Aashiyana Sindooria
“Spaces of Agency and Learning: An Ethnographic Exploration of Student-led Study Circles in Delhi University”
Supervisor: Vikramendra Kumar
Registration: 14-Jun-2025
Email: asindooria123@gmail.com
Shivani Rajput
“Sociology of Women Professionals in Public Transport: A Comparative Study of Delhi Metro Operators and DTC Bus Drivers”
Supervisor: Anuja Agrawal
Registration: 14-Jun-2025
Email: shivani13j92@gmail.com
Sneha Haldar
“Performing Bahurupi: Negotiating Culture, Community, and Environment”
Supervisor: Shashi Bhushan Singh
Registration: 14 Jun 2025
Email: snehahaldar22@gmail.com
Shipra Nishtha Lakra
“Exploring Contrasts: A comparative analysis of community dynamics and religious practices in leisure class and marginalized tribal churches in India”
Supervisor: Vikramendra Kumar
Registration: 11 June 2025
Email: shipralakra65@gmail.com
Nikita Shill
“Negotiating Agency of Women in Performing Folk Art: Exploring the Lives of Baul Women of Birbhum District in the Post-2000s West Bengal”
Supervisor: Charu Sawhney
Registration: 14-June-2025
Email: shillnikita199@gmail.com
Sakshi Jerath
“Ethical Consumption and Symbolic Power: Mapping the Field of Sustainability in Neoliberal Urban India”
Supervisor: Sudha Vasan
Registration: 14-June 2025
Email: jerath.sakshisj@gmail.com
Ketan Singh
“Handblock Printing in Bagru (Rajasthan): A Sociological Study”
Supervisor: Jessy K. Philip (JMC)
Registration: 29-Jan-2025
Email: ketansingh332@gmail.com
Sayed Sohail Jafri
“Role of Gurdwaras in Resource Mobilization for Social Movements in Punjab: A Case Study of Farmers Movement and Anti-Drug Awareness Campaigns in Punjab”
Supervisor: Kamei Aphun
Registration: 29-Jan-2025
Email: sayedsohail114@gmail.com
Gautam
“Reclaiming Dalit Bodies: Mobilisation Tactics and Gender Formation in Safai Karamchari Andolan”
Supervisor: Gitika De (Hindu College)
Registration: 29-Jan-2025
Email: kumargautam04856@gmail.com
Dinesh Parakash Dahiya
“Mapping The ‘Exchanges’: A Sociological Study Of Religious Tourism In Varanasi”
Supervisor: Sunil Babu C.T.
Registration: 29-Jan-2025
Email: dpdahiya61@gmail.com
Yashita Gupta
“Changing Human-Animal Relations in the Anthropocentric Urban: Explorations through the City of Delhi”
Supervisor: Nandini Sundar
Registration: 29-Jan-2025
Email: officialyashitagupta@gmail.com
Ishu
“Petty Commodity Production among De-Notified and Nomadic Tribes: A Study of its Division of Labour, Production, and Reproduction in Sawai Madhopur, Rajasthan”
Supervisor: Kamei Aphun
Registration: 29-Jan-2025
Email: Ishu816@protonmail.com
Haobam Reniya Devi
“Educational Attainment and Social Mobility in an Urban Neighborhood, Imphal City: An Ethnographic Study”
Supervisor: Vikramendra Kumar
Registration: 29-Jan-2025
Email: reniyahaobam73@gmail.com
Aakhil Saneen Jawhar
“Food, Migration, And Belonging: A Study On The Culinary Exchange Between Kerala And Gulf”
Supervisor: Charu Sawhney
Registration: 29-Jan-2025
Email: akhilsonu@gmail.com
Muhammed Anshid VK
“Science’s Edges: The Liminal Space Within A/Theistic Debates”
Supervisor: Janaki Abraham
Registration: 29-Jan-2025
Email: anuanshidbinsad@gmail.com
Prabhat Chaubey
“Migration and Place-Making: A Study of Bhojpuri-Speaking Migrant Labour in the National Capital Region, India”
Supervisor: Anuja Agrawal
Registration: 29-Jan-2025
Email: prabhat11chaubey@gmail.com
Yogendra Kumar
“Suicide and Higher Education Institutions: An Ethnographic Study Among Students at IIT Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh”
Supervisor: Nandini Sundar
Registration: 29-Jan-2025
Email: msbpathshala@gmail.com
Meenakshi Sharma
