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Research Interests:
Social and
spatial exclusion, Urban governance and development, Indian Tribes and their
development concerns, Experiences of Muslims in urban localities, Welfare issues
of tea garden workers.
Courses Taught:
Geographical
perspectives on society, Envisioning city, Economic Geography, Urban Geography,
Regional Planning and Development, Geography of Resources
SELECTED LIST OF PUBLICATIONS:
CHAPTERS IN EDITED VOLUMES:
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2009: ‘Redesigning Social
Geography of India: Dimensions, Consequences and Methods’ in Ravi S. Singh
(ed.). Indian Geography in the 21st Century: Young
Geographers’ Agenda. Cambridge Scholars Publishing, London, pp. 218-229.
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2009: ‘Linkages between East
India’s Tea Industry and the Development of Sikkim: Dimensions, Challenges
and Prospects’. In Jayant Kumar Ray, Rakhee Bhattacharya and Kausik
Bandyopadhyay (eds.). Sikkim’s Tryst with Nathu La: What Awaits India’s
East and North East? Anshah Publishing House, New Delhi. Pp. 129-137.
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2006: ‘Socio-economic
Transformation of Tribes in Jharkhand: Reflections from Land Distribution,
Workforce Structure and Income’ in R.R. Prasad and G. Rajanikanth (eds.):
Rural Development and Social Change, National Institute of Rural
Development, Hyderabad and Discovery Publishing House, New Delhi, pp.
199-215.
ARTICLE IN A CONFERENCE VOLUME:
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'Depletion of Environmental Resources and the Living Conditions of a
Primitive Tribal Group: A Case Study of Birhors in Bihar', Proceedings of
South Asian Conference on Human Development, Institute of Social Sciences
and UNDP, New Delhi, 2000.
JOURNAL ARTICLES:
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2009: (Forthcoming)
‘Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and the Scope for Tribal Development in
India’, Journal of Indian Anthropological Society, Vol 44 (2).
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2006:
‘Trajectories of Socio-Economic Transformation of Tribes in Jharkhand,
Journal of Indian Anthropological Society, Vol. 41, No. 2, pp. 123-137
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2005: ‘Forest Degradation,
Changing Workforce Structure and Population Redistribution: The Case of
Birhors in Jharkhand, India’, Economic and Political Weekly, Vol. XL,
No. 8, Feb 19, 2005, pp. 773-778.
JOURNALS CO-EDITED:
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ICSSR Journal of Abstracts and Reviews: Geography, Vol. XXI, No.1,
1995.
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ICSSR Journal of Abstracts and Reviews: Geography, Vol. XX, No.1,
1994.
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ICSSR Journal of Abstracts and Reviews: Geography, Vol. XX, No.2,
1994.
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ICSSR Journal of Abstracts and Reviews: Geography, Vol. IX, No.2,
1993.
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ICSSR Journal of Abstracts and Reviews: Geography, Vol. XVIII, No.2,
1992.
OCCASIONAL PAPERS:
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2009: ‘The
Markers of Social and spatial Exclusion in Kolkata’, Occasional Paper,
KR Narayanan Centre for Dalit and Minorities Studies, Jamia Millia Islamia,
New Delhi
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2008:
Firdos, Sohel. Forests and Forestry: India & New Zealand, Occasional
Paper, School of People, Environment and Planning, Massey University
(with Michael Roche).
WORKING PAPERS :
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Politics of Urban services Provisions in
Kolkata
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Social and spatial exclusion in cities
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Encountering Socio-Spatial
Exclusion: The Experiences of Muslims in Kolkata
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Mapping the disadvantaged
population in Kolkata city: Livelihoods and the strategies for their
development.
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