Vikas has previously worked with several development organizations that focused on informal labor, including Hyderabad Urban Lab, Indo Global Social Service Society, Ajeevika Bureau, Women in Informal Employment: Globalizing & Organizing, and Citizen Matters, among others. He has worked in various capacities ranging from research, advocacy, and networking to project management, coordination, and policy analysis.
His work focuses on informal labor in urban spaces, particularly at the intersection of gender, caste, and climate change. Vikas holds a Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in History from Hindu College, University of Delhi.
Vikas is labor activist who earns a living as a researcher and urban practitioner but truly thrives through writing on labor. In his free time, he enjoys writing poems, short fiction, and producing podcasts on labor. He writes under the name “City of Laborer Speaks,” his imagined city for laborers. Additionally, he is a part-time comedian, performing acts centered on the lives of informal laborers in the city.