Curriculum Vitae

Education

2019
M. Phil Department of Sociology, School of Social Sciences, University of Hyderabad, Telangana
2017
M. A. Department of Sociology, Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi, New Delhi
2015
B. A. Department of English, Kirori Mal College, University of Delhi, New Delhi

Grants and fellowships

2019
Travel grant from Ton Duc Thang University for the international conference on Innovations in Social Sciences and Humanities, Socialist Republic of Vietnam
2019
Junior Research Fellowship awarded by the University Grants Commission of India
2017
Non-NET Fellowship awarded by the University Grants Commission of India
2016
Krishna Raj Travel Fellowship funded by Sameeksha Trust, Economic and Political Weekly, India

Research experience

2020
Research Assistant (Freelance), under Prof. Ursula Rao Affiliated to the Department of Anthropology, University of Leipzig
2017
M.A. Research Methods Project Fieldwork involved studying the interplay of space, performance and commerce through a comparative case study of Sufi music as performed in Dargahs and night clubs in the city of Delhi: Four-month long team study
2016
Krishna Raj Travel Fellowship Fieldwork involved studying processes of community formation, intergenerational shifts and contemporary political affiliations within the Sylheti community in Silchar, Southern Assam. Two-month long study

Extracurricular experience

2012     
Quarter-finalist debater, Sri Guru Gobind Singh College of Commerce Parliamentary Debate, University of Delhi.
2012-14
Member and contributor, The Debating Society of Kirori Mal College, University of Delhi.
2013-15
Member and Editing Contributor, Grubstreet: The Literary Society of Kirori Mal College.

Papers presented

2019
‘To Think and Live: Genomics, Life Sciences and Social Inquiry’ at Innovations in Social Sciences and Humanities, Ton Duc Thang University, Vietnam, jointly organised by University of Warwick, U.K, University of Trieste, Italy, University of Leipzig, Germany, National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan, Purdue University Northwest, U.S.A., October 4-5
2018
‘Rural-Urban Relations in Genomic Diagnosis in India’ at School of Social Sciences, University of Hyderabad (UoH), organised jointly by University of Hyderabad, University of Washington and USIEF (United States India Educational Foundation), July 23-24
2016
‘Little Sylhet: An Ethnographic Account of the East Bengali Community in Barak Valley’ at Krishna Raj Travel Fellowship Presentations, Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi, September 20

Languages

English
Hindi
Kashmiri (spoken)
German (introductory course)