M.V. Shobhana Warrier

Associate Professor | Department of History

Academic Qualification

Examination

Examination Name of Exam Percentage of Marks obtained Subjects Division/Class/ Grade University/Institute Status Year of passing
Graduation B A( Hons) History 58% History Second Lady Shri Ram College For Women, University of Delhi completed 1984
Post- Graduation MA in History with Specialisation in modern Indian History 6.48 Modern Indian History, Russian History, Socialism Theories, Communism Theories 1st Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi completed 1986

M. Phil/Ph. D,

Course Award Date Thesis/Dissertation Title University/Institute Status
Ph.D. May 1995 Class and Gender: A Study of Women Workers in the Cotton Textile Mills of Madras, Madurai and Coimbatore 1914- 1951 Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi Awarded

UGC-CSIR NET,

UGC-CSIR NET NET Subject Certificate No. Roll No. Year
1988 History A 0004492 190794 1988

Teaching Profile

Past Experience

Type of Experience Institution Name Association Type Designation Start Date End Date
Teaching Gargi College, University of Delhi Temporary Lecturer 18/11/1991 30/04/1992
Teaching Jamia Millia Islamia, Delhi Temporary Lecturer 07/11/1994 31/08/1995
Teaching Jamia Millia Islamia Ad-hoc Lecturer 29/10/1997 28/04/1998
Teaching Jamia Millia Islamia Delhi Temporary Lecturer 07/09/1998 15/07/1999
Teaching Hansraj College University of Delhi Temporary Lecturer 01/11/1999 19/08/2005

Teaching and Research Expertise

Area of Specialization/Research

Modern Indian History. I have researched and published extensively on Labour, Gender and Work.

Area of Interest/Teaching

Social History, Labour and Gender, Globalisation and work

Research Supervision,

Role Name of student Course Research Area Registration Date Status Date of Completion
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Publication

Research Paper in Journals

Academic Year Title of Paper Name of Journal Volume Page No. ISSN Indexed Impact Factor
06/1991 condition of women in cotton mills of madras, Madurai and Coimbatore 1914-1939 Social Scientist 19 no 5-6 42-59 . 09700293
09/2001 “Women at Work: Migrant Women in Fish Processing Industry.” 2001 Economic and Political Weekly 36, No 37 3554–62. ISSN Print - 0012-9976 | ISSN Online - 2349-88
01/2002 Work and Womens Identity Book Reviews Shobhana Warrier Experience and Identity by Anna Lindberg; published by the Department of History, Lund University, Sweden, 2001. Economic and Political Weekly Volume 37 37 0012-9976 Scopus
12/2003 Matriliny Transformed: Family, Law and Ideology in Twentieth Century Travancore Indian Historical Review 30 238–239 0975-7805
01/2020 State, Policy and Gender at the workplace in India: A comparison over time. MVS Warrier 19 1 Historein 19 2-16 1108-3441
03/2021 Gender, Class and Community in Mobilisation of Labour Cotton Mills in Tamil Nadu, 1914–51 Economic and Political Weekly 56 40-48 0012-9976 Scopus
08/2023 Women’s Work, Visible and Invisible: Evidence, Histories and Debates from Contemporary India Social Change 53 4, 575-580 0049-0857
12/2025 Debating the Bare Minimum: Wage, Work and Welfare in Madras, 1914–1951. Notebooks: The Journal for Studies on Power published online ahead of print 2025 51 pp 50-75 De Gruyter Brill ISSN: 2666-7185 Other
02/2026 Swadeshi as Congress Hegemony: The case of a Mill in Colonial Madras, 1930-34 Economic and Political Weekly Vol. 61 pp 60-68 0012-9976 Scopus

Books/Chapters in books

Book Title Chapter Title ISBN Number Level Academic Year
National 03/2024

E-Content

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Paper Presented/Conference Proceedings

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Other Publications

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MOOCs

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Translation Work

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Patents

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Awards

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Sponsored Projects

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Consultancy Projects

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