Director

1. Team Leader, Sustainable Development Goals and Child Well-being in Telangana (Department of Planning, Government of Telangana).
2. Team Leader, A Study of Women’s Safety Accelerator Fund (WSAF) – Towards Establishing Return of Investment in The Tea Sector in Assam (IDH – WSAF (The Netherlands).
3. Team Leader, Data collection assignment for India Human Development Survey-3 in the state of Andhra Pradesh & Telangana (National Council for Applied Economic Research, New Delhi).
4. Team Leader, Common Property Resources, Practices, Laws and Challenges in Odisha & Madhya Pradesh (BN Yugandhar Centre for Rural Studies Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration, Mussoorie).
5. Team Leader, Including Environmental Sanitation in Sanitation Programmes: Evidence from Swachh Bharat Mission in Select Areas of Telangana, Andhra Pradesh and Odisha (Indian Council of Social Science Research, Special Call Division under Short-Term Empirical Research Project)
6. Team Leader, Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): Status Report on Child Related Indicators in Telangana State (Dr. Marri Channa Reddy Human Resource Development, Government of Telangana).  
7. Team Leader, Institutional Interventions for Maternal Care and Safe Motherhood in Telangana State: Status and Way Forward (Department of Planning, Government of Telangana).
8. Team Leader, Statistical Bulletin on Incidence of Child Marriage in South India (Department of Planning, Government of Telangana).
9. Research Advisor, Baseline Survey of Aspirational Districts in Telangana (Dr. Marri Channa Reddy HRD Institute of Telangana, Government of Telangana). 
10. Team Leader, Status of Informal Employment: Survival Strategies and Policy Implications in Telangana and Odisha (ICSSR, New Delhi).
11. Team Leader, Dalit Drum Beaters in Odisha: Changes and Continuity since Early 20th Century (ICSSR, New Delhi).
12. Team Member, “Socio-Economic Status and Educational Attainment and Challenges of Denotified, Nomadic and Semi-Nomadic Tribes (ICSSR, New Delhi).
13. Team Member, “Measuring Institutionalized Capacities for Development Projects in India”, (ICSSR, New Delhi).
14. Team Leader, “Mining Closure and the Issue of Livelihood”, (ICSSR, New Delhi).
15. Team Member, “Issues in Minority Development with special reference to Muslims in Telangana”, (Department of Planning, Government of Telangana).
16. Team Member, Combating Child Marriage, Eliminating Discrimination against Girl Child, (Department of Planning, Government of Telangana).
17. Team Leader, “Valuation of Health cost of the people affected from Mahanandi Coal field Limited, Anugul, in Orissa: A cost of illness approach” (Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation Social Statistics Division, New Delhi).
18. Team Leader, “Coping with Extremes: Strategic Dimensions of Policies, Information and Institution (ICSSR, New Delhi).
19. Team Leader, “Valuing Coal Mining Externalities: A Study in Basundhara Coalfield, India”, (ICSSR, New Delhi).
20. Team Member, “Guideline for Social Impact Assessment” (Ministry of Rural Development, Government of India).
21. Team Member, “Addressing Vulnerability to Climate Variability and Change through an Assessment of Adaptation Issues and Option” (World Bank).

Keynote / Panelist / Chair

1. Delivered a lecture as a Plenary Speaker at the Plenary Session, “Regional Dimension of Development: Employment, Poverty and Migration”, at the Two-Day International Conference titled “Structural Change, Youth Employability, and Inequality” organised by School of Economics, University of Hyderabad on December 8-9, 2025.
2. Co-chaired the Panel Discussion titled "Women Technology and Finance" during the 39th Annual Conference on Agricultural Marketing, organised by School of Economics, University of Hyderabad in collaboration with Department of Economics, Maulana Azad National Urdu University, Hyderabad on 29 October to 1 November, 2025.
3. Chaired the Plenary Session on “Social Political and Economic Issues” at the National Seminar on “Regional Issues of Tribal Development in India: Ground realities, Policy Interventions and desired Strategies” at M.P Institute of Social Science Research, Ujjain on November 07, 2024.
4. Chief Speaker, Plenary Session “Political Confrontations on Regional Issues” at the National Seminar on “Regional Issues of Tribal Development in India: Ground realities, Policy  Interventions and desired Strategies on November 7-8, 2024, MPISSR, Ujjain. Presented a paper titled “Understanding the Nature of Women’s Struggles in an Extractive Industry Setting of a Tribal Region of Odisha” (Co-author: Prajna Paramita Mishra).
