Tata Institute of Social Sciences

Mr Nilesh G

Assistant Professor
Mumbai Campus,
Assistant Professor, Centre for Education, School of Education

Qualification

MA(EDU) (Tata Insitute Of Social Sciences, Mumbai)

MPHIL(EDU) (Tata Insitute Of Social Sciences, Mumbai)

UGC-NET(EDU)

B.A(University Of Nagpur)

Contact

nilesh.gourkhede[at]tiss[dot]ac[dot]in

nileshgourkhede@gmail.com

Nilesh embarked on his journey in the field of education by pursuing a diploma in teacher education. Subsequently, he worked as a teacher in a poorly resourced government-aided school in Nagpur. Seeking to enhance his knowledge and skills, Nilesh enrolled at the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), Mumbai, where he pursued MA and MPhil degrees in Education. Later, he worked as a Research Associate at the Centre of Excellence in Teacher Education, TISS, Mumbai.

Nilesh's academic endeavors expanded beyond the borders as he became the recipient of a 6-week UGC-UKEIRI research grant. During this period, he worked with Prof. Christopher Winch of King's College London.

Nilesh's research delves into ideological shifts in the governance and provision of education emanating from neoliberal policies in education and the ways in which those impact the lives, educational aspirations, work opportunities and identities of marginalised castes and communities in India.

Sociology of Education

Sociology of Teachers

Education Policy

Peer-reviewed Publications

Nilesh, G., & Walde, N. (2023). Dismal lives of women teachers working in low-cost private schools in India: Politics of precarity: In (Pradhan, U., Valentin, K., & Gupta, M) Education in Crisis: Rethinking Education in (Post)-Pandemic South Asia: Challenges and Possibilities (Eds.).Oxon: Routledge. pp. 131-145. DOI: 10.4324/9781003332688-12

Nilesh, G. (2021). The missing factor of teacher preparedness in low-cost private schools: Exploration through teachers’ perceptions. Education India: A Quarterly Refereed Journal of Dialogues on Education,10(3), 160-171. (ISSN:2278-2435)

Conference Presentations

Nilesh, G. (2023). Shaping of teachers' identity in low-cost private schools. Paper presented at the 13th International Conference Changing dynamics of education: Perspectives and new directions from global south, Department of Sociology, Tejpur University, Tejpur (Assam).

Nilesh, G. (2021). Politics of precarity: Dismal lives of women teachers working in low-fee private schools. Paper presented at the Education in crisis: Rethinking education in (Post)-pandemic South Asia Conference, Oxford University, Oxford (UK).

Nilesh, G. (2021). Shaping of teacher identity in low-fee private schools: Exploration through biographies, lived experiences and nature of work. Paper presented at the 16th International Conference on Public Policy & Management, Indian Institute of Management (IIMB), Bangalore.

Nilesh, G. (2021). The fallacy of school choice. Paper presented at the International Conference Sociology of Education in India of the Comparative Education Society of India, Zakir Husain Centre for Educational Studies (ZHCES), JNU & IIIT, Delhi.

Nilesh, G. (2021). Lived experiences of women teachers in low-fee private schools. Paper presented at the Three Day International Virtual Conference on Gender Studies and Women Empowerment, The Department of Management, Humanities & Social Sciences, NIT Agartala, Agartala.

Nilesh, G. (2019). Life, work and identity of teachers’ in low-fee private schools. Paper presented at the 10th International Conference Exclusion, Inclusion and Equity in Education of the Comparative Education Society of India, Zakir Husain Centre for Educational Studies (ZHCES), JNU, Delhi.

Nilesh, G. (2018). Exploring identity of rural government school teachers. Paper presented at the 9th International Conference of the Comparative Education Society of India, Maharaja Sayajirao (MS) University, Vadodara.

Nilesh, G. (2018). Low-fee Private Schools for the Disadvantaged: Igniting the Hope but Missing theTarget: Paper presented at the National Seminar on “Livelihoods and Skills for Progress in India”, Dalit and Tribal Studies and Action (DTSA), Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), Mumbai

Nilesh, G. (2018). Exploring teachers in market-reforms in education. A case of recognised budget schools in Hyderabad. Paper presented at the Young Scholar Workshop on Interrogating Marginality: Education and the Urban. National Institute of Advanced Studies (NIAS), Bengaluru

Academic Workshops Attended

The British Academy Effective Academic Writing Workshop 2022, The Highland Institute, Kohima 12-14 December 2022 (3 days)

Research Methodology Workshop: Qualitative research methods in education, National Institute of Educational Planning and Administration (NIEPA), New Delhi, 17-28, December 2018 (2 weeks)

Third Summer School in Philosophy of Education organised by Azim Premji University (APU), Bangalore. 6-17, June 2016 (2 weeks)

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BC03 Education, Nation-state and Globalisation (MA EE)

BC10 History of Education (MA EE)

OC10 Caste, Tribe and Education (MA EE)

PS 17 Classroom Observations (BEd-MEd)