Dr. Anindita Chakrabarty is Assistant Professor at the School of Law, Mahindra University. She has a Ph.D. in Social Sciences from Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), Mumbai. Her doctoral thesis is titled, ‘Migration Question in Assam: Exploring Belonging in Native‒Migrant Discourse’. It examines the present Indian state of Assam which has been witness to ongoing contestations around binary identities of native/indigenous, outsider/migrant identities, or the legal/illegal. She teaches Sociology at the School of Law.

In her academic career, as a student and researcher, Dr. Anindita has engaged with community workers, grassroot activists, and academicians. Her specialisation areas comprise Research Methodology (with specific focus on Qualitative methods), Migration and Diaspora Studies, Gender Studies, and South Asian Studies, and broadly the field of Sociology and Political Anthropology. Dr. Anindita has published research articles and book reviews in international peer‒reviewed journals, and has also contributed chapters in edited volumes.

Her research interests include state, citizenship, governance, and migration studies. Her research traverses through the identity contestations in the borderlands of India and Bangladesh, wherein she has specifically explored the borderland districts of West Bengal and Assam. She further aims to explore citizenship discourses evolving in the Global South.

• Assistant Professor School of Law MU (Sept 2021 – Present )

• Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Social Sciences from Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai, India (2017‒2021). Doctoral thesis title: ‘Migration Question in Assam: Exploring Belonging in Native‒Migrant Discourse’

• Master of Philosophy (M.Phil.) in Social Sciences from Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai, India (2015‒17). M.Phil Thesis title: ‘Undocumented Bangladeshi Migrants─ A Study in West Bengal’

• Master of Arts (M.A.) in Sociology from the Department of Sociology, University of Pune, India (2011‒13).

• Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) with honours in Sociology from Rani Birla Girls’ College under the University of Calcutta, Kolkata, India (2008‒2011)

Chapters in Edited Books and Journal Articles

• Chakrabarty, A. (2024). Structural Intersections, Hierarchical Citizenship and Criminalization of the Migrant in Assam. Critical Criminology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10612-024-09787-z
• Chakrabarty, A. and Chakraborty, A. (2024). How has Covid‒19 pandemic impacted undocumented migrants’ children? Locating Precarity and Marginalisation in India. In B. Jojo & A. Dutta (Eds.), Children and Scars of COVID‒19 Pandemic in India: Issues and Challenges. Routledge.

• Jha, M.K., Chakrabarty, A. (2023). Nationalism and Populist Politics: The Migrant‒Citizen Conundrum in Assam. Citizenship Studies. 27(4), 514‒529. https://doi.org/10.1080/13621025.2023.2178637

• Chakrabarty, A. (2022). Negotiations and Navigation: Migrant Lives in a Borderland District. In N. Chowdhory & P. Banerjee (Eds.), Gender, Identity and Migration in India. Singapore: Palgrave Macmillan.https://doi.org/10.1007/978‒981‒16‒5598‒2_12
• Chakrabarty, A. (2022). The One‒Dimensional Man─ Unravelling identity of a New Indian subject. In M.K. Jha & Pushpendra (Eds.), Beyond Consumption: India’s New Middle Class in Neo‒liberal times (pp. 249‒264). London and New York: Routledge.
• Chakrabarty, A., Jha, M.K. (2021). Social Construction of Migrant Identