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elementor - v3.15.0 - 09-08-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-8559\" src=\"http:\/\/103.154.2.116\/~max233devisec\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Sobin-george-222x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"133\" height=\"180\" srcset=\"http:\/\/103.154.2.116\/~max233devisec\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Sobin-george-222x300.jpg 222w, http:\/\/103.154.2.116\/~max233devisec\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Sobin-george-757x1024.jpg 757w, http:\/\/103.154.2.116\/~max233devisec\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Sobin-george-768x1039.jpg 768w, http:\/\/103.154.2.116\/~max233devisec\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Sobin-george.jpg 976w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 133px) 100vw, 133px\" \/><\/p><p><strong><span style=\"color: #009933; font-family: Calibri;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?user=48Sij1MAAAAJ&amp;hl=en\">Google Scholar<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p><p><span style=\"background-color: var(--global--color-background); color: var(--global--color-primary); font-family: var(--global--font-secondary); font-size: var(--global--font-size-base);\"><strong>Assistant Professor<\/strong>, Centre for Study of Social Change and Development (CSSCD)<\/span><\/p><p>Sobin George holds a PhD from Centre of Social Medicine and Community Health, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. His areas of research and writings cover Marginalities, Social Gradients of Health, Medical Industry and Labuor Rights<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9bb8525 elementor-widget elementor-widget-accordion\" data-id=\"9bb8525\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"accordion.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.15.0 - 09-08-2023 *\/\n.elementor-accordion{text-align:left}.elementor-accordion .elementor-accordion-item{border:1px solid #d5d8dc}.elementor-accordion .elementor-accordion-item+.elementor-accordion-item{border-top:none}.elementor-accordion .elementor-tab-title{margin:0;padding:15px 20px;font-weight:700;line-height:1;cursor:pointer;outline:none}.elementor-accordion .elementor-tab-title .elementor-accordion-icon{display:inline-block;width:1.5em}.elementor-accordion .elementor-tab-title .elementor-accordion-icon svg{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-accordion .elementor-tab-title .elementor-accordion-icon.elementor-accordion-icon-right{float:right;text-align:right}.elementor-accordion .elementor-tab-title .elementor-accordion-icon.elementor-accordion-icon-left{float:left;text-align:left}.elementor-accordion .elementor-tab-title .elementor-accordion-icon .elementor-accordion-icon-closed{display:block}.elementor-accordion .elementor-tab-title .elementor-accordion-icon .elementor-accordion-icon-opened,.elementor-accordion .elementor-tab-title.elementor-active .elementor-accordion-icon-closed{display:none}.elementor-accordion .elementor-tab-title.elementor-active .elementor-accordion-icon-opened{display:block}.elementor-accordion .elementor-tab-content{display:none;padding:15px 20px;border-top:1px solid #d5d8dc}@media (max-width:767px){.elementor-accordion .elementor-tab-title{padding:12px 15px}.elementor-accordion .elementor-tab-title .elementor-accordion-icon{width:1.2em}.elementor-accordion .elementor-tab-content{padding:7px 15px}}.e-con-inner>.elementor-widget-accordion,.e-con>.elementor-widget-accordion{width:var(--container-widget-width);--flex-grow:var(--container-widget-flex-grow)}<\/style>\t\t<div class=\"elementor-accordion\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-1631\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1631\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon elementor-accordion-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-plus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-opened\"><i class=\"fas fa-minus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-accordion-title\" tabindex=\"0\">Selected Publications<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1631\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-1631\"><h6>Books<\/h6><ol><li><p align=\"justify\">George, Sobin 2021.\u00a0<i>Medical Innovation and Disease Burden: Conflicting Interests and the Social Divide in India,<\/i>\u00a0Cambridge University Press, London<\/p><\/li><li><p align=\"justify\">George, Sobin, Yadav, Manohar and Inbanathan, Anand (Edited). 2019.