“Custody, Correction And Care: An Ethnographic Exploration Of Rehabilitation In Juvenile Justice Systems”
Supervisor: Nandini Sundar
Registration: 29-Jan-2025
Email: sharmameenakshi2103@gmail.com
Kharat Vaibhav Dilip
“Buddha Viharas as Spaces of Social Transformation: A Sociological Study of New-Buddhist Community in Urban Maharashtra”
Supervisor: Jessy K. Philip & Sowjanya Tamalapakula
Registration: 29-Jan-2025
Email: vaibhavkharat210@gmail.com
Link to Personal Page: https://econdse.academia.edu/VaibhavKharat
Parivartan Pandia
“Understanding Urban Space: A Sociological Study of Property Dealers in Haryana”
Supervisor: Nandini Sundar
Registration: 29-Jan-2025
Email: parivartanpandia@gmail.com
Samin Malitya
“Educational Aspirations and Agency of Marginalized Youth In Kolkata: A Critical Realist Study of Dalit Communities”
Supervisor: Charu Sawhney
Registration: 29-Jan-2025
Email: samin742121malitya@gmail.com
Narges Khajehpiri
“Navigating Identity and Belonging: A Comparative Study of Afghan Adolescent Refugees in Academic Settings in Tehran and Delhi”
Supervisor: Sudha Vasan
Registration: 22-October-2024
Email: N.kpiri@gmail.com
Bestha Rajasekhar
“Aspirations and Educational Strategies of Middle-Class Students: A Study of Two Intermediate Colleges in Hyderabad”
Supervisor: Anuja Agrawal
Registration: 29-Feb-2024
Email: rajasekharb2014@gmail.com
Preeti Meel
“Navigating Parenting: An Examination of Shifting Dynamics in Parental Authority and Changes in the Parent-Child Relationship”
Supervisor: Janaki Abraham
Registration: 29-Feb-2024
Email: preetimeel9@gmail.com
Nazreen Mussarat Fatima
“Between Limits and Possibilities: Social Mobility of Urdu-Speaking Muslim Middle Class in Kolkata”
Supervisor: Sunil Babu C.T.
Registration: 29-Feb-2024
Email: nazreenfatima14@gmail.com
Nikita Sarma
“Violence and its Concealed Pathways: Understanding Counter-Insurgency and Secret Killings in Assam”
Supervisor: Shashi Bhushan Singh
Registration: 29-Feb-2024
Email: nikitasarma382@gmail.com
Mandvi Mishra
“The Healing Network: Understanding the Social Life of Tuberculosis”
Supervisor: Ruby Bhardwaj (Janki Devi Memorial College)
Registration: 29-Feb-2024
Email: mandvimishra.262@gmail.com
Ritika Thakur
“Sociology of Medicinal Herbs Trade in the Himalayas”
Supervisor: Sudha Vasan
Registration: 29-Feb-2024
Email: ritikathakur883@gmail.com
Sourabh Sarkar
“Streets As Battlefields: A Sociological Analysis of Hegemonic and Counter-Hegemonic Narratives on Street Vending In India”
Supervisor: Janaki Abraham
Registration: 6-Nov-2023
Email: sourabhsarkar11@gmail.com
Vidushi Gupta
“A Critical Analysis of Urban Ecological Spaces for Women”
Supervisor: Janaki Abraham
Registration: 30-Oct-2023
Email: vidushigupta18@gmail.com
Alex Khonjuju
“A Critical Ethnography of Ecological Tradition in Arunachal Himalayas”
Supervisor: Sudha Vasan
Registration: 26-Oct-2023
Email: khonjuju23@gmail.com
Link to Personal Academic Page: khonjuju.blogspot.com
Garima Rawal
“Acid Attacks, New Forms of Gender Violence and Rising Patriarchy in India: An Ethnographic study of Survivor’s Lives in Delhi NCR”
Supervisor: Charu Sawhney
Registration: 25-October-2023
Email: garimarawal09@gmail.com
Rajat Kumar Sonkar
“The Question of Identity in Hindi Dalit Literature and it’s relevance in the Dalit Public Sphere”
Supervisor: Tila Kumar
Registration: 28-Mar-2023
Email: rajatkumarsonkar@
Garvita Singh
“Clinical Diagnosis of a Disabling Illness: Performing Trigeminal Neuralgia”
Supervisor: Ruby Bhardwaj (Janki Devi Memorial College)
Registration: 25-Mar-2023
Email: write2garvita@gmail.com
Areeb Rizvi
“Ethnography of Fatwa: A Study of the Imarat-e-Shariah”
Supervisor: Sunil Babu C.T.
