Affiliate Members

Arvind Kumar

Graduate Student, PhD Candidate
Affiliation(s): 
University of Victoria
Department: 
Faculty of Law
Email: 
arvind.ransom@gmail.com
Research thematic keywords: 
Indigeneity, Indigenous Legal Traditions/Governance Systems, Legal Pluralism, Access to Justice
Research region keywords: 
South Asia, India, Canada
Pranay Lal

Pranay Lal

Senior Technical Advisor
Affiliation(s): 
International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (The Union)
Department: 
Lung Health
Email: 
plal@theunion.org
Research thematic keywords: 
Public health, disease control, climate change, natural history
Research region keywords: 
South Asia, India, Western Ghats, Himalayas, Gangetic plains, Canara, Gondwana region

Loong-Tak Lim

Professor
Affiliation(s): 
University of Guelph
Email: 
llim@uoguelph.ca
Research thematic keywords: 
Controlled release, active/intelligent packaging, shelf-life, electrospinning, films, nonwovens, Food and material sciences

Koustab Majumdar

Teaching Assistant
Affiliation(s): 
Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda Educational and Research Institute (RKMVERI)
Department: 
Faculty of ARTD, Division of Rural and Tribal Development (RTD)
Email: 
koustab.majumdar2015@tiss.edu
Research thematic keywords: 
Human-Environment Interaction, Indigenous Social Welfare, Rural Transformation, International Social Work, Well-being Studies
Research region keywords: 
India, China, Taiwan

Heena Mistry

Instructor (History Program) and Director, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
Affiliation(s): 
Wilfrid Laurier University
Department: 
Faculty of Liberal Arts
Email: 
hmistry@wlu.ca
Research thematic keywords: 
South Asian Diaspora; British Imperialism; Indian nationalism; Repatriation; settler colonialism; anti-asian racism
Research region keywords: 
India, South Africa, East Africa, Caribbean, Fiji, Canada
Mandeep Mucina

Mandeep Kaur Mucina

Associate Professor
Affiliation(s): 
University of Victoria
Department: 
School of Child and Youth Care
Email: 
mmucina@uvic.ca
Research thematic keywords: 
migration and immigration; child welfare practices; gender based violence; south asian diaspora; second generation south asian
Research region keywords: 
British Columbia, Ontario

Rashid Muhammad

Assistant Professor
Affiliation(s): 
The Islamia Univerity of Bahwalapur, Pakistan
Department: 
Department of Pakistan Studies
Email: 
rashid.sardar@iub.edu.pk
Research thematic keywords: 
Refugees Studies, South Asian Studies, Modern History
Research region keywords: 
India, Pakistan

Rashid Muhammad

Assistant Professor
Affiliation(s): 
The Islamia Univerity of Bahwalapur, Pakistan
Department: 
Department of Pakistan Studies
Email: 
rashid.sardar@iub.edu.pk
Research thematic keywords: 
South Asian Study, Partition of India, Modern History, Migration and forced Migration, Rehabilitation and settlement policies o
Research region keywords: 
India, Pakistan

Bhagya Shree Nadamala

Graduate Student
Affiliation(s): 
Indian Institute of Technology Patna
Department: 
Humanities and Social Sciences
Email: 
bhagyashreen8092@gmail.com
Research thematic keywords: 
Gender, Intersectionality, Telugu cinema, Dalit literature and culture, Ecofeminism
Research region keywords: 
South Asia, India, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana

Ramesha Naika

Ph.D Scholar
Affiliation(s): 
Tata Institute of Social Sciences
Department: 
School of Rural Development
Email: 
rameshnaik292@gmail.com
Research thematic keywords: 
Farmers Resilience, Drought, Climate Change, Water Resources Management, Organic Farming
Research region keywords: 
Karnataka, India, South Asia