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Pankaj, A.K.

Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Bhopal, Indira Gandhi National Tribal University, Regional Campus Manipur

ORCID iD 0000-0002-2480-5634
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Ajeet Kumar Pankaj is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Education, and Research (IISER), Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India. He is author of ‘Dalit Migrants: Assertion, Emancipation, and Social Change’ published by Springer International. His research interests cover Caste, Migration, Exclusion, Social Policy, Community Development, and Gig Work. He has also been a recipient of the ‘Contact Grant’ fellowship funded by DAAD, Germany in 2017. He is board member and Associate Editor (Practice), Journal of Ethics and Social Welfare, published by Taylor and Francis. He has published range of articles in national and international journals like Community Development Journal, International Journal of Community and Social Development, Journal of Social Work with Groups, Journal of African and Asian Studies, The American Journal of Economics and Sociology. He was awarded K2A mobility grant 2023 for South Asia mobility by Swissnex, Consulate General of Switzerland, under which he was Visiting Faculty at the Department of Social Work and Sociology, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka. His ongoing research addresses the issues and challenges of gig workers in India; Rural-Urban Migration in the Purvanchal Region of Uttar Pradesh, and water crisis in the Bundelkhand region of India.

Employment

  • Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Bhopal Assistant Professor
    2024 - Present
  • Indira Gandhi National Tribal University, Regional Campus Manipur Assistant Professor
    2017 - 2024

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Publications (25)