Dr. Naga Lakshmi Chelluri

Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology

School of Social Sciences, University of Hyderabad

Email: nlss@uohyd.ac.in

Naga Lakshmi completed her Ph.D. from University of Hyderabad and a Post-Doctoral position in the Center for Knowledge, Culture and Innovation Studies for a project on science and ethics and technological responsibility. After working in the Center for Innovations in Public Systems (CIPS) in Administrative Staff College of India, she joined the Department in 2013. Her research areas span the Sociology of Work, Sociology of Organizations, Science, Technology and Society studies. She currently teaches courses on Sociology of Work and Organizations, Rural and Urban Societies and Society in India: Contemporary Issues.

Research and Teaching Interests

  • Sociology of Work,
  • Sociology of Organizations,
  • Science, Technology, Innovation and Society Studies

Publications: (Books Chapters)

    1. Chelluri,Nagalakshmi and Avvari V. Mohan.(2015). Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) programmes for STEM education—cases from the Indian technology cluster city of Hyderabad in Renn, Ortwin, Nicole C. Karafyllis, Andreas Hohlt and Dorothea Taube. (eds.), International Science and Technology Education: Exploring Culture, Economy and Social Perceptions. New York: Routledge. pp.85-93.
    2. Ejnavarzala Haribabu and Chelluri Nagalakshmi. (2015). Women-in-Science and Women's Science: The Paradigms of Women's Engagement with Science" in Modi, Eshwar (ed.), Gender, Identity and Multiple Marginalities - Modernization, Globalization and Social Transformation. Vol. IV, Jaipur: Rawat Publications.pp.19-27.

Papers:

    1. Contributed four modules in the UGC e-PG Pathshala, for the section on 'Methodology of Research in Sociology'.
    2. Contributed three units for the Module on Sociological Thinkers, for the teaching and reading material for the Dr. B. R. Ambedkar Open University, Hyderabad.
    3. Avvari, V Mohan, Haribabu E. and Lakshmi C. N., 2012. “University Linkages in Technology Clusters-Exploratory Case Studies of Cyberjaya, Malaysia & Cyberabad, India”. World Technopolis Review. 1(1), 42-55
    4. Chelluri, Naga Lakshmi. 2007. “Knowledge, Work & Accountability in Organizations: Case Study of a Software Company in Hyderabad”. The International Journal of Technology, Knowledge and Society, 2, (6). 163-170.

Outreach:

    1. ASIALICS International conference from July 26-27, 2019 held in Sungkyunkwan University, South Korea: Paper titled “Alternate organization and Networks as Drivers of Innovation: A Case of Organising Diffusion of Innovations”.
    2. Delivered Lecture on the topic Culture, Community and Social Groups on 27th June 2019 at Department of Sociology, Dr. B. R. Ambedkar Open University, Hyderabad.
    3. 3rd ISA Forum of SOCIOLOGY from 10-14 JULY 2016, at Vienna, Austria, Session: Recent Technological Developments and Its Implications for (better) Employment: Paper Titled: Institutional Innovations: A Critical Examination of Initiatives in Public Service Delivery in India.

Projects:

    • Completed project titled “Archiving Marginalities in North East India” funded under the Universities with Potential for Excellence (UPE), Phase II, with field work in Shillong, Meghalaya