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Lalatendu Keshari Das

Assistant Professor

lkdas[at]hs.iitr.ac.in

H-507, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee

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Biosketch

Educational Details

Professional Background

Research

Projects

Publications

Patents

Books

Collaborations

Honours and Awards

Honors

Memberships

Teaching Engagements

Students

Supervisions

Associate Scholars

Miscellaneous

Events

Visits

Administrative Positions

Miscellaneous

Research Interests

Agrarian Studies, Environmental Sociology, Urban Informal Sector

BioSketch

Educational Details

University of Hyderabad

2019

Ph.D., Sociology

University of Hyderabad

2013

M.Phil., Sociology

University of Hyderabad

2012

M.A., Sociology

Jawaharlal Nehru University

2007

B.A., German Studies

Professional Background

Assistant Professor of Sociology

04 Aug 2020 - Present

IIT Roorkee

Institute Postdoctoral Fellow

21 May 2019 - 24 Jul 2020

IIT Bombay

Research

Projects

TOPIC	START DATE	FIELD	DESCRIPTION	FINANCIAL OUTLAY	FUNDING AGENCY	OTHER OFFICERS
Second Green Revolution, Organic Farming and Issues of Empowerment: A Study of Women and Smallholder Farmers in Odisha	15 Jan 2024	Sociology	Under ICSSR Major Research Project grant 2023-24: The study explores the implementation of Paramparagat Krishi Vikash Yojana (PKVY) and its impact on the involvement and/or non-involvement of women and small and marginal farmers in the Eastern Ghats of Odisha in organic and natural farming. Research Associate: Dr. Asish Kumar Sahu.	Rs. 12,00,000/-	Indian Council of Social Science Research
Beyond Binaries: The Dialectics of Double Movement in Contemporary Odisha	06 Aug 2021	Sociology	This project is an attempt to critique the "backward-resource rich" binary debate on Odisha and engages with the euphemism 'Odisha model of development'.	Rs. 20,00,000/-	Sponsored Research & Industrial Consultancy, IIT Roorkee

Publications

Adikasu and the Precarity of Women Vendors in Puducherry, India

2025

Ravichandran, R. E., & Das, L. K. | Sage

Journal: Indian Journal of Gender Studies Pages: 94-105 , Volumes: 32(1) ,

Marginalisation of Women and the Predicaments of Community-led Ecotourism Projects in the Chilika Lagoon, India

2024

Das, L.K. | Taylor and Francis

Journal: Development in Practice (recipient of Development in Practice Practitioner and Early Career Researcher Prize for 2024) Pages: 695-707 , Volumes: 34(6) ,

Strengthening Disaster Resilience of the Power Sector in India

2021

Chatterjee, R. and L.K. Das | TERI

Journal: Energy Future: The Complete Energy Magazine Pages: 32-39 , Volumes: 9 ,

Research Scholars’ Epistemological Predicament

2019

A. Reddy, C., G. Joshua, I. Pradhan, J. Touthang, L.K. Das, M. Chakraborty, P. Sharma, S. Perumalla, S. Krishna | Sameeksha Trust

Journal: Economic and Political Weekly Pages: 35-42 , Volumes: 54(23) ,

Social movements-judicial activism nexus and neoliberal transformation in India: Revisiting Save Chilika Movement

2018

Das, L.K. | SAGE

Journal: Sociological Bulletin Pages: 84-102 , Volumes: 67(1) ,

Privatisation of the CPRs and the Informal Sector: A Case of Chilika Lake

2014

Das, L.K. | Sameeksha Trust

Journal: Economic and Political Weekly Volumes: 49 ,

Books

Stressors of Disaster Induced Displacement and Migration on Urban Ecology in India

Year: 2020 , ISBN: 9780128207307

Chatterjee, R., L.K. Das and A. Dabral | Elsevier

Contribution: Urban Ecology: Emerging Patterns and Social- Ecological Systems , Pages: 71-89 ,

Neo-community Formation, Contestation and Policy Making in India: Narratives from Chilika

Year: 2020 , ISBN: 9781138580633

Das, L.K. | Routledge

Contribution: Theorising Cohesive Development: An Alternate Paradigm , Pages: 222-235 ,

Middle Peasant Thesis and Its Limitations

Year: 2015 ,

Das, L.K. | E-pgpathsala, University Grants Commission-Ministry of Human Resource Development

Contribution: Agrarian Relations and Social Structure in India ,

Honors And Awards

Honors

University Grants Commission

2012

NET-JRF

Journal- Development in Practice, Online, Australia

2024

Development in Practice Practitioner and Early Career Researcher Prizes for the article- Marginalisation of women and the predicaments of community-led ecotourism projects in the Chilika Lagoon, India

MemberShips

Indian Sociological Society

11 Sep 2020 - Present

Life Member

Teaching Engagements

Introduction to Political Ecology ( HSS 209 )

Spring

Environment, Society and Power in the Global South ( HSN-922 )

Spring

Urban Political Ecology ( HSS 304 )

Spring

Power and Politics in Contemporary India: Issues and Approaches ( HSO-101 )

Autumn

Gender and Development ( HSO-119 )

Spring

Students

SuperVisions

Becoming Arya and/or Dalit: Exploring the Lived Experiences of a Subaltern Caste in Jammu

10 Feb 2021 - 09 Feb 2026

Other Supervisors: , Scholar: Mr. Ameet Kumar

Negotiating Identity and Space: A Study of Women Vendors in Puducherry

24 Jul 2021 - 24 Jul 2026

Other Supervisors: , Scholar: Ms. Raveena Esther Ravichandran

Experiencing Urban Spaces as Gendered: A Study of Safety and Mobility of Women in Delhi

25 Jul 2021 - 25 Jul 2026

Other Supervisors: , Scholar: Ms. Prakriti Arya

Subjective Experiences, Objective Narratives: A Study in Political Subjectivity of Kashmiri Pandit Women in Jammu and Kashmir

25 Jul 2021 - 25 Jul 2026

Other Supervisors: , Scholar: Ms. Parul Oberoi

To Participate or Not to Take Part? A Study of Farmers' Movement and Dalit Agricultural Workers in Haryana

24 Jul 2021 - 24 Jul 2026

Other Supervisors: , Scholar: Mr. Vikash Kumar

Ethnicity, Gender and the Landscapes of Desire: A Study of Community-based Ecotourism in Eastern Ghats of Odisha, India

18 Jul 2022 - 18 Jul 2027

Other Supervisors: , Scholar: Ms. Anshikha Purohit

Miscellaneous

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