Curriculum Vitae

DR. NITHIYA A/P GUNA SAIGARAN

Senior Lecturer
  • Department of Indian Studies
    Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
  • nithiya
  • 0379675636

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION


  • PhD, (Philosophy)
    Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM)
  • M.ARTS, (Arts)
    Universiti Malaya (UM)
  • B.ARTS, (Arts)
    Universiti Malaya (UM)

PUBLICATIONS


Chapter in Books
  1. Guna Saigaran, N., Karupiah, P. (2022). Poverty Among Malaysian Indian Women. In: Baikady, R., Sajid, S., Przeperski, J., Nadesan, V., Islam, M.R., Gao, J. (eds) The Palgrave Handbook of Global Social Problems. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-68127-2_173-2
  2. Saigaran, N. G. (2022). Women and Decision Making within the Household: The Malaysian Indian Women Perspective. In Tiwary R. A & R.Gupta (Eds.), Re-Thinking Gender, Equality and Development: Perspectives from Academia, (pp.175-140). Vernon Express
  3. Saigaran, N. G., & Thambiah, S. Malaysian Indian Women's Education and Their Marginalisation: An Intersectional Analysis. In Nagappan, R., & Mukherjee, H (Eds.), Malaysian Indians and Education: Reimagined Development Opportunities (pp. 100-119). Routledge.
  4. Saigaran, N.G. (2022). The Impoverishment of Malaysian Indian Women: A Capability Approach Perspective. In: Karupiah, P., Fernandez, J.L. (eds) A Kaleidoscope of Malaysian Indian Women s Lived Experiences. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-5876-2_5

RESEARCH PROJECT


University
  1. 2022 - 2024, University Grant
    Unpacking Intergenerational Poverty Transmission: The Connection Between Resilience And Capability In Influencing Social Mobility Of Malaysian Indian Women And Their Children ( Principal Investigator(PI))
  2. 2023 - 2024, University Grant
    Roles And Participation Of Men And Women In Non-governmental Organizations (ngo): A Study Of Myskill Foundation ( Principal Investigator(PI))

PAPER PRESENTED


ORAL PRESENTER
  1. "Flipped Classroom" Method and its impact on learning: A study among Malaysian Indian Students in Sungai Petani, Kedah, Malaysia, Fifth International Conference on Research in Tamil Education 2022, Faculty of Languages and Communication, Sultan Idris Education University & Natramil Mullai Tamil Sanggam Foundation, India (International) (09 Dec 2022 - 10 Dec 2022)

ACADEMIC/PROF. SERVICES


Media appearance
  1. (2022) Interview for National Day 2022 -Oriental Daily Newspaper Sdn Bhd, University, (Interview)

SUPERVISION


Postgraduate Student
  1. (2024) A STUDY ON THE WORKING CONDITIONS OF WOMEN IN THE MEDIA INDUSTRY IN THE ASIA-PACIFIC REGIONAND METHODS TO IMPROVE IT, QIU ZHENYU
  2. (2024) Empowerment of Garment Workers Bargaining with Public Patriarchy in Bangladesh, SHAMALI SHILL
  3. (2023) Language Shift and Ethnic Identity of Malaysian Tamil Youths, BHARATHI A/P MUTTY
  4. (2023) A Pragmatic Analysis of the Narratives of Lived Experiences of Malaysian Indian Transgenders, SHUHASYINI A/P BALAN
Under Graduate Students
  1. (2024) Tinjauan Taraf Ekonomi Pelajar India B40 Universiti Malaya
  2. (2024) Jenis - Jenis Perkahwinan Masyarakat Tamil di Malaysia: Suatu Penyelidikan
  3. (2022) Latihan Ilmiah (Final Year Project)
  4. (2022) Practices, GERY CLARET A/L SELVANATHAN, SHALINI A/P MATHIALAGAN, SOO SIEW TENG, DURAAGASHINI A/P KATHIGESU, DHURGA DEVI A/P NAGARAJOO, KAUSALYA A/P RAVI, THEVATHARSINI A/P PRAPAKAR

TEACHING


Bachelor
  1. (2024) AIX2007 - Digital Humanities
  2. (2022) AIX2007 - Digital Humanities
  3. (2022) AIX3001 - Ethics and Professionalism in Social Sciences
  4. (2022) AIH2012 - Research Methodology Tamil Studies
  5. (2022) AIH2111 - Seminar in Tamil Studies
  6. (2022) AIH2030 - Seminar Series in Indian Studies
  7. (2022) AIH1011 - The Culture of Malaysian Indians