Neeta Inamdar is a Research Professor at the Symbiosis Centre for Higher Education Research and Policy Advocacy (SCHERPA), and the Dean of the Faculty of Education at Symbiosis International (Deemed University). She worked earlier as Professor and Head of the Manipal Centre for European Studies (MCES), Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE), Manipal. She is also a recipient of Fellowship from India Higher Education Research Network (IHERN) for 2024-26.
Prof Inamdar was instrumental in establishing MCES in 2009 and since then led it through the years to make it a Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence that offers master’s programs in European Studies. Though interested in various aspects of the European economy, society, and culture, she was more drawn to education in Europe – both school and higher education as reflected in the projects she led in Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL), the Bologna Process, and the Internationalization of Higher Education. She was instrumental in the formation of the Association of European Studies in India (AESI) and was the Founding Secretary of AESI.
She believes in people-to-people connections as a means for peaceful coexistence and focuses on research in educational connections between India and Europe. She has been a recipient of the Jean Monnet module (2014-2017) and Jean Monnet Chair (2017-2020). She has earlier co-edited books on Internationalization of Higher Education: The Dynamics of Educational Ecology and Reimagining Border in Cross-border Education. She is actively involved in Erasmus programmes and has visited several universities in Europe on teaching and research assignments.
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Pu Shri Sanskriti Sampada
₹850.00Author: Prabhakar Joshi and Pu Guruprasad Bhat
ಕನ್ನಡನಾಡಿನ ವಿಶಿಷ್ಟ, ಬಹುಶ್ರುತ ವಿದ್ವಾಂಸ ಪು. ಶ್ರೀನಿವಾಸ ಭಟ್ಟ [೧೯೩೯-೨೦೧೧] ಅವರ ಸಂಸ್ಕೃತಿಯ ಕುರಿತ ಲೇಖನಗಳ ಸಂಕಲನವಿದು. ನಿಶ್ಚಿತ ನಿರ್ವಚನಕ್ಕೆ ಸಿಗದ ಅಸಾಮಾನ್ಯ ವಿಸ್ತಾರ, ವೈವಿಧ್ಯ ಮತ್ತು ಅರಿವಿನ ಆಗರವಾಗಿದ್ದ ಪು. ಶ್ರೀ. ಅವರು ಎಲ್ಲ ಅರ್ಥಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ‘ದೇಸಿ’ ಪರಂಪರೆಯ ಘನ ಪಂಡಿತರು. ಇತಿಹಾಸ, ತುಳುಸಂಸ್ಕೃತಿ. ಯಕ್ಷಗಾನ, ಹಳಗನ್ನಡ, ಜಾನಪದ ವಸ್ತು-ಸಂಗತಿ, ನಂಬಿಕೆ-ನಡವಳಿಕೆ, ವ್ಯಕ್ತಿ-ವಿಷಯ- ಇಂಥ ವಿಷಯಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ತಲಸ್ಪರ್ಶಿ ಅನುಭವವಿದ್ದ ಅವರ ವಿಶ್ಲೇಷಣೆ, ನಿರೂಪಣ ಶೈಲಿ ಅನ್ಯತ್ರ ದುರ್ಲಭ ಎಂಬಷ್ಟು ಅನನ್ಯ.
