Environment and Society; Natural Resources and Indigenous Communities;Nomadic and Pastoral Societies; Mountain Regions (Himalayan and Western Ghats); Development and Livelihoods; Anthropological Theories;Ethnography;India.

Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology, University of Hyderabad (2018).

Awarded UGC's -Dr. S Radhakrishnan Post-Doctoral Fellow (PDF) in Humanities and Social Sciences (2016-2018)(discontinued)

1. Assistant Professor (Ad Hoc), Department of Anthropology, University of Hyderabad, Central University (2014- 2016).

2. Guest Faculty, Department of Anthropology, University of Hyderabad (2011-2014).

3. Research Assistant, Mid Career Training Program for Indian Forest Officers, Indira Gandhi National Forest Academy (IGNFA), Dehradun, conducted by Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Bengaluru (2010).

4. Research Associate/Part-time Consultant, National Commission for Denotified, Nomadic and Semi-Nomadic Tribes, Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Government of India (2007-2008).

1. Sedentarization and Changing Contours of Religious Identities: The Case of Pastoral Van Gujjar of Himalayas.(with Prof R. Siva Prasad) In Religion and Modernity. Sekhar Bandyopadhyay and Aloka Parasher Sen (ed.) New Delhi: Oxford University Press (2017).

2. The Toda Landscape: Explorations in Cultural Ecology by Tarun Chhabra. Contemporary South Asia. Routledge, Taylor and Francis (Volume 25 Number 3), Pp 322-323. (2017)

3. The Toda: A Community in Transition. In History of Science, Philosophy and Culture in Indian Civilization ‘Tribal Religions’ Vol VII, Part 13. S. Shyamkishore Singh (ed.)Centre for Studies in Civilization, New Delhi (2017)[reprint]

4. Ethno-science muddled: Changing Indigenous Knowledge and Technology of the Nomadic Pastoral Van Gujjar. In  Ethnoscience and Traditional Technology in India. Byomakesh Tripathy and D.V. Prasad (Ed.). New Delhi: Aayu Publications (2016).

5. ‘Resources. Rights and the Law’. E-Qualnews a Bi-Monthly Newsletter of The EU-India Project E-Qual, September 2015.

6. Pandey, Alok :  Sacred Modernity: Nature, Environment, and the Postcolonial Geographies of Sri Lankan Nationhood by Tariq Jazeel. Contemporary South Asia. Routledge, Taylor and Francis (Volume 23 Number 2, June 2015.Pp 234-235).

7. (with Prof. R. Siva Prasad) “Consequence of Development on Pastoral and Indigenous Communities of Asia: Lessons for the Future.” The Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference ‘Language, Society, and Culture in Asian Contexts’ (LSCAC2014) on Asian Dynamics: Prospects and Challenges Published by Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Mahasarakham University. (2014).

8. The Toda: A Community in Transition”. Sandhan, Journal of Centre for Studies in Civilization, New Delhi(2011)

9. (With Prof. R. Siva Prasad) “Changing Livelihoods: The Burden of Pastoralists Shifting to Agriculture” in Siddiq and Haroon (eds.), Sustainable Solutions: A Spotlight on South Asian Research. Islamabad: Sustainable Policy Research Institute (SDPI) (2008). 

• Alok Pandey. 2018. Community Resources and Management in Tribal Areas. Vol. 2, in Source Book for Functionaries in Tribal Areas, BV. Sharma and N. S. Rao (ed.). Hyderabad: Centre for Innovations in Public Systems.

• Alok Pandey. 2018. Land Ownership, Conflicts and Dispute Resolution in Tribal Communities. Vol. 2, in Source Book for Functionaries in Tribal Areas, BV. Sharma and N. S. Rao (ed.). Hyderabad: Centre for Innovations in Public Systems.

• Alok Pandey. 2018.Community and Natural Resources for Tribals and Their Management. Vol. 2, in Source Book for Functionaries in Tribal Areas, BV. Sharma and N. S. Rao (ed.). Hyderabad: Centre for Innovations in Public Systems.

• Contributed academic lessons for Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU), Dr. B.R.Ambedkar Open University (BRAOU) and Yashwantrao Chavan Academy of Development Administration (YASHADA).