Research

Projects

• Framework for Innovations in Secondary and Higher Secondary Education of Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTGs) of Telangana. Sponsored by ICSSR. (2023-24) (PI). 

• The Mali of Telangana State, India: An Ethnographic Account, Sponsored by TWD-TCR&TI, Government of Telangana, (2023) (Co-PI).

• The Human-Wildlife Interaction and the Strategy for Tribal Development in PAs: A Case Study of Rajiv Gandhi Wildlife Sanctuary (Tiger Reserve) from TS. Sponsored by the Institution of Eminence (IoE), University of Hyderabad. (2022-24) (Co-PI).

• The Role and Work Contributions of Migrant Woman Sanitary Workers during COVID-19 Pandemic: A Study in Selected Urban Local Bodies of Bengaluru and Hyderabad, India. Sponsored by the National Commission for Women. (2021-22) (Co-PI).

• Dropouts among PVTGs of Telangana, Sponsored by Tribal Welfare Department, Government of Telangana. (2019-20) (PI).

• Anthropological Study of Skill Transmission of Basket Making among Yerukalas, Sponsored by Tribal Welfare Department, Government of Telangana. (2019-20) (PI). 

• Documentation of Oral Traditions of the Chenchus, Sponsored by Tribal Welfare Department, Government of Telangana. (2019-20) (PI).

• Tribal Profiles of ST Communities in Interstate Borders, Sponsored by Tribal Welfare Department, Government of Telangana. (2019-20) (PI).

• Barriers to Participation in Education: A Study on Girls from Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTGs) in Odisha, ICSSR Research Programme. (2018-20) (Co-PD). 

• Non-Timber Forest Products Management and Women Empowerment: A Study on Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Communities in Odisha, Sponsored by Ministry of Tribal Affairs. (2017-18) (Co-PI).

• Dynamics of Development of the Kondhs (PVTG) of Odisha, Sponsored by the Ministry of Tribal Affairs. (2017-18) (PI).

Conferences, workshops, and Short-term Courses

• Convenor, National Seminar on the theme Anthropology of Development and Sustainability organized by the Department of Anthropology, University of Hyderabad, in collaboration with IGRMS and IGNCA and supported by IoE, University of Hyderabad (February 09-10, 2024). 

• Organizing Secretary, Indian Anthropology Congress – 2022 organized on the theme Anthropology and Bio-cultural Diversity in India: Retrospect and Prospect by the Department of Anthropology, University of Hyderabad, in collaboration with INCAA (February 21-23, 2022).

• Member, Organizing Committee of the National Seminar titled Institutions, Livelihoods and Changing Practices: Issues of Tribal Identity and Sustainability. Organized from 5th to 6th March 2019 at the University of Hyderabad with financial support under UGC-SAP (DRS-II).

• Coordinator, Short Term Course titled Project Management for Development Professionals and Researchers (PMDPR). Organized at the National Institute of Technology, Rourkela, Odisha, from 25th to 29th June 2018.

• Co-coordinator, Tribal Conclave (Sponsored by the Ministry of Tribal Affairs, Government of India). Organized at the National Institute of Technology, Rourkela, Odisha, from 22nd to 23rd April 2017.

• Coordinator, Short Term Course titled Project Management for Development Professionals and Researchers (PMDPR). Organized at the National Institute of Technology, Rourkela, Odisha, from 27th to 29th January 2017.

• Convener, National Conference titled Development, Dispossession and Resistance. Organized at the National Institute of Technology, Rourkela, Odisha, in collaboration with the Anthropological Survey of India and sponsored by ICSSR (14th to 15th November 2016).

• Coordinator, Workshop on A Collaborative Transdisciplinary Vision for Mahabubnagar District Development organized at Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Hyderabad, on 18th January 2014.

• Member, organizing committee; National Seminar titled Health Cultures and Tribal Communities: Emerging Research Areas and Emerging Trends, organized by the Department of Anthropology, University of Hyderabad from 2nd to 4th January 2013.