ಅವರ ಬರಹಗಳ ಶಿರೋನಾಮೆಗಳ ಅವುಗಳ ವೈಶಿಷ್ಟ್ಯವನ್ನು ಹೇಳುತ್ತವೆ- ತೊಟ್ಟಿಲುಗಳು, ಮುಳ್ಳುಗಳು, ಕೋಣೆಗಳು, ಬಾವಿಗಳು, ಗುಡ್ಡಗಳು, ಕೊಡೆಗಳು, ತಿಂಡಿಗಳು, ಪ್ರಸಾದ ವೈವಿಧ್ಯ, ಹೂಮಾಲೆ, ತೋಡು-ಗುಂರ್ಪೆ-ಮದಕ, ದಾರಿಗಳು, ಯಕ್ಷಗಾನ ಪ್ರಸಂಗಗಳು, ಪ್ರಸಂಗ ಸಾಹಿತ್ಯ ಸಮೀಕ್ಷೆ, ಸತ್ಯಪರೀಕ್ಷೆಯ ವಿಧಾನಗಳು, ನಿಷೇಧ ಮತ್ತು ಪರಿಹಾರ, ಬೇಸಾಯದ ನುಡಿತಗಳು, ಕ್ಷೇತ್ರ ವೃತ್ತಾಂತಗಳು, ಜಾತ್ರೆಗಳು, ಆಳುಪ ವಂಶ, ದಕ್ಷಿಣಕನ್ನಡದಲ್ಲಿ ವೀರ ಶೈವ ಧರ್ಮ, ಶಿಲಾಶಾಸನ ವಿವರ- ಇತ್ಯಾದಿ.ಪಾರಂಪರಿಕ ನೋಟ ಮತ್ತು ಆಧುನಿಕ ಸಂಶೋಧಕನ ದೃಷ್ಟಿಗಳ ಸಮನ್ವಯ, ತುಂಬ ಸರಳ-ಸುಲಭ ರೀತಿಯ ನಿರೂಪಣೆ, ತಪಸ್ಸಿನಂಥ ದೀರ್ಘಕಾಲದ ಅಧ್ಯಯನ, ಸೂಕ್ಷ್ಮ ಪರಿಶೀಲನ, ನೈಜ ಸಂಸ್ಕೃತಿ ಪ್ರೇಮದ ಒಳನೋಟಗಳು- ಇವೆಲ್ಲವನ್ನು ಗಮನಿಸಿದರೆ ಇವು ಕನ್ನಡ ಸಾರಸತ್ವ ಲೋಕಕ್ಕೆ ವಿಶೇಷವಾದ ಕೊಡುಗೆಯೆ ಸರಿ.ಪದಪದವಿಗಳ ಯೋಚನೆ ಇಲ್ಲದೆ, ಸ್ವಂತ ಆಸಕ್ತಿಯಿಂದ ಗ್ರಂಥ ಸಂಗ್ರಹ ಮಾಡಿ, ಕೇತ್ರಕಾರ್ಯದಲ್ಲಿಯೂ ತೊಡಗಿಕೊಂಡು ಸುಮಾರು ಆರು ದಶಕಗಳ ಕಾಲ ‘ಬರಿಗಾಲ ಸಂಶೋಧಕ’ನಾಗಿ [ಬ್ಯಾರ್ಫೂಟ್ ರಿಸರ್ಚರ್] ಕ್ರಿಯಾಶೀಲರಾಗಿದ್ದವರು. ಅಧ್ಯಾಪಕ ವೃತ್ತಿಯಿಂದ ಬಂದ ವೇತನದ ದೊಡ್ಡ ಭಾಗವನ್ನು ಅಧ್ಯಯನ ಸಂಪನ್ಮೂಲಗಳ ಸಂಗ್ರಹಕ್ಕೆ ವ್ಯಯಿಸಿದವರು. ಒಬ್ಬ ಶಾಲಾಮಾಸ್ತರನಾಗಿ ಸಂಶೋಧನೆಯ ದೃಷ್ಟಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ವಿಶ್ವವಿದ್ಯಾನಿಲಯದ ಪ್ರಾಧ್ಯಾಪಕರ ಮಟ್ಟದÀ ಸಾಧನೆ ಮಾಡಿದವರು. ಅನೇಕ ಸಂಶೋಧಕರಿಗೆ ಜಿಜ್ಞಾಸುಗಳಿಗೆ ಮಾರ್ಗದರ್ಶನ ಗ್ರಂಥ ಸಹಾಯ ಮಾಡಿದರು ಅವರ ಅಪ್ರಕಟಿತ ಬರಹಗಳ ಸಂಪುಟವು ಅಧ್ಯಯನ ಆಸಕ್ತರಿಗೆ ಒಂದು ಅಮುಲ್ಯ ಆಕಾರ ಗ್ರಂಥವೆನಿಸಲಿದೆ. -
Growing up with Nidhi: Book 2 – Exploring Near and Far
₹350.00Author: Rucha Sahasrabudhe| Series Editor: Neeta Inamdar
Do you like to play?
