Dr. Poornima Jain holds a M.A., M.Phil. and a Ph.D. degree in Sociology from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. She also holds M.Sc. in Ecology & Environment from Indian Institute of Ecology and Environment, New Delhi. Her teaching interests are Social Change, Sociology of Development, Sociological Theories, Sociology of Religion, and Sociology of Thought. Her research interests include Human Rights, Dalit Studies, and Religion. She has a vast administrative experience as Head of the Department for 15 years. She has already served as Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences for one term previously. Professor Poornima Jain also has been a Gold Medalist at the Post Graduate level and has 9 research publications to her credit. She has taught various courses like Social Change, Social Demography, Social Statistics, Rural Sociology, Sociology of Development in India, Sociological Theories, Sociology of Development, Sociology of Religion, Contemporary Sociological Theories, Indian Classics, Sociology of Human Rights, Sociological Thought, Research Methodology, Indian Sociological Thinkers, Classical Sociologists (Western).

Selected Publications:

Books

• Working Women and care of the Aged, Satyam Publishing House, Delhi,2005.
• Religious Sects and Social Development, Rawat Publications, Jaipur, 2010.
• Exclusion and Inclusion: Dimensions of Policies and Practices, Palm Leaf Publications, New Delhi (In Press)

Journals

• Religious Sects and Social Development, IASSI Quarterly, vol.24 (1), New Delhi, 2005
• Samajik Vikas, Gyan Garima Sindhu, vol.8, Commission for Scientific & Technical Terminology, Ministry of HRD, GOI, New Delhi, 2006
• Women and Education in India: An Analysis, Social Science Gazetteer, Journal of the Indian Social Science Association, Vol. 4, No. 2, July – December, 2009, p.205-212
• Impact of Globalization on Higher Education: Empirical Evidences from India”, Deliberative Research, Vol-9, January-March, 2011, Issue-9
• Impact of Climate Change on Society: A Theoretical Analysis, Deliberative Research, Vol-11, July-Sept, 2011, Issue-11