The HUPA Chair for Urban Poor and the Law at NLSIU, in collaboration with Writing Urban India Collective and the Urban Studies Foundation (UK), is hosting the third iteration of the Writing Urban India Fellowship in 2025.
The Writing Urban India Fellowship Round 3 (WUI 3.0) is a mentoring initiative to nurture early career scholars in writing and publishing on urbanisation in India. The initiative aims to enable candidates with the skills and knowledge required to produce a structured writing output that is academic in nature – through capacity-building workshops, seminars and one-to-one mentorship. The programme will involve offline and online interactions based on feasibility. The first two iterations of Writing Urban India Fellowship were anchored by the Centre for Policy Research.
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Meet Our Fellows
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Aditi Pradhan | Doctoral Scholar, CSRD, Jawaharlal Nehru University | Processes of socio-spatial transformations in the city of Ahmedabad |
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Aishwarya Gupta | Project Co-ordinator, Hunnershala | Youth, Agency, and Collective Action: Narratives from an emerging youth collective in Bhuj city |
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Anindya Basak | PhD student, IIT Guwahati | Shaping Urban Transformation through Livelihood Practices: The Case of Rajarhat |
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Fathima Noora | PhD Candidate, University of Hyderabad | Remapping spaces, archives, and urban memory: A sociological perspective on the institutionalization of heritage sites in Hyderabad |
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Garima Jasrotia | PhD Candidate, University of Allahbad | Assessment of Socio-Environmental Sustainability of Heritage Smart cities: A comparative study of Varanasi and Amritsar |
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Gayotree Phukon | PhD candidate, TISS Guhawati | Women in the public spaces of Guwahati city |
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Hafsa Sayeed Shah | Doctoral Scholar, IIT Bombay | Gendered nuances of caste among Sheikh Muslims in urban Kashmir |
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Lakshyayog | Senior Project Associate, World Resources Institute | Infrastructuring the social: Negotiation of Physical Activity and Gendered Body in Delhi |
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Mohammad Aquil | Lecturer, O.P. Jindal Global University | The Provincial Modernity : Space, Architecture and Local Culture in Fin-de-siecle Allahabad 1860-1940 |
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Monica Sekar | Assistant Professor, School of Planning and Architecture, Vijayawada | Socio-spatial structure in an Indian city of ancient origin – A case of Madurai |
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Mukesh Lakum | Independent Research Consultant | Lessons from Delhi’s CNG transition to inform EV transition |
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Neenu Suresh | Research Scholar, National Law School of India University | Law, Social Movements and Rights over Urban Spaces in Neo liberal Era |
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Nisar Kannangara | Consultant, Research and Academic Team, Indian Institute for Human Settlements | Exploring the Social Dynamics of Urbanization and Tribal Settlement Life in Kerala |
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Prithiraj Borah | Assistant Professor Sociology, VIT Vellore | Gender, Food, Community and Urban Space in Bengaluru |
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Qurratul Ain Maryam | PhD Student, IIM Bangalore | Spatial Histories of Segmented Housing Market in Kolkata |
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Ramengmawia Bawitlung | PhD Candidate, IIT Bombay | Sonic Urbanism in Aizawl: Sounding the Everyday City in Northeast India |
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Sandhya Gawali | PhD Scholar, Jawaharlal Nehru University | Urban Marketplace: Exploring ‘Bajaar’ as a site of Pollution, Respectability, and Resistance |
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Shainal Verma | Senior Research Scholar, IIT Delhi. | What is this urban haze?: Storytelling, and Identity Construction In an Urban Village |
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Shashwat Vikram Singh | PhD Scholar, Bits Pilani, Goa | Urban space production through touristification and its impact on selected neighbourhoods in Goa |
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Sindu Deivanayagam | PhD Student, Christ University | Subaltern Environmentalism: Negotiating the Issues of Poramboke (Commons) in Ennore, North Chennai’. |
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Subhamay Ghosh | Research Associate, Jawaharlal Nehru University | Middle Class Narratives of Urban Citizenship: Perspective from Bolpur Municipal Town, India |
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Sumit Kumar | PhD scholar, Shiv Nadar University | Living’ with the Dead (A study of Banaras) |
Meet Our Mentors
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Amita Bhide | Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai |
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Anant Maringanti | Hyderabad Urban Lab, Hyderabad |
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Anwesha Ghosh | National Law School of India University, Bengaluru |
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Ashima Sood | Anant National University, Ahmedabad |
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Champaka Rajagopal | Centre for Policy Research, New Delhi |
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Dhiren Borisa | Jindal Global University |
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Dhivya Janarthanan | National Law School of India University, Bengaluru |
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D. Parthasarathy | Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay |
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Gautam Bhan | Indian Institute for Human Settlements, Bengaluru |
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Gopa Samanta | University of Burdwan, Bardhaman |
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J. Devika | Centre for Development Studies, Kerala |
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Karen Coehlo | Madras Institute of Development Studies, Chennai |
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Marie-Hélène Zérah | Research Institute for Development, Marseille |
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Mukta Naik | National Institute of Urban Affairs, New Delhi |
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Neelanjan Sircar | Ahemdabad University |
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Neha Sami | Indian Institute for Human Settlements, Bengaluru |
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Partha Mukhopadhyay | Centre for Policy Research, New Delhi |
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Ratoola Kundu | Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai |
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Rohit Negi | Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta |
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Sushmita Pati | National Law School of India University, Bengaluru |
Team
Sushmita Pati
Anwesha Ghosh
Nandinie Gupta
Contact Us
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