Dr. Arvinder A. Ansari is a Sociologist, currently teaching at Jamia Millia Islamia, holding degree in Masters from Jamia Millia Islamia in Sociology, M.Phil. From JNU, New Delhi, she was awarded PhD in ‘Impact of Communal Violence on Women – A Sociological Study of Delhi and Surat Riot Victims’ by Jawaharlal Nehru University in 1997.
In her distinguished academic career of more than twenty years in Jamia Millia Islamia, she has taught postgraduate and under graduate students and supervised several PhD students. Her areas of specialization are Sociology of Ethnicity and Minorities, Sociology of Gender, Feminist Theory, Cultural Studies and Identity, Sociology of Violence. She has successfully completed many minor and major research projects. She has presented papers and participated in many International and National Conferences.