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B.A. (Jawaharlal Nehru University);


M.A. (Jamia Millia Islamia):


M.Phil.; Ph.D. (Jawaharlal Nehru University)

Dr. Priya Ranjan

Associate Professor

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ORCID ID 0009-0005-0678-7494
Key Expertise Medical Sociology, Social Studies of Science and Technology, Sociological Theory, and Bioethics

B.A. (Jawaharlal Nehru University);


M.A. (Jamia Millia Islamia):


M.Phil.; Ph.D. (Jawaharlal Nehru University)


Biography

Dr. Priya Ranjan is an Associate Professor at Jindal School of Liberal Arts and Humanities. Priya Ranjan is a sociologist with teaching and research interests in medical sociology, social studies of science and technology, and bioethics. His doctoral degree (Jawaharlal Nehru University) examined the political economy of technoscience by focusing on the medical biotechnology sector in India. His current research investigates the linkages between the dominant bioethics discourse and the ongoing commercialization of human bodies and tissues.

Priya Ranjan has a B.A. degree in German Language & Literature (JNU) and an M.A. in Sociology (JMI). He completed his M.Phil. and Ph.D. from JNU. He was previously Assistant Professor at IP College for Women, University of Delhi, where he taught sociology. He was also Research Coordinator at Sama–Resource Group for Women and Health, a Delhi-based research and advocacy organisation.

Sociology of Health and Wellbeing

Media and Visual Culture

Interdisciplinary Seminar 1: Self in the World

Interdisciplinary Seminar 2: Telling Stories

Awarded DAAD fellowship to attend an advanced German language course at Essen University, Germany (2002)

Ranjan, P. (2024). Caste, merit, and technical education in India. Social Change, 54(2), 282-289.

Ranjan, P. (2016). Biotechnology in India: Catalyst for a knowledge era? In Sarah Hodges and Mohan Rao (Eds.) Public health and private wealth: Stem cells, surrogates, and other strategic bodies (pp. 197–221). Oxford University Press.

Sama-Resource Group for Women and Health (2016). Compensation in clinical trials: A comparative analysis of seven countries. Sama-Resource Group for Women and Health. New Delhi.

Sama-Resource Group for Women and Health (2015). Specters of Malthus: A study of representation of population in school textbooks in India. Sama-Resource Group for Women and Health. New Delhi.
ORCID ID 0009-0005-0678-7494
Key Expertise Medical Sociology, Social Studies of Science and Technology, Sociological Theory, and Bioethics
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