EDUCATION:
2018 MA, Community Organisation and Development Practice Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS)
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
2012 BA, Journalism, Psychology and Literature Mount Carmel College (Autonomous) Bengaluru,
Karnataka, India
Juwairia Mehkri
Senior Associate – Academics & Research | mjuwairia at iihs dot ac dot inCountries: India
States: Karnataka, Maharashtra, Odisha, Haryana
Cities: Bengaluru, Mangalore, Mumbai, Palghar, Bhubaneswar, Faridabad
Languages: English, Hindi, Kannada, Urdu
Juwairia Mehkri has spent the last decade working in the field of urban development, of which, six years were spent towards gaining work and academic experience on issues pertaining to urban poor and housing rights. Her interests are deeply rooted in questions of equitable access to housing, politics of planning and contestations around legality and legitimacy of slum settlements and explorations of alternative solutions of the urban poor in their claim for housing rights.