IIT Jodhpur
Students
Currently, we have 26 students in the Ph.D. Program. Details of Ph.D. students are:

 

1. 

 

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Manju Kumari
M.Tech. (Biomedical Engineering): Deenbandhu Chhotu Ram University of Science and Technology, 2013
B.Tech. (Biomedical Engineering): Deenbandhu Chhotu Ram University of Science and Technology, 2011

Supervisor: Ankita Sharma
Research Area: Social Cognitive Aspects in Typically Developed and Deficient Population

2. 

 

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Abhra Paul
M.A. (English Literature): Indira Gandhi National Open University, 2013
B.A. (English Literature): University of Calcutta, 1998

Supervisor: Vidya Sarveswaran
Research Area: Literature and Environment

3. 

 

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Akhil Kumar Singh
M.A. (Applied Psychology): Mahatma Gandhi Chitrakoot Gramodaya Vishwavidhyalaya, 2016
M.A. (Philosophy): Mahatma Gandhi Chitrakoot Gramodaya Vishwavidhyalaya, 2014
B.Tech. (Computer Applications): Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, 2012

Supervisor: V. Hari Narayanan
Research Area: Embodiment, Philosophy of Education, Contemplative Studies

4. 

 

Mamta

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Mamata Bijarania
M.A. (Geography): Banaras Hindu University, 2016
B.A. (Geography): University of Delhi, 2014



Supervisor: Mayurakshi Chaudhuri

Co-Supervisor: Prasenjeet Tribhuvan
Research Area: Reproductive Healthcare

5. 

 

Sakshi

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Sakshi Shukla
M.Sc. (Anthropology): University of Rajasthan, 2016
B.Sc. (Chemistry, Zoology, Botany): University of Kota, 2013

Supervisor: Mayurakshi Chaudhuri
Research Area: Mobility studies, Gender, IT Industry

6. 

 

Shruti

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Shruti Sharma
M.A. (Philosophy): Jawaharlal Nehru University, 2017
B.A. (Philosophy): University of Delhi, 2015

Supervisor: V. Hari Narayanan
Research Area: Philosophy of Mind and Cognition, Cognitive Archaeology

7. 

 Prarthana

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Prarthana Saikia

M.A. (Applied Psychology): Mithibai College, University of Mumbai, 2014

B. A. (Psychology): Mithibai College, University of Mumbai, 2012

 

Supervisor: Ankita Sharma

Research Area: Positive Psychology, Organizational Behavior

8. 

 Sumedha

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Sumedha Tagare 

M.A. (Administration and Leadership): State University of New York Plattsburgh, 2004

M.A. (Public Personnel Management): Osmania University, 1996

B.A. (Psychology, Sociology, Philosophy): Osmania University, 1994

 

Supervisor: Ankita Sharma 

Research Area: Leadership 

9. 

 

Ishani

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Ishani Vajpai

MBA (Human Resource Management and Marketing Management): Jai Narain Vyas University, Jodhpur, 2018
B.Tech. (Electrical Engineering): Rajasthan Technical University, 2014

Supervisor: Prasenjeet Tribhuvan
Research Area: Organizational Behavior, Human Resource Management, Sociology of work and industry. 

10.   

 

Ashonshok

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Ashonshok Kachui
M.A. (Globalisation and Labour Studies):  Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai 2018
B.Com. Osmania University, Hyderabad 2014

Supervisor: Dibyadyuti Roy
Research Area: Nationalism and Ethnic Identities,  Ethnopolitics 

 

11.   

 

Amit

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Amit Gupta

M.A(Sociology): Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University, Lucknow, 2019

B Tech (Production and Industrial Engineering): NIT Jamshedpur, 2013

 

Supervisor: Prasenjeet Tribhuvan

Research Area: Youth Sociology 

12.   

 Amit Balmiki

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Amit Balmiki

M.A. in Social Work (with specialization in Dalit and Tribal Studies and Action): Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai - 2017

B.A. (Geography): Ghoom Jorebunglow Degree College, University of North Bengal - 2014

 

Supervisor - Prasenjeet Tribhuvan

Research Area: Dalit diaspora in the Himalayan Foothills (with focus on Balmiki community/manual scavenging community) (tentative)

13.   

 Jayprakash

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 Jayprakash Show

M.Phil (Philosophy): University of North Bengal, 2020

M.A. (Philosophy): University of North Bengal, 2016

B.A. (Philosophy): University of Gour Banga, 2014

 

Supervisor:  V. Hari Narayanan

Research Area: Embodied Cognition, Philosophy of Mind (tentative)

14.   