Registration: 21-Mar-2023
Email: areebnazreth@gmail.com
Rajashree Chowdhury
“From the Margins: Narratives of Mothering in Bhatti Mines”
Supervisor: Anuja Agrawal
Registration: 20-Mar-2023
Email: shree.13.rc@gmail.com
Jalaluddin
“Slum demolition and resettlement in Delhi: A sociological perspective”
Supervisor: V. Rajyalakshmi (Janki Devi Memorial college)
Registration: 15-Feb-2023
Email: Jalal.ja833@gmail.com
Lalmuanpuii
“Understanding Gender Roles in the Private Sphere Among the Tribal Christians of Contemporary Mizoram : An Intersectional Ethnographic Approach”
Supervisor: Ritu Sharma (Kamla Nehru College)
Registration: 31-Jan-2023
Email: puiilalmuan1994@gmail.com
Deepa Moni Chauhan
“North-East Women and Racism in Delhi : A Sociological Exploration”
Supervisor: Archana Prasad (Kamla Nehru College)
Registration: 31-Jan-2023
Email: deepamonichauhan@gmail.com
Harsh Nagar
“”Exploring the odds: A Sociological Study of Transgender and Gender Non- conforming Students’ Experiences in Higher Secondary Schools of Delhi”
Supervisor: Sunil Babu C.T.
Registration: 31-01-2023
Email: harshnagarsoc@gmail.com
Singh Amrita
“Loving from the Margins: An exploratory study of queer intimate relationships”
Supervisor: V. Rajyalakshmi (Janki Devi Memorial college)
Registration: .31-Jan-2023
Email: amritayadav162@gmail.com
Swagata Das
“Forest Policy and Forest Rights: An Exploration of Forest Rights Act 2006 in West Bengal”
Supervisor: Sudha Vasan
Registration: 31-Jan-2023
Email: swagata.das3112@gmail.com
Divya Elizabeth Mathew
“Negotiating Disability and Motherhood: A Sociological Study”
Supervisor: Janaki Abraham
Registration: 31-Jan-2023
Email: mathewdivya05@gmail.com
Shreshtha Chowdhury
“Hawkers of Religious Places: An Ethnography of Kalighat”
Supervisor: Pravati Dalua (Kamla Nehru College)
Registration: 31-Jan-2023
Email: shreshthac011@gmail.com
Peingamla Ramror
“Customary Laws, Gender and Women’s Representation in Politics: A Comparative Study Between the Khasi Tribe of Meghalaya and the Tangkhul Naga Tribe of Manipur”
Supervisor: Janaki Abraham
Registration: 31-Jan-2023
Email: peingamramror@gmail.com
Ruchi Baruah
“Punching patriarchy in and out of the Akhada: An enquiry into the lives of women wrestlers deconstructing gendered identities in Haryana”
Supervisor: Shalini Suryanarayan (Hindu College)
Registration: 31-Jan-2023
Email: ruchibaruahadr@gmail.com
Deepak Yadav
“A Sociological study of peer to peer exchange for hospitality sector in India: The case of Airbnb”
Supervisor: Shalini Suryanarayan (Hindu College)
Registration: 31-Jan-2023
Email: deepak930yadav@gmail.com
Fathima Sana P.
