Biography

I am currently working at the Centre for Policy Studies (CPS) at IIT Bombay. In addition to conducting research and teaching, I also coordinate activities of the Gender and Policy Forum at CPS.

I recently completed Ph.D. at the University of Cambridge under the Gates Cambridge Scholarship. My research sought to understand the impacts of increasing incidence of land sale on a rural society in Pune district. Prior to Ph.D,I did M.Phil. in Environment, Society and Development in Geography Department at University of Cambridge under the Gates Cambridge Scholarship.

Trained in anthropology I have worked in the environment and development sector. I coordinated a DFIF-NRSP research project for University of Cambridge on participatory forest management in Madhya Pradesh. I also worked as a consultant with Winrock India, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, World Resources Institute. I taught short course in anthropology at the Centre for Liberal Arts, Symbiosis College, Pune.

I have been doing voluntary work with a grassroots organisation Jeevan Sanstha, in helping to set up initiative for rural women and children in villages in Maval tehsil of Pune district. I intermittently contribute to the Marathi TV channel News18 Lokmat.