 Sanjay

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 Sanjay Kumar Bissoyi 

M.A. (Mass Communication): Guru Jambheshwar University, Hisar, 2017

PG Diploma (Journalism): Indian Institute of Mass Communication, Dhenkanal, 2015

B.A. (Mathematics): Indira Gandhi Open University, 2013

 

Supervisor: Parichay Patra

Research Area: Cinema and Mobilization, Cine-politics, Populism, Popular Cinema and The Rise of the Right (tentative)

15.   

 

Bhairab

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Bhairab Barman 

M.A. (English Literature): Indira Gandhi National University, 2018

B.A. (English Literature): North Bengal University, 2016

 

 Supervisor: Parichay Patra 

Research area: Film Aesthetics 

16.   

 

Pooja

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Pooja Rawat

B.A. (Hons.) Psychology: Lady Shri Ram College, University of Delhi, 2017

M.A. Applied Psychology: South Campus, University of Delhi, 2019

 

Supervisor: Ankita Sharma

Research Area: Positive Psychology, Psychoeducation, School Psychology (tentative)

 17.

 

Sayantani

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Sayantani Saraswati

M.A. (Society and Culture): Indian Institute of Technology, Gandhinagar, 2020

B.A. (Sociology): University of Hyderabad, 2018

 

Supervisor: Mayurakshi Chaudhuri 

Research Area: Gender, Social Mobility, and Youth 

 18.  Amir

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Amir Sohel

M.Phil. (Development Studies): Institute of Development Studies Kolkata (IDSK), University of Calcutta, 2019

5 Year Integrated M.Sc. (Geography): Aliah University, 2016

 

Supervisor: Farhat Naz

Research Area: Climate Change Policy, Forest Governance, Natural Resources Management

 19.  Surabhi

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Surabhi Singh

M.A. (Sociology): University of Mumbai, Mumbai, 2019

B.A. (Sociology): University of Delhi, New Delhi, 2017

 

Supervisor: Farhat Naz

Research Area: Perspectives on Agriculture Policies and Farmer's Income in India (tentative)

 20.  Garima

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Garima

M.Phil. (Women’s & Gender Studies): Ambedkar University Delhi, 2019

MA (Film Studies): Ambedkar University Delhi, 2015

BA (Mass Communication): Kamala Nehru College, University of Delhi, 2013

 

Supervisor: Dr. Parichay Patra

Research Area: Visual culture and The ideology of ‘new woman’ in contemporary Hindi films: An Ethnographical study of women spectators (Tentative)

 21.  Biplab

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Biplab Karak


M.Phil. (Philosophy): Jadavpur University, 2019

M.A. (Philosophy): Presidency University, Kolkata, 2017
B.A. (Philosophy): Presidency University, Kolkata, 2015


Supervisor: V. Hari Narayanan
Research Area: Consciousness Studies

 22.  Arunima

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Arunima Iyer

M.A. (Sociology): Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, 2019
B.A. (Social Sciences): Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai, 2016


Supervisor: Mayurakshi Chaudhuri
Research Area: Gender, Migration and Care Work

 23.  Krishna

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Krishna Singh Bhandari

B.A. Honors (Applied Psychology); Dr. Bhim Rao Ambedkar College, University of Delhi (2016)

M.A. (Psychology); Zakir Hussain Delhi College, University of Delhi (2018)

 

Supervisor: Dr. Ankita Sharma

Research Area: Organizational Behaviour, Positive Organizational Scholarship, Affective Cognition

 24.  Parnika

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Parnika Agarwal

M.A. (Sociology): Jawaharlal Nehru University, 2018

B.A. (Sociology): Lady Shri Ram College for Women, University of Delhi, 2016

 

Supervisor: Dr. Parichay Patra

Research Area: Film Studies (Raj Kapoor and Cultural Politics in Cinema) (tentative)

25. Kritika

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Kritika Mishra


M.A. (Geography): Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi - 2017
B.A.: Sophia Girls' College, Ajmer - 2015

 

Supervisor: Farhat Naz
Research Area: Climate Change, Gender & Migration (tentative).

 26.  

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Silpa Krishnan V S

Educational Background:  M.A (English and Comparative Literature): Pondicherry University, 2019

B.A. (English Literature and Communication Studies): K.M.M College of Arts and Sciences, Mahatma Gandhi University, 2017

 

Supervisor: Prasenjeet Tribhuvan

Research area: Climate change policy, Ecomarxism, Political ecology, Developmental studies

 27. Kritika

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Jacob Schenthal

Educational Background:  Vanderbilt University, USA

Supervisor: Farhat Naz

Fulbright topic/Research area: Agricultural drought adaptation in Rajasthan