“Waves of Sound and Memory: The Ceylon Radio Soundscape in Malayali Life”
Supervisor: Janaki Abraham
Registration: 31-Jan-2023
Email: sanafathimap2013@gmail.com
Amit Kayal
“Jatra: A Sociological Analysis of the Popular Folk Theatre Culture of Bengal”
Supervisor: Tila Kumar
Registration: 24-Mar-2023
Email: amitkayal1996@gmail.com
Shubhika Kapoor
“Sociology of Education and Culture of Schooling: An Ethnographic study of a Delhi Government School”
Supervisor: Vikramendra Kumar
Registration: 31-January-2023
Email: shubhikakapoor99@gmail.com
G.Om Anirudh
“Criminal Justice System’s Impact on the Marginalised: A comparative study of African Americans of USA and Dalits of India”
Supervisor: Gitika De (Hindu College)
Registration: 31-January-2023
Email: omanirudh5@gmail.com
Personal Page: www.linkedin.com/in/g-om-
Heena Pundir
“TBA”
Supervisor: Sudha Vasan
Registration: 11-May-2022
Email:
Mrinal Borah
“North-east frontier as a post-colonial resource frontier: resource, development, society and governance”
Supervisor: Sudha Vasan
Registration: 26-May-2022
Email: mrinal.borah123@gmail.
Ayushi Kiran
“Role of vernacular language in school curriculum”
Supervisor: Shalini Suryanarayan (Hindu College)
Registration: 3-Mar-2022
Email: ayushikiran94@gmail.com
Pooja
“Teaching Caste: A Study of Official Curriculum and Classroom Practices”
Supervisor: Achla Tandon (Hindu College)
Registration: 3-Mar-2022
Email: Poojagautam117@gmail.com
Deepak Ojha
“From Temple to E-Temple: Technological Innovation and Changing Religious Institution & Practices in Hinduism”
Supervisor: Ritu Sharma (Kamla Nehru College)
Registration: 22-Feb-2022
Email: deepakjha.448@gmail.com
Yashasvi Chaurasia
“Social Construction of Pain: An intergenerational analysis”
Supervisor: Ruby Bhardwaj (Janaki Devi Memorial College)
Registration: 31-Jan-2022
Email: yashasvichaurasia@gmail.com
Prarthana Changkakoti
“Women of Assam as Youtube Content creators: Making and Unmaking of Self”
Supervisor: Archana Prasad (Kamala Nehru College)
Registration: 25-Jan-2022
Email: prarthana18@gmail.com
Anurag Singh
“Sociological Impact on Work, Employment and Everyday Life of Young Differently Abled through the lens of Emerging Technologies and Promises it Hold”
Supervisor: Reema Bhatia (Miranda House)
Registration: 17-Jan-2022
Email: anuragsingh060186@gmail.com
Leivon Albert Lamkang
“Identity, Culture and Change: A Sociological Study of Lamkang Tribe”
Supervisor: Kamei Aphun
Registration: 15-Jan-2022
Email: broalb27@gmail.com
Anurag Babu
“Relationship between commodification of Healthcare and Migration of Healthcare Workers”
Supervisor: Anuja Agrawal
Registration: 14-Jan-2022
Email: anuraagxls@gmail.com
Anuja Das
“Loving from Afar: An Exploratory Study of Long-Distance Romantic Relationships”
Supervisor: Anuja Agrawal
Registration: 12-Jan-2022
Email: anujadas567@gmail.com
Tanmay Singh
“Disjunction between youth aspirations and the socio-politico-cultural reality of Urban Muslims in the town of Meerut”
Supervisor: Nabanipa Bhattacharjee
Registration: 12-Jan-2022
Email: anujadas567@gmail.com
Mukul Pandey
“Rethinking Resilience: Inquiring Indigenous Agriculture in in Barendrabhumi, West Bengal”
Supervisor: Nabanipa Bhattacharjee (Sri Venkateswara College)
Registration: 12-Jan-2022
Email: mukul.philosophia@gmail.com
Rohini Tyagi
“Tracing the Labour-Processes of Waste-Work in the Waste-Recovery Sector in Delhi and changes under the Covid-19 Pandemic”
Supervisor: Pravati Dalua (Kamla Nehru College)
Registration: 12-Jan-2022
Email: tyagirohini22@gmail.com
Puneet Repalle
“Studying the Interactions between the Police and the Marginalised in Theatres of Insurgency and Contexts of Militant Agitations”
Supervisor: Tila Kumar
Registration: 12-Jan-2022
Email: puneetrepalle@gmail.com
Annanya Chatterjee
“Exploring the implications of Gender Based Violence on Educational Access of Adolescent Girls”
Supervisor: Gitika De (Hindu College)
Registration: 6-Jan-2022
Email: a.chatterjee1004@gmail.com
Personal Page: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anannya-chatterjee2194
