Gaurang Jani

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Dr. Gaurang Jani is a sociologist and a retired professor.[1] He is an activist for the rights of sex workers and of the LGBT and queer communties.[2][3]

Gaurang Jani
NationalityIndian
EducationM.A., M.Phil., Ph,D.
OccupationSociologist
OrganizationGujarat University
TitleProfessor

Career[edit]

Jani was a member of the faculty at Gujarat University in Ahmedabad.[4]

Jani was an advisor to the Gujarat State OBC Commission.[1] He is a critic of casteism and communalism.[5][6]

Jani's focus of research has been the sex workers of Ahmedabad through his association as a consultant with an NGO called Jyoti Sangh.[7][8]

Jani runs a publishing house named Anmol Prakashan.[9]

Works[edit]

  • દલિતો ના પ્રશ્નો: સર્વેક્ષણ ના અનુભવો.[10]
  • કોરોના: બિંબ-પ્રતિબિંબ—વાત લોકડાઉનની. અણમોલ પ્રકાશન.[11]
  • વિદ્યા વધે એવી આશે.[12]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Gujarat OBC Commission mulls conducting survey of Patel community". Business Standard.
  2. ↑ "Giving sex workers their due". The Times of India. 2003-09-03. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 2023-09-02.
  3. ↑ "Gujarat: Two women 'in love' end lives by jumping into river". The Week. Retrieved 2023-09-02.
  4. ↑ Kumar, Raksha. "Hindu right rewriting Indian textbooks". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 2023-09-02.
  5. ↑ "Gujarat Assembly election: OBCs, intermediate castes can sway poll outcome in 70 seats". India Today. Retrieved 2023-09-02.
  6. ↑ "Gujarat textbooks never far from controversy". The Hindu. 2014-07-29. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2023-09-02.
  7. ↑ Fung, Isaac C.-H.; Guinness, Lorna; Vickerman, Peter; Watts, Charlotte; Vannela, Gangadhar; Vadhvana, Jagdish; Foss, Anna M.; Malodia, Laxman; Gandhi, Meena; Jani, Gaurang (2007-08-06). "Modelling the impact and cost-effectiveness of the HIV intervention programme amongst commercial sex workers in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India". BMC public health. 7: 195. doi:10.1186/1471-2458-7-195. ISSN 1471-2458. PMC 1999496. PMID 17683595.
  8. ↑ "For women, by women, but bogged down by stagnation". DNA India. Retrieved 2023-09-02.
  9. ↑ "Book on 65 Gandhian women launched". The Indian Express. 2023-03-05. Retrieved 2023-09-02.
  10. ↑ Economic and Political Weekly. Sameeksha Trust. 2001-11-03.
  11. ↑ "પીડા, ગુસ્સો અને નિઃસહાયતાનું મનમિશ્રણ | Opinion Magazine". 2020-10-22. Retrieved 2023-08-31.
  12. ↑ "પ્રગટ્યું પુસ્તક 'વિદ્યા વધે એવી આશે' | Opinion Magazine". 2015-11-05. Retrieved 2023-08-31.
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