Governance of Commons; Collective Action; Farmer/Producer Collectives; Sustainability Governance; Corporate Social Responsibility; Business Sustainability; Interpretive Policy Analysis; Computatonal Text Analysis.
Research
Ongoing
MGNREGA & PMUY evaluation in India (academic partner NITI Aayog project): 2025
Mapping Market Linkages for Backyard poultry in Odisha (ongoing study funded by PRADAN): 2024-25
Completed (since 2020)
Study of MGNREGS in Bihar (funded by PCI, India): 2023-24
Food security of Forest Dependent Communities in Central India (ongoing academic collaboration with PRADAN): 2020-21
Governance of Gram Sabha Federations in Vidarbha, Maharashtra (w/t Dr. Divya Gupta, SUNY, USA): 2023-24
Sudy on smallholder inclusion in Farmer Producer Organizations in India (Research Grant from Azim Premji University): 2018-20
Study on gender and wellbeing in a slum in Konark, Odisha (Research Grant from Resource Equity, Washington USA): 2020-21
Arrest distress migration by strengthening Agri-based livelihood through INRM under MGNREGS (funded by PRADAN/MGNREGA society - PR & DW, Govt. of Odisha): 2021-22
Socio-Economic Survey (funded by JSW): 2021-22
Study of Timber Supply and Demand in Odisha (funded by Odisha State Forest Department): 2022
Case study of an all-women tribal collective in Gumla, Jharkhand (funded by Small Farm Incomes, IRMA): 2023
Research Interests: Collective action in Natural Resource Commons; Commoning; Community Forestry; Farmer/Producer Collectives; Rural Livelihoods and Production Systems; Interpretive Policy Analysis.
