A. (Ashok) Danavath
Faculteit der Maatschappij- en Gedragswetenschappen
Programmagroep: Moving Matters: People, Goods, Power and Ideas
Expertisegebied: Politics of Knowledge; Indigenous Education; Social Inequality & Poverty; State, Welfare,Race,
Ethnicity, Identity; Politics of Indigeneity; Indigenous Studies; Sociology and anthropology of Education;
Agrarian & Rural Welfare, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh,
Bezoekadres
- Nieuwe Achtergracht 166
Postadres
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Postbus 15509
1001 NA Amsterdam
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Publicaties
2024
- Danavath, A. (2024). Covid Pandemic and Challenges of Marginalized Students in Higher Education Institutions in India. Manuscript submitted for publication.
- Danavath, A., Marwaha, R., & Thapliyal, N. (2024). Anticaste Activism in US Higher Education: Beyond a Politics of Recognition. Norrag Special issue, 10, 80-85. Article 16. https://resources.norrageducation.org/resource/900/education-for-societal-transformation-alternatives-for-a-just-future#accept-cookies
2023
- Danavath, A. (2023). A discriminatory education policy that further excludes the oppressed from academia: the case of the National Overseas Scholarship (NOS) for SC-ST scholars in India. Rapoport Center Human Rights Working Paper Series, 8. https://law.utexas.edu/humanrights/projects/a-discriminatory-education-policy-that-further-excludes-the-oppressed-from-academia-the-case-of-the-national-overseas-scholarship-nos-for-sc-st-scholars-in-india/
- Danavath, A. (2023). Invisible Victims: Caste, Indirect Discrimination, and Landless Tenant Farmers in Telangana's Agrarian Legislation. Manuscript submitted for publication.
2022
- Danavath, A. (2022). Vaikunthadhamam: The Political Hinduisation of Marginalised Identities in Telangana. In M. Dharavath, & A. Achuth (Eds.), Reimagining Marginality: Exploitation, Experience, Expression Authors Press.
2024
- Danavath, A. (2024). Electoral-Promised Fellowship Support is Essential for Graduate Students in Telangana. Web publication or website, Disha Daily. https://www.dishadaily.com/editpage/students-need-reassurance-from-governament-363805
2026
- Danavath, A. (2026). Will the New University Townships End up Becoming Brahminical Gated Communities?. Web publication or website, The Wire. https://thewire.in/education/will-the-new-university-townships-end-up-becoming-brahmanical-gated-communities
- Danavath, A., & Kolluguri, P. (2026). Indian Workers Are on the Front Line of Global Exploitation. Web publication or website, Jacobin. https://jacobin.com/2026/07/india-caste-migrant-labor-exploitation
- Danavath, A., & Yeasmin, S. (2026). The Price of a 'European Dream' For South Asian Working-Class Migrants in Portugal. Web publication or website, The Wire. https://thewire.in/south-asia/the-price-of-a-european-dream-for-south-asian-working-class-migrants-in-portugal
- Matta, A., & Danavath, A. (2026). The Real Crisis in Andhra Pradesh is Development, Not Demography. Web publication or website, The Diplomat. https://thediplomat.com/2026/06/the-real-crisis-in-andhra-pradesh-is-development-not-demography/
- Matta, A., & Danavath, A. (2026). The great despair: why are students dying. Web publication or website, The Hindu. https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/the-great-despair-why-are-students-dying/article71074144.ece
- Vithayathil, T., & Danavath, A. (2026). Is the Caste Census being sabotaged again?. Web publication or website, The Hindu. https://frontline.thehindu.com/politics/caste-census-politics-of-counting-caste/article71369112.ece
2024
- Danavath, A. (2024). What 'Praja Palana' Mean for Women of Telangana. Web publication or website, News Click. https://www.newsclick.in/what-praja-palana-mean-women-telangana
