mukherjee, Anirban. (2019). “Senicide in India: A Sociological Study.” Ageing and Society. The Indian Journal of Gerontology (Published by Calcutta Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology). Vol. XXVI No. III and IV, 17-26. ISSN: 0971-8060. Google Scholar, CNKI Scholar, Indian Citation Index.

Mukherjee, Anirban (2017). Education for the Tribals: Unmasking the Dominant Discourse, The Ravenshaw Journal of Educational Studies, 6(1): 38-49. Google scholar.

Mukherjee, Anirban, W. Richard Goe, and Gerad Middendorf. 2016. “The Efficacy of Public Education as a Means of Social Mobility for the Tribal Population in India.” Journal of Land and Rural Studies, Sage Publications (ISSN 23210249), 4(2): 225-241. DOI: 10.1177/2321024914558352. Scopus Indexed. Google Scholar.

Mukherjee, Anirban. 2013. “Urban and Social Amenity Preferences Among Creative Immigrant Workers: The Case of Bengali-Indian Immigrants in the Kansas City Metropolitan Area.” Culture and Public Policy (Jadavpur University Journal of Sociology ISSN 09765212) 6:51-76.

Mukherjee, Anirban and W. Richard Goe. 2012.“Tribal Education in India: A Study of Cultural Imposition and Inequality.” Culture and Public Policy (Jadavpur University Journal of Sociology ISSN 09765212) 5:111-129.

Conference Publications

Mukherjee, Anirban. “Tribal Education in India: Deconstructing the Acculturation Hypothesis” in XX ISA World Congress of Sociology on Resurgent Authoritarianism: Sociology of New Entanglements of Religions, Politics, and Economies. June 25th-July 1st, 2023. Venue: Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre, Melbourne, Australia.

Mukherjee, Anirban. “Migrant Goldsmiths of Bengal: A Sociological Analysis of Informal Manufacturing Sector in Lucknow” in the International Conference on Labour Migration and Sustainable Development in Asia: Opportunities, Challenges and Way Forward Organized by South Asia Centre for Labour Mobility and Migrants (SALAM) and International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS), June 1– 3, 2023; Venue: IIPS, Mumbai.

Mukherjee, Anirban. “Hybridity, Mimicry, and Cultural Ambivalence: The Question of Cultural Identity of Bengali Immigrants in the United States” in the International Interdisciplinary Series of Conferences on The Global Indian Diasporas: Literary, Cultural and Socio-Economic Perspectives in the 21st Century, Organized by the Centre for Diaspora Studies, Central University of Gujarat, Gandhinagar, India, February 23-25, 2023.

Mukherjee, Anirban. “Schooling of the Marginalized: Deconstructing the Vicissitudes of Violence” in the National Seminar on ‘Implementation of Multi and Trans-Disciplinary Education under NEP2020’, Organized by Fergusson College, Pune, India, January 18-20, 2023.

Mukherjee, Anirban. “From Arranged to E-Arranged Marriage in India: Tracing the Contours.” in the International Webinar on Emerging Dimensions of Marriage in Asia. Organized by Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore (NUS), Singapore, November 19th and 20th, 2020.

Mukherjee, Anirban. “Can the Subaltern Learn?: Deconstructing the Dominant Discourse on Education” in the International Conference on “Inclusive Education: Present Perspectives and Future Prospects.” Organized by Department of Education, The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Vadodara, January 21st-23rd, 2020.

Mukherjee, Anirban. “Right to Life or the Right to Property: The Saga of Proletarianization and Resistance in Chattisgarh” in the Inter-Congress of International Union of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences (IUAES), Poznan, Poland, August 27th-31st, 2019.

Mukherjee, Anirban. “Middle Class in Malgudi: An Evocative Portrayal” at the 4th International Conference on Humanities themed (RE)VALUING THE HUMANITIES: Humanities’ Values and the Value of Humanities, Organized by the University of Kelaniya, Colombo, Sri Lanka, March 14th-15th, 2019.

Mukherjee, Anirban. “Ecology of Indigenous Wisdom: Embracing Tribal Epistemologies for Sustainable Ecology” at National Seminar on the theme Integral Humanism and Contemporary Development Issues in India Organized by the Pt. Deendayal Upadhyaya Chair, Faculty of Social Sciences, Banaras Hindu University (BHU), Varanasi, March 1st and 2nd, 2019.

Mukherjee, Anirban, “Heterolocalism and Ethnic Capital: The Assimilation Pattern of Asian Indians in the USA” at the 44th All India Sociological Conference by the Indian Sociological Society (ISS) on the theme ‘Reconstructing Sociological Discourse in India: Perspectives from the Margins’ at St. Philomena’s College, Mysuru, December 27th-29th, 2018.

Mukherjee, Anirban, Satish Gupta, and Susham Biswas, “Divergence in Operational and Locational Dynamics of Multiplexes and Single Screen Movie Theatres in a Tier I City” at International Conference on the Challenges of Governance in Mega Cities organized by the Centre for Research in Urban Affairs (CRUA), Institute for Social and Economic Change (ISEC), Bengaluru, October 25th-26th, 2018.

