Dr. Rajni Sahota

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Dr. Rajni Sahota
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Dr. Rajni Sahota

Assistant Professor
Department of History
School of Social Sciences

Qualification

   

 

Experience
Teaching Experience: 9 Years, 4 Months
 
Research Experience: 10 Years
 
Any Other Experience: Worked in Research Committee in Guru Nanak National College of Doraha

 

Research Area

 

 

 

Research Interests

Medieval Sufi Traditions, Sultanate, Popular Spaces and Dargahs, Folk Traditions and Cultural Practices along Caste Structure and Cult of Pir in Punjab.

Research Grants/Projects

I have completed a Minor Research Project  titled ‘Dargah, Community and Resistance: Study of the Cult of Pir in Contemporary Doaba (Punjab)sanctioned by ICSSR in 2019 before joining the University

Publications
Papers: 
  1. Sharma, Priyatosh and Rajni Sahota, ‘Study of Chishti-Sabiriyya Dargahs in Contemporary Doaba (Punjab): Continuties and Change, in Suraj Punj Journal for Multidisciplinary Research, Vol. 9, Issue-3, 2019, pp. 60-70
  2. Sahota, Rajni, ‘Caste, Community and Assertion: A Study of Popular Dargahs of Cpntemporary Doaba (Punjab)’, in Suraj Punj Journal for Multidisciplinary Research, Vol. 8, Issue-12, 2018 pp. 215-224
  3. Sahota, Rajni, ‘Evolution of Indo-Islamic Symbol and the Khanqah of Shaikh Nizamuddin Auliya’, in  Proceedings of Punjab History Conference Patiala, 48th Session, March 2016, pp.85-93, 
  4. Sahota, Rajni and Priyatosh Sharma, ‘Historiographical Trends on Sufi Shrines: A Study of Nizamuddin Auliya’s Dargah’, Proceedings of Punjab History Conference Patiala, 47th Session, March 2015, pp. 95-104
  5. Sahota Rajni, ‘Shaikh Nizamuddin Auliya as Percieved in the Malfuz Literature’, in Proceedings of Punjab History Conference Patiala, 45th Session, March 2013 pp. 97-107,
  6. Sahota, Rajni, ‘Women’s Potential Role in Islam and Sufi Shrines’, in Proceedings of Punjab History Conference Patiala, 43rd Session, March 2011 pp. 83-92
 
Book Chapters:
  1. Sahota, Rajni, ‘Swami Vivekananda and Shaikh Nizamuddin Auliya: Two Paradigm of Human Compassion and Social Change’ article in Vinay Sophat ed., Relevance of Swami Vivekananda in Contemporary World, TwentyFirst Century Publications, Patiala, 2014 pp.148-53,
  2. Sahota, Rajni, ‘Caste, Nation and Freedom: A Study of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar’s Ideology’, in Vinay Kumar ed., Dr. Ambedkar’s Ideology and Its Contemporary Relevance-I, TwentyFirst Century Publications, Patiala, 2014, pp.111-115
 

 

Conference/ Workshops/Seminars Attended
National: 7
 

 

Conference/ Workshops/Seminars Organised
University Level: Extension Lecture by Prof. Surinder Singh in March 2020
 
National Level
 
International Level

 

Invited Talks/ Resource Person
1. Guru Nanak College Mandi Killianwali in Feb 2020
2. Deptt. of History Panjab University Chandigarh for a National Seminar on Popular and Sacred Spaces in March 2019
3. Deptt. of History Panjab University Chandigarh as a Panelist on the occasion of Birthday Celebration of B.R. Ambedkar in Dec. 2020
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