Affiliate Members

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

Baiju P

Assistant Professor
Affiliation(s): 
Kristu Jayanti College
Department: 
Economics
Email: 
baiju.p@kristujayanti.com
Research thematic keywords: 
Industrial Economics, Applied Econometrics, Financial Economics
Research region keywords: 
India, SouthAsia
Jiban K. Pal

Jiban K. Pal

Scientific and Technical Professional (LIS)
Affiliation(s): 
Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata
Department: 
Library Documentation and Information Science Division
Email: 
jiban@isical.ac.in
Research thematic keywords: 
Digital archiving, Metadata engineering, Open science, Research data management, Scientometrics, Sociology of science

Nipesh Palat Narayanan

Assistant Professor
Affiliation(s): 
Institut national de la recherche scientifique (INRS)
Department: 
Centre Urbanisation Culture Société
Email: 
nipesh.palat.narayanan@inrs.ca
Research thematic keywords: 
Southern Theory , Urban studies, Imaginaries, Culinary Cultures, Informality, Infrastructures
Research region keywords: 
India, Sri Lanka, Italy, Canada

Laxmi Pant

Adjunct Professor, Associated Graduate Faculty
Affiliation(s): 
University of Guelph
Email: 
lpant@uoguelph.ca
Research thematic keywords: 
Innovation; Sustainability; Agriculture; Science Policy; Just Transition; Citizen Science
Research region keywords: 
India, Nepal, Canada

Nandini Parashar

Undergraduate Student
Affiliation(s): 
Miranda House , University of Delhi
Department: 
Department of Political Science
Email: 
nandiniparashar07@gmail.com
Research thematic keywords: 
youth studies, comparative analysis, mental health, gender
Research region keywords: 
Delhi

Subhashree Pattanayak

Associate, Content (full time)
Affiliation(s): 
Centre for Teacher Accreditation
Department: 
Education
Email: 
49.subhashree@gmail.com
Research thematic keywords: 
Education, early childhood education
Research region keywords: 
India

Shibilshad Pottengal

Doctoral Scholar
Affiliation(s): 
Central University of Kerala
Department: 
Social Work
Email: 
bavashibilshad@gmail.com
Research thematic keywords: 
Social Policy, Social Work, Migration, Diaspora, Social Welfare, Social Security
Research region keywords: 
India, Kerala, Global South, International and Comparative,South Asia