I am an Assistant Professor in the Department of Liberal Arts at IIT Hyderabad, where my work bridges Feminist theory, Dalit studies, and Cultural theory.
I earned my Ph.D. from IIT Kanpur and my M.A. from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. Previously, I taught at IISER Bhopal.
My recent publications include Mapping Dalit Feminism: Towards an Intersectional Standpoint (Sage–Stree, 2020) and Aesthetics in India: Transitions and Transformations (Orient Blackswan, 2023).
I research and teach in the interdisciplinary areas of gender studies and South Asian Studies with a specific focus on gender, caste, governance, and citizenship. I am specifically interested in exploring the myriad ways in which gender interacts and intersects with different structures that impacts different groups of women differently. Currently I am working on the following areas:
Gender and Governance;
Gender and Labour;
Sexuality and Representation in Literature and Popular Media
I am interested in understanding how gender can be used as a praxis vis-à-vis other emancipatory epistemologies to provide a more holistic solution to the ongoing problematics of equality and discrimination.
For queries related to Project Assistant and PhD positions, you may reach out to me here: anandita[AT]la.iith.ac.in