I am a Doctoral student in the Department Of Geography And Spatial Planning at the University of Luxembourg. I collaborate with the ITN SURREAL (System approach to urban environment and health) project as an Early Stage Researcher. My contribution includes qualitative research work like assessing motivation, personal reflection, knowledge and skills acquisition of four levels of citizens engagement (crowd-sourcing, distributed intelligence, participatory science and full citizen science) in four qualitative case studies in which participants use games. Within the project I would specifically like to focus on the politics of the climate-crisis and public health.

I come from an interdisciplinary background with a Masters in Sociology from Savitribai Phule Pune University (India) and Bachelors in Sociology from University of Mumbai (India). I worked as an Assistant Professor in Pune, India before joining the University of Luxembourg.

Research Interests

• Social stratification and Inequality
• Climate change
• Urban studies
• Sociology of development

Languages: English, French, Hindi

Last updated on: Freitag, den 19. November 2021

Education

• M.A. SOCIOLOGY, SAVITRIBAI PHULE PUNE UNIVERSITY (2017-2019) (CGPA – 9.44, GRADE – O)
• B.A. SOCIOLOGY, MITHIBAI COLLEGE OF ARTS, UNIVERSITY OF MUMBAI (2013-2016) (GRADE – O)
• HSC, RAMNIVAS RUIA JUNIOR COLLEGE, UNIVERSITY OF MUMBAI (FEBRUARY 2013)
• SSC, VPM’S VIDYA MANDIR SCHOOL (MARCH 2011)

Research Work Experience

• SOCIO-CULTURAL BARRIERS TO OPEN DEFECATION (2017-2019): I Worked as a field investigator. My responsibilities included data collection, analysis and report writing for the research project. The project’s goal was to comprehend the issues of open defecation in rural parts of the State of Maharashtra, India and the socio-cultural barriers to open defecation. The project was in collaboration with a German NGO Non-water Sanitation and Department of Sociology, Savitribai Phule Pune University.
• SOCIAL IMPACTS OF METRO RAIL IN PUNE CITY (2017-2018): I worked as a field investigator. I studied and analyzed the social impact of the construction of the metro railway in Pune, India.
• VILLAGE SNAPSHOT: SOCIAL AND FINANCIAL STUDY OF THE VILLAGES IN MAHARASHTRA (2018-2019): I coordinated the field visits and my role included developing the questionnaire, assisting with data collection and documentation for the project. The project team analyzed different financial and social institutions that work in tandem to create the everyday life of the village.

Work Experience

• PES MODERN COLLEGE OF ARTS, SCIENCE AND COMMERCE, GANESHKHIND, PUNE (4 TH AUGUST 2020– CURRENTLY WORKING): Assistant professor (Ad-hoc) in the Department of Sociology. For UG and PG Courses. Papers currently teaching: UG: Introduction to Sociology, Society in India: Understanding Issues, Social Research Methods, Introduction to population and society. PG: Contemporary Social Theories
• FERGUSSON COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), PUNE (19TH JULY 2019 – 30TH APRIL 2020): Assistant professor (On Clock Hour Basis) in the Department of Sociology. For B.A. students Papers Taught: Introduction to Sociology, Contemporary Indian Society and Crime, Law and Society.
• MKSSS BAKUL TAMBAT INSTITUTE OF NURSING EDUCATION, PUNE (20TH AUGUST 2019 – 30TH APRIL 2020): Worked as a visiting external lecturer for Sociology for 2nd year basic nursing (B.sc) and post basic nursing (Pb.B.sc)

Last updated on: 19 Nov 2021