5. Delivered Keynote Address titled “An Analysis of Child Health Indicators in Telangana: Socio-economic and Cultural  Perspectives”  at the National Seminar on “Institutions for Viksit Bharat” at Dept of Economics, Central University of Tamil Nadu, Thriruvarur on March 27, 2025.
6. Delivered Special Lecture on “Women in an Extractive Industry of India” at the National Seminar on “Development Challenges and Opportunities in Odisha” at the Department of Economics, Sambalpur University on 11-12 February 2025.
7. Delivered a lecture on “Doing Qualitative Research: The Art of Provoking for Storytelling”, as a part of the the 10- Day National Workshop on “Researching Everyday Lives: Workshop on Qualitative Research” at Council for Social Development, Hyderabad on March 10-19, 2025.
8. Delivered a lecture on “Introduction to Statistics in Social Research (Descriptive and Inferential Statistics)” as a part of the Research Methodology Course for Ph.D in Social Sciences at Department of Sociology, University of Hyderabad on March 03-13, 2025.
9. Chaired a Session on “GNREGS and SDGs” at the National Seminar on “Implementation of Mahatma Gandhi NREGS: Opportunities and Challenges” , held on February 20-21, 2025 by NIRD & PR, Hyderabad.
10. Presented a paper titled “Higher Education and Some Emerging Issues” at the International Project Workshop on “Education, Nation Building and Social Justice: A Study of Universities in India, South Africa and USA”, organized by the Department of Sociology, University of Hyderabad on 27-28 January 2025.
11. Delivered Lectures on “Art of Academic Writing” as a part of the Research Methodology Course for Research Scholars at Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan, Bhubaneswar on January 06 to 15, 2025.
12. Delivered the Inaugural Address on “How to Conduct a Robust Field Survey” at the Winter School Workshop on “Research Proposal Writing, Large-scale Data Analysis and Academic Paper Publishing”, organized by the Department of Economics, Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University, Lucknow on December 23, 2024.
13. Delivered a Lecture on “Structure of a Paper in Research and Writing” as a part of the 5-Day “Academic and Writing Workshop” organized by Council for Social Development on December 16-20, 2024.
14. Chaired the Plenary Session on "Social Political and Economic Issues" at the National Seminar on "Regional Issues of Tribal Development in India: Ground realities, Policy Interventions and desired Strategies" at M.P Institute of Social Science Research, Ujjain on November 07, 2024.
15. Chief Speaker, Plenary Session "Political Confrontations on Regional Issues", National Seminar on "Regional Issues of Tribal Development in India: Ground Realities, Policy Interventions and desired strategies" on November 7-8, 2024, MPISSR, Ujjain.
16. Presented a paper titled "Understanding the Nature of Women's Struggles in an Extractive Industry Setting of a Tribal Region of Odisha (Co-author: Prajna Paramita Mishra).
17. Chairperson, Plenary Session "Social, Political and Economic Issues", National Seminar on "Regional Issues of Tribal Development in India: Ground Realities, Policy Interventions and desired strategies", November 7-8, 2024, MPISSR, Ujjain. 
18. Panelist, “Diversification of Diet: How do ICDS, Mid-Day Meal Scheme and Urban Canteens Fair?” ICSSR - UoH-IoE Sponsored Workshop on “Diversification of Diet: Importance of Inclusion of Millets in the Diet Menu of ICDS, Mid-Day Meal Scheme and Urban Canteens: A study of Select Metro Cities of Telangana and Karnataka” 16th February, 2024, School of Economics, University of Hyderabad.
19. Panellist, One-Day Seminar on “The Current Status of Social Sciences in India and the Way Forward” as part of Golden Jubilee Celebrations of Madras Institute of Development Studies, Chennai, March 22, 2024.
20. Keynote Speaker, “Doing Qualitative Research in Social Science” in the Realpolitik Pedagogical Discussion, 5th June, 2022, Sambalpur University.
21. Chaired the Technical Session titled “Changing Ecology of Global and Indian Capitalism: Labour, Accumulation and Finance”, 25th (Silver Jubilee) Annual Conference of Indian Political Economy Association (IPEA) hosted by School of Economics, University of Hyderabad, 24-25 March 2022.
22. Inaugural Address at the Virtual Faculty Development Programme organised by School of Commerce and Management of G.H. Raisoni University, Saikheda, Madhya Pradesh on March 1, 2022.
