Affiliate Members

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

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

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