\u00a0<i>Change and Mobility in Contemporary Indian Society: Thinking M. N. Srinivas Today<\/i>, Routledge, London and New York<\/p><\/li><li><p align=\"justify\">George, Sobin, 2018.\u00a0<i>The Caste Embededdness of Rural Public Health Services: A Study of Karnataka<\/i>, ISEC Monograph, Bengaluru<\/p><\/li><li><p align=\"justify\">George, Sobin and Shalini Sinha 2017. (Edited).\u00a0<i>Redefined Labour Spaces: Organising Workers in Post Liberalised India<\/i>, Routledge, London and New York. {Reviewed in Labor: Studies in Working-Class History of the Americas, 2019. 16(1), 178-180 by Arnab Dey}<\/p><\/li><li><p align=\"justify\">George, Sobin 2016.\u00a0<i>Work and Health in Informal Economy: Linkages from Export Oriented Garment Sector in Delhi<\/i>, Daanish Books, New Delhi<\/p><\/li><li><p align=\"justify\">R K Mishra, K. N. Jehangir, P. Geeta, Sobin George. 2016. (Edited.),\u00a0<i>Health System Strengthening: Experiences of Developing Countries<\/i>, Academic Foundation, New Delhi.<\/p><\/li><\/ol><h6><em><strong>Articles<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0in Journals and Edited Books<\/h6><ol><li><p align=\"justify\">George, Sobin &amp; Rao, Mohan (2023). \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?view_op=view_citation&amp;hl=en&amp;user=48Sij1MAAAAJ&amp;sortby=pubdate&amp;citation_for_view=48Sij1MAAAAJ:_Ybze24A_UAC\">Barriers to Establishing a Dedicated Public Health Cadre: Reflections from the South Indian States<\/a>\u201c,\u00a0<i>Economic and Political Weekly<\/i>, 58(4), 55-60.<\/p><\/li><li><p align=\"justify\">Nagesh, P., Bailey, A., George, S., Hyde, M., &amp; Subaiya, L. (2023). \u201c(Im)mobile ageing: Risks of exclusion in later life in liminal urban peripheries\u201d.\u00a0<i>Ageing and Society<\/i>, 1-24. doi:10.1017\/S0144686X22001398 (Cambridge University Press).<\/p><\/li><li><p align=\"justify\">George, Sobin (2022). \u201cBeing Sick to a Cancer Patient: Pathways of delay in help seeking and Diagnosis of Cancer in India\u201d,\u00a0<i>Journal of Social and Economic Development,<\/i>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/s40847-022-00221-0\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/s40847-022-00221-0<\/a>\u00a0 (Springer) .<\/p><\/li><li><p align=\"justify\">Patil, D.S., Bailey, A., Yadav, U.N. George, S., Helbich, M., Ettema, D. Ashok, L (2022). Contextual factors influencing the urban mobility infrastructure interventions and policies for older adults in low- and middle-income countries: a realist review.\u00a0<i>BMC Public Health<\/i>, 22, 1489. (Springer Nature).\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1186\/s12889-022-13875-6\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1186\/s12889-022-13875-6<\/a>.<\/p><\/li><li><p align=\"justify\">George S, Paranjpe A, Nagesh P, Saalim M. Barriers to treatment adherence for female Tuberculosis (TB) patients during the COVID-19 pandemic: Qualitative evidence from front-line TB interventions in Bengaluru City, India (2022). Indian J Public Health;66 (1):38-44. DOI 10.4103\/ijph.ijph_1146_21.<\/p><\/li><li><p align=\"justify\">Bhat, D.L., Nayar, K.R., George, Sobin., Rao, A.P\u2026 . Nagesh, P. (2022). Livelihood, Employment and Health in the Context of COVID 19 Pandemic. In Rajan, I (ed.). India Migration Report 2021: Migrant\u2019s Health, London: Routledge. ISBN : 9781003287667.<\/p><\/li><li><p align=\"justify\">George S., Paranjpe A., Nagesh P. (2022) How Do Pandemics Affect Frontline Health Interventions? Insights from the National Tuberculosis Elimination Programme in Bengaluru, India. In: Acharya S.S., Christopher S. (eds) Caste, COVID-19, and Inequalities of Care. People, Cultures and Societies: Exploring and Documenting Diversities. Springer, Singapore, pp. 215-232.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/978-981-16-6917-0_11\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/978-981-16-6917-0_11<\/a>.<\/p><\/li><li><p align=\"justify\">Saalim, M., George, Sobin. (2021) Determinants of Wage Differentials Among In-Migrant Workers: Insights from a Primary Study Conducted in Kozhikode District, Kerala, India. Indian Journal of Labour Economics,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/s41027-021-00349-3\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/s41027-021-00349-3<\/a>.<\/p><\/li><li><p align=\"justify\">Nagesh, P., Bailey, A., George, Sobin., and Subaiya, L. 2021. Ageist Transport Infrastructures: Rethinking Public Transport Amidst COVID-19 Lockdowns in India in Doucet et al,\u00a0<i>Global Reflections of COVID-19 and Urban Inequalities. Volume 1 Community and Society<\/i>, Bristol University Press.