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Satyapriya Rout

University of Hyderabad, Banaras Hindu University, Institute for Social and Economic Change, Ravenshaw University

ORCID iD 0000-0002-4070-5385
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Prof. Satyapriya Rout teaches at the Department of Sociology, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad. He joined the department as an Assistant Professor in the year 2006. Prior to joining University of Hyderabad, he worked as Lecturer in Sociology at Banaras Hindu University (BHU), Varanasi from February 2004 to August 2006.

His areas of research interest broadly include environment and natural resource governance, environmental movements, decentralised governance and development. While inquiring into the question of community’s engagement with governance of natural resources, his research focuses upon forest and water.

He was awarded Sir Ratan Tata Fellowship for his post-doctoral research at Asia Research Centre, London School of Economics & Political Science, London, UK during October 2012 - June 2013. He was also awarded UKIERI visiting fellowship at LSE, London, UK (2015 - 16); SSPS-IASH visiting fellowship at University of Edinburgh, UK (2014); ICSSR-NRCT Indo-Thai visiting fellowship (2011); Legal Pluralism visiting fellowship at University of Neuchatel, Switzerland (2009).

He authored the following two books:
[2022] Urban Water Supply and Governance in India. Singapore: Springer Publications (Co-authored with Prof. Ruth Kattumuri, London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE), London, UK).

[2019] Social Inequality and Access to Water: Equity, Sustainability and Participation in Rhetoric of Drinking Water Reforms in India". New Delhi: Serials Publications

Employment

  • University of Hyderabad Professor
    2021 - Present
  • University of Hyderabad Associate Professor
    2018 - 2021
  • University of Hyderabad Assistant Professor
    2006 - 2018
  • Banaras Hindu University Lecturer
    2004 - 2006

Education

  • Institute for Social and Economic Change Ph.D.
    1999 - 2004
  • University of Hyderabad M.A
    1996 - 1998
  • Ravenshaw University B.A. (Hons) Sociology
    1993 - 1996

Projects & Funding

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Publications (11)