23. Chaired a session at the technical session titled “Cross-Cultural Dimensions of Well Being” during the Research Conclave on 7th January 2022 at the International Conference hosted by MNIT, Jaipur, Rajasthan.  
24. Panellist, Roundtable on the topic “Positioning and Framing Just Transition in the Indian Context” on October 8, 2021 organised by International Forum for Environment, Sustainability & Technology, Delhi.
25. Inaugural Address, Online Training Programme on “Effects of Extreme Climate events on Labour in Telangana: Challenges and Mitigation”, 27 September 2021 at CSD, Hyderabad in collaboration with V.V. Giri National Labour Institute, Noida.
26. Chaired a session at the technical session titled “Cross-Cultural Dimensions of Well Being” during the Research Conclave on 7th January 2022 at the International Conference hosted by MNIT, Jaipur, Rajasthan. 
27. Chair a Session, National on the session titled “Viable Strategies to Improve Efficiency MGNREGA through Participatory Monitoring” National Seminar on “Good Governance Practices in MGNREGS” National Institute of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj, Hyderabad, December 14, 2023.

Papers Presented

1. “Participation without Protection? Gendered Labour Market Outcomes and the Limits of Inclusive Growth in Odisha (2018-19 to 2023-24)” at an International Conference on Business Innovation and Transformation organized by School of Business and Management, CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Bengaluru, on 18th–19th February 2026 by Dr. Siva Kumar Mishra (Co-author: Sujit Kumar Mishra).
2. “Bridging the Education–Employment Divide: Youth Transitions in Telangana for Viksit Bharat 2047” at the 66th Annual Conference of the Indian Society of Labour Economics (ISLE), hosted by the Symbiosis International (Deemed) University (SIU), Pune during 19-21 January 2026 by Dr. Siva Kumar Danyasi (Co-author: Sujit Kumar Mishra).
3. Presented a paper titled “Curtains of Hardship: Socio-Economic Realities of Jatra Practitioners in Odihsa at the International Conference “Culture of the Street: Reapprropriating Territoriality in Deterritorialized Odisha, held on 13-14 February 2025, organized by Woxen University, Hyderabad (Co-author: Sourav Mohanty).
4. “Women's Status in an Extractive Industry of India: Socio-Economic Discrimination and Violence”, National Conference on "Intersecting Identities and Economics of Discrimination, (23-24 January 2025), School of Economics, University of Hyderabad (Co-author: Prajna Paramita Mishra).
5. “Youth Employment Dynamics and Educational Attainments in Urban Telangana: During 2004-05 and 2022-23”, Indian Society of Labour Economics (29-31 March 2024) organised by University of Hyderabad, 31 March 2024 (Co-author: Dr. Sivakumar Danyasi).
6. “Political Geography and Structural Change: A Cross Sectional Study of the Status of Women in the Extractive Industry of India”, Global Conclave 2024 Advancing Human Development in the Global South, Institute of Human Development, New Delhi, 11-13 January 2024
7. "Investigating the Factors Influencing Safe Motherhood in Telangana" was presented at the Three-Day National Seminar on "Public Policies, Development, and Empowerment of Social Groups in India: Lessons from Telangana State", organised by ICSSR-Southern Regional Centre, June 26th to June 28th, 2023, at Osmania University, Hyderabad on the occasion of ICSSR SRC Golden Jubilee Celebrations (Co-author: Mohammad Sajid).
8. “Institutional Interventions for Maternal Care and Safe Motherhood in Telangana State: Status and Way Forward” in the 7th Annual Conference of Telangana Economic Association (Co-authors – L. Divya Jyothi, Mohammad Sajid and Langa Dolma Samuel), held in CSD, Hyderabad on February 11-12, 2023.
9. “Just transition: Incentivizing Women as Key Participants towards Carbon Neutrality” in the International Conference on “Justice in the Transition Away from Coal: Planning for a De-carbonised India” (Co-authors – Prajna Paramita Mishra and Chennuru Sravan), held in IIIT Hyderabad on 11-12 January 2023.
10. “A Methodological Understanding of Research during COVID-19”, in Gitam Annual Conference of Economics 2022-23 on “Multi-pronged Responses and Resilience to the Pandemic-Driven Crisis from Socio-Economic Spheres in the Indian Context” held in Gitam University, Hyderabad on 24-25 November 2022.