Shivangi Srivastava
“To Explore the Lived Experience of Women with Visual Impairment in an Intimate Relationship in Delhi”
Supervisor: Gopa Sabharwal (Lady Shri Ram College for women)
Registration: 6-Jan-2022
Email: shivangishri26399@gmail.com
Navneet Singh Nain
“Brahmanical Patriarchy In Institutions of Higher Education: An Appraisal”
Supervisor: Gopa Sabharwal (Lady Shri Ram College for women)
Registration: 6-Jan-2022
Email: nnain@sociology.du.ac.in
Prithibi Biswas
“Inside The Mother’s Womb: The Cultural Landscape of Coal Mines in The Raniganj-Asansol Area, West Bengal”
Supervisor: Shashi Bhushan Singh
Registration: 5-Jan-2022
Email: biswasprithibi007@gmail.com
Aditi Vashistha
“War Making in Ancient India: A Study of the Invention, and
Universalization of the Concepts of Dharma and Kaliyuga in the Indian Society”
Supervisor: Achla Tandon (Hindu College)
Registration: 19-Mar-2021
Email: adivashistha05@gmail.com
Muhammad Ajaz Ur Rehman
“Social Picture of Kashmiris Outside Kashmir: A Sociological Study of Mass Medias”
Supervisor: Gopa Sabharwal (Lady Shri Ram College for Women)
Registration: 23-Feb-2021
Email: aijazurrehman5@gmail.com
Vinay Brandon
“Neither Head nor Tail: A Sociological Exploration of Cryptocurrencies”
Supervisor: Ruby Bhardwaj (Janki Devi Memorial College)
Registration: 20-Feb-2021 (Deregistered)
Email: brandon.vinay@gmail.com
Abhivyakti Vivek
“Education and State Intervention: A study of a Model school in Delhi”
Supervisor: Nabanipa Bhattacharjee (Sri Venkateswara College)
Registration: 19-Feb-2021
Email: abhivyaktivivek@gmail.com
Nishant Kharkwal
“The Impact of Digital Platforms on the Lives of Car Rental Drivers in Indian Cities”
Supervisor: Shalini Suryanarayan (Hindu College)
Registration: 19-Feb-2021
Email: nishantkharkwal@gmail.com
Link to Personal Academic Page: https://www.linkedin.
Akash Sanjay Khobragade
“The study of inter-political relationship within Dalit politics: A case study of Dalit political parties of Maharashtra”
Supervisor: Tila Kumar
Registration: 12-Feb-2021
Email: ask5340@gmail.com
Mahima Malik
“Assessing the space of River Groups in Riverfront Development Projects : case of Yamuna in Delhi and Gomti in Lucknow”
Supervisor: Reema Bhatia (Miranda House)
Registration: 12-Feb-2021 (Deregistered)
Email: mahima02asma@gmail.com
Link to Personal Academic Page: Mahima Malik | Centre for Policy Research (cprindia.org)
Aaradhana Jhunjhunwala Dalmia
“A River in an Urban Metropolis: The Yamuna in Contemporary Delhi“
Supervisor: Janaki Abraham
Co-Supervisor: Yasmeen Arif
Registration: 13-Dec-2019
Email: aaradhana25@gmail.com
Deepali Datta
“Understanding Adoption in 21st Century Urban India”
Supervisor: Janaki Abraham
Registration : 2 Dec-2019
Email: deepalidatta14@gmail.com
Sagar Dey
“Fakirs and Everyday Life: Negotiating Culture and Identity in the Era of Globalization”
Supervisor: Anuja Agrawal
Registration: 27 Nov-2019
Email: saganthrop@gmail.com
Richa Dang
“Exploring Social Inequalities through Children’s Literature”
Supervisor: Gitika De (Hindu College)
Registration: 27 Nov-2019
Email: richa9dang@gmail.com
Anshu Agarwal
“Material Objects evoking autobiographical memory: A Sociological Analysis of the Relationship between material objects and the construction of personal memory”
Supervisor: Anuja Agrawal
Registration: 27 Nov-2019
Email: anshu49a@gmail.com
Amritha Mohan Kumar
“Caste, Gender and Modernity: Assertion of Ezhava Caste Identity and their Association in Urban Sphere”
Supervisor: Janaki Abraham
Co-Supervisor: Satish Deshpande
Registration: 25 Nov-2019
Email: amrithapreetham@gmail.com
Debadrita Saha
“A Sociological Analysis of Political Humour through Memes on Social Media”
Supervisor: Reema Bhatia (Miranda House)
Co-Supervisor: Roma Chatterji
Registration: 25 Nov-2019
Email: debadritas@gmail.com
Johnson Soibam
“The Art of Assembling Social: A Study of Leikai in Manipur”
Supervisor: Kamei Aphun
Registration: 16 Oct-2019
Email: johnsonsoibam77@gmail.com
Raman Deep
“Dalits in Contemporary India: Valmikis of Haryana and Delhi”
Supervisor: Sunil Babu C.T.
