Title of PhD project: "Indigenous Peoples (Politics), Everyday State and Development Experiences in Tripura, North-East India."
This study explores subaltern conceptions and experiences of the modern state in their everyday lives in everyday practice. Subalterns, here referring to communities of indigenous populations who were previously said to live a subsistence/isolated life within a non-state territory, now experience the state in multiple forms in their everyday lives. With modern state formation, they now find themselves either resisting the state, keeping the state out, or negotiating the concept of state for their own benefit and survival. The focus of this study is to understand their diverse experiences and negotiations in everyday practices in relation to the modern state in postcolonial India using Tripura, Northeast India as an example.
Procedure and milestones:
The data base was collected during field research in Tripura, Northeast India.
Contact: biswaranjantripura(at)gmail.com
Curriculum Vitae:
- Master in Social Work with a specialization in Dalit and Tribal Studies, Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), Mumbai, India.
- Faculty member (on sabbatical leave) in the Centre for Social Justice and Governance, School of Social Work, Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), Mumbai, India.
Awards:
- Qualified UGC-NET and Awarded Junior Research Fellowship (JRF), Government of India, 2011.
- Top Class Scholarship Award, Ministry of Tribal Affairs, Government of India, 2009-11
- Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Young Scholar Award, 2009 (Did not accept the award)
- Loyola Alumni Scholarship, 2008 by Loyola College, University of Madras, India
Start of PhD project:
2018-2021
Scholarship:
Bread for the World Development Scholarship
Erstbetreuerin
- Tripura, Biswaranjan (2014): Educational Experiences of Indigenous Peoples, New Delhi-Mittal Publication (Single Author).
- Tripura, Biswaranjan (2020): Forming an alumni association relief group to address the needs of Indigenous peoples in Tripura, India during the COVID-19 pandemic, Social Work with Groups, DOI: 10.1080/01609513.2020.1840191
- Tripura, Biswaranjan (2013). "International Social Work-An Indian Experience" in Indian Journal of Dalit and Tribal Social Work Vol.1, Issue 3 No.1 pp.1 to 24, October.
- Tripura, Biswaranjan (2013): 'Tribal Question in Tripura: Dialogue between its Past and Present', in Journal of Tribal Intellectual Collective India, Vol.1, Issue 2, No.3 pp. 41 to 65, December.
- Tripura, Biswaranjan (2012): Educational Experiences of Indigenous People with Special Reference to Tripura, North- East India, Asian Journal of Research in Social Sciences and Humanities, Volume 2 (6), 217-227, June.
- Tripura, Biswaranjan (2015): Indigenous peoples question in Tripura: Dialogue between its past and present. In Alex Akhup 'Identities and their Struggles in North-East'. Kolkata-Adivaani Publishers, pp.151-179.
- Tripura, Biswaranjan (2015): 'Tribe Centric Education and Pedagogy-From the Lived Experiences of Tribes within a multicultural society' in Vulli Dhanaraju 'Debating Tribal Identity: Past and Present', pp.309-321, Dominant Publishers, New Delhi.
- The Uttarakhand Disaster-Impact Assessment Report", Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai, August, 2013, (Contribution in a Report).
- Book Review (2015): Structure, Consciousness and Social Transformation-The Adivasis in Thane District, Maharashtra, by Denzil Saldanha, 2015, New Delhi: Aakar Books, pp 593, Price: 1695/- in Indian Journal of Social Work. Vol.76 (3),481-484, July,2015