Asha Singh
Associate Professor,
Human Development and Childhood Studies
Areas of Interest:
Arts in Education, Media and Childhood, Inclusion,
Workshops with Children
PhD Students working in the areas of
PLAY.
MEDIA,
CARE AND THE WOMEN PROFESSIONAL
SOCIALIZATION IN MONASTRIES
Consultancies and Guidance
 Guest Lecturer, Theatre In Education, Miranda House 2012-2014
 Consultant Ambedkar University to Review Policy Document for
Policy for Early Childhood Curriculum (2013)
 Consultant Ambedkar University to Review Multiligual Curriculum
Policy Document (2013)
 Consultant CBSEi for Developing curriculum and leading the writing
team for material development for Dance (June 2011-)
 Consultant to Develop Tools to evaluate the Impact of ICDS in select
states for a Study by NEG-FIRE (2012)
 Consultant National School of Drama for developing curriculum for
Post graduate diploma in Drama in Education for the Tripura State
government
 Consultant and coordinator for Developing Curriculum for Early
Childhood Education and Development for the National Council of
Teacher Education, New Delhi June 2010
 Consultant and facilitator for ARK India (Absolute Return for Kids)
for Enriching the Second Language Learning in Govt aided Schools
June 2009-Mrach 2010
 Consultant for evaluating Child-led Media Initiatives under Plan
International in Uttrakhand, Orissa and Delhi: Feb 2009-Feb 2010
Conferences and Seminars
 Organized and coordinated and Chaired a Symposium titled
"Childhood narratives: social geographies and multicultural
perspectives” and presented a paper Children's lives in
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everyday rhythms and unstable communities: Knowing
childhood in India through theatre at the 8th Biennial
Conference of the Asian Association of Social Psychology AASP11th- 14th Dec 2009
Presented Paper titled Texts as tools : writers, texts and images
of children for an International Conference titled Social
movements for Women and Children sponsored by KATHA in Jan
27th 2010
Presented paper titled Why Children Play? At the Biennial
Conference of the International Froebel Society at Jena University,
Germany 7-9th April 2010
Chairperson, Training and capacity building session at the
National Round Table Meet of the Association for Early Childhood
Education and Development at Tata Institute of Social Sciences to
Evolve a Framework for Early Childhood and Development 3rd and
4th Sept. 2010
Presented a paper titled Inclusive Content in Children’s
television At the CHINH India Film Festival & Forum at India
Habitat Centre Nov 2010
Guest Lecturer at the City University of New York to deliver a
lecture titled Communicating with children through Drama:
story of making a difference in communities in India (May
2011)
Presented Paper titled Theatre as the Basis for classroom Joy at
the Excellence in School Education Conclave organized by The
Teacher Foundation in Bangalore (Nov 2011)
Paper titled Images and Texts in the making of Childhood
Perceptions presented at the Seminar Organized by IAWRT at the
India InterNational Centre in March 2012
Key Speaker on Curriculum and Pedagogy at the International
Conference on Early Childhood Development: small steps to a
bright future held at the Jamia Centre for Early Childhood
Development and Research (March 2013)
Presented paper titled Technology, Society and Human
Development at the Centenary Conference of the Home Science
Association of India in 2013 at Baroda
Invited Speaker at the “IAU Collaborative Workshop on Higher
Education for Education for All (HEEFA)” on behalf of
International Association of Universities (IAU) and Lady Irwin
College, 20-21 Feb 2014 at India Habitat Centre, New Delhi.
Wokshops and Training
 Workshop on Play and Play Materials in Early Childhood
Classrooms with ECCE teachers of DPS schools from across
Selected States of India Aug 2008 & Nov 2008 & Feb 2009, Oct
2009-2014
 Workshop with Parents “ Parenting and its tribulations” at
Bluebells School in Nov 2009
 Workshop for teachers of MCD schools for Using theatre to
devise strategies for communicating with parents 14th Jan
2010
 Workshop on Educational Content and Insights in Theatrical
Presentations for actors of Natrang a theatre group in Jammu Feb
7th & 8th 2010
 Conducted a series of Workshops with Special Young Adults for
Enhancing Communication as part of Supported and Assisted
Living (2012)
 Conducted Gender Sensitization Workshop for 6-10 year old
children at the National School of Drama, TIE in March 2013
 Conducted Gender Sensitization Workshop for classes IX and X
of Step By Step School in NOIDA in April 2013
 Conducted Series of Workshops with Field Functionaries of
Mobile Creches to Build Capacity and confidence through
reflections on experiences and identifying contextualized best
practices (June2013)
 Conceptualised workshops for Parents using theatre as a
technique for communication with Parents of RAK Child Study
Centre at the Lady Irwin college. ( 2007-2013)
Publications
 Singh A (2009) Art Education across ability ? In Navtika
Journal of Early Childhood Education Vol IX No 2, Jan 2009
 Singh, A (2010) Preschool Education: Concepts in Early Childhood
Education in CANCL News Vol 10 (1) Jan 2010
 Singh, A (2010) Status of Early Childhood Education Pediatric
Newsletter Jan 2010
 Singh A (2011) How Children learn Mathematics? In Navtika
Journal of Early Childhood Education Vol XI, No 3
 Singh , A. & Gupta , D. (2012). Contexts of Childhood and
Play:Exploring Parental Perceptions. Childhood:Journal of Global
Child Research. Volume 19 Issue 2 May 2012 pp. 235 – 250
 Singh,A. (2012) Theatre as Classroom Joy in Special Issue of
Mentor December 2012
 Singh,A. 2013 Syllabus for Classical dance Courses for Class VIXII for CBSE (i)
 Singh,A. 2013 Manual for Classical dance Courses for Class VI-XII
for CBSE (i) Teachers and Students (Online)