Registration : 25 Jun-2019
Email: raman.danoda@gmail.com
Azeem Ahmed
“Caste Identity among the Muslims in North India”
Supervisor: Anuja Agrawal
Co-Supervisor: Satish Deshpande
Registration : 14 June-2019
Email : ahmed13azeem@gmail.com
Webpage: https://du-in.academia.edu/AAhmed
Kadambari
“Spaces of Paid-Sexual Pleasure: Relationship between Sex Work, Spaces and Sexual Pleasure”
Supervisor : Gitika De (Hindu College)
Registration : 27 May-2019
Email : writetokadambari4@gmail.com
Waseem Akber Baba
“Social Construction of Tuberculosis: A Study of the Relation between Clinic and wider Social Context”
Supervisor: Ruby Bhardwaj (Janki Devi Memorial College)
Co-Supervisor: Roma Chatterji
Registration : 27 May-2019
Email : waseemakber01@gmail.com
Gailianglung Panmei
“Negotiating Indigeneity: Politics, Identity and Culture in the context of Assertion for Tribe Recognition”
Supervisor: Sudha Vasan
Co-Supervisor: Satish Deshpande
Registration : 26 Jan-2019
Email : ga.panmei17@gmail.com
Remya Ann Mathew
“Digital Childhoods in Urban Indian Scenario with reference to Delhi-NCR”
Supervisor : Anuja Agrawal
Registration : 30-Jan-2019
Email : anmat12@yahoo.co.in
Rajat Kumar
“Sociology of Urban Agriculture: A case study”
Supervisor : Sudha Vasan
Registration : 19-Dec-2018
Email : rajjat.kr@gmail.com
Sampurna Das
“Drifting with the River: Understanding the chars of Assam”
Supervisor : Sudha Vasan
Registration : 06-Dec-2018
Email : sampurnasoc@gmail.com
Fancy Jamatia
“The Politics of Identity Construction in School Curriculum: A Study of Schools in Gomati District, Tripura”
Supervisor : Tila Kumar
Registration : 19-Nov-2018
Email : fancyjamatia@gmail.com
Sandeepan Das
“Tea Plantation Workers in a changing economy: The case of North Bengal”
Supervisor : Janaki Abraham & Abhijit Dasgupta
Registration : 07-May-2018
Email : sdas83913@gmail.com
Syeda Asia
“Rethinking Inter-Organizational Relations: A Sociological Study of Consortia”
Supervisor: Anuja Agrawal
Co-Supervisor : Roma Chatterji
Registration : 07-May-2018 (Deregistered)
Email : syedaasia@gmail.com
Fahad Hashmi
“The Politics and Piety of Ahl-i Hadith Jamaat in India: Continuities and Transformations” (Submitted)
Supervisor : Nandini Sundar
Registration : 25-Oct-2017
Email : fahad.dse@gmail.com
Meghna Bohidar
“The Performances of Reel and Real Life: Exploring ‘Love’ In Public Spaces”
Supervisor : Janaki Abraham
Registration : 12-Oct-2017
Email : bohidar.meghna@gmail.com
Ishaque P.K
“The Idea of an ‘Authenticated Islam’: Mappila Muslim Traditions in Nadapuram, Kerala”
Supervisor : Nandini Sundar
Registration : 12-Oct-2017
Email : ishaquepkvanimal@gmail.com
Neerab Raj Gupta
“Understanding Disability identity and the role of Academic Researches in India” (Deregistered)
Supervisor : Satish Deshpande
Registration : 04-Oct-2016 (De-registered)
Email: neeravraj89@gmail.com