Dr. Avinash

Interest Area :

Rural and Agrarian Studies, Caste and Tribe Relations, State-Insurgency Conflicts, State-Society Relations, Subaltern Studies

Courses Taught :

• Social Work: Concept and Theories

• Research Methodology

International Conference(s) :

• Title : Agrarian Transitions and Rural Social Relations in Jharkhand, India

Conference : 6th International Conference of the BRICS Initiative for Critical Agrarian Studies(BICAS), University of Brasilia, Brazil, 12th-14th November, 2018 (Funded by IIT Bombay)

Link : https://conferencias.unb.br/index.php/bicas/bicas/paper/view/12841

• Theme : Interrogating the ‘Rural’ in South Asia: Ruptures and Continuities

Conference : SOAS South Asia Institute (SSAI) Graduate Conference, School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London, United Kingdom, 12th-13th June, 2017 (Funded by SOAS-SSAI)

• Theme : New intermediaries and the changing regimes of Agricultural Production in South Asia

Conference : 75th Conference of Association for Asian Studies (AAS), Seattle, United States of America, 31st March- 3rd April, 2016 (Funded by the AAS)

Link : https://convention2.allacademic.com/one/aas/aas16/

National Conference(s) :

• Theme : Researching Rural India: Contemporary Challenges to Contextualizing Women’s Lives

Conference : Center for women and development studies (CWDS) – ICSSR supported Research Institute, New Delhi, 18th -19th Sep 2019 (Funded by CWDS)

• Theme : Rural Social Transformation through Extension: Some Reflections

Conference : 42nd Indian Sociological Society (ISS), Conference held at Tezpur University, Assam,India 27th-30th December, 2016 (Funded by ISS)

Link : http://www.tezu.ernet.in/event/42nd_All_India_Sociological_Conference.pdf

Publications :

• “Agrarian Transitions and Rural Social Relations in Jharkhand, India”. Published in Conference Proceedings of 6th International Conference of the BRICS Initiative for Critical Agrarian Studies (BICAS).

Work Experience :

1. Designation : Research Associate, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, India.

Duration : 2019 (November)- 2020 (May)

Responsibility : Research and Academic Activities

2. Designation : Teaching Assistant, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, India.

Duration : 2013-2019

Responsibility : Assisting Faculties in Teaching and Academic Activities

3. Designation : Management Trainee, Reliance Foundation, Mission BIJ, India.

Duration : 3 months (July-September 2012)

Responsibility : Rural Community Development, Watershed Management, Food Crop Diversity