Affiliate Members

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

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

Rajat Nayyar

SSHRC Vanier Scholar & PhD Candidate
Department: 
Theatre & Performance Studies
Affiliation(s): 
York University
Email: 
rajatn@yorku.ca
Research thematic keywords: 
voice, women, vocal traditions, activism, multimodal anthropology
Research region keywords: 
Bihar, India

Bala Raju Nikku

Assistant Professor
Affiliation(s): 
Thompson Rivers University
Department: 
Faculty of Education and Social Work
Email: 
bnikku@tru.ca
Research thematic keywords: 
Disasters, Displacement, Community Resilience, Green Social Work
Research region keywords: 
South Asia and Canada

Ashika Niraula

Senior Research Fellow - Project Coordinator
Affiliation(s): 
Toronto Metropolitan University
Department: 
Canada Excellence Research Chair in Migration & Integration Program
Email: 
ashika.niraula@torontomu.ca
Research thematic keywords: 
High Skilled Immigration; Migrant Decision Making; Gender and Work
Research region keywords: 
Canada; Denmark

Gard W. Otis

Adjunct Professor
Department: 
School of Environmental Sciences
Affiliation(s): 
University of Guelph
Email: 
gotis@uoguelph.ca
Research thematic keywords: 
Insect ecology and behaviour
Research region keywords: 
Karnataka, Arunachal, Kashmir