Manoj Kumar Jena

Manoj Kumar Jena is Professor of Sociology and Chairperson of the Centre for the Study of Social Systems, School of Social Sciences, JNU, New Delhi. He is also the Coordinator of the International Global Studies Programme, with the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin and the University of Freiburg, Germany. He has also coordinated an International Collaborative Teaching Programme with the Department of Sociology, York University, Canada. He has published substantially in the form of textbooks, book chapters, and articles in peer-reviewed national and international journals. His recent publications include Media and Marginals in India: Medium, Message and Meaning (ed) (2025), Ways of Being Indian: Essays on Religion, Gender and Culture (ed) (2024), and Sociology of Covid 19 Pandemic in India: Education, Digital Divide, Work and Wellbeing (ed)(2022).