Teaching
Courses
Education
- PhD, Birla Institute of Science and Technology, Pilani, Rajasthan (2019)
- M.A. Sociology, Pondicherry Central University (2012)
- B.A., LL.B., Bangalore University, Bangalore (2010)
Profile
Swarupa Deb is a legal practitioner with a background in sociology. She has over ten years of experience working with the gender-diverse communities in Tripura and West Bengal. She is associated with several trans-led community-based organisations and networks as an ally advocating for inclusive policy-making in North East India.
She is currently working on her post-doctoral project that assesses gender and spatial inclusion in existing urban governance policies in India. Previously, she has served as a research associate at Colorado State University and CWS, Bangalore on a gender and conservation project. She has also spoken about her research and community engagement experiences at various platforms such as DAAD panel on spatial methods, AASJ panel on social justice, Stanford University, and others.
Research Interest
Her research interests delve into the questions of marginality, body politics, and inclusive policies with respect to gender-diverse communities.
Publications
- Nandan, A. and Deb, S. (2024). “Ambiguous Identity and Uncertain Belonging: Assessing the Lives of Undocumented Brihannalas in the Backdrop of the COVID-19 Pandemic”. Journal of South Asian Studies, Taylor and Francis. Vol. 46(6), pp. 1-18.
- Deb, S. (2020). “Living on the Edge: COVID-19 Adds to Distress and Discrimination of Indian Transgender Communities”. Health and Human Rights Journal. Harvard University Publication. Viewpoint, March 26, 2020.
- Agarwal, V. and Deb, S. (2018). “Art forms of the marginalised: Use of Folk media for political sensitization and expression of gender non-conformitivity in Rajasthan and West Bengal”. In Media, Culture and Ethics, edited by Sangeeta Sharma, Sushila Shekhawat and Anupam Yadav. Macmillan Publisher. pp. 216-221. 2018. ISBN 938768719-8.
- Bhattacharya, S., Deb, S., Hari Nair, Tanu Shukla, Anupam Yadav. (2017). “Critical Perspectives on the National Policy on Education 2016”. Higher Education for the Future. Sage Publication. Volume. 4, pp. 129-146. ISSN 2347-6311.
- Deb, S. (2017). “Between Borders: A study of the migrant transgender community in Tripura”. Man and Society: A Journal for North East Studies. Vol. 15, pp. 136-158. 2017. ISSN 2229- 4058.
- Deb, S. (2017). “The Legends of Aravan, Bahuchara and Yellamma: The Traditional Transgender communities in India”. Roots: International Journal of Multidisciplinary Researches. Vol. 3, pp. 91-94. 2017. ISSN 2349-8684.