CITIES, RURAL MIGRANTS AND THE URBAN POOR
RESEARCHERS
Amit Prakash: Professor, Centre for the Study of Law and Governance, Jawaharlal Nehru University.
Research Theme: The Capital City: Discursive Dissonance in Law and Policy
Debarati Bagchi: Research Assistant, Calcutta Research Group and
Sabir Ahmed: Independent Researcher and Activist
Research Theme: Women and Children Migrants: A Study of the Urban Workforce in Kolkata
Iman Kumar Mitra: Research and Programme Associate, Calcutta Research Group
Research Themes:
a) Migrant Workers and Informality in Contemporary Kolkata
b) Urban Planning Settlement Practices and Issues of Justice in Contemporary Kolkata
Ishita Dey: Doctoral Fellow, University of Delhi
Research Theme: The Migrant in a Service Village in the City: Working Conditions and Rights
Kaustubh Mani Sengupta: Transnational Research Group Postdoctoral Fellow, Centre for Historical Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University
Research Theme: Taking Refuge in the City: Migrant Population and Urban Management in Post-Partition Calcutta
Madhuresh Kumar: Independent Researcher and Activist, National Alliance of People’s Movements
Research Theme: Competing Dreams: Delhi and its Migrants
Ritambhara Hebbar: Professor, School of Development Studies, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai and
Mahuya Bandyopadhyay: Associate Professor, School of Development Studies, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai
Research Theme: Migrants, Vigilants and Violence: The Making of New Urban Spaces in Mumbai
Manish K. Jha: Professor, Centre for Community Organisation and development Practice, School of Social Work, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai
Research Theme: Homeless Migrants in Mumbai: Life and Labour in Urban Space
Mithilesh Kumar: Doctoral Fellow, University of Western Sydney
Research Theme: Logistical Labour and the Airport City
Mouleshri Vyas: Professor, Centre for Community Organisation and development Practice, School of Social Work, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai
Research Theme: Dangerous Labour: Migrants, Age, and Precarious Labour in Mumbai City
Pushpendra Singh: Professor, Centre for Community Organisation and development Practice, School of Social Work, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai
Research Theme: On the Move: An Ethnographic Account of Rural Migrants’ Journey from Village to City
Ranabir Samaddar: Director, Calcutta Research Group
Samir Kumar Das: Professor, Department of Political Science, and Dean of the Faculty of Arts, University of Calcutta
Research Theme: A Transit Town in North Bengal: Siliguri in the Time of Globalisation
Simpreet Singh: Activist and Doctoral Fellow, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai
Research Theme: The Emergence of the Migrant as a Problem Figure in Contemporary Mumbai: Chronicles of Violence and Issues of Justice