Mukherjee Anirban, and Susham Biswas, “Sociological Interrogation of Forced Child Begging Practices in India” at National Conference on Nurturing Environment for Children organized by Madras Christian College (MCC), Tambaram, Chennai, September 6th-8th, 2018.

Mukherjee, Anirban. “Mobility through Sanskritisation?: An Exploration of Tribal Education in West Bengal” at National Conference on Structures and Processes of Social Exclusion and Inclusion organized by Centre for Study of Social Exclusion and Inclusive Policies, Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), Mumbai, April 27th-28th, 2018.

Mukherjee, Anirban. “Evaluating the Implication of RTE Act on Tribal Education in India.” Paper presented at the International Summit on Child Rights: Education Matters for Life organized by joint collaboration of Christ University, Bangalore, James Cook University, Australia, and World Vision, India on December 4th-5th, 2017.

Mukherjee, Anirban, “Exploring Usage Pattern of Facebook Among the Students of RGIPT: A Case Study”, Paper Presented at South Asian University (SAU) organized Visual South Asia International Conference at University of Dhaka, Bangladesh on May 11th, 2017.

Mukherjee, Anirban, “Social Amenity and Residential Assimilation of Indian IT Professionals in Kansas City Metropolitan Area, USA”, Paper presented at National Conference on Urbanization of India: A Game Changer?, Loyola College, Chennai on 14th February, 2017.

Mukherjee, Anirban., “Urban Amenity Preferences Among Creative Immigrant Workers: The Case of Bengali-Indian Immigrants in Kansas City Metropolitan Area”, Paper presented at the 2012 Creative Economy Conference, Martin Prosperity Institute, University of Toronto, June 19- 24, Toronto, Canada.

Mukherjee, Anirban, and W. Richard Goe. “Cultural Imposition and Inequality: A Case Study of Tribal Education in India”, Paper Presented at the 2011 Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association (ASA), Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, August 20-23, 2011.

Mukherjee, Anirban, and W. Richard Goe. “Elite Dominated Education System: A Case Study of Tribals in India”, Paper presented at the 2011 Annual Meeting of the Midwest Sociological Association, St. Louis, Missouri, USA, March 24-27, 2011.

Mukherjee, Anirban, and W Richard Goe. “Tribal Education in India: An Examination of Cultural Imposition and Inequality”, Paper presented at the 2010 Annual Meeting of the Midwest Sociological Society, March 31-April 3, Chicago, Illinois, USA.

Goe, W. Richard, and Anirban Mukherjee. “Correlates of Ethanol Plant Location in the North- Central Region of the United States,” Paper presented at the 2008 Annual Meeting of the Rural Sociological Society, July 28-31, Manchester, New Hampshire, USA.

Books

Mukherjee, Anirban and S. Biswas (ed.). (2022). Urbanization in India: Emerging Issues and Dimensions. Jaipur: Rawat Publishers. ISBN 978-81-316-1259-0.

Book Chapters

Goe, W. Richard and Anirban Mukherjee. (2013). “The Implications of Corn-Based Ethanol Production for Non-Metropolitan Development in the North Central Region of the U.S.” Pp. 215- 244 in Gary Paul Green (ed.), Handbook of Rural Development. Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar. 978 1 78100 670 2.

Mukherjee, Anirban. 2015. “Status of Tribal Women in Modern India”, Pp. 64-78, in Pankaj Kumar and Sadhna Gupta (ed.), Relocating Women’s Equality. New Delhi: Rawat Publication. ISBN: 9788131607428

Book Review: Mukherjee, Anirban. 2023. Shifting transnational bonding in Indian diaspora edited by Ruben Gowricharn, New York, Routledge, 2020, 222 pp., INR 995.00 (hardback), ISBN: 9780367723354. South Asian Diaspora, Taylor and Francis. 15(2): 1-2

• Coordinator, Students Cocurricular and Extracurricular Activities (2023-2024)
• Faculty Incharge, Cultural Council (2022-2024)
• Convener, Departmental Post Graduate Committee (2022-2023), RGIPT
• Member, Departmental UG Course Committee (2020-Present), Dept. of Sciences and Humanities
• Member, Purchase Committee, Dept. of Sciences and Humanities
• Faculty Incharge, Sauhardya Club, Social Outreach Cell (2019-2023)
• Faculty Incharge, Examination, (2021-2022), Dept. of Sciences and Humanities
• Member, UG Admission Committee (2020-2023)
• Member, Press and Publicity Committee (2019-2023)
•  Member, MBA Admission Committee (2017-2019)

• 2012 Outstanding Graduate Student Award, Leonard E. Bloomquist Rural Sociology Scholarship, Kansas State University, USA
• Qualified University Grants Commission National Eligibility Test (NET), 2006, Eligibility for Lectureship in Sociology, India.
• Qualified State Level Eligibility Test (SLET), 2006, Eligibility for Lectureship in Sociology in the state of West Bengal, India
• Qualified State Eligibility Test (SET), 2006, Eligibility for Lectureship in Sociology in the state of Maharashtra, India
• 2009-2012 Graduate Teaching Assistantship, Kansas State University, USA
• 2007-2009 Graduate Research Assistantship, Kansas State University, USA.