Do you like to learn?
Do you also like colouring?
Then, this book is for you!Nidhi is now seven years old and has many questions about the world around her. In this book, Nidhi travels to exciting new places, exploring near and far. She meets new people and learns how to overcome small problems with the help of her parents, her friends, and her loving dog, Minchu. She is learning how to act, how to behave, and how to grow into an understanding, thoughtful, and independent adult.
Travel with Nidhi and explore learning a new language, making a salad, playing games, connecting over distance, and much more in the second edition of the series Growing up with Nidhi: Children’s stories for the kind, curious, and courageous.
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Growing up with Nidhi: Book 1 – Nidhi and Minchu
₹280.00Author: Rucha Sahasrabudhe| Series Editor: Neeta Inamdar...Do you like to play?
And to learn?
Do you also like colouring?
Then, this book is for you!
Nidhi is a little kid, now just six years old. She asks a lot of questions and is a little ball of energy! In this book, she experiences small problems and learns how to overcome them. With the help of her parents, her friends, and her loyal pup Minchu, she is learning how to act, how to behave, and how to grow into an understanding, thoughtful, and independent adult.
Learn how to face bullies, how to save money, how to respect nature, and how to share stuff with Nidhi and Minchu in the first book of the series Growing up with Nidhi: Children’s stories for the kind, curious, and courageous.Interested readers may write to us at mup@manipal.edu about purchasing the book.
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Reimagining Border in Cross-border Education
₹600.00Editors: Neeta Inamdar, Pranjali Kirloskar
Universities are inherently and definitionally universal in their quest for the creation and dissemination of knowledge. They are set to defy borders that exist in parochial forms. Globalization which opened up borders has by design or default created inequalities and imbalances in knowledge systems. Undoubtedly, knowledge is power but the difference in the power that is intrinsic to it and the power that is ascribed which is determined by dominant political and economic hierarchies.<br><br>If knowledge predominantly flows from global north to global south, people seeking knowledge move from global south to global north. These imbalances are also seen within these regions, between cultures and communities, one claiming superiority over the other. These realities call for a reassessment of not only what constitutes knowledge, but also what encompasses the idea of borders. Through this book, we wish to see more elaboration on the inclusive role of education that can act as an equalizer or as a catalyst for creating a level playing field across borders.
