Dr Namita Nimbalkar

Ph.D. (Philosophy) – University of Mumbai, India – 2009

M.A (Philosophy)  First Class – University of Mumbai, India – 1995

B.A (Philosophy ) First Class –  University of Mumbai, India  – 1993

NET (Delhi) – 1998; SET ( Delhi) – 1999

• Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy, University of Mumbai (March 2014 – till date)
• Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy, University of Mumbai (October 2013 – March 2014)
• Assistant Professor, Birla College of Arts, Science and Commerce, Kalyan, Maharashtra (June 1999 – October 2013)
• Director, UGC Sponsored Gandhian Studies Centre at Birla College, Kalyan (2005 – 2013)

Gandhi’s Quest for Religion and Communal Harmony, published by Department of Philosophy, University of Mumbai in association with Nav Vishnu Publications, Navi Mumbai, 2017. The book received Best Book Award by Bhartiya Mahila Darshanik Parishad in 2018.

Facets of Mahatma Gandhi – An Anthology of Select Scholarly Articles on Facets of Mahatma Gandhi,(ed) Namita Nimbalkar and Jayant Upadhyay, Academic Heights Publications, ISBN – 978-93-85265-35-8, 2020.

Text book on Foundation Course Paper I, (F.Y. B.A. B.Com, B.Sc) Sheth Publishers, Sem I, ISBN No. 978-93-81477-01-4; Sem II, ISBN No 978-93-81477-99-1, 2011-12.

Text book on Foundation Course Paper II, (S.Y. B.A. B.Com, B.Sc) Sheth Publishers, Sem III, ISBN No, 978-93-81801-80-2 and Sem IV ISBN no- 978-93-82429-55-5,2012-13.

IMPRESS ICSSR PROJECT (2019 – 2021)  “A Study of Belief Systems, Environmental Practices of Sahyadri Zone Tribes with Special Reference to Warlis and  Dhor Koli’s”

Government of India’s SWAYAM  MOOC course on, ‘The Moral and Social Philosophy of Mahatma Gandhi’ 2021-22

Research Projects: 05 Completed:

1.Tata – Heras Fellowship to pursue Post – Doctoral work on ‘Culture and Travel: The Differing Perspective of M.K.Gandhi and Rabindranath Tagore’. 2016 -17.

Minor Research Project:

2.‘Gandhi Paradigm of Peace: An overview in the 21st Century’, University of Mumbai, 2010 – 11.

3.‘Gandhi and Women Empowerment’, University Grants Commission, New Delhi, 2009-10.

4. ‘Silence, the unspoken and unthought’, University of Mumbai, 2008 – 09.

5. ‘A Study of the Anti – Communal Work since independence based on Gandhian Philosophy’, University of Mumbai, 2007.

•Giant International Federation 1 – C, Kalyan conferred an award for Outstanding Contribution in the Field of Education – March 09, 2014.

Member of Bodies:

Bhartiya Mahila Darshanik Parishad (BMDP) – Secretary since 2021

Akhil Bhartiya Darshan Parishad(ABDP) – Joint Secretary since 2019