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    Meet the Assistant Professor - II

    Manu V Mathew

    Assistant Professor - II,
    School of Liberal Studies

    Manu V Mathew

    Email : manu.mathew@bmu.edu.in

    Dr. Manu V Mathew is an Assistant Professor and Program Director of BA (H) Liberal Arts at the School of Liberal Studies. His area of interest and expertise lies in the intersection of education policy, curriculum studies and political economy of work. His PhD dissertation, submitted at the Central Institute of Education, University of Delhi, looked into the political economy of curricular changes in engineering education in Kerala, weaving a narrative of curricular change amidst automation, disruption and precarity in the engineering industry. He has worked with research institutions, digital technology industry and education and development non-profits prior to joining BMU.

    From - To (Year) Designation & Organization Core Competency Additional Exp. Details
    (July 2023 – present) Program Co-Director, BA (Hons) Liberal Arts, School of Liberal Studies, BML Munjal University, Haryana, India
    (July 2023 – present) Assistant Professor of Sociology: School of Liberal Studies, BML Munjal University
    (Oct 2022 – May 2023) Faculty Associate: School of Liberal Studies, BML Munjal University
    (March – June, 2019) Consultant: Academic & Research: Samvada, Bangalore, India
    (Nov 2015 – March 2016) Project Associate (Indian Council for Social Science Research): Indian Institute of Education, Pune, India
    (June – Nov 2015) Monitoring and Evaluation Coordinator: Lend-A-Hand India, Pune, India
    (June 2011 – May 2013) Business Strategist: Subdine Solutions Pvt. Ltd., Trivandrum, India
      • Key Publications:
      Case Studies

      Journal Articles

      Book Chapters

      • Mathew, M. V, & Karjee, P. (2022). Muslim identity, local and the global in contemporary Malayalam cinema: Cinematic content and form in Sudani from Nigeria. In S. M. D. Nawab & A. Khatun (Eds.), Muslims in Indian Cinema. Authors Press.

      Book Reviews

      • Mathew, M.V. (2023). Making Higher Education Digital Edtech and Capital’s Search for New Sites of Profit. Book review: Tanner Mirrlees and Shahid Alvi (2020), EdTech Inc: Selling, Automating and Globalizing Higher Education in the Digital Age, Economic and Political Weekly, 58(47), 33-35.  
      • Mathew, M. V. (2022). Book review: Jason E Smith (2020), Smart Machines and Service Work: Automation in an Age of Stagnation. Marx & Philosophy: Review of Books.
      • Mathew, M. V. (2022). Book review: Benjamin Bratton (2021), The Revenge of the Real: Politics for a Post-Pandemic World. Science, Technology and Society, 27(1), 147–149. https://doi.org/10.1177/09717218211047021
    • Senior Research Fellowship. In Education. University Grants Commission, India. Sept 2018 – Aug 2021.
    • Junior Research Fellowship. In Education. University Grants Commission, India. Sept 2016 – Aug 2018.