ABOUT ME
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I have worked with VIT-AP University as Assistant Professor in Anthropology at School of Social Sciences and Humanities. Prior to academic I have spend more than five years working with different tribal communities, internally displaced persons due to disasters and development. I have also worked with different government and non-government organizations such as Anthropological Survey of India-Ministry of culture, Vasundhara research and policy, UNICEF, UNDP, independent asylum commission London, refugee council UK etc. Recently awarded InSC Young Researcher Award 2020. Also received award for Best researcher (Publications) 2021 and Best Non-Technical Student Club (Sanskriti) award 2021 from VIT-AP University.
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I held a MA in Refugee studies from the University of East London. My PhD. research was on the reproductive healthcare of displaced indigenous communities from protected areas India. My research interest includes ethnography, forced migration, gender and health, Anthropology of Technology, and climate change adaptation. I am also a regional coordinator to Avoidable Death Network. I also take independent development consultant assignment.
EDUCATION
RESEARCH INTERESTS
AWARDS
Social Anthropology
2014-2018
PhD, Social Anthropology, Dept. Humanities and Social Sciences, National Institute of Technology, Rourkela, India
Indigenous Knowledge
Forced migration
2006-2008
M.A, Refugee studies University of East London, United Kingdom
1. 2019 Young Researcher Award INSc Institute
2. 2020 Best Research Publication VIT-AP
4. 2017 Awarded travel grants for Human Development Capability Association Cape Town, South Africa
5. 2015 Awarded Doctoral Fellowship from Indian Council for Social Science Research (ICSSR), Government of India
6. 2012 Awarded Fellowship from Anthropological Survey of India, Ministry of Culture, Government Of India.
7. 2008 Awarded partial scholarship ,University of East London, UK, M.A Refugee Studies
2003-2005
M.A, Anthropology, Sabitribai Phule Pune University (University of Pune), India
Tribal development
Gender and health
Climate change adaptation
Digital Anthropology
2008
Short course on statelessness and International Human Rights, Oxford University, United Kingdom
Tribal Health