Trained as an environmental sociologist, my research explores the political ecology of forest conservation, environmental politics, natural resource-based livelihoods and urban environmentalism. My expertise is in qualitative research methods and my past and current research largely employs ethnography as a method and practice. My field areas are primarily in West Bengal, Maharashtra and Karnataka, where I worked on environmental conflicts at different scales. My research is interdisciplinary and I would be interested in potential collaborations across different disciplines, which engage in environmental issues.
Principal Investigator
- SPICMACAY IIT Kharagpur IIT KHARAGPUR
Co-Principal Investigator
- Climate Change Adaptation Dispossession and Displacement Institute for Social Research
- Dried Fish Matters: Mapping the Social Economy of Dry Fish in South and South East Asia for Enhanced Well-being and Nutrition Social Science and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC)
- SMUS EChOTONING - Kick-off Global Center of Spatial Methods for Urban Sustainability (GCSMUS)
- Vulnerability to Viability (V2V): Global Partnership for Building Strong Small-Scale Fisheries
Communities Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada
Ph. D. Students
Angelina Thomas
Area of Research: Cultural/Literary Studies
Ankush Geda
Area of Research: Sociology
Gunjan Chowhan
Area of Research: Sociology
Madhubarna Dhar
Area of Research: Sociology
Nithin T
Area of Research: City Studies/ Cultural Studies
Pragya Tiwari
Area of Research: Sociology
Priyadarsini Sinha
Area of Research: Environmental Social Sciences
Raktima Ghosh
Area of Research: Socio-ecological Systems
Sriya Das
Area of Research: City Studies/Crime Fiction
