Koustab Majumdar

About

Koustab Majumdar teaches Rural and Tribal Development in Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda Educational and Research Institute (Deemed to be University, Ranchi campus, India). He was a Post-Doctoral (Visiting) Scholar at the International Center for Cultural Studies (ICSS), National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University (NYCU), Taiwan. He is also associated with Harriet Tubman Institute (HTI), York University, Canada as a Associate Fellow. Dr. Majumdar was awarded with Taiwan Fellowship (2023) by Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA), China (Taiwan) to conduct his post-doctoral research on Comparative Indigenous Social Welfare Policy at ICSS_NYCU. He worked as a research associate at the Tata Institute of Social Sciences and RKMVERI. Dr. Majumdar became the recipient of tuition fee scholarship (2019) to attend Chula Right Livelihood Summer School (Chulalongkorn University), Bangkok, Thailand. He has been associated with many international journals (Sage, Springer, Palgrave Macmillan) and edited book projects (Living Reference of Palgrave Macmillan) as a reviewer. His recent book includes Indigenization Discourse in Social Work: International Perspectives, Springer.

Employment

• Indira Gandhi National Open University Assistant Regional Director
  2025 - Present
• National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University Library Visiting Scholar
  2023 - 2023
• Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda Educational and Research Institute Teaching Assistant
  2019 - 2025
• Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda Educational and Research Institute Research Associate
  2017 - 2019
• Tata Institute of Social Sciences Research Associate
  2017 - 2017

Education

• Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda Educational and Research Institute PhD in Agriculture, Rural and Tribal Development
  2017 - Present
• Tata Institute of Social Sciences M.Phil. in Rural Development
  2015 - 2017
• University of Kalyani Master in Rural Development and Management
  2013 - 2015
• Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda University B.Sc. in Integrated Rural and Tribal Development and Management
  2010 - 2013

Projects & Funding

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Publications (15)

• Uranium mining, health risks and environmental injustice
  Discover Public Health 2026 DOI: 10.1186/s12982-026-02047-1
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• Ecopolitics, Extractivism and Indigenous People: Development Paradox of the Asur Tribe in Jharkhand, India
  The International Journal of Community and Social Development 2025 DOI: 10.1177/25166026251367989
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• Perception of Subjective Well-being of the Lodha Tribe in West Bengal
  Contemporary Voice of Dalit 2025 DOI: 10.1177/2455328X221091624
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• Indigenization Discourse in Social Work
  Springer International Publishing 2023 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-37712-9
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• Indigenous Social Work Education for the Global South
  Springer Series in International Social Work 2023 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-37712-9_11
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• Interconnectedness and Cocreating Indigenous Social Work: Collaborative Approach and Future Directions for Sustainable Development
  Springer Series in International Social Work 2023 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-37712-9_25
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• The cultural dimension of environment: Ethnoscientific study on Santhal community in eastern India
  International Journal of Anthropology and Ethnology 2021 DOI: 10.1186/s41257-021-00057-2
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• Ecoliteracy among Tribals in Eastern India
  South Asia Research 2021 DOI: 10.1177/02627280211056838
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• Tangible resources, intangible systems: A study on environmental perception among the Lodha community of West Bengal, India
  Journal of Indian Anthropological Society 2020
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• Forest Rights Act 2006, Customary Laws, and Sustainable Community Development: Study on Lodha Tribe of West Bengal, India
  Building Sustainable Communities 2020 DOI: 10.1007/978-981-15-2393-9_33
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