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U-Turn
₹180.00Author: Anand Mhasvekar, Translator: Neeta Inamdar
ಮರಾಠಿ ನಾಟಕ. ಯು-ಟರ್ನ್ ಮಹಾರಾಷ್ಟ್ರ ಮತ್ತು ಅದರಾಚೆಗೆ 585 ಕ್ಕೂ ಹೆಚ್ಚು ಪ್ರದರ್ಶನಗಳೊಂದಿಗೆ ಲಕ್ಷಾಂತರ ಹೃದಯಗಳನ್ನು ಗೆದ್ದಿದೆ. ಗುಜರಾತಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಇದರ ಅನುವಾದವು 115 ಕ್ಕೂ ಹೆಚ್ಚು ಪ್ರದರ್ಶನಗಳನ್ನು ಕಂಡಿದೆ ಮತ್ತು ಹಿಂದಿಯಲ್ಲಿ 50 ಕ್ಕೂ ಹೆಚ್ಚು ಪ್ರದರ್ಶನಗಳನ್ನು ಕಂಡಿದೆ. ಈ ಯಶಸ್ಸು ಶ್ರೀಮತಿ ಸವಿತಾ ಶಾಸ್ತ್ರಿಯವರ ಬೆಂಬಲದೊಂದಿಗೆ ಕನ್ನಡದಲ್ಲಿ ಈ ಕೃತಿಯನ್ನು ಅನುವಾದಿಸಲು ಪ್ರೊ.ನೀತಾ ಇನಾಮದಾರ್ ಅವರನ್ನು ಪ್ರೋತ್ಸಾಹಿಸಿತು. ನಾಟಕವು ಉದ್ದಕ್ಕೂ ಕೇವಲ ಎರಡು ಪಾತ್ರಗಳನ್ನು ಹೊಂದಿದೆ ಮತ್ತು ಇಡೀ ಅವಧಿಗೆ ವೇದಿಕೆಯ ಮೇಲಿರುವ ಇಬ್ಬರನ್ನು ಹೊರತುಪಡಿಸಿ ಒಂದೆರಡು ಧ್ವನಿಗಳನ್ನು ಹೊಂದಿದೆ. ನಾಟಕದ ಕೇಂದ್ರ ಕಲ್ಪನೆಯು ಆಧುನಿಕತೆಯನ್ನು ಒಪ್ಪಿಕೊಳ್ಳುವಲ್ಲಿನ ವ್ಯತ್ಯಾಸಗಳು ಮತ್ತು ಎರಡು ವಿಭಿನ್ನ ತಲೆಮಾರುಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಇದಕ್ಕೆ ಸಂಬಂಧಿಸಿದ ಸಂಘರ್ಷಗಳು. ವಿಚ್ಛೇದಿತ ಸೇನೆಯ ಮೇಜರ್ ಮತ್ತು 50 ರ ದಶಕದ ಅಂತ್ಯದಲ್ಲಿರುವ ವಿಧವೆಯ ನಡುವಿನ ಒಡನಾಟವನ್ನು ಅವರ ಮಕ್ಕಳು ವಿರೋಧಿಸುತ್ತಾರೆ ಮತ್ತು ಅವರು ತಮ್ಮನ್ನು ತಾವು ಆಧುನಿಕತೆಯನ್ನು ಅಳವಡಿಸಿಕೊಂಡರೂ ವಿಭಿನ್ನ ರೀತಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ವ್ಯಕ್ತಪಡಿಸುತ್ತಾರೆ. ನೀತಾ ಇನಾಮದಾರ್ ಅವರು ಮಣಿಪಾಲ್ ವಿಶ್ವವಿದ್ಯಾನಿಲಯದಲ್ಲಿ (MU) ಯುರೋಪಿಯನ್ ಅಧ್ಯಯನ ವಿಭಾಗದ (DES) ಮುಖ್ಯಸ್ಥರಾಗಿದ್ದಾರೆ ಮತ್ತು ಮಣಿಪಾಲ್ ಯೂನಿವರ್ಸಲ್ ಪ್ರೆಸ್ ನ (MUP) ಮುಖ್ಯ ಸಂಪಾದಕರಾಗಿದ್ದಾರೆ. ಸಂಗೀತ ಮತ್ತು ರಂಗಭೂಮಿ ಅವರ ಆಸಕ್ತಿಗಳಾಗಿದ್ದು, ಶ್ರೀಮತಿ ಸವಿತಾ ಶಾಸ್ತ್ರಿ ಅವರ ನೆರವಿನೊಂದಿಗೆ ಈ ಕೆಲಸವನ್ನು ಕೈಗೊಳ್ಳುವಂತೆ ಮಾಡಿತು. ಸವಿತಾ ಶಾಸ್ತ್ರಿ ಅವರು ಮಣಿಪಾಲದ ಮಹಿಳಾ ಉದ್ಯಮಿಯಾಗಿದ್ದು, ಅವರು ಬಾಬಾ ಆಮ್ಟೆ ಅವರ ಆನಂದವನಕ್ಕೆ ಧನಸಹಾಯವನ್ನೂ ಮಾಡುತ್ತಾರೆ. ಅವರು ಮರಾಠಿ, ಹಿಂದಿ ಮತ್ತು ಇಂಗ್ಲಿಷ್ನಲ್ಲಿ ಪುಸ್ತಕಗಳು ಮತ್ತು ನಾಟಕಗಳ ಓದುಗರಾಗಿದ್ದಾರೆ, ಅವರು ಈ ಅನುವಾದ ಯೋಜನೆಗೆ ತಮ್ಮ ಬೆಂಬಲವನ್ನು ನೀಡಿದರು.
