Shreshti Rawat, Inequality of Opportunity in Employment in India, IGIDR, 2024, as supervisor (current position, Assistant Professor, Meghnad Desai Academy of Economics, Mumbai).
Monalisa Pattnaik, Identification of Risk Factors for Cerebral Palsy: A Public Health Concern, PhD, Utkal University, 2024, as supervisor, (current position, Assistant Professor, Swami Vivekananda Institute of Rehabilitation Training and Research, Olatpur, Odisha).
Rashmi Rekha Samal, Understanding Asian Enigma through the Lens of Odisha and Sikkim, Utkal University, 2023, as supervisor (viva-voce completed in Feb 2025, in job market).
Diptimayee Jena, Better Food for More: Examining Odisha’s Search through Millets, PhD, Utkal University, 2022, as supervisor, (current position, Assistant Professor, KIIT, Bhubaneswar).
Kiran Limaye, Issues in Housing Situation in Mumbai Metropolitan Region, PhD, IGIDR, 2021, as supervisor, (current position, Assistant Professor, GIPE, Pune).
Nirupam Datta, Some Issues of Conservation Agriculture in India, PhD, IGIDR, 2015, as co-supervisor, (Assistant Professor, St. Xavier’s University, Kolkata).
Rishi Kumar, Issues in Poverty in Rural India, PhD, IGIDR, 2015, as supervisor, (current position, Associate Professor, BITS Pilani Hyderabad Campus).
Upasak Das, Evaluation of the 100-days Work Programme in West Bengal, PhD, IGIDR, 2015, as supervisor, (current position, Presidential Fellow, University of Manchester).
Sarthak Gaurav, Risk, Vulnerability and Capability Deprivation among Agricultural Households in India, PhD, IGIDR, 2014, as supervisor, (current position, Associate Professor, IIT Bombay).
Swaran V, The Two-Hundred Year Evolution of Millets in India: Understanding the Neglect to Recent Revival and Opportunities, IIT Bombay, 2024, as research progress committee member.
Hippu Salk Kristle Nathan, Essays on Development Indicators, PhD, IGIDR, 2011, as a committee member, (current position, Professor, IRMA).
Prasun Bhatta Mishra, Essays on Care and Well-being, IGIDR, under evaluation, as supervisor.
Surabhi Garg, Essays on Intrinsic and Instrumental Importance of Education, IGIDR, submission seminar given, as supervisor.
Varsha Vaishnav, Essays on Gender and Well-Being, IGIDR, submission seminar given, as supervisor.
Venisa Choudhury, Structural Transformation in Rural India (tentative), University of Hyderabad, proposal under preparation, as supervisor.
Somannagari Rachana Reddy, Agroecology and Livelihood (tentative), University of Hyderabad, proposal under preparation, as supervisor.
Shiv Kumar Sahu, Gender Dynamics and Rural Livelihoods (tentative), University of Hyderabad, proposal under preparation, as supervisor.
Md Sahidul Islam, Individual Poverty Measurement within Household, Fellow Programme, IRMA, ongoing, as member of thesis advisory committee.
Himansu Sekhar Thapa, Millet Cultivation and Rural Livelihoods: A Study of Rainfed Districts of Odisha, India, CDS/JNU, ongoing, as research advisory committee member.
Khushi Agarwal, Informal Sector in India: A Review of Wage Rate Dynamics & Social Security Measures, MA Dissertation, School of Economics, University of Hyderabad, May 2025, as Supervisor (current position of scholar, Research Associate, Indian Institute of Management Ranchi).
Sadananda Das, Consumer Perception and Preference Towards Millet and Its Products, MA Dissertation, School of Economics, University of Hyderabad, May 2025, as Supervisor (current position of scholar, PhD scholar, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee).
Amit Kumar Shaurya, Employment Guarantee in India: A Review of Policies and Practices with a Game-Theoretic Framing of Gram Panchayat and Community Stakeholder Partnership, Integrated MA Dissertation, School of Economics, University of Hyderabad, May 2025, as Supervisor (current position of scholar, PhD scholar, Institute for Studies in Industrial Development, New Delhi).
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Under PRANITI (Policies for Reimagining Agriculture through Nature-integrated Technology and Innovation) initiative, I reached out to Andhra Pradesh Community-managed Natural Farming (APCNF), Centre for Sustainable Agriculture (CSA), and Revitalizing Rainfed Agriculture Network (RRAN) and 19 students from the University of Hyderabad (from the School of Economics and the School of Social Sciences) did their internship in these three organizations and were placed in field locations across the country during Jun-Jul 2025. The PRANITI Internships Workshsop was held on 26 Jul 2025 at the School of Economics, University of Hyderabad.