<\/p><\/li><li><p align=\"justify\">Patil, D.S., Yadav, U.N., George, Sobin, Helbich, M., Ettema, D. &amp; Bailey, A. 2020. Developing an evidence-informed framework for safe and accessible urban mobility infrastructures for older adults in low- and middle-income countries: a protocol for realist synthesis,\u00a0<i>Systematic Review<\/i>\u00a09, 196.<\/p><\/li><li><p align=\"justify\">Hyde M., George Sobin., Kumar V. 2020. Trends in Work and Employment in Rapidly Developing Countries. In: B\u00fcltmann U., Siegrist J. (eds)\u00a0<i>Handbook of Disability, Work and Health. Handbook Series in Occupational Health Sciences<\/i>, vol 1. Springer, Cham<\/p><\/li><li><p align=\"justify\">George, Sobin 2019. Reconciliations of Caste and Medical Power in Rural Public Health Service,\u00a0<i>Economic and Political Weekly<\/i>, 54(40), 43-50<br \/>{Also podcasted by EPW in May 2020:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.epw.in\/engage\/article\/how-do-power-differences-medical-interactions\">https:\/\/www.epw.in\/engage\/article\/how-do-power-differences-medical-interactions<\/a>}.<\/p><\/li><li><p align=\"justify\">George, Sobin, Yadav, M. and Inbanathan, A. 2019. M. N. Srinivas and the Kaleidoscope of Social Change in Modern India: A Critical Introduction, in,\u00a0<i>Change and Mobility in Contemporary Indian Society: Thinking M. N. Srinivas Today<\/i>, Routledge, London and New York.<\/p><\/li><li><p align=\"justify\">George, Sobin. 2019. One village and many narratives of change: caste in multiple situations and spaces, in,\u00a0<i>Change and Mobility in Contemporary Indian Society: Thinking M. N. Srinivas Today<\/i>, Routledge, London and New York .<\/p><\/li><li><p align=\"justify\">George, Sobin, Chandran, A. B, Nadh, O. P. and Apurva, K. H. 2018. Is drug development in India responsive to the disease burden? A public health appraisal,\u00a0<i>Economic and Political Weekly<\/i>, 53(30), pp. 50-57<\/p><\/li><li><p align=\"justify\">George, Sobin 2017. Mistaken Identities in Information Technology Sector in India: Implications for Unionisation, in\u00a0<i>Redefined Labour Spaces: Organising Workers in Post Liberalized India<\/i>, Routledge, London and New York, pp. 275-295.<\/p><\/li><li><p align=\"justify\">George, Sobin and Sinha, S. 2017. Labourcape and Labour Space in India: Critical Reflections,\u00a0<i>in Redefined Labour Spaces: Organising Workers in Post Liberalized India<\/i>, Routledge, London and New York, pp. 17-43.<\/p><\/li><li><p align=\"justify\">George, Sobin 2016. Health for not All: Mapping the discriminated and detached terrains of health services in rural India,\u00a0<i>Journal of health system<\/i>, 1(2): 20-27<\/p><\/li><li><p align=\"justify\">George, Sobin 2016. Does social profile of healthcare providers matter? Continuing challenges of inclusion in healthcare delivery system in India, in R. K. Mishra, P. Geeta, K. N. Jehangir, Sobin George, Pranav Garimella (eds.),\u00a0<i>Health System Strengthening: Experiences of Some Countries<\/i>, Academic Foundation, New Delhi.<\/p><\/li><li><p align=\"justify\">George, Sobin 2015. New Forms of Retail Trade and the Weak among Vulnerable in India (in Chinese), in\u00a0<i>Sino-Indian Forum: Opening-Up, Cooperation and Economic Growth<\/i>, Guo Xiaoming (Ed.), Sichuan People\u2019s Publishing Ltd., Chengdu (PR China), pp.206-236.<\/p><\/li><li><p align=\"justify\">George, Sobin 2014. India\u2019s Retail Trade Revolution: Socio Religious Dimensions of Employment Loss and New Forms of Urban Exclusion,\u00a0<i>Journal of Exclusion Studies<\/i>, 4(2): 191-203<\/p><\/li><li><p align=\"justify\">George, Sobin 2014. Deregulation and the Fading Labour Agenda: Evidence from Transnational Automobile Companies in India,\u00a0<i>Economic and Political Weekly<\/i>, Vol. XLIX, No.46<\/p><\/li><li><p align=\"justify\">George, Sobin 2014. Lockout at Toyota Kirloskar: The Future Space of Labour,\u00a0<i>Economic and Political Weekly<\/i>, Vol XLIX, No 18<\/p><\/li><li><p align=\"justify\">George, Sobin 2010. Hostel Schemes for Dalit Students: Continuing Exclusion,\u00a0<i>Economic and Political Weekly<\/i>, Vol. XLV, No 25<\/p><\/li><li><p align=\"justify\">George, Sobin 2007. Unionisation and Collective Bargaining in India: Contextualising Disciplining of Labour Space in the Flexibility Regime,\u00a0<i>Labour File<\/i>, Vol.5, No. 1 &amp; 2<\/p><\/li><li><p align=\"justify\">George, Sobin 2006. Ascribed Health Risks of Workers under Labour Market Flexibilisation: What New the Special Economic Zone Act has to offer?,\u00a0<i>Journal of Health and Development<\/i>, Vol.3, No 