Department of Social Sciences and Humanities - IIIT Delhi

Gayatri Nair



Assistant Professor

PhD (2016), Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
Gayatri received her M.Phil (2012) and PhD (2016) in Sociology from the Centre for the Study of Social Systems, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. Her research interests lie in urban informal labour and livelihood patterns with an emphasis on the question of technology, caste and gender. With a focus on political economy, she has published work examining the links between caste, gender and cultures of modernity, working caste lives and popular culture. She is currently in the process of converting her doctoral research on the Koli fishing community and the movement for rights to livelihood in Mumbai into a book.