Rachna Kaushal
Associate Professor
Political Science
Aligarh Muslim University
India
Biography
Dr. Rachna Kaushal is M.A in Political Science from A.M.U. and did her M.Phil and PHD in Human Rights. She qualified NET and SLET in 1997 and was appointed as Lecturer in Human Rights at A.M.U in 1998. She has participated in a number of national and international conferences/workshops/seminars. She was awarded FORD Foundation Fellowship to attend workshop of RCSS in Sri Lanka in 2001;FORD Foundation Fellowship to attend workshop at National Law School University of India Bangalore in 2003; NIPPON Foundation Fellowship to participate in prestigious Salzburg Seminar in Austria in 2006; participated in International Human Rights Conference in Germany (Berlin) in 2010. She was awarded U.S State Department Fellowship to attend six weeks summer workshop on religious pluralism in the University of California(Santa Barbara)in June 2013. She has published papers in a number of reputed national and international journals like International Journal of Sustainable Development (Canada); Skepsis (Greece)etc. Presently working as Associate Professor.
Research Interest
Human Rights and Gender Issues
Publications
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“ The Problems and Prospects of Application of Universal Human Rights in a C ulturally Diverse Society: A Case of CEDAW in India †presented in the ISUD 9 th World Congress , Greece, Skepsis XXII (iii) 2012 .ISSN 1105 - 158
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Good Governance and Decentralization in India: Issues Challenges and Prospects Indian Journal of Politics, Department of Political Science, AMU, Vol. 46 1 - 2 Jan - June 2012
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Religious freedom and Human Rights in India: Conflicts and Reconciliation presented at seminar organized by the D/O Religious Studi es under the aegis of summer course on Religious Pluralism in United States of America (University of California Santa Barbara) published in Danubius XXXII 2014 ISSN 1220 – 5052 EISSN 2392 – 7992 www.revistadanu bius.ro