3&amp;4<\/p><\/li><li><p align=\"justify\">George, Sobin 2006. Workers\u2019 Struggle in Toyota Kirloskar Motors, India: Changing Capital Labour Relations in Trans National Corporations,\u00a0<i>Labour File<\/i>, Vol. 4, No.1<\/p><\/li><li><p align=\"justify\">George, Sobin 2006. Labour Practices and Working Conditions in TNCs: The Case of Samsung India, in Chang (ed.),\u00a0<i>Labour in Globalising Asian Corporations: A Portrait of Struggle<\/i>, AMRC, Hong Kong, pp.107-129<\/p><\/li><li><p align=\"justify\">Das, K.L. and George, Sobin 2006. Labour Practices and Working Conditions in TNCs: The Case of Toyota Kirloskar in India, in Chang (ed.),\u00a0<i>Labour in Globalising Asian Corporations: A Portrait of Struggle<\/i>, AMRC, Hong Kong, pp. 273-302<\/p><\/li><\/ol><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-1632\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"2\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1632\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon elementor-accordion-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-plus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-opened\"><i class=\"fas fa-minus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-accordion-title\" tabindex=\"0\">Workng Papers<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1632\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"2\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-1632\"><ol><li><p class=\"ListParagraphCxSpFirst\">George, Sobin, Balachandran, Arun and Anushree K (2021). The abysmal state of drug cost containment measures in India: Evidences from expenditure on cancer medicine, ISEC Working Paper 510<\/p><\/li><li><p class=\"ListParagraphCxSpFirst\">George, Sobin and Shrinidhi Adiga (2017),\u00a0<b><span lang=\"EN-IN\">\u2018<\/span><\/b><span lang=\"EN-IN\">Caste\u2019 among Muslims: Ethnographic Account from a Karnataka Village,\u00a0<\/span>ISEC Working Paper 394, ISBN 978-81-7791-250-0<\/p><\/li><li><p class=\"ListParagraphCxSpMiddle\">George, Sobin (2015), \u201cCaste and Care: Is Indian Healthcare Delivery System Favourable for Dalits?\u201d ISEC Working Paper 350, ISBN 978-81-7791-206-7 \u00a0<\/p><\/li><li><p class=\"ListParagraphCxSpMiddle\">George, Sobin (2014), \u201cNew Forms of Retail Trade and the Trajectories of Urban Exclusion in India: A Review\u201d, ISEC Working Paper,No.313, ISBN 978-81-7791-169-5<\/p><\/li><li><p class=\"ListParagraphCxSpMiddle\">George, Sobin (2012) \u201cDalit Christians in India: Discrimination, Development Deficit and the Question for Group-Specific Policies\u201d Indian Institute of Dalit Studies, Working Paper Series, Vol VI, No. 02<\/p><\/li><li><p class=\"ListParagraphCxSpLast\">George, Sobin and Naseem, Deeba, \u201cHostel Schemes for Dalit Students: How Inclusive and Incentive Oriented for Higher Education?\u201d, IIDS Working Paper Series, Vol IV, No. 7, 2010 with Deeba Naseem<\/p><\/li><li><p align=\"justify\">George, Sobin, \u201cLabour Rights and Sportswear Production in India: A Study of Soccer Ball Industry in Jalandhar\u201d, CEC Working Paper, 2008.<\/p><\/li><\/ol><h6><b>Popular articles and Reviews<\/b><\/h6><ol><li><p class=\"ListParagraphCxSpFirst\">George, Sobin and Paranjpe, The Frontline Interventions of National Tuberculosis Elimination Programme in Karnataka during Covid-19 Pandemic: Challenges and the Way Ahead, ISEC policy Brief-46, September 2021<\/p><\/li><li><p class=\"ListParagraphCxSpFirst\">George, Sobin: Drug development and disease burden in India: Conflicting priorities and possible solutions, ISEC Policy brief -28, July 2019<\/p><\/li><li><p class=\"ListParagraphCxSpFirst\">George, Sobin: Hidden cost of negligence in PHCs, Deccan Herald (in perspective), May 3, 2017,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.deccanherald.com\/content\/609517\/hidden-cost-negligence-phcs.html\">http:\/\/www.deccanherald.com\/content\/609517\/hidden-cost-negligence-phcs.html<\/a><\/p><\/li><li><p class=\"ListParagraphCxSpMiddle\">George, Sobin: Budget 2016: Not healthy for health sector, Deccan Chronicle, March 1, 2016,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.deccanchronicle.com\/nation\/current-affairs\/010316\/not-healthy-for-health-sector.html\">http:\/\/www.deccanchronicle.com\/nation\/current-affairs\/010316\/not-healthy-for-health-sector.html<\/a><\/p><\/li><li><p class=\"ListParagraphCxSpLast\">\u00a0\u201cThe Caste Continuities and the Social Gap\u201d (Book Review), Bridging the Social Gap: The Perspectives on Dalit Empowerment, edited by Sukhadeo Thorat and Nidhi Sadana Sabharwal, Sage