Doctoral Students

Nitin Rawat is a Ph.D scholar at the school of Conflicts and security studies. His broad research interest lies in non-traditional security threats, human security, conflict transformation etc.

Before joining NIAS, Nitin has completed his M.Phil. in Political science from the Central university of Haryana. He also worked as Subordinate Officer in Sashastra Seema Bal, MHA. He is a recipient of UGC Junior Research Fellowship.

Ms. Aishwarya is currently pursuing her PhD in Heritage Science and Society Programme in School of Humanities at NIAS. She worked as Project Associate – I on Project “Exploring Medieval Coastline using Geospatial Analysis and Historical Records at NIAS. Prior to NIAS, Ms. Aishwarya worked as Researcher for Varaha Tech Labs, Delhi, and Archaeological Survey of India Jodhpur Circle. Ms. Aishwarya’s research interest lies in analysing imprints of Heritage using Geospatial Analysis.

She is also interested in Settlement Archaeology, Environmental Archaeology and Landscape Archaeology. She has participated in Archaeological excavations and explorations. Ms. Aishwarya has completed her M.Phil. from Deccan College, PGRI, Pune on topic “Reassessing Mesolithic Culture of South-eastern Rajasthan with special reference to Bhilwara District.” Her Master’s Degree is in Ancient Indian History Culture and Archaeology from Deccan College, PGRI, Pune.

Virain Mohan is a PhD scholar at the School of Conflict and Security Studies, under the guidance of Dr. Prakash Panneerselvan. Virain’s interest areas lie in maritime policy and area studies. Virain has completed his Master’s in International Studies from Christ University, Bangalore and Bachelor’s from D.A.V. College, Chandigarh.

Joyeeta Dey is currently enrolled as a PhD student in the School of Social Sciences, National Institute of Advanced Studies. She works in the field of sociology of education with special interest in the themes of globalisation, privatisation,  datafication,  digitalisation and automation. She has co-published on some of these themes with Critical Studies in Education, European Education Research Journal, Discourse and Routledge.  She was recently employed on a project on ‘Artificial Intelligence and Indigenous Language Education’ with University College London.

Her previous experience includes working as a research associate for i) the University of Melbourne on a RtE 12 (1) (C)  research project ii) d on a DFID-ESRC funded project titled Researching Accountability in School Education (RAISE) iii) with Deakin University on a research project on an Education-MIS in India iv) and with Pratichi Institute (now Amartya Sen Research Centre). She has Masters degrees in Sociology of Education (University College London) and Education Policies for Global Development (Erasmus Mundus Joint Masters Degree). 

Anjali Anil is a first-year Ph.D. Scholar at School of Social Sciences. Her broad areas of research interest lie in understanding and exploring the Gender aspects in Education. 

Anjali holds a Master of Arts from Tata Institute of Social Science in Education (2021) and a Bachelor's degree in Social Sciences from Tata Institute of Social Sciences (2019). She worked as a Project Associate for a brief period after her Master's. She cleared NTA-UGC JRF in Education in 2021. 

Chaithanya is a Ph.D. scholar at the School of Social Sciences.

Her broad research interest lies in Migration and Gender, Gender and Reproductive Health, Cultural studies and Motherhood studies. 

She completed her master's in Gender Studies from Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of Youth Development, Chennai in 2020 and she holds a bachelor's degree in Economics from Government Women's College Thiruvananthapuram, University of Kerala.  She cleared NTA-UGC JRF in Women Studies in 2020. 

Hashim Mohammed S is an interdisciplinary researcher currently enrolled as a Doctoral student in the School of Natural Sciences and Engineering, NIAS. His broad research interests lie in Invasion Ecology, Development Economics and Environmental Management.

He has completed his master's in Geography ( Center for the Study of Regional Development) from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, and he holds a bachelor's degree in Geography with Geology and Statistics from University of Kerala. He has cleared CSIR NET JRF in Earth Sciences with AIR 93(2016), UGC NET JRF in Geography with AIR 12 (2022), GATE in Geomatics Engineering  (2022) and Ecology and Evolution (2018).

He has done 34 online courses from various online platforms including Coursera, NPTEL, IIRS, GSI, Udemy etc. He is a student member of British Ecological Society and Geological Society of India.

Karshita Bharati joined NIAS in 2022. Her research will primarily be on Pig tailed macaque disease ecology in Assam, India.  Earlier, she completed her Masters in Science in Zoology from the Central University of Sikkim in 2021. Her master thesis titled “Assessment of LULC change dynamics using geospatial techniques in the East and South Districts of Sikkim Himalaya” under Dr. Basundhara Chettri, Sikkim University.
She has been provisionally qualified for the INSPIRE Fellowship 2021. She has also qualified the GATE-2022 Ecology and Evolution with an AIR 77 and GATE-2022 Life science. She completed her Bachelors in Zoology from B. Borooah College, Gauhati University, Assam, in 2018.

Anjali Bharati is studying the impact of citizen science engagement on participants’ scientific knowledge, scientific sensemaking and trust in science. Citizen Science projects where scientists and non-expert citizens involve in joint knowledge production - are increasingly becoming popular globally as a means to collect and analyse large amounts of data as well as a sustainable mechanism to promote the inclusion of the general public in scientific research. Understanding various dimensions of learning happening in such citizen-scientist partnerships is the focus of her research.  

Meera is a conservation architect.

She did her Masters degree in Architectural Conservation from School of Planning and Architecture, Delhi and Bachelors degree in Architecture from TKM College of Engineering, Kollam, Kerala. Before joining NIAS, she had worked as a faculty at various institutions such as the National Institute of Technology - Calicut, KS School of Architecture - Bengaluru, RV College of Architecture - Bengaluru and Mangalam School of Architecture and Planning - Kottayam.

Her research interests include Indian temple architecture, Vernacular architecture and Pedagogy of History of Indian architecture