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Aparna Mukherjee

Areas of Interest & Expertise

  • Inclusive Education
  • Barriers and Facilitators of Inclusive Education in Indian Context
  • Child Development
  • Mental Health
  • Mixed-Methods Research

Biography

Before joining Azim Premji University, Aparna worked at the Department of Home Science, University of Calcutta and THK Jain College, Kolkata, as guest faculty in Human Development, for two years. She has also been a visiting faculty in Child Development and Inclusive Education at the Indian Institute of Cerebral Palsy (IICP), Kolkata and New Mission Training College, Kolkata.

She has over a decade of research experience in the field of disability and inclusion. Her doctoral research was on assessing teachers’ and educators’ perspectives and identification of barriers and facilitators in inclusive education in schools of Kolkata and uses both quantitative and qualitative methods.

She is an active member of the India Inclusion Research Network – a collaborative effort of researchers working in the field of inclusion in India and the United Kingdom. She is also a subject expert cum trainer in the flagship in-service teacher training programme on inclusion of children with special needs in West Bengal, conducted jointly by the Jagadis Bose National Science Talent Search (JBNSTS), Kolkata, and the School Education Department of Government of West Bengal.

She completed her MSc and PhD in Human Development from the Department of Home Science, University of Calcutta and a BSc in Psychology from Jogamaya Devi College, University of Calcutta. She also has a Diploma in Inclusive Education and a BEd in Special Education (Intellectual Disabilities) from the Netaji Subhas Open University (NSOU), Kolkata.

Her area of expertise is the assessment of psychological determinants of inclusive education. Her research interests include assessing barriers and facilitators of inclusion, teacher education related to inclusion and inclusive qualitative research.

Publications

Chapter in Edited Book

  • Mukherjee, A., and Sikdar, D. (2014). Inclusive education in Kolkata? Educators’ perspective. In M. Bhargava and Aradhana (Eds.), Special Education: Need of Trained Educator (pp. 101 – 117). H P Bhargava Book House.

Journal Articles

  • Mukherjee, A. (2021). Gender dysphoria: A brief overview. Home Science Chronicles: Unlocking Minds, 1, 19 – 23.
  • Mukherjee, A., Neogi, S. and Sikdar, D. (2015). Inclusive education in Kolkata: How the parents view it. International Journal of Home Science, 1(1), 41 – 45. https://www.homesciencejournal.com/vol1issue1/Part%20A/pdf/17.1.pdf
  • Mukherjee, A. (2015). Inclusive education in Kolkata: How willing are we? Research Views, 8, 36 – 40.

Conference Proceedings

  • Mukherjee, A., Sikdar, D., & Neogi, S. (2017). In-Service Teachers Perspectives on Inclusive Education in India. Proceedings of the International Conference on Education, Psychology, and Social Sciences (ICEPS 2017), 23 – 34. Bangkok, Thailand.
  • Mukherjee, A., Sikdar, D., & Neogi, S. (2016). Challenges of Implementing Inclusive Education? A Study on InService Teachers of India. Proceedings of the International Conference on Teaching and Learning (ICTL 2016), 281 – 293. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Publications

  • Mukherjee, A. (2021). Gender Dysphoria? A brief overview, Home Science Chronicles: Unlocking Minds, 1, 19 – 23.
  • Mukherjee, A., Sikdar, D., and Neogi, S. (2017). In-Service Teachers Perspectives on Inclusive Education in India, Proceedings of the International Conference on Education, Psychology, and Social Sciences (ICEPS 2017), Bangkok, Thailand, 23 – 34.
  • Mukherjee, A., Sikdar, D., and Neogi, S. (2016). Challenges of Implementing Inclusive Education? A Study on InService Teachers of India, Proceedings of the International Conference on Teaching and Learning (ICTL 2016), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 281 – 293.
  • Mukherjee, A., Neogi, S. and Sikdar, D. (2015). Inclusive education in Kolkata: How the parents view it. International Journal of Home Science, 1(1), 41 – 45.
  • Mukherjee, A. (2015). Inclusive education in Kolkata : How willing are we, ​“Research Views”, Special Edition on Inclusive Education, 8, 36 – 40.
  • Mukherjee, A., and Sikdar, D. (2014). Inclusive education in Kolkata? Educators’ perspective. In M. Bhargava and Aradhana (Eds.), Special education: Need of trained educator, (pp. 101 : 117). Agra: H.P. Bhargava Book House.