Curriculum Vitae
Education
Since November 2017
Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology, Halle (Saale), Germany
Ph.D Candidate at the International Max Planck Research School for the Anthropology, Archaeology and History of Eurasia (IMPRS ANARCHIE)
2014-2016
MPhil in Development Studies, School of Development Studies, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai, India
MPhil thesis- “Plantations and Tribes-A Case Study of the Mannans in the Cardamom Hills of Kerala”
2011-2013
MA in Development Studies, School of Development Studies, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai, India
MA Dissertation-‘Cardamom and the Economy of Kattappana: An Exploration into the Pattern of Regional Development’
2008-2011
BA in Economics, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala, India
Professional Experience
06/2013-12/2013
Research Assistant, Project on ‘Post-Graduate Diploma in Human Development and Social Accountability’, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai, India
Presentations at Conferences and Workshops
05/2017
Plantations and Tribes: A Case Study of the Mannans of the Cardamom Hills of India, Indigenous Studies Summer Program, Columbia University, New York, May 24,2017
04/2017
State, Settlers and Spice Trade: Understanding the Geopolitics of Cardamom Trade and ‘Tribal Settlements’ in the Cardamom Hills of India, Mountstuart Elphinstone International Conference II, Mumbai, April 21,2017
02/2017
Plantation Development and Tribes: Experiences of Expropriation of Land, History and Identity, National Seminar on Tribes in Transition-2-Reaffirming Indigenous Identity through Narratives, ICSSR& Department of English, Jamia Milia Islamia, New Delhi, February 28, 2017
04/2014
Plantations and Regional Development: A Case of the Cardamom Plantations, National Workshop on ‘Emerging Issues in India’s Plantation Sector’, National Research Program on Plantation Development (Ministry of Commerce, Government of India) and Centre for Development Studies, Trivandrum, April 1, 2014.
12/2009
ASEAN Trade Agreement and its Impact on Kerala Economy, State Level Seminar on ASEAN FTA and Kerala Economy, Assumption College, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala, India, December 2, 2009
Languages
Malayalam (mother tongue)
English (fluent)
Hindi (fluent)