Qualification : PhD (Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay)
- anjuhelen@cub.ac.in
- anjuhb01@gmail.com
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Specialization (not more than FIVE) : Public Policy and Governance, Political Ecology & Natural Resource Management, Tribal/ Dalit Studies , Renewable Energy, Rural Development.
EXPERIENCE : (Teaching / Research) Experience: With a Master’s degree in Political Science from Centre for Political Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, I went to Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay to pursue M.Phil in Planning and Development and later completed my Ph.D from Humanities & Social Sciences, IIT, Bombay. During Ph.D I spent a year as a Commonwealth Split-Site Scholar in the Department of Development Studies, School of Oriental and African Studies
(SOAS), London.
After completion of M.Phil, I worked as Research Assistant for a month in Mumbai in an ethnographic fieldwork conducted by Pacific Ethnography Company, California, US. Afterwards, I worked as a Consultant for a small project on Water supply and sanitation programme with SaciWaters, Hyderabad and later continued working with Saciwaters as a Research Associate on the reader on Civil Society and Governance (published by Routledge). Thereafter, I worked as Research Assistant at National Institute of Rural Development (NIRD), Hyderabad. Since 2011 onwards I am working as Assistant Professor in the Department of Development Studies.
- Publications
- Anju Helen Bara, 2019, ‘Political Participation of Tribal Women in Panchayati Raj Institutions: A Case Study of Jharkhand’, Indian Journal of Rural Education and Engagement, Vol, 3, March 2019 (peer reviewed journal).
- Anju Helen Bara, 2019, “Decolonizing “Tribals”” in the book, Dimensions of Tribal Studies: Development and Culture in Perspectives edited by Prof. M. C. Behera and Ganga Nath Jha, Nation Press, New Delhi.
- N C Narayanan and Anju Helen Bara, ‘Enhancing Drinking Water and Sanitation Access to Poor: Lessons of NGO-Government Collaboration in Eastern India’, Journal of Governance & Public Policy, Vol. 2, No. 1, January-June 2012.
- Patent :
- Book Chapters
- Anju Helen Bara, 2021, ‘Indigenous Academia and its role in empowerment of tribals, in the book India’s Indigenous Peoples A Journey of Self-Reflection on Culture, Society and Sustainability, edited by Prof. Virginius Xaxa, Dr. Vincent Ekka, Dr. Anabel Benjamin Bara and Dr. Juhi Priyanka Horo [September 2021], Indian Social Institute, New Delhi.
- Anju Helen Bara, 2019, “Decolonizing “Tribals”” in the book, Dimensions of Tribal Studies: Development and Culture in Perspectives edited by Prof. M. C. Behera and Ganga Nath Jha, Nation Press, New Delhi.
- Others
- Anju Helen Bara, 2017, Clear Water is not Always Clean: Challenges of Sustainable Access to Clean & Safe Water‟ in the Newsletter, Water Action Network, Saciwaters, June, 2017
- Awards
- 2015: Awarded South-South Institute Laureates Fellowship
- 2011: Young Professional Award, 2011, IASC and IDRC.
- 2010-11: Research Fellowship, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay
- 2009-10 Commonwealth Split-Site Doctoral Scholarship, in School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London.
- 2006-2009: Senior Research Fellowship, University Grants Commission, New Delhi.
- 2004-2006: Junior Research Fellowship, University Grants Commission, New Delhi.
- Bursaries and Grants:
- 2018: Awarded Registration grant by International Sociological Association for XIA ISA World Congress of Sociology to be held in Toronto, Canada from July 15-21.2018.
- 2016: Awarded grant to attend and present a paper in the conference on Waste in Asia being organized by Leiden University, Netherlands,
- 2015. Grant to attend and participate in the 8th South-South Institute Workshop on Inequality and Social Justice in Global South, Durban, South Africa, 10-19 September, 2015
- 2011: Fellowship and travel grant to attend summer school on Participatory forest management as practice and performance, Wageningen University (Not availed
- 2011: Fellowship and travel grant to attend workshop on Forest Governance by University of Bonn, Germany (Not availed)
- 2008: Grant by Helvatas, Switzerland and SDC to attend workshop on Forest, Landscape and Governance held in Bhutan.
- 2007: Grant to participate on the training course on Property Rights, Collective Action and Environmental Governance: The Links between State, Community and Resources held by CGIAR and CAPRi
- Projects:
- 2018: Small Research Project Grant of Rs 40000/- awarded by National Council for Rural Institutes (NCRI) on the topic “Political Participation of Tribal Women in Panchayati Raj Institutions: A Case Study of Jharkhand” (Principal Investigator)
- 2018-2019: Awarded Minor Research Project of Rs. 3 lakh by ICSSR on the topic “Access, Adoption and Sustainability of Sanitation Programme: An Empirical Study of Swach Bharat Abhiyan in Rural Bihar” (Principal Investigator)
- Other Relevant Information
- Member, International Sociological Association (ISA)
- Member, Indian Sociological Society (ISS)
- Member, British Association for South Asian Studies (BASAS)
- Nodal Officer-SWAYAM-2021 onwards
- Nodal Officer-Unnat Bharat Abhiyaan, 2015-2017
- Member, SC/ST Cell-2021 onwards
- Member, Scholarship Cell of CUSB, 2018-2021
- Member, Task Force for Women-2015-2019
- Member, Internal Complaint Committee- 2016 onwards
- Member, SPARSH-2016 onwards
- Member, Unnat Bharat Abhiyaan, 2015-2020
- Member, Community Development Cell-2016 onwards
- Member, Anti-Ragging Committee, 2019-20
- Member, Academic Council- 2011 to 2015
