Jeebanlata Salam obtained her master's degree in sociology from Delhi school of economics, University of Delhi and a doctorate degree in sociology from Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi. Prior to joining NIAS as an Adjunct Faculty, she served as an Assistant Professor in the Education Program at the School of Social Sciences at NIAS from February 2016 to July 2025., Dr. Jeebanlata Salam taught sociology at the University of Delhi. She taught as invited visiting faculty at the science and liberal arts programme, National Institute of Design, Bengaluru Campus.
Research interests:
Sociology & anthropology of education, social exclusion, state-society relations, nation & identity aspirations, conflict & violence, human rights, and youth.
Teaching courses:
Sociology of education, social exclusion, and education & research methodology.
Prof Mahalingam has served as a full-time regulator, having been a Member of Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board for five years from its inception in 2007. She was also energy member of National Security Advisory Board that advises the Prime Minister through the National Security Advisor on issues related to India's national security. She has also been Visiting Fellow at international universities, Senior Fellow at Nehru Memorial Museum and Library, New Delhi and guest faculty at LBSNAA, Foreign Services Institute, National Defence College etc. Prof Sudha Mahalingam has been awarded Doctorate by the University of Technology, Sydney in March 2020 on the thesis topic A Review of Independent Regulation in India’s Downstream Hydrocarbon Sector.