Loveena S.

Education

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  LNJN National Institute of Criminology and Forensic Science, MHA, Govt. of India

  2011 - 2013

  Master of Science - MS Forensic Chemistry

  Major Project: Application of Drug -Dye Complexometric Method for the Analysis of Suxamethonium Chloride. Minor Project: Heavy Metal Analysis of Mosquito Repellents with special reference to Deltamethrin using TLC and AAS.

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  Gargi College, University of Delhi

  2008 - 2011

  Bachelor of Science - BS Life Sciences
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  The Banyan Tree School, Delhi

  2003 - 2008
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  Delhi University

  2017 - 2022

  Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Anthropology

  Thesis- Gender and Violence in a Domestic Space: An Anthropological Reflection. Employed ethnographic fieldwork in an urban poor neighborhood of south west district of Delhi, the study adopted case study method to understand women's perception of domestic abuse in their socio-cultural context. The study adopted mixed method approach (participant and non-participant observations, interviews, FGDs, fieldwork, virtual ethnography etc) to reflect on the everyday negotiations of men and… Show more Thesis- Gender and Violence in a Domestic Space: An Anthropological Reflection. Employed ethnographic fieldwork in an urban poor neighborhood of south west district of Delhi, the study adopted case study method to understand women's perception of domestic abuse in their socio-cultural context. The study adopted mixed method approach (participant and non-participant observations, interviews, FGDs, fieldwork, virtual ethnography etc) to reflect on the everyday negotiations of men and women survivors of domestic violence; their coping mechanisms; and their relationship with mahila panchayat and other stakeholders of the criminal justice system; and challenges to implementation to inform the domestic abuse policy framework. Show less

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  Delhi University

  2015 - 2017

  Master of Philosophy - MPhil Anthropology First with distinction

  Dessertation on : Ethnographies of Crime- Perspectives from Anthropology. The dissertation was an attempt to contextualise crime in societies within the conventional dichotomies of normal and deviance adopting a cross cultural historical perspective. Tracing the emergence of ethnographic studies on criminal behavior within anthropology, in the backdrop of author's academic training and positioning. The dissertation locates 'exteriority' of the modern law and the nation state concept.