Ph.D. Scholars

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.

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Nikita Sarma

“Violence and its Concealed Pathways: Understanding Counter-Insurgency and Secret Killings in Assam”

Supervisor: Shashi Bhushan Singh

Registration: 

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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

Anuj

“Delhi, Air Conditioned: The Urban Ecology of Cooling Landscapes in a Warming City”

Supervisor: Gitika De (Hindu College)

Registration:  29-Feb-2024

Email: anujsh05@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-2024

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@yahoo.com 

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-anirudh-6685051a6/

Ayushi Kiran

“Role of vernacular language in school curriculum”

Supervisor: Shalini Suryanarayan (Hindu College)

Registration: 3-Mar-2022

Email: ayushikiran94@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 

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

 

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

Mihika Banerjee

“Staging the ra(a)striya: politics and patronage of dance festivals in India”

Supervisor: R. Rajyalakshmi (Janki Devi Memorial Collge)

Registration: 11-Mar-2021

Email: mihika.banerjee26@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

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.com/in/nishant-kharkwal/  

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

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

Harsh Vardhan Yadav

“Shadow Education, Childhood & Technologies of the Self: An Ethnographic Exploration of Private Coaching in India”

Supervisor: Nandini Sundar

Registration: 9 Dec-2019

Email: harshyadav1818@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: sagardey092@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

Sarita Kumari

“Untouchables as Custodians of Salvation: A study of Doms in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh” (Awarded)

Supervisor : Sunil Babu C.T. & Abhijit Dasgupta.

Registration : 28-Jan-2019

Email : kashyapsarita910@gmail.com

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

Shweta Rani Khatri

“Living with Mosquitoes: Entanglement and the Politics of Life” (Submitted)

Supervisor : Janaki Abraham

Co-Supervisor: Yasmeen Arif

Registration : 07-May-2018

Email : shwetakhatri02@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

Shamayeeta Ghosh

“Producing the Land of Maharajas: A Sociological Study of Tourist Sites and Touristic Practices in Contemporary Rajasthan”

Supervisor : Vikramendra Kumar

Registration : 01-May-2018

Email : samayita.zoya@gmail.com

Syeda Asia

“Rethinking Inter-Organizational Relations: A Sociological Study of Consortia” (Deregistered)

Supervisor: Anuja Agrawal

Co-Supervisor : Roma Chatterji

Registration : 07-May-2018

Email : syedaasia@gmail.com

Haruna Watabe

“Emerging Tourism Industry in Nagaland: Exploring Between the “Exotic” Culture and Tourism”

Supervisor : Kamei Aphun

Registration : 28-Dec-2017

Email : haru7wtb@gmail.com

Abir Misra

“An Enquiry into the Structure and Process of Fan Activity” (Awarded)

Supervisor :  Anuja Agrawal

Registration : 25-Oct-2017

Email : abir.misra@gmail.com

Fahad Hashmi

“The Politics and Piety of Ahl-i Hadith Jamaat in India: Continuities and Transformations”

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 : Shashi Bhushan Singh

Registration : 12-Oct-2017

Email : ishaquepkvanimal@gmail.com

Mohammad Sajjad Hussain

“Platform Economy and Labour: A Sociological Study with Reference to Delivery Boys” (Awarded)

Supervisor : Nandini Sundar

Registration : 10-Oct-2017

Email : reach.sajjadhussain@gmail.com

Tathagato Ganguly

“Decolonization is not a Metaphor: Contemporary Capitalism and Politics of Recognition in Latin America” (Submitted)

Supervisor : Nandini Sundar

Registration : 28-Nov-2016

Email : tathagatoganguly@gmail.com

Priya Bharti Churiyana

“Challenges of Gender and Caste : Dalit  Research Scholars in Metropolitan University”

Supervisor : Satish Deshpande

Registration : 27-Oct-2016

Email: priyachuriyana@gmail.com

Virien Chopra

“How do comics communicate: Analysing semantic formations in Comics” (Awarded)

Supervisor: Reema Bhatia (Miranda House)

Co-Supervisor: Roma Chatterji

Registration: 05-Oct-2016

Email: virienchopra@gmail.com

Webpage: https://virienchopra.academia.edu/

Ojaswita Sharma

“Deusi and Bhailo Songs: Performative Arts and Beyond” (Submitted)

Supervisor: Janaki Abraham

Co-Supervisor : Roma Chatterji

Registration : 05-Oct-2016

Email : ojaswita22sharma@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

Lenpu Rangla Khouchung

“The politics and dynamics of clan formation among kharam tribe”

Supervisor : Shashi Bhushan Singh

Registration : 03-Oct-2016

Email : lenpu.khouchung@gmail.com

Priti Chandra

“Understanding reproductive health services in the realm of body politics and caste in Uttar Pradesh” (Awarded)

Supervisor : Janaki Abraham

Registration : 10-Mar-2016

Email : chandrapriti0703@gmail.com

Seema Mahi

“Formation of Dalit Identity: The case of Punjab” (Awarded)

Supervisor : Kamei Aphun/Radhika Chopra

Registration : 07-Mar-2016

Email : s_mahi12@yahoo.co.in

Akriti Bhatia

“Understanding urban informality and Exclusion: A Sociological study” (Awarded)

Supervisor : Satish Deshpande/Rajni Palriwala

Registration : 19-Nov-2015

Email: akritibhatia01@gmail.com

Yaduvendra Pratap Singh

“The Changing status of a scheduled caste: A Sociological study of jatavs of city of Meerut” (Awarded)

Supervisor : Janaki Abraham

Registration : 02-May-2014

Email: ypsinghsocio@gmail.com