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Contours of India-EU Engagements: Multiplicity of Experiences
₹650.00Editors: Neeta Inamdar, Priya Vijaykumar Poojary, Praveen Shetty
The unprecedented uncertainties marked by the pandemic, the Russia-Ukraine war and the war in Gaza have redirected our attention to the importance of partnerships and engagements in international relations.
India-EU dialogues through the annual summits have familiarized each other with a greater understanding of one another’s perspectives and interests. Their strategic engagement has broadened in the last few years to include climate change, energy, connectivity, migration, education, science and technology, and research and innovation. The growing convergence in Brussels and New Delhi’s strategic interests opens up new windows of opportunities for greater cooperation on diversified issues. Capturing the new momentum in India-EU relations, this book uncovers various issues and topics spanning across politics, education, and culture. Each chapter in this book analyzes the scope of the cooperation, the existing challenges that India and the EU encounter, and provides policy recommendations for the future.
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Internationalization of Higher Education: The Dynamics of Educational Ecology
₹500.00Editors: H Vinod Bhat, Neeta InamdarThe mobility of scholars seeking knowledge has been a part of the university ideal for centuries. History holds testimony to the fact that these mobilities have also altered the lives of people in different regions. Universities have played a pivotal role in the movement of people across borders and the resultant transformation of societies due to transcultural interactions.In this book, the editors have brought together ideas on the changing dynamics of these mobilities of scholars and the interconnectedness of higher education institutions in today’s world. An attempt is also made to record the implications of these international collaborations in knowledge generation and dissemination within the educational ecology. The notion of educational ecology is explored through the articles in the book to comprehend the power play that exists in the dimension and the direction of internationalization of higher education. All this is done with the hope that the opening up of education to global opportunities may, over a period of time, lead to equitable distribution of opportunities worldwide.Interested readers may write to us at mup@manipal.edu about purchasing the book.
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Contours of India-EU Engagements Multiplicity of Experiences
Editors: Neeta Inamdar, Praveen Shetty, Priya Vijaykumar Poojary
The unprecedented uncertainties marked by the pandemic, the Russia-Ukraine war and the war in Gaza have redirected our attention to the importance of partnerships and engagements in international relations.
India-EU dialogues through the annual summits have familiarized each other with a greater understanding of one another’s perspectives and interests. Their strategic engagement has broadened in the last few years to include climate change, energy, connectivity, migration, education, science and technology, and research and innovation. The growing convergence in Brussels and New Delhi’s strategic interests opens up new windows of opportunities for greater cooperation on diversified issues. Capturing the new momentum in India-EU relations, this book uncovers various issues and topics spanning across politics, education, and culture. Each chapter in this book analyzes the scope of the cooperation, the existing challenges that India and the EU encounter, and provides policy recommendations for the future.
The subject matter of this book also includes:
- Data Protection and Regulation
- Cultural Diplomacy and the Dynamics of Cultural Institutes in India and Europe
- India-EU Relations and the National Education Policy 2020
- Europe, Christendom and its Encounter in India
- Portuguese Citizenship to Goans and the Postcolonial Predicament in the Goan Response
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