EDUCATION:
2015 MA, Development Studies, Ambedkar University, Delhi
2013 BA, Economics (Hons), Ramjas College, University of Delhi, Delhi
Countries: India
States: Delhi, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Orissa
Cities: Delhi, Bangalore
Languages: English, Hindi, Bengali
Antara is a part of the Academics & Research team at IIHS. A graduate of economics and development studies, with a focus on global south, she is particularly interested in labor studies and development studies, cross-cutting with themes of migration, gender, and informal work and employment.
At IIHS, she provides assistance in research and fieldwork for institutional projects. The work at IIHS is an opportunity to explore research methods in social science research, and learning about policy and development work.
She is currently assisting on a project exploring child-feeding knowledge and practices among working women in informal sector in the urban, allowing her to look at the linkages between employment conditions and health outcomes. She is also working with CAARIA-ASSAR in their research stream looking at natural and socio-economic transitions in peri-urban areas of Bangalore and how they shape differential vulnerability and adaptive capacity. In particular she is investigating livelihood transitions/diversifications and gendered impact of such transitions.
She was previously a liaison and Research Assistant for the School of Economic Development (SED) at IIHS, co-coordinating and providing research assistance on proposals, and liaising communications and outreach, and executive management for the School.
Before joining IIHS, she has worked and volunteered with several projects for field assistance. Her master thesis project was exploring the narratives of negotiating entry into the labor market among migrant women living in a basti in a Delhi Industrial Area. It was a part of a larger study looking at ‘Migration and Industrial Work: Worker Identities and Livelihood Strategies’.