Associate Prof @NIAS_India. Interests: Development, Livelihoods, Migration & Urbanisation, Food & Nutrition. Slow research (and life).
Bangalore
Joined November 2018
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Got my copies - feels good! The book is now available on Amazon, link here bit.ly/3WuhtBI
@SaniyaPuri007 @RanaAnwesha @qudsiya_Ah @CambridgeUP
A public lecture I gave in @SciGalleryBlr on #urbanfoodinsecurity in #India, drawing on recent work involving fieldwork with low-skilled migrant workers in Bengaluru, link here youtube.com/watch?v=de4P0Qls…
CALORIE Lectures | Have you ever wondered what food security looks like in Indian cities? Watch this lecture, ‘Hungry City: Food Insecurity Among Labour Migrants’ by Chetan Choithani @CChoithani, here youtu.be/de4P0Qlsppg
This lecture was held on 15 November 2025, as part of our exhibition CALORIE, which features 35+ exhibits on food, nutrition, digestion, and the politics of how it reaches our plates. Learn more about our past and upcoming weekend programmes here: calorie.scigalleryblr.org/pr…
@JahnaviPhalkey
I am speaking at the @SciGalleryBlr tomorrow. I will draw on my recent research on food insecurity among labour migrants in Bengaluru to highlight the changing nature of India's food insecurity challenge - from being predominantly rural to becoming an increasingly urban concern.
Lecture | Hungry City: Food Insecurity Among Labour Migrants
Join Chetan Choitani as he explores the hidden face of urban food insecurity through the experiences of nearly 600 labour migrants in Bengaluru.
📆 15 November 2025, Saturday
⏰ 4pm–6pm
📍 Science Gallery Bengaluru
For details and free registration, please visit the Programmes link in our bio or the URL calorie.scigalleryblr.org/pr…
@JahnaviPhalkey
Our new article in @USJ_online on urbanization and social change at India's rural-urban transition. It is open access, link here journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.…
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The Centre for the Study of Social Inclusion (CSSI), NLSIU and @INETeconomics @ysi_commons organised the 2nd Edition of the Inclusive Development Conference on 'Housing and Urban Land Management in an Unequal World' from March 5 to 7, 2025.
A report: nls.ac.in/news-events/reflec…
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Great opportunity for recent PhDs @asia_york #postdoc
We are launching our new Postdoctoral Fellowship in Asian Studies!
This one-year fellowship, starting September 1, 2025, is designed to support emerging scholars whose research focuses on historical, modern, or contemporary Asia and Asian diasporas.
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This looks great and look forward to reading it.
Two students & I reviewed every #IPCC report since 1990, identified, summarized how migration/displacement were assessed. Resulting 33p report too massive for a journal article available free, open access here here: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.…
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My first book, Inequalities and Interventions: Autonomous Adaptation to Climate Change, co-authored with @kalai_kasa., is expected to be out in May! @nias
My book chapter on 'Circular male migration, rural-urban linkages and household food security in India' in the Handbook on Rural-Urban Linkages in the Global South. e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/handboo…
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Kunal Munjal ( @kunalmunjal_ ), a long-standing research collaborator with the Foundation for Agrarian Studies; along with Amrita Datta (Assistant Professor, Liberal Arts Department, IIT Hyderabad) recently published a book review in the latest issue of Gender and Development journal.
Read the article: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…
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Thank you @kunalmunjal_ and Amrita for this review of my book #migration, #foodsecurity and #development
Our review (w Amrita Datta) of @CChoithani's book on 'Migration, Food Security and Development' in Bihar is now out in @GaDjournal!
The book is contributing to an imp gap in the literature.
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@CambridgeUP #EconTwitter #Migration #FoodSecurity #Bihar
I gave a paper at the first one and glad that the 2nd edition is happening. Do check out this call for papers by New Political Economy Initiative. Folks at NPEI are trying to start/revitalize important conversations around economy-society interface @Srishting @mtonykurian
How do social institutions structure economic processes and outcomes?
If your work speaks to this question, apply for the 2nd edition of the New Approaches to Economy & Society workshop. @mtonykurian & I are hosting in collaboration w the New Political Economy Initiative @ IITB
ALT New Approaches to Economy and Society 16-17 May 2025 at Azim Premji University Bengaluru The New Political Economy Initiative at IIT Bombay in collaboration with Azim Premji University is organising the second edition of the 2-day workshop on New Approaches to Economy and Society. Application deadline: 28 Feb 2025 Deadline for paper draft: 21 April 2025 Domestic travel and accommodation for shortlisted participants will be funded by the organisers
This looks nice. And there can’t be India-Australia mural without cricket in it!
Have you spotted the Australia-Bengaluru mural at Terminal 2 of @BLRAirport yet? If you’re at the airport, snap a selfie or a group shot, and tag us @AusCGBengaluru. The best photo will win a prize! #NammaBengaluru
Wonderful to be a part of @fesforcommons Promise of Commons Knowledge Partners Meet 2025. And great that it is happening in @NIAS_India this time
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Prof. Rajiv Gowda, former Member of Parliament and former Professor, IIM, deliver a key note address on ‘Public Policy, in an Era of Growing Inequalities’ at the Workshop on ‘Migration, Urbanisation and Food Security in the Global South: Evidence from Urban India.’ @NIAS_India
This was such an enriching panel discussion. Some key takeaways: Supriya Roychowdhury questioned the development model that relies on cheap circular migrant workers; @div_varma pointed to the great heterogeneity in migration and called for regionally robust policies for migrants
Join us for this panel discussion in NIAS tomorrow on 'Policy Regime for Internal Migrant Workers in India', led by @rajancds of @iimad_in, Supriya Roychowdhury of @NIAS_India and @div_varma of @workfairandfree @AajeevikaBureau
@rajancds suggested we need to drop the rhetoric around migration and see migrant workers as partners in development
Wonderful to have Prof. @rajeevgowda today do a lecture in @NIAS_India on ‘Public Policy in an Era of Growing Inequalities’ as part of research dissemination workshop on Migration, Urbanization and Food Security in the Global South, supported by @AusCGChennai
This public lecture by Prof. @rajeevgowda is happening this week in @NIAS_India. If you are interested to attend, do register here docs.google.com/forms/d/1o8y…
@AusCGBengaluru @AusCGChennai @DrShaileshNaya1
It was great to have Consul Andrew at the research dissemination workshop. I presented some preliminary findings from field research in Bengaluru. I hope this evidence will help us initiate policy dialogue on urban food security.
@AusCGBengaluru @AusCGChennai @NIAS_India
🇦🇺 alumnus @CChoithani is doing important work on food security in urban areas, supported through the Australian Alumni Grant Scheme, an initiative to support #alumni doing impactful work across India. Consul Andrew attended the research dissemination workshop in #Bengaluru.
Join us for this panel discussion in NIAS tomorrow on 'Policy Regime for Internal Migrant Workers in India', led by @rajancds of @iimad_in, Supriya Roychowdhury of @NIAS_India and @div_varma of @workfairandfree @AajeevikaBureau
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@DrShaileshNaya1 has called on Goa govt to actively seek the Blue Flag certification for the state’s pristine beaches. Despite India being home to 12 Blue Flag beaches, none of the sandy shores of Goa currently carry this prestigious eco-label @TOIGoaNews
