Zur Person
Research Interests
- Ethnogaphic methods and ethics
- Student movements
- Anthropology of Emotions
- Political Violence
- Gender and feminist research methods
Career
- Since 2023: Researcher (Postdoc), B2: Dynamics of Climate Governance: Norms, Contestation, and Policies, Climate, Climatic Change and Society (CLICCS)
- 2022 - 2023: Göttinger Graduiertenschule Gesellschaftswissenschaften (GGG) Fellow, Centre for Modern Indian Studies (CeMIS), Georg-August Universität Göttingen
- 2018 - 2022 DAAD Fellow, Centre for Modern Indian Studies (CeMIS), Georg-August Universität Göttingen
Non-Academic Employment Experience
- 04/2015 - 10/2015: Reporter & Sub-Editor, Catch News, Rajasthan Patrika, New Delhi
- 04/2014 - 04/2015: Junior Assistant Producer, ET NOW, Bennett Coleman & Co, Mumbai
- 10/2013 - 11/2013: Intern, Editorial Division, The Daily Tribune, Bahrain
- 04/2013 - 06/2013: Intern, Editorial Division, Web Desk, Tehelka Magazine, New Delhi
- 05/2010 - 06/2010: Intern, Editorial Division, Metro Desk, The Hindustan Times, New Delhi
Academic Qualifications
- 2018-2023: PhD in Social Sciences (Anthropology), Göttinger Graduiertenschule Gesellschaftswissenschaften (GGG) and the Centre for Modern Indian Studies (CeMIS), Georg-August Universität Göttingen
- 2015-2017: Master of Philosophy (MPhil) in Sociology, Department of Sociology, Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi (India)
- 2012-2014: Master of Arts (MA) in Media and Culture Studies, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai (India)
- 2009-2012: Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in English Literature Indraprastha College for Women, University of Delhi, Delhi (India)
Video Production
- Why We Fight: 5 Muslim Women Tell Their Story (Feature video story)
- Rainmakers (30 min, 2014): MA Semester IV Coursework film
- Delisle Road Dreams (13 min, 2013): MA Semester III Coursework ethnographic film.
Professional Memberships
- Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst (DAAD) Alumni network
- Dorothea Schlözer mentee and Alumni network
- European Association for Social Anthropologists (EASA)
- European Association for South Asian Studies (EASAS)
- British Association for South Asian Studies (BASAS)