Researchers

• Amit Prakash: Professor, Centre for the Study of Law and Governance, Jawaharlal Nehru University.

Research Theme: The Capital City: Discursive Dissonance in Law and Policy  

• Debarati Bagchi: Research Assistant, Calcutta Research Group and

• Sabir Ahmed: Independent Researcher and Activist

Research Theme: Women and Children Migrants: A Study of the Urban Workforce in Kolkata

• Iman Kumar Mitra: Research and Programme Associate, Calcutta Research Group

Research Themes:

      a)    Migrant Workers and Informality in Contemporary Kolkata

      b)    Urban Planning Settlement Practices and Issues of Justice in Contemporary Kolkata

• Ishita Dey: Doctoral Fellow, University of Delhi

Research Theme: The Migrant in a Service Village in the City: Working Conditions and Rights

• Kaustubh Mani Sengupta: Transnational Research Group Postdoctoral Fellow, Centre for Historical Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University

Research Theme: Taking Refuge in the City: Migrant Population and Urban Management in Post-Partition Calcutta

• Madhuresh Kumar: Independent Researcher and Activist, National Alliance of People’s Movements

Research Theme: Competing Dreams: Delhi and its Migrants

• Ritambhara Hebbar: Professor, School of Development Studies, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai and

• Mahuya Bandyopadhyay: Associate Professor, School of Development Studies, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai

Research Theme: Migrants, Vigilants and Violence: The Making of New Urban Spaces in Mumbai

• Manish K. Jha: Professor, Centre for Community Organisation and development Practice, School of Social Work, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai

Research Theme: Homeless Migrants in Mumbai: Life and Labour in Urban Space

• Mithilesh Kumar: Doctoral Fellow, University of Western Sydney

Research Theme: Logistical Labour and the Airport City

• Mouleshri Vyas: Professor, Centre for Community Organisation and development Practice, School of Social Work, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai

Research Theme: Dangerous Labour: Migrants, Age, and Precarious Labour in Mumbai City

• Pushpendra Singh: Professor, Centre for Community Organisation and development Practice, School of Social Work, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai

Research Theme: On the Move: An Ethnographic Account of Rural Migrants’ Journey from Village to City

• Ranabir Samaddar: Director, Calcutta Research Group
   

• Samir Kumar Das: Professor, Department of Political Science, and Dean of the Faculty of Arts, University of Calcutta

Research Theme: A Transit Town in North Bengal: Siliguri in the Time of Globalisation

• Simpreet Singh: Activist and Doctoral Fellow, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai

Research Theme: The Emergence of the Migrant as a Problem Figure in Contemporary Mumbai: Chronicles of Violence and Issues of Justice

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