EDUCATION:
2006 BA, Mass Media, Journalism Kishinchand Chellaram College, University of Mumbai Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
2010 MA, Sociology Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi Delhi NCR, India
2013 MSc, Sociology of Law International Institute of Sociology of Law, University of Basque Country Onati, Spain
Countries: India
States: Delhi, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Rajasthan, Gujarat
Cities: Delhi, Mumbai, Jaipur, Bangalore
Languages: English, Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati
Kinjal Sampat has worked as a researcher for over a decade. Her focus areas have been inequality, links between growth and employment, and social protection. She has specifically written on income security, low-income housing, employment and micro-enterprise issues. At IIHS, Kinjal engages with imminent questions at the intersections of human and economic development—particularly interrogating the role of nano and micro enterprises in development, employment, and social protection. She has previously worked with the Global Alliance for Mass Entrepreneurship, the Centre for Equity Studies and the Centre for the Study of Developing Societies. She holds a master’s in sociology from the Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi, and a master’s in sociology of law from the University of the Basque Country.