11. “An Assessment of Nutritional Status and Health Outcomes in Telangana: Evidence from National Family Health Survey (with Mohammad Sajid) at the National Conference on Understanding and Addressing Food and Nutrition Security Issues among the Vulnerable Groups: An Interdisciplinary Study in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, School of Economics, University of Hyderabad, 14 October 2022.
12. “Gender in the Indian Mining Sector: The Perpetual Curbing of Women Empowerment” at the International Conference on Women 2022 (with P.P Mishra and Ch Sravan Xavier) organised by International Relations Department, Parahyangan Catholic University, Indonesia, August 20-21, 2022 (Virtual)

INVITED LECTURES

1. “Who will be my Respondents in Social Science Research?” at the 2nd Indo-Swiss Research and Methods Festival organised by the Indian Council of Social Science Research, New Delhi on February 3, 2026 by Prof. Sujit Kumar Mishra.
2. Panel Discussion titled “Advancing a Gender Just Future” as part of the International Conference on “Business Innovation and Transformation” (ICfBIT 2026), organised by Christ University on February 18, 2026 by Prof. Sujit Kumar Mishra.
3. Delivered a lecture, “How to Conduct Field-Based Research” in the Two Week Capacity Building Programme for Social Science Faculty Members and Researchers organised by M.P. Institute of Social Science Research, Ujjain on November 22, 2025.
4. Delivered a lecture, “Writing of Research Paper” in the Two Week Capacity Building Programme for Social Science Faculty Members and Researchers organised by M.P. Institute of Social Science Research, Ujjain on November 22, 2025.
5. Delivered a lecture, “Case Study Methods for Bridging Theory and Practice”, UGC-Malaviya Mission Teacher Training Centre, Maulana Azad National Urdu University on October 8, 2025.
6. Delivered a lecture (online) in the Refresher Course on in Economics on “Livelihoods and Equity in Development: Perspectives on Marginalised Groups”, organised by the UGC– Malviya Mission Teacher Training Centre, Central University of Allahabad, on September 23, 2025.
7. Delivered a lecture (online) in the Refresher Programme on “Gender Equity and Economic Development: Shaping India’s Inclusive Future”, organised by the UGC–Malviya Mission Teacher Training Centre, Central University of Allahabad, on July 29, 2025.
8. Delivered a lecture "Art of Academic Writing" at Siksha O Anusandhan, Bhubaneswar on January 08, 2025.
9. Inaugural Address, "How to Conduct a Robust Field Survey" at Department of Economics, Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University, Lucknow on December 23, 2024. 
10. elivered a lecture "Structure of a Paper in Research and Writing" at the Academic Writing Workshop, Council for Social Development, Hyderabad on December 18, 2024.
11. Chief Speaker, "Understanding the Nature of Women's Struggles in an Extractive Industry Setting of a Tribal Region of Odisha" at the National Seminar on "Regional Issues of Tribal Development in India: Ground realities, Policy Interventions and desired Strategies" at M.P Institute of Social Science Research, Ujjain on November 07, 2024.
12. Delivered a lecture “Doing a Book Review and Writing a Short Piece” at Centre for Economic and Social Studies, Hyderabad on 13 August 2024.
13. Inaugural Lecture on “Who will be my Respondent”, Research Methodology Course on “Quantitative Methods and Women Studies, organised by CWDS in collaboration with the Centre for Women’s Studies, University of Hyderabad, during 18th - 28th March 2024.
14. “Structure of research paper, report and book; and differences in structure of each kind of writing”, Training Workshop on Methodology for Social Sciences, Council for Social Development, New Delhi, March 6,  2024
15. “Academic Writing”, Training Workshop on Methodology for Social Sciences,  Council for Social Development, New Delhi, March 6,  2024
16. “Writing of Research Paper”, Capacity Building Programme for Social Science Faculty Members organised by Madhya Pradesh Institute of Social Science Research, Ujjain, December 18, 2023.
17. “How to Conduct Field-Based Research”, Capacity Building Programme for Social Science Faculty Members organised by Madhya Pradesh Institute of Social Science Research, Ujjain, December 18, 2023.
18. Key Note Address on “Balance Futuristic Development with Sustainable Living”, Jan Jatiya Gourav Diwas and Constitution Day Celebrations organised by Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, National Institute of Technology, Rourkela, November 26, 2023
19. “Initiatives and Interventions taken by Telangana State Government to Address Various Dimensions of Poverty and Inequality”, ISS Probationers (43rd – 2021 Batch) Training Programme on “Poverty and Inequality Estimation”, National Institute of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj, Hyderabad, September 21, 2023.
