Dr. Avinash

Dr. Avinash

Assistant Professor (Temporary)

Joining Date : 05/04/2021

Ph.D. in Sociology from Indian Institute of Technology Bombay

M.A. in Social Work from Department of Social Work, University of Delhi

B.A. in English Literature from Zakir Husain College, University of Delhi

E-mail: konnect2avinash@gmail.com

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


  1. 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


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

Duration : 3 months (July-September 2012)

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