✉ sreekumar_aardra@iitgn.ac.in
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Aardra Sreekumar has completed her Bachelor’s in Social Sciences from Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Hyderabad. She is passionate about cooking and dancing and her broader research areas and interests include Intersectional Feminism, Gender, Food and Culture. Her undergraduate research project was based on understanding Transnational Spiritual organisation and the educational institutions established by the same.
✉ ramesh_abhishek@iitgn.ac.in
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I graduated from Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala with an undergraduate degree in English Literature and Communication Studies. My research interests include media narratives, game studies and sports & game cultures. My work experiences include news reporting, translating for media, content writing for web portals, PR and event coordination. In my spare time, I am keen on watching and knowing about world sports, reading graphic novels & about cartography, playing table-tennis and discussing popular movies and TV series.
✉ behera_adyasha@iitgn.ac.in
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Adyasha obtained a Bachelor of Technology in Instrumentation and Electronics Engineering from Government Engineering College, CET, Bhubaneshwar. She has been a literature enthusiast from an early age, that led to the change of course in pursuit of literature. She loves writing poetry and prose. She is trying to learn the art of storytelling that she recently discovered!
✉ devda_ajay@iitgn.ac.in
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Ajay devda holds a Degree in Mechanical Engineering from Vikram University, Ujjain, MP. His research interests include Climate Change, Environmental Issues, Public policy, School Education, and Smart City Development. He is also interested in Panchayati Raj administration, disaster management, and sustainable development of communities. Apart from this, he is also interested in poetry writing.
✉ g_bhargavi@iitgn.ac.in
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I have completed my undergraduate in English Language and Literature from Madras Christian College. My current research interests include Media, Language and Communication. Can be found listening to music, drinking coffee, reading poetry, clicking pictures and drawing in an alternative world. Interested in conversations that involve anything under, above and around the sky.
✉ chalakh_chaitanya@iitgn.ac.in
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Chaitanya Anand Chalakh has completed graduation in B.A. from Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj university, Nagpur Maharashtra. His area of interest is to study the problems encountered in primary education in the Naxal-affected Gadchiroli district of Maharashtra and the role of government, NGOs and parents for multilingual education. Primary education in tribal, Naxal-affected, remote areas is the main subject of research. In the age of globalization and modern technology, the important objective is to study the social life of the remote tribal areas, their issues, the goals of the government.
✉ nimbalkar_dhruv@iitgn.ac.in
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Dhruv Nimbalkar has graduated from K.C. College and holds a degree in Commerce.His research interests include geopolitics (particularly The Middle East), Political Psychology, Comparative literature & Modern Poetry. He likes archaic bookstores & Luca Guadagnino’s films.
✉ lahiri_ekata@iitgn.ac.in
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A firm believer in intersectional feminism, Ekata is passionate about questions surrounding women’s rights and social representation.Originally from West Bengal, she has completed her Bachelor’s degree in Social Sciences from Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Hyderabad. Ekata’s research interests include gender and sexuality, cultural studies, psychosocial determinants of mental health, social psychology, partition studies with a focus on women, and cinema and identity.
✉ k_fasna@iitgn.ac.in
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Fasna K completed her Bachelor’s in Sociology from Farook college, Kerala. Her area of interests are community development and human rights. She prefers acquiring knowledge through practical field work as opposed to the traditional way of learning. Her hobbies include driving and dancing.
✉ parcha_gehna@iitgn.ac.in
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Gehna Parcha holds an undergraduate degree in two discipline that is Geography and English literature, from Miranda House, University of Delhi. Her area of research interest lies in Gender and Sexuality. She adores discourse about performances and sexuality. A connoisseur of good food. She loves eating food, cooking. She is fond of listening ghazals, especially Jagjit Singh.
✉ kaur_gurpreet@iitgn.ac.in
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Gurpreet is currently enrolled in the M.A. Society and Culture program at IIT Gandhinagar. She is interested in pursuing the ‘Literature and Society’ track. She holds an undergraduate degree in English Literature from S.G.T.B Khalsa College, University of Delhi. Her research interests include Modernist Literature, Postcolonial Literature/Studies and Continental Philosophy. She is interested in exploring the intersections between Literature and Philosophy.
✉ sharma_ishita@iitgn.ac.in
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Ishita has completed her Bachelor’s in Social Sciences from TISS, Hyderabad. She has worked on social capital formation among the new elites in the city of New Delhi during her undergraduate. Her research interests include prison reforms, human rights violations, new elites and urban spaces.
✉ das_joita@iitgn.ac.in
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I completed my undergraduate studies from the Azim Premji University, Bangalore in Combined Humanities. I am interested in questions of marginalization, oral history and identity. I have previously researched some of the minority communities living in Kolkata, looking specifically at notions of belonging and the hybrid nature of some of the city’s ethnic minority groups. I have had a rather interdisciplinary academic training and this has often informed my research, which draws from not just my main interest areas of History and Political Science, but also from the allied disciplines of Philosophy, Sociology and Literary Studies.
✉ acharya_kairavi@iitgn.ac.in
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Kairavi holds a graduation degree in history from KC College, Mumbai University. In 2018-19 she completed her diploma in manuscriptology from Mumbai University. Her broad research interests are archaeology, museum studies, ancient scripts and world heritage. Some of her other research interests are studying gender with the reference to Gandhian ideology and connecting music with understanding community.