- Danavath, A., & Kolluguri, P. (2024). Caste Beyond Borders: How Neoliberalism Accelerates Oppression by Indian Elites Overseas. Web publication or website, The Wire. https://staging.thewire.in/caste/caste-beyond-borders-how-neoliberalism-accelerates-oppression-by-indian-elites-overseas
2023
- Danavath, A. (2023). Educational Equity: Is Fundraising the Answer to Caste-Oppressed Students?. Web publication or website, News Click. https://www.newsclick.in/educational-equity-fundraising-answer-caste-oppressed-students
- Pangi, P., Korra, R., Danavath, A., Vidya, & Marwaha, R. (2023). Adivasi Students in AP Struggle in Mother Tongue-Based Education Initiative. Web publication or website, News Click. https://www.newsclick.in/adivasi-students-ap-struggle-mother-tongue-based-education-initiative
2022
- Danavath, A. (2022). Is Union Govt. Doing Enough to Address the Low Percentage of ST Teachers in Universities?. Web publication or website, News Click. https://www.newsclick.in/is-union-govt-enough-address-low-percentage-ST-teachers-universities%3F
- Danavath, A. (2022). Telangana’s Backward Caste Overseas Scholarship Hampered by Inclusion of EWS Reservation Policy. Web publication or website, News Click. https://www.newsclick.in/Telangana-Backward-Caste-Overseas-Scholarship-Hampered-Inclusion-EWS-Reservation-Policy
- Danavath, A. (2022). తగని వసతులు లేని చదువులా?. Web publication or website, Sakshi. https://www.sakshi.com/telugu-news/guest-columns/schools-telangana-do-not-have-proper-infrastructure-1502592
- Danavath, A., & Gumpenapalli, S. (2022). Statue of Ramanuja: An ironic Thread in Telangana’s Anti-caste Social Fabric. Web publication or website, South Asian Today. https://southasiantoday.com.au/article-10247-statue-of-ramanuja-an-ironic-thread-in- telanganas-anti-caste-social-fabric-details.aspx
- Danavath, A., Jeevan P, P., & Singha, L. (2022). Caste rules censor research and deny scholarships to marginalised students in India.. Web publication or website, Asian Studies Association of Australia. https://asaa.asn.au/2022/04/06/caste-rules-censor-research-and-deny-scholarships-to-marginalised-students-in-india/
Prijs / subsidie
- Danavath, A. (2026). Research Activity Grant 2026 - Amsterdam Centre for Inequality Studies. https://amcis.uva.nl/
- Danavath, A. (2026). Short research support grant, Amsterdam Centre for European Studies.
- Danavath, A. (2025). Richard Sutch Student Travel Awards. https://ssha.org/conference/sutch-travel-awards/
- Danavath, A. (2022). Social Justice Research Paper Grants, ISS Development Studies.
- Danavath, A. (2020). National Overseas Scholarship (NOS).
- Danavath, A. (2019). Undergraduate Thesis Travel Awards.
Mediaoptreden
- Danavath, A. (28-10-2024). TISS: Reimagining Futures or Succumbing to Neoliberal and Right-Wing Politics? [Web] NEWSCLICK. Caste Beyond Borders: How Neoliberalism Accelerates Oppression by Indian Elites Overseas. https://www.newsclick.in/tiss-reimagining-futures-or-succumbing-neoliberal-and-right-wing-politics
Spreker
- Danavath, A. (speaker) (7-2026). World Applied Anthropology Congress panel, World Applied Anthropology Congress.
- Danavath, A. (speaker) (21-3-2026). Indian School of Business Public Policy Dialogue on the food system in India, Indian School of Business.
- Danavath, A. (speaker) (14-3-2026). Anti-Caste struggle in Indian universities: Webinar, South Asia Solidarity Group. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=czbgpIoIskw
- Danavath, A. (speaker) (11-2025). “Author Meets Critics” session on Professor Trina Vithayathil’s Counting Caste: Census Politics, Bureaucratic Deflection, and Brahmanical Power in India, Social Science History Association (SSHA) Annual Conference, Chicago.
