Ranjita Dawn

Ranjita Dawn is Assistant Professor in the Department of Education at Loreto College, University of Calcutta, India. She received her Doctorate in Social Psychology of Education from the Zakir Hussian Centre for Educational Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India. She is one of the leading scholars working in the area of disability studies in India. She has been associated with organizations like Blind Relief Association and National Association for Blind, New Delhi. She has...See more

Ranjita Dawn is Assistant Professor in the Department of Education at Loreto College, University of Calcutta, India. She received her Doctorate in Social Psychology of Education from the Zakir Hussian Centre for Educational Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India. She is one of the leading scholars working in the area of disability studies in India. She has been associated with organizations like Blind Relief Association and National Association for Blind, New Delhi. She has authored numerous research papers for both international and national journals, and four books including Psycho-Social Dynamics of Blind Students (2011), Visual Impairment (2015), Perception and Portrayal of Women with Disabilities: Remapping their Identity (edited book, 2017) and Educational Achievement and Psychosocial Transition in Visually Impaired Adolescents (2017). She has been the recipient of various prestigious awards such as Indian Council for Social Science Research Doctoral Fellowship, National Scholarship Award, Dr. Neelu Sanghvi Sancheti Memorial Medal for Graduation and felicitated by The Calcutta Corporation Co-operative Credit Society. She also has previous experience working as Research Fellow at NCERT, New Delhi. See less