Education

• 1981-85 (B. A.): Department of Anthropology, College of Social Sciences, Seoul National University
• 1985-87 (M. A.): Department of Anthropology, College of Social Sciences, Seoul National University
• 1991-95 Graduate (M. Phil.): Department of Sociology, Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi

Teaching & Research Fields

• Urbanisation and Social Change in India
• Study on Social Conflicts in India
• Mass Culture in South Asia
• Social Structure and Social Change in India
• Caste and Class Relations, New Middle Class and Consumption Culture, Hindu Cultural Nationalism and Hindutva Ideology in Contemporary India