20. “Mapping the Marginality in Higher Education”, for workshop on “Education, Nation Building and Social Justice”, Department of Sociology, University of Hyderabad, September 4, 2023
21. “Initiatives and Interventions taken by Telangana State Government to Address Various Dimensions of Poverty and Inequality”, ISS Probationers (43rd – 2021 Batch) Training Programme on “Poverty and Inequality Estimation”, National Institute of Rural Development and Panchyati Raj, Hyderabad, September 21, 2023.
22. “Mapping the Marginality in Higher Education”, for workshop on “Education, Nation Building and Social Justice”, Department of Sociology, University of Hyderabad, September 4, 2023.
23. “Doing a Book Review and Writing a Short piece (1500 to 1800 words)”, Centre for Economic and Social Studies, Hyderabad, June 15, 2023.
24. Inaugural Address in the “Capacity Building Programme on Quantitative Data Management and Analytical Writing in Labour Research” held in CSD, Hyderabad in collaboration with VV Giri National Labour Institute, NOIDA on January 9, 2023.
25. “Tribal and Gender Issues in Resettlement Projects" on February 27, 2023 in the workshop on Capacity Building for Resettlement and Rehabilitation of Project Displaced People at India organized by CSD, New Delhi.
26. “Gender sensitive development for achieving socially secured and socially just villages”' (Targets-17, 18, & 25) in the ―Training of State Level Master Trainers Programmes  on Theme 7: Socially Secured & Socially Just Village, National Institute of Rural Development & Panchayati Raj, Hyderabad, 2 August 2022.
27. “Doing Qualitative Research in Social Science” (Keynote Speaker) in the Realpolitik Pedagogical Discussion, Sambalpur University, 5 June 2022.
28. “Conducting Field Survey: Some Experiences” in the Refresher Course on - Research Methodology, Pondicherry University, 21 May 2022.
29. “Overcoming Institutional Barriers and Identifying the Career Opportunities”  in the webinar on the “Training on Capacity Building and Personality Development for Girls Students” organised by Sambalpur University (in collaboration with the National Commission for Women), December 4, 2021.
30. Political Economy of Migration (Emerging Challenges and Opportunities – Jatra Artists of Odisha) on the international migration day, organised by Migration Watch India Focus Odisha Foundation and Gramothhan, Bhubaneswar, December 18, 2021.
31. “Doing Ethnography in Mining Sites” in the workshop “Researching Everyday Lives”  organised by CSD, Hyderabad, December 23, 2021.
32. “Conducting Field Survey: Some Experience”, in Faculty Induction Programme – VIII organised by the Human Resource Development Centre, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi, February 23, 2022.
33. “Conducting Field Survey: Some Experiences” in the ICSSR Sponsored Research Methodology Workshop organised by Department of Economics, Banaras Hindu University, March 6, 2022.
34. “Data Collection-Designing Questionnaire” in the ICSSR Sponsored Research Methodology Workshop organised by Department of Economics, Banaras Hindu University, March 6, 2022.
35. “Conducting Field Survey: Some Experiences” in the Refresher Course on “Research Methodology” organised by Pondicherry University, May 21, 2022
36. “Gender sensitive development for achieving socially secured and socially just villages' (Targets-17, 18, & 25)” in the “Training of State Level Master Trainers Programmes” on Theme 7: Socially Secured & Socially Just Village organised by National Institute of Rural Development & Panchayati Raj, Hyderabad, August 2, 2022.
37. Invited Speaker – Delivered a Lecture on “How to Write Academic Research Paper”, Department of Language, Manipal University, Jaipur in a two days workshop on “Enhancing Research Skills and Integrity in Humanities and Social Science”, 22-23 February 2021.
38. Invited Speaker – Delivered a Lecture on “Goal 13: Planning for climate resilience & disaster management: Role of Panchayats in Tripura State” in the Online Training of Trainers (ToT) programme on “Institutionalisation of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) through Panchayats to manage COVID-19 crisis” NIRD & PR, Hyderabad, 17 September 2020.
39. Invited Speaker – Delivered a Lecture on “Planning for climate resilience & disaster management: Role of Panchayats in Uttarakhand state”in the Online Training of Trainers (ToT) programme on “Institutionalisation of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) through Panchayats to manage COVID-19 crisis” NIRD & PR, Hyderabad, 3 September 2020.