A member of the International Division at UW-Madison
Biography Previous Institution(s): Ambedkar University Delhi, Jadavpur University Areas of Research Related to South Asia: Everydayness of Medicine, Gendered Violence, Politics of Conflict
Previous Institution(s) St. Stephens College University of Delhi, University of Oxford, UK Areas of Research Interest My ethnographic study explores how Muslim women in India take care of others in their daily lives, and how this translates into politics of relatedness. Using a decolonial framework, my project extends research on shifting dynamics and meanings of …
Biography My research concentrates on the Indo-Burmese relationships in the 19th-20th century. I am also interested in learning Burma’s democratic authoritarian political historical dynamics, the way the country was separated from India, and how, in and through the process of independence, its different ethnic and religious groups were set against each other. Before coming …
Biography Previous Institution(s) Ithaca College, BFA Writing for Film, Television, and Emerging Media, 2025 Areas of Research Interest related to South Asia – Indentureship studies: I am specifically interested in researching media representations of Indo-Caribbean, Indo-African, and Indo-Fijian diaspora. – South Asian Americans: Their communities, histories, and depictions in the media. – Indian parallel cinema. …
Biography Srijan (Sri) Pandey (they/she/he) is a doctoral researcher in the Information School pursuing a minor in design and gender studies. Their work sits at the intersection of human–AI interaction, critical data and AI ethics and justice through care and community engagement. Pandey’s research interrogates how algorithmic socio-technical systems mediate the lived experiences of marginalized …
Previous Institutions Duke Kunshan University Areas of Research Interest related to South Asia Yue is a history PhD student at UW–Madison. For her doctoral dissertation, Yue aspires to study the social and intellectual history of left-wing exchanges across Bengal and China during the late-colonial and post-colonial eras. Yue also has a keen interest in broader …
Biography Nandini Rawal is a PhD student in the Department of Art History whose research focuses on artisanship, traditional art and craft practices, and material culture in South Asia. She holds master’s degrees in South Asian Studies and Religion from Columbia University. Her work with artisan communities in India shaped her interest in how artistic …
Biography Previous Institution(s) J-PAL South Asia, Centre for Social and Behaviour Change (CSBC, Ashoka), Tata Institute of Social Sciences Areas of Research Interest related to South Asia Bureaucratic discretion and access to state services in India Measurement of trust, compliance, and fairness in public health and education interventions Institutional memory and historical legacies of state …
Biography Sahil is a Ph.D. Candidate in the Department of Geography. As an urban geographer with professional experience in city planning and architecture, his core research interests lie in understanding the uneven impact of digital technologies in an information age on spatial planning and land management processes in the majority urban world. Prior to joining …