- Danavath, A. (speaker) (11-2025). Counting Caste: Book Launch and Discussion, Providence College.
- Danavath, A. (speaker) (11-2025). Caste and Inequality Lab, Providence College, Providence, RI, USA..
- Danavath, A. (speaker) (11-7-2025). The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Educational Access for Dalit-Adivasi Students in Indian Universities, 5th ISA Forum of Sociology, Rabat. https://www.isa-sociology.org/isa-events/5th-isa-forum-of-sociology
- Danavath, A. (speaker) (7-2025). Social Justice Reform and the State [Panel Organizer], 5th ISA Forum of Sociology, Rabat.
- Danavath, A. (speaker) (11-2024). Political Hinduization of Tribal Identity in South India: Telangana as a Case Study, Native American and Indigenous Peoples Association (NAIPA), Native American and Indigenous Studies, College of Liberal Arts, UT Austin.
- Danavath, A. (speaker) (11-2024). Solidarity in Ambedkarite Politics: Centering Margins in India, Ambedkarite Buddhist Association of Texas.
- Danavath, A. (speaker) (23-10-2024). Anti-caste Activism in US Higher Education: Beyond a Politics of Recognition - A. Danavath in NSI 10, Graduate Institute Geneva. https://www.norrageducation.org/launch-nsi-10-education-for-societal-transformation-alternatives-for-a-just-future/
- Danavath, A. (speaker) (10-2023). Invisible Victims: Caste, Indirect Discrimination, and Landless Tenant Farmers in Telangana's Agrarian Legislation [Paper Presentation], CASTE: A Global Journal on Social Exclusion, Massachusetts.
- Danavath, A. (speaker) (10-2023). Caste, Academia, and Bureaucracy: Unveiling Marginalization in Global Education, South Asian Cultural Exchange (SACE), Vanderbilt University, Nashville.
- Danavath, A. (speaker) (9-2023). Agrarian Change: Gender, Caste, Indigenous People, Class and Neoliberalism [Panel Presentation], 13th Annual IIPPE Conference in Political Economy, Madrid.
- Danavath, A. (speaker) (15-3-2023). Where are the Indigenous Scholars in Indian Academia? Who writes and speaks about the indigenous people of India?, Stanford University. https://southasia.stanford.edu/events/where-are-indigenous-scholars-indian-academia-who-writes-and-speaks-about-indigenous-people
- Danavath, A. (speaker) (3-2023). Indigenous Issues and Internal Colonialism, University of California San Diego.
- Danavath, A. (speaker) (3-2023). Higher Education Abroad: Indigenous Students’ Representation in Foreign Universities, University of Texas.
- Danavath, A. (speaker) (2-2023). Academic Freedom & Dalit-Adivasi Students Abroad, Brown University.
- Danavath, A. (speaker) (2-2023). Where are the Indigenous Scholars in Indian Academy? Who Writes and Speaks about the Indigenous People of India?, San Francisco State University.
- Danavath, A. (speaker) (2-2023). Academic Casteisim: Case of National Overseas Scholarship, Harvard University.
- Danavath, A. (speaker) (2-2023). A Discriminatory Educational Policy that Further Excludes the Excluded from Academia: A Case of National Overseas Scholarship (NOS) for SC-ST Scholars in India [Paper Presentation], Eastern Sociological Society Conference (ESS) 2023, Baltimore.
- Danavath, A. (speaker) (1-2023). Sharing Experience of Academia in India & Abroad with First-Generation Students, Azim Premji University.
- Danavath, A. (speaker) (7-2022). Social Justice Issues in Telangana and Opportunities with Higher Education, Azim Premji University.
- Danavath, A. (speaker) (7-2020). A School Dropouts After the ‘Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education’ (RTE) Act 2009: A Study of Rural Schools in Mulugu Mandal [Panel Presentation], National Institute of Rural Development (NIRD).
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