Multicultural Education and Indian Diaspora in Canda by Aditya Raj

The Indian diaspora is growing in size and strength. The missing link in diaspora studies is still education although migration for education has been explored. This book examines how the Canadian multicultural education provides a unique milieu that may be useful for our diaspora. The author draws from his research and teaching experiences at McGill University. This work will especially benefit young scholars in migration and diaspora studies, educational studies, and those in international relations- both in India and in Canada.

Dr. Aditya Raj is an Associate Professor in the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Patna (IITP), Bihar. Dr Aditya completed his PhD, as a Commonwealth Fellow, from McGill University in 2007, and was at the University of British Columbia before joining IITP in May 2010.  Dr Aditya has an interdisciplinary background with degrees in History (BA, Delhi University), Journalism (P G Diploma, Bhartiya Vidya Bhavan), Sociology (MA, Jamia Millia Islamia), and Sociology of Education (MPhil, Jawaharlal Nehru University). He did his schooling from St-Xavier’s School, Sahebganj (Jharkhand) and intermediate from Science College Patna (Bihar). Dr Aditya cleared the University Grants Commission (UGC) exam in Sociology. He has presented at conferences of Indian Sociological Society, Canadian Sociological Association, American Sociological Association, International Sociological Association, American Educational Research Association, among others. He was the recipient of M. N. Srinivas Memorial Prize, given by Indian Sociological Society, in 2013. Dr Aditya has received research funding from Canada’s Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC), Government of India’s Ministry of Rural Development, as well as from India’s National Commission for Women (NCW). His teaching and research interests are around education, migration, development, and qualitative research. Dr Aditya has published in national and international peer reviewed journals and edited books of repute. This is his second book and draws from academic research in Canada and India.