PROGRAMS
Undergraduate Program
B.Tech. (Hons.) Computer Science and Engineering - Data Science B.A. (Hons.) Psychology/Economics B.A. (Hons. with Research) Psychology/Economics B.Des. - Communication Design B.M.S. (Hons.) Digital Business B.M.S. (Hons. with Research) Digital Business B.A., LL.B. (Hons.) B.M.S., LL.B. (Hons.)
Doctorate Program
SCHOOLS
School of Computational and Data Sciences School of Liberal Arts and Design Studies School of Business Studies School of Legal Studies and Governance
AREAS OF STUDY
Data Science
Natural Language Processing Internet of Things Artificial Intelligence Applied Deep Learning Full Stack Development Machine Learning
Communication Design
Interactive Storytelling Future of UX Design Visual Scripting Character Design Film Production Advertising
Psychology
Experimental Psychology Developmental Psychology Counselling Psychology Cognitive Psychology Clinical Psychology Health Psychology
Economics
Digital Economics Business Economics Behavioural Economics Developmental Economics Gender Economics Policy Making
Digital Business
Marketing Management Financial and Management Accounting Business Research Method Digital and E-commerce Marketing Fintech Digital Supply Chains
Legal Studies
Alternative Dispute Resolution Online Dispute Resolution Intellectual Property Law Business and Commercial Law Crime and Criminology AI and Technology Law
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Faculty| Vidyashilp University
Dr. Ranjana Raghunathan
Assistant Professor, School of Liberal Arts and Design Studies
Former Adjunct Faculty, Singapore University of Social Sciences
Adjunct Lecturer & Tutor, National University of Singapore (NUS)
Ph.D. South Asian Studies, NUS
MA in Social Work, TISS, Mumbai
Selected Publications
Peer-reviewed Journal Articles:
  • "Movement in Verse: Poetry as Ethnographic Dialogue" in Decolonial Subversions 2023. Read More
  • (Under Review) “Entangled intimacies: Negotiating kinship and religious embodiments amongst Tamil Hindu women in Singapore” in Religion and Society 2021.
  • “Everyday intimacies and inter-ethnic relationships: Tracing entanglements of gender and race in multicultural Singapore”. Sociological Research Online 2021. Read More
  • “Migrant Intimacies and Ambiguities of Law: The Case of Wife Enticement among Indians in Colonial Singapore, 1900–1940”. Gender and History (first published online on 22 March 2021) Read More
Book Chapters:
  • 2022. (with Yogeswaran Doraisingham) “Tracing transformations in Hindu marriage and Funeral rituals in Singapore” In Hinduism in Singapore and the Hindu Endowments Board, edited by Lavanya Balachandran and Sylvia Koh. (Singapore: Hindu Endowments Board), pp 118-63.
  • 2022. “Preface: The Untold Histories of Singapore’s Indian Women” In What we inherit: Growing Up Indian, edited by Shailey Hingorani and Varsha Sivaram. (AWARE Singapore, Ethos Books), pp 25-40
  • 2019. “For better or for worse: Tamil women in marriage and society” In Sojourners to settlers: Tamils in Singapore Edited by Arun Mahizhnan and Nalina Gopal. (Singapore: Indian Heritage Centre and Institute of Policy Studies), pp 136-49
  • 2014. “Street Diaries: Gender, Poverty and Homelessness in Mumbai.” In Understanding Urban Poverty in India: Experiences from Mumbai, Edited by Olivier Brito and Aditya Singh. (Jaipur: Rawat Publications), pp 55 – 78
Book Review:
  • 2022. Transnational Divorce: Understanding Intimacies and Inequalities from Singapore, by Sharon Ee Ling Quah, 2020 published in the Asian Journal of Social Science, Vol 50, Issue 1, March 2022, pp 74-75 Read More
Research Report:
  • 2015. Ranjana Raghunathan et.al. “People with physical disabilities in Singapore: Understanding disabling factors in caregiving, education, employment and finances.” (Singapore Management University: Lien Centre for Social Innovation)

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