✉ sahrawat_khushboo@iitgn.ac.in
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Khushboo holds a Bachelors of Arts degree in English Literature from Kirori Mal College, University of Delhi. Currently, she is enrolled in a multidisciplinary master’s program MA in Society and Culture with an emphasis on Journalism and Media Cultures. Her research interests include Media and Communication, Journalism History, Life Writing, and Digital Archiving. She finds solace in black coffee, practising calligraphy, and writing in her journal dairy and planner every day, after all, we all are made of up of stories. Her hobbies also include online gaming platforms and observing their interface and communication patterns. Her favourite read is from a variety of writers like Charles Dickens, Albert Camus, and Fyodor Dostoevsky.
✉ javaid_mohd@iitgn.ac.in
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Javaid completed his bachelors in foreign language from Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) New Delhi. The broad areas of his research interests include Indigenous Culture, Political Anthropology, South Asian History and Human Rights.
✉ qureshi_moin@iitgn.ac.in
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Moin Qureshi holds an undergraduate degree in Political Science honors from Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi. His area of interest is Contemporary Indian Politics, Comparative Politics. He is also interested in Gender studies, and Culture studies with particular reference to globalization as well. Along with this, He is fond of reading Poetry, Urdu Shayari.
✉ kumar_neha@iitgn.ac.in
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Neha is a graduate in Economics from Sophia College for Women, Mumbai University. She has interned with NITI Aayog in skill development and employment vertical in the past. Her research interests lie broadly in Public Policy and Public Administration.
✉ rajjak_prateeti@iitgn.ac.in
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Prateeti holds a Bachelor’s degree in Sociology from Jamia Millia Islamia University, New Delhi. Broadly, her research interests include film and philosophy, space, place and modernity, consumer culture, gender and sexuality and refugee studies. She takes keen interest in fine art photography, film criticism, Bengali folk culture and music. Currently, she is looking at contemplative cinema for her thesis. You can find her in a quaint cafe with an espresso and a notepad probably reading a book or looking out of the window!
✉ mukherjee_rajasee@iitgn.ac.in
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Rajasee has done her Bachelor’s Degree in Sociology from Presidency University, Kolkata. Her research interests broadly include Social Psychology, the Anthropology of Religion, children’s literature and understanding how language operates in the political space. When she’s procrastinating, you’ll find her absorbed in old rock albums, chasing sunsets with a camera or reading on the hostel roofs.
✉ kk_rashid@iitgn.ac.in
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Rashid holds a B.A (Hons) degree in Cultural Studies with particular reference to Indigenous cultures from the central university of Jharkhand. He has accomplished various fieldworks in tribal regions as part of his course work. During his graduation, he also served as a part-time voluntary teacher in an organization named Unnayan for two years. His has a keen interest in researching Human-nature relations, Tangible and Intangible Heritage of Indigenous communities and issues concerning the educational sector in India. Besides, Rashid loves to read ethnographies associated with his research interests and doing photography.
✉ zehra_renna@iitgn.ac.in
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Renna Zehra holds a degree of BA honors in Psychology from Indraprastha College for women, Delhi University with minors in History. She had worked with community enhancement projects at Delhi during her under-graduation, including one with Tihar Prisons and IBJ. She’s here to explore the interdisciplinary research possibilities adhering to the field of Psychology. Broadly, her research interests are positive psychology, public mental health, death psychology, social psychology and overall community enhancement. Music and art being her close companions, she’s likely to be found with her Arabic calligraphy tools, paints and canvas; or listening to, and humming to songs.
✉ panda_saikat@iitgn.ac.in
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Saikat Panda holds a Bachelor degree in Economics (Hons) from Guru Ghasidas Central University, Bilaspur His research areas of interest include Micro and Macro-Economics of Development and Topics including Socio-Economic development, Political-Economy and Poverty.
✉ s_sandhra@iitgn.ac.in
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I am Sandhra and I hail from Kerala. I did my undergraduate degree in International Relations from Central University of Kerala. Topics of conversation may include anything relating to IR, music, food, and life! I love listening to music and humming them. I like clicking pictures too.
✉ manna_sanjukta@iitgn.ac.in
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I am a final year MA student at IITGN. Did my Bachelors in Sociology from Lady Shri Ram College for Women, Delhi University. My research interests lie in the field of Gender and Feminist Studies, Tribal and Cultural Studies, Ethnography etc. I like painting or reading in my free time. Enthusiastic about traveling too.
✉ krishnan_shruti@iitgn.ac.in
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Shruti Krishnan has completed her Undergraduate studies in Sociology and Anthropology from St. Xavier’s College, Mumbai. Her research interests include identity politics, gender and sexual fluidity, art, literature and aesthetics.
✉ mehta_shruti@iitgn.ac.in
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Shruti Mehta received her undergraduate degree in BSc.(Hons) Mathematics from University of Delhi .This was followed by a B.Ed(Bachelor of Education) from the University of Delhi as well. The broad areas of her interest in research are Sociology of Education and Educational Policy. Besides that, she likes to travel and listen to indie music.
✉ sathyanvv_sneha@iitgn.ac.in
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Sneha holds a Bachelor’s degree majoring in English Literature, from Payyanur College, Kerala. Her research interests are Women Studies, Feminist Theories, Body Politics, and Critical Theories.Apart from these, she posses a keen interest in finding the nexus between Transnational Feminist theories and how they are interpreted. She is also interested in poetry.
✉ verma_vishal@iitgn.ac.in
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Vishal Verma has completed his Undergraduate degree in Economics from Banaras Hindu University. His research focus is particularly upon Environmental Economics which is both a current topic as well as concern all around the globe.His hobbies include reading books, playing and watching cricket, badminton, tennis, kabaddi, and hockey.