CDRT

About

For the longest time, disability has been understood as something particularly and peculiarly affecting an individual. It has been, for all this time, a void: something essentially missing from the structure of the human. Hence, the disabled human has been drawn up as incomplete and, often, being punished for one mistake or another. Post the second world war, with a rising number of disabled populations across the world, a sea change in the definition began to take effect across the global north. Disability was becoming more of a humanitarian issue than an ailment in need of either cure or erasure. By the 1970s, this change was forceful and anchored enough to bring in a categorical redefinition of disability. It changed from something affecting an individual to an identity marker enforced by social infrastructures and systems. Thus arose the academic field of Disability Studies: a discipline which sought to (and continues to seek to) change not only how disabled subjects were conceptualized but also ensure trickle down measures at the level of the rights of disabled people. That the United Nations and, more recently, the Indian government has brought about similar changes in policy making and governance regarding the disabled populations of the world and this nation stands testament to the way Disability Studies has methodically functioned to amend the very phenomenology of disability.

Much like all academic disciplines, Disability Studies has its own historical evolution and, subsequently, operative methodologies. It works through constant research across disciplinary boundaries to bring about and create anew ideas which may modify the way disability has been constructed and constituted. The Centre for Disability Research and Training, SGTB Khalsa College, Delhi University (CDRT, SGTB Khalsa College) has been instituted in 2023 through an MoU with the Centre for Disability Research and Training, Kirori Mal College, Delhi University (CDRT, KMC) to promote research and training in Disability Studies among the stakeholders of the college. It was formed with the singular aim of popularizing Disability Studies among the students and faculties of the college while helping out, wherever necessary, the policy development of the college to ensure a more inclusive atmosphere. Towards the same, the CDRT of the college has organized orientation sessions for students and one weeklong faculty development program for the teachers of higher education institutions across the nation.

The following faculty members constitute the committee of the CDRT

Prof. Gurmohinder Singh Principal (Chairperson)  
Mr. Saikat Ghosh Department of English (Convener) sghosh@sgtbkhalsa.du.ac.in
Mr. Ritwick Bhattacharjee Department of English (Co-Convener) ritwick@sgtbkhalsa.du.ac.in
Ms. Parminder Kaur Narang Department of Zoology parminder@sgtbkhalsa.du.ac.in
Ms. Shweta Khilnani Department of English shweta@sgtbkhalsa.du.ac.in
Ms. Saheb Kaur Department of English kaursaheb1411@gmail.com
Mr. Shivam Srivastava Department of History shivamshrivastava2511@gmail.com
Dr. Rupali Sharma Department of Economics rupali@sgtbkhalsa.du.ac.in
Dr. Akhilesh Kumar Department of English akhilesh@sgtbkhalsa.du.ac.in
Ms. Sheetal Department of Mathematics sheetal@sgtbkhalsa.du.ac.in
Mr. Jagdish Singh Department of Political Science  
Dr. Radhika Warikoo Department of Zoology radhika@sgtbkhalsa.du.ac.in
Dr. Harpreet Singh Department of Zoology harpreet@sgtbkhalsa.du.ac.in
Dr. Mukesh Department of History mukesh@sgtbkhalsa.du.ac.in

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