Publications, New Delhi, Journal of Social and Economic Change, Vol. 16. No. 2, July-December 2014, ISSN 0972 \u2013 5792<\/p><\/li><li>The No Nonsense Guide to Minority Rights in South Asia by Rita Manchanda\u201d, The Seminar, 602, October 2009, ISSN 0971-6742<\/li><\/ol><h6><b>Recent presentation of papers for international conferences and workshops<\/b><\/h6><ol><li><p align=\"justify\">\u201cDesirability of public heath cadre in the South Indian States\u201d. Mohan Rao and Sobin George at the workshop titled \u201cDesirability of a public health cadre in the Indian states\u201d on 8 November 2021 at Institute for Social and Economic Change, Bengaluru<\/p><\/li><li><p align=\"justify\">\u201cTransport disadvantage: understanding ageing and mobility in the peripheral Bengaluru\u201d. Prajwal, N., Ajay Bailey, Sobin George, Dick Ettema and Lekha Subaiya at 13th International (Online) Conference on \u201cTransportation Planning and Implementation Methodologies for Developing Countries (TPMDC)\u201d, organized by Transportation Systems Engineering, Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Bombay, on 10 December 2020<\/p><\/li><li><p align=\"justify\">\u201cIndian Academia.Inc\u201d P. Omkar Nadh and Sobin George at , International Conference titled\u00a0<i>Locating and Timing Matters: Significance and agency of STS in emerging worlds\u00a0<\/i>held on 21st August 2020 at Prague, Czech Republic organized by Society for Social Studies of Science (4S) [ Session organizer Julian David Cortes Sanchez, School of Management, Univ ersidad del Rosario].<\/p><\/li><li><p align=\"justify\">\u201cOne village and many narratives: the problematic of explaining change in caste relations\u201d at International seminar on Change and Mobility in Contemporary India: Thinking M. N. Srinivas Today, 29th-30th August 2017, ISEC, Bengaluru.<\/p><\/li><li><p align=\"justify\">\u201cOrganising India\u2019s Service Sector Workers: The Case of UNITES\u201d, Sobin George at the International workshop on\u00a0<i>Organising ICT workers to expand south-south partnership in ICTS sector\u00a0<\/i>organised by UNI Nepal Laison Council at Kathmandu from 16-19th February 2015<\/p><\/li><li><p align=\"justify\">\u201cDoes social profile of healthcare providers matter? Continuing challenges of inclusion in the health delivery system in India, Sobin George at the international seminar titled\u00a0<i>Health System Strengthening: Experience from some countries<\/i>\u00a0on 6-7 November 2014 at Institute for Public Enterprises (IPE), Hyderabad<\/p><\/li><li><p align=\"justify\">\u201cChanging Villages in Karnataka: Caste and its Re-organisations\u201d Sobin George at the International Summer School titled\u00a0<i>Transformation of Religion and Culture in Contemporary India at Faculty of Theology and Religious Studies<\/i>, University of Groningen, Holland on 20th August 2014.<\/p><\/li><li><p align=\"justify\">\u201cIndia\u2019s Retail Trade Revolution: The Socio Religious Dimensions Possible Employment Loss and New Forms of Urban Exclusion\u201d Sobin George at national seminar titled\u00a0<i>Poverty and social exclusion in India: Need for paradigm shift towards an inclusive Society<\/i>, jointly organized by Christ University and ISEC Bangalore at Christ University on 13th March 2014.<\/p><\/li><li><p align=\"justify\">\u201cShip Breaking Workers in India and Bangladesh\u201d Sobin George at the workshop titled\u00a0<i>Poverty reduction and workers in hazardous metal sectors<\/i>\u00a0at Bangladesh Institute of Labour Studies (BILS), Dhaka, Bangladesh on 16th-19th January 2014.<\/p><\/li><li><p align=\"justify\">\u201cNew Forms of Retail Trade and the Weak among Vulnerable in India\u201d Sobin George at the International Seminar on\u00a0<i>Opening up, Cooperation and Economic Growth<\/i>, Organised by Sichuan Academy of Social Science (SASS) and ISEC at Chengdu, China, 25th-26th, October 2013.<\/p><\/li><li><p align=\"justify\">\u201cDalit Christians in India: Discrimination and Inter-group Disparities inhuman Development\u201d, Sobin George at Dissemination workshop of\u00a0<i>IPAP Research Programme<\/i>, at India Islamic Centre, New Delhi on 26th September 2011.<\/p><\/li><li><p align=\"justify\">\u201cDisparities in Health Outcomes of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in India: Correlates of Discrimination and Isolation\u201d, Sobin George at International Seminar organised by Indian Council of Social Science Research and National Research Council of Thailand on 13th-14th November 2010, Bhopal.