Assistant Professor and Head

Dr Bikku R

Department of Liberal Arts, Sociology and Anthropology

Interests
  • Environmental and Development
  • Religion and Environment
  • Social-Cultural Anthropology
Education
2006
Bachelors (Economics, Political Science and Public Administration)
Osmania University, Hyderabad, India
India
2009
Masters (Anthropology)
University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, India
India
2011
MPhil (Anthropology)
University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, India
India
2017
PhD (Anthropology)
University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, India
India
Experience
  • Jan 2022 to Present - Assistant Professor (Anthropology), Department of Liberal Arts, Easwari School of Liberal Arts (ESLA), SRM University-AP
  • Aug 2018 - Nov 2021- Postdoctoral Research Fellow - Department of Anthropology, University College London (UCL), London, United Kingdom
Research Interests
  • Environmental Anthropology, Religion and Ecology, Tribal (Indigenous) Studies, Nomadic Communities, Mobile Pastoralism and Conservation, Political Ecology, Climate Change, Biodiversity Conservation, Multispecies Ethnography, Sustainable Cities, and Global South.
Awards & Fellowships
  • 2019 - Travel Grant for International Conference from French National Research Institute for Development (IRD), Paris, France. (€ 1000)
  • 2017- National Overseas Scholarship for Post-Doctoral Research Fellow in Anthropology Abroad (2015-16).
  • 2016 - Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR) Doctoral Fellow (2015-16).
  • 2010 - National Fellowship Scheme (Govt of India) for MPhil and Doctoral Research (2009-10).
Memberships
  • Member of the Royal Anthropological Institute of Britain and Ireland (RAI)
  • Member of the European Association for South Asian Studies (EASAS)
  • Lifetime Member of Indian Sociological Society
Publications

No publications found.

Contact Details

bikku.r@srmap.edu.in

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