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Dr. Saheed

Dr. Saheed Meo

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Assistant Professor

Email Id :saheedmeo@gmail.com

Phone :091-9873846297

Educational Qualifications:Ph.D

Research Interests:

Sociology of Education, Neo-liberal Reforms and Education Systems, Education of Minorities and Urban Poors, Sociological Theories, Sociology of Science, Everyday Life Experiences and Social Inequalities

Profile of Saheed Meo

Dr. Saheed Meo is founding faculty of Sociology at Maulana Azad National Urdu University, Hyderabad. He specialises in the area of sociology of education, sociological theories, issues of social inequalities and transformation. He is currently writing on the issues of school choice and neoliberal reforms in education in India. While teaching at graduate, postgraduate and doctoral levels, he is also serving as Academic Coordinator in the Department, and Assistant Director at Directorate of Admissions.

His papers and reviews have published in Social Action, Indian Anthropologist, The Eastern Anthropologist, Pathshala: Bhitar aur Bhahar, and various other international journals. His opinion piece on pressing issues have appeared in Scroll.in, New Age Islam, Café Dissensus, The New Leam, Countercurrents.org, etc. He has authored ‘Classiki Samajiyati Nazariyat’ (a book on sociological theories in Urdu language, MANUU, 2021, forthcoming). He has also penned a national report ‘Caught in Crossfire: State of Children and Education in Civil Strife Affected Regions of India’, (with Rai and Thatte, Save the Children India, 2013).

Research Publication of Saheed Meo

BOOKS

  • Classiki Samajiyati Nazariyat (Book on Classical Sociological Theories in Urdu language). DTP, MANUU, Hyderabad. (Forthcoming)
  • Caught in Crossfire: State of Children and Education in Regions Affected by Civil Strife. (Co-authored with Sanjiv Rai and Prasann Thatte). A National Report Published by Save the Children, India.

RESEARCH ARTICLE/CHAPTER/UNIT

  • Impact of COVID-19 on School Education: A Study of Underprivileged Social Groups in Haryana. Social Action, Vol. 71, pp. 67-79 (Co-authored).
  • Relationship of Sociology with Political Science. Unit in B. A. Sociology Text, BSOC-131 Introduction to Sociology, IGNOU, New Delhi (ISBN: 978-93-89200-01-0).
  • Relationship of Sociology with History. Unit in B.A. Sociology Text, BSOC-131 Introduction to Sociology, IGNOU, New Delhi (ISBN: 978-93-89200-01-0).
  • Urban Growth, Spatial Dynamics and Social Segregation in India: A Study of Growth of Alwar City of Rajasthan in National Capital Region. IOSR Journal Of Humanities And Social Science, Volume 22, Issue 7, Ver.14, pp. 19-26 (e-ISSN: 2279-0837, p-ISSN: 2279-0845).
  • School Choice, Market and Class Strategies: An Inquiry into Contemporary Developments in School Education in India. Research Magma: An International Multidisciplinary Journal, Vo. 1 (10), pp. 1-13. (ISSN: 2456-7078).

BOOK REVIEW

E-CONTENT DEVELOPED & PUBLISHED

OTHER PUBLICATIONS (In Online Blogs/Magazines & Newspapers)

  • Teachers at Crossroads during COVID-19 Pandemic in India. Countercurrent.org, May 18.
  • The Paradox of Online Courses: A Teacher’s Experiences of Doing a Refresher Course. The New Leam, September 30.
  • Why a Turkish Historical Drama has Become Wildly Popular with India’s Muslim Youth. Scroll. In, September 28. (Reprinted by New Age Islam, and Pristinekasmire.in) (Co-authored).
  • The Battle of Contesting ‘Sciences’ Amid the Coronavirus Pandemic. The New Leam, May 11.
  • Musings of Everyday Life during Covid-19 Lockdown. Cafe Dissensus Every day, The Blog of Café Dissensus Magazine–We Dissent, May 10.
  • 2014. Mewat Mein Shiksha ki Sthiti Evam Sambhavnayein. Mewat Times: A National Fortnightly published from Delhi, Varsha-11, Volume 7, 1-15 January (in Hindi)