<\/p><\/li><li><p align=\"justify\">\u201cGlobal Purchasing Practices of Garment Retailers and Impact on Working Conditions\u201d Sobin George at\u00a0<i>International Campaign Forum<\/i>\u00a0organized by Clean Clothes Campaign and Thai Labour Campaign on 26th-29th November 2007 at Bangkok, Thailand.<\/p><\/li><\/ol><p align=\"justify\">\u201cFeasibility of an International Commodity Agreement for Tea\u201d Sobin George at 2nd\u00a0<i>International Tea Day Conference<\/i>\u00a0organized by Institute of Social Development on 13th-15th December 2006 at Kandy, Sri Lanka.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-1633\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"3\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1633\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon elementor-accordion-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-plus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-opened\"><i class=\"fas fa-minus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-accordion-title\" tabindex=\"0\">Research Projects on-going<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1633\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"3\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-1633\"><ol><li>Principal Investigator (with Dr. Indrajit Bairagya): Estimating the share of informal sector in India: Funded by the National Alliance for Social Security (2021-2022)<\/li><li>Principal Investigator: Desirability of a Public Health Cadre in the States of India: Funded by Thakur Family Foundation, Inc. The US. (2021-2022)<\/li><li>Principal Investigator (With Prof. S. Madeshwaran): Survey And Identification Of Beggars In Bengaluru City: Funded by the Central Relief Committee, Ministry of Social Welfare, Government of Karnataka (2021-2022)<\/li><li>Principal Investigator:\u00a0<i>Tuberculosis and the Social Construction of Women\u2019s Employability: a Study of women with History\/Symptoms of Tuberculosis in Bangalore City<\/i>, Funded by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), New Delhi<\/li><li>Project Director:\u00a0<i>Informed choice and affordability: linkages of doctor-patient interactions, prescription practices and affordability in Cancer care in Karnataka<\/i>, Funded by the India Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR), New Delhi<\/li><li>Co-Principal Investigator (India): I<i>nclusive Cities through Equitable access to Urban Mobility Infrastructures for India and Bangladesh<\/i>\u00a0in collaboration with Utrecht University, Manipal Academy for Higher Education, University of Delhi, Bangladesh University of Engineering &amp; Technology and BRAC Institute of Governance and Development Funded by the Netherlands Scientific Organisation (NWO-WOTRO), The Netherlands (Principal Investigator: Dr. Ajay Bailey, Utrecht University)<\/li><\/ol><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-1634\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"4\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1634\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon elementor-accordion-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-plus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-opened\"><i class=\"fas fa-minus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-accordion-title\" tabindex=\"0\">Research Projects Completed<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1634\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"4\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-1634\"><ol><li>Research and Development (R&amp;D) in Preventive and Therapeutic Healthcare in India: Implications for Public Health (ISEC, Bangalore), 2018<\/li><li>Discrimination and Patterns of Health Seeking Behaviour of Dalit and Muslim Communities in selected villages of Karnataka (Indian Council of Social Science Research, New Delhi), 2016<\/li><li>Trade and Marginialisation: Review of the Probable Impacts of FDI in Retail Sector on Marginalised Communities in India\u201d, Supported by the Institute for Social and Economic Change, Bangalore, 2013<\/li><li>External Evaluation of the Project \u201cOrganising Metal Workers in Ship Breaking Industry in India and Bangladesh\u201d of International Metal Workers Federation, Supported by FNV Netherlands, 2012<\/li><li>Inter-group Disparities in Human Development with Special Reference to Dalit Christians\u201d for Indian Institute of Dalit Studies (IIDS), New Delhi, 2011<\/li><li>Status of Tribals in India: Level of Poverty and Access to Amenities for Indian Institute of Dalit Studies (IIDS), New Delhi, 2010<\/li><li>Health Status and Healthcare Access of Dalits