Members

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

Gopinadhan Paliyath

Professor
Department: 
Plant Agriculture
Affiliation(s): 
University of Guelph
Email: 
gpaliyat@uoguelph.ca
Research thematic keywords: 
Postharvest biology and technology; Nutraceuticals; Plants, Food and Health
Research region keywords: 
Canada, India, Ivory Coast

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

Aadhyashree Pant

Masters Student in Capacity Development Extension and International Development Studies
Affiliation(s): 
University of Guelph
Department: 
Ontario Agricultural College (SEDRD)
Email: 
panta@uoguelph.ca
Research thematic keywords: 
Gender equality, sustainable development, food security, micro finance, economic development, livelihoods, Queer Theory
Research region keywords: 
South Asia, Nepal, Small state islands, rural regions