Uma Sarmistha
Ph.D., Sociology, Kansas State University,
M.A., Sociology, Kansas State University, 2008
M.A., Economics, Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics, India, 2003
B.A., Economics, Pune University, India, 2002
M.A., Sociology, Kansas State University, 2008
M.A., Economics, Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics, India, 2003
B.A., Economics, Pune University, India, 2002
Subfields:
International Development
Rural Development
Political Sociology of Developing Nations
Methods
Research Interests and Current Research:
Rural & International Development and Economic Sociology.
Publications:
Meera Tiwari and Uma Sharmistha (2008), “ICTs in Rural India: User Perspective Study of Two Different Models in Madhya Pradesh and Bihar”. Science Technology & Society, Vol. 13, No. 2, pp. 233-258. Sage Publication.
Grants and Awards: UniversityTravel Grant, summer 2008, University Travel Grant Summer:2009
Conference Presentations:
“Biofueling Rural Development: Prospects and Challenges at local and global scales” in the Annual Rural Sociology Society meeting, 2008.
Poster Presentation: “Biofueling Rural Development? Prospects and challenges at local and global scales; Symposium on Sustainability of Biofuels Production and Processing, Manhattan, Kansas, September 16, 2008 and Kansas State Graduate Research Forum, Manhattan, Kansas, March 6, 2009
Courses Taught:
Global Problems (Socio 363), fall - 2009 (section ZA and ZB)
International Development
Rural Development
Political Sociology of Developing Nations
Methods
Research Interests and Current Research:
Rural & International Development and Economic Sociology.
Publications:
Meera Tiwari and Uma Sharmistha (2008), “ICTs in Rural India: User Perspective Study of Two Different Models in Madhya Pradesh and Bihar”. Science Technology & Society, Vol. 13, No. 2, pp. 233-258. Sage Publication.
Grants and Awards: UniversityTravel Grant, summer 2008, University Travel Grant Summer:2009
Conference Presentations:
“Biofueling Rural Development: Prospects and Challenges at local and global scales” in the Annual Rural Sociology Society meeting, 2008.
Poster Presentation: “Biofueling Rural Development? Prospects and challenges at local and global scales; Symposium on Sustainability of Biofuels Production and Processing, Manhattan, Kansas, September 16, 2008 and Kansas State Graduate Research Forum, Manhattan, Kansas, March 6, 2009
Courses Taught:
Global Problems (Socio 363), fall - 2009 (section ZA and ZB)