and Adivasis for Save the Children International, India, 2010<\/li><li>Impact Study of Scheduled Caste Development Programme\u201d Supported by Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Govt. of India, 2009<\/li><li>Labour Rights and Sportswear Production in India: A Study of Soccer Ball Industry in Jalandhar, Punjab\u201d for the Global report \u201cClearing the Hurdles: Steps to Improving Wages and Working Conditions in the Global Sportswear Industry\u201d, 2008<\/li><li><span lang=\"EN-IN\">Work Organisation and Labour Practices in Toyota Kirloskar and Samsung India\u201d as part of Asian Trans National Corporations Monitoring Network Research of Asia Monitor Resource Centre (AMRC), Hong Kong, 2007<\/span><\/li><\/ol><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-1635\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"5\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1635\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon elementor-accordion-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-plus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-opened\"><i class=\"fas fa-minus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-accordion-title\" tabindex=\"0\">Previous Professional Affiliations<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1635\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"5\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-1635\"><ul><li>Assistant Director (November 2010 to June 2012) at Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR), New Delhi<\/li><li>Fellow (December 2008 to October 2010) at Indian Institute of Dalit Studies (IIDS), New Delhi<\/li><li>Researcher, Project Officer and Programme Officer (October 2005 to March 2008) at Centre for Education and Communication (CEC), New Dellhi<\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-1636\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"6\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1636\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon elementor-accordion-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-plus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-opened\"><i class=\"fas fa-minus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-accordion-title\" tabindex=\"0\">Contact<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1636\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"6\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-1636\"><p>Assistant Professor, CSSCD<br \/>Institute for Social and Economic Change<br \/>Nagarabhavi P.O. BANGALORE-560072, India<br \/>Ph: 080-23215468<br \/>Email<b>:\u00a0<\/b><a href=\"mailto:sobin@isec.ac.in\">sobin@isec.ac.in<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:sobing@gmail.com\">sobing@gmail.com<\/a><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\"><br \/><\/span>skype: george.sobin<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Faculty Sobin George Google Scholar Assistant Professor, Centre for Study of Social Change and Development (CSSCD) Sobin George holds a PhD from Centre of Social Medicine and Community Health, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. His areas of research and writings cover Marginalities, Social Gradients of Health, Medical Industry and Labuor Rights Selected Publications Books George,&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/103.154.2.116\/~max233devisec\/sobin-george\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Sobin George<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-8558","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/103.154.2.116\/~max233devisec\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8558","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/103.154.2.116\/~max233devisec\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/103.154.2.116\/~max233devisec\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/103.154.2.116\/~max233devisec\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/103.154.2.116\/~max233devisec\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8558"}],"version-history":[{"count":36,"href":"http:\/\/103.154.2.116\/~max233devisec\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8558\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12260,"href":"http:\/\/103.154.2.116\/~max233devisec\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8558\/revisions\/12260"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/103.154.2.116\/~max233devisec\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8558"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}