Faculty

Aditi Dey Sarkar

Assistant Professor

Academic and Professional Qualification

  • PhD, Sociology of Gender and Development, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay, 2022
  • M.A. in Women Centered Social Work, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, 2011 – 2013
  • B.Tech in Electronics and Communication, SNDT Women’s University, 2005 – 2009

TEACHING/COURSE TAUGHT

  • Human Resource Management
  • Sociology of Work
  • Social Development & Introduction to Social Entrepreneurship

Expertise and Research Interest

Ph.D. Topic:

  • Social Capital, Vulnerability and Agency: A Study of Women in Kerala’s Kudumbashree

Research in Progress:

  • Dey Sarkar, A. & Tripathi, B. (2023). Building structures of solidarity for recognition and dignity: A study of urban poor in Mumbai during the Covid-19 pandemic.
  • Dey Sarkar, A. ‘Mentor’ing new development initiatives: an act of confidence and capability amidst concerns of vulnerability.

Teaching Experience:

    • Assistant Professor, Human Resource & Behavioral Sciences (HRBS), School of Business Management, SVKM’s NMIMS deemed to be University, Mumbai. Nov.2022 – Present.
    • Research Associate, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology, April 2022 - July 2022
    • Visiting Faculty, Research Methods, B.A Liberal Arts (Hons.), Second Year Sem - III, Jyoti Dalal School of Liberal Arts, Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies (NMIMS), 3 August 2022 – November 2022.
    • Visiting Faculty, Sociology of Work, MBA HR-1, Trim 1, SBM, NMIMS. June 2022- August 2022
    • Visiting Faculty, Social Development & Introduction to Social Entrepreneurship, PT- MBA (SE), Trim 1, SBM, NMIMS. June 2022- August 2022
    • Guest Faculty, Workshop on Ethnographic Research Methods, School of Design Pearl Academy, August 2020
    • Teaching Assistant: Microfinance in India (SWRK 748), School of Social Policy and Practice, University of Pennsylvania, PA. Dec. 2018 – Mar. 2019

Industry Experience:

    • Kudumbashree National Resource Organization, State Government of Kerala, May 2013- May 2015, Thematic Anchor – Implementation of Centrally Sponsored and State Sponsored Schemes
    • Accenture Services Private Limited, Mumbai, November 2009 - June 2011, Software Engineer

FIELDWORK/ INTERNSHIP

    • Special Cell for Women and Children at the Police Commissioner’s Office, Mumbai, June 2012- September 2012 Social Worker
    • Research Project on Implementation of Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act (PWDVA, 2005), May 2012, Research assistant.
    • Dey Sarkar, A. (2016). Representations of Women belonging to Self Help Groups- A case of Kudumbashree. 2nd National Young Researcher on “Researching lived experience(s): Ethnography and beyond by Department of Sociology, University of Hyderabad

Paper presented in Conference

(last five/six years)

  • Dey Sarkar, A. & Tripathi, B. (2022, September 22). Building structures of solidarity for recognition and dignity: A study of urban poor in Mumbai during the Covid-19 pandemic. Capabilities and Transformative Institution, 2022 HDCA Conference – Antwerp, Belgium
  • Dey Sarkar, A. (2021, September 29). ‘Vulnerability Mapping’ and an understanding of Capabilities: A study in/of Kerala. Virtual Doctoral Colloquium for Global Dialogue, South Asia Regional Network. Human Development and Capabilities Approach (HDCA).
  • Dey Sarkar, A. (2021, February 23-28). Welfare to Workfare Economy: A Study of Self Help Groups in Kerala, India. IVth ISA Virtual Forum of Sociology (Challenges of the 21st century: Democracy, Environment, Inequalities, Intersectionality, Porto Alegre Brazil.
  • Dey Sarkar, A. (2020, August 8-11). Representations of Women belonging to Self Help Groups: The Case of Kudumbashree. 115th Virtual ASA Annual Meeting (Power, Inequality and Resistance at Work), San Francisco, CA
  • Dey Sarkar, A. (2019). Work and Family Balance: Challenges Faced by Rural Women from Microfinance Groups. Research Scholars’ Workshop on Researching Rural India: Contemporary Challenges to Contextualizing Women’s Lives, Vina Mazumdar Memorial Fund at CWDS, Delhi.
  • Dey Sarkar, A. (2018). Impact of Microfinance on Family and Work: A case study of Women Self Help Groups in Kerala. 117th Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association (AAA), San Jose
  • Dey Sarkar, A. (2017). Impact of Development initiatives like Microfinance. First International Conference on Contemporary Challenges to Indian State and Society Jointly organised by National Institute of Advanced Studies and Christ University, Bengaluru
  • Dey Sarkar, A. (2016). Representations of Women belonging to Self Help Groups- A case of Kudumbashree. 2nd National Young Researcher on “Researching lived experience(s): Ethnography and beyond by Department of Sociology, University of Hyderabad

Honors and Awards

  • Passed National Eligibility Test for Lectureship and Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) in Social Work, December 2013 organized by University Grants Commission (UGC), India
  • Fulbright Nehru Doctoral Research Fellowship August 2018-May 2019, Visiting Researcher at School of Social Policy and Practice, University of Pennsylvania, PA. Fulbright Advisor: Dr. Femida Handy

Fellowship

  • Fulbright Nehru Doctoral Research Fellowship August 2018-May 2019, Visiting Researcher at School of Social Policy and Practice, University of Pennsylvania, PA.

Memberships

  • Member of American Sociological Association (ASA) since 2020
  • Member of Human Development and Capability Association (HDCA) since 2021
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