Assistant Professor, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences
Specialization
I have specialized in the anthropology of borders, cultural politics and place/space. My PhD research was on cultural identities in the Eastern Himalayas, where I used concepts from anthropology, cultural studies and cultural geography. I am interested in expanding my research to the anthropological study of roads and more generally, to mobilities and movement.
Research Interest
Culture and Politics, Borders, Spatial Theories, Anthropology of Mobilities.
Education
Ph.D. Anthropology. 2006-2013. Emory University, USA Thesis Title: Imagined Places: Politics and Narratives in a Disputed Indo-Tibetan Borderland Thesis Supervisor: Prof. Bruce Knauft
M.Phil. Sociology. 2004. Delhi School of Economics, Delhi
M.A. Sociology. 2002. Delhi School of Economics, Delhi
B.A. Sociology. 2000. Miranda House College, Delhi
2012. "Mobilizing Language, Identifying Region: Use of Bhoti in West Arunachal Pradesh,"Contributions to Indian Sociology 46 (3): 337-363.
2015. "Monks, Elections, and Foreign Travels: Democracy and the Monastic Order in West Arunachal Pradesh, Northeast India" In Democratization and Cultural Politics in the Himalayas, ed. Vibha Arora and N. Jayaram. Delhi, India: Routledge
Himalaya Bound: Culture, Politics, and Imagined Geographies in India's Northeast Frontier (Book manuscript under revision)
2013 -2015. Sir Ratan Tata Fellowship, Sociology unit, Institute of Economic Growth, Delhi, India (Position held for 6 months).
2013. German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) Research Grant; Institute of Asian and African Studies, Humboldt University, Germany, January – April 2013.
2012. Emory Women's Club Research Award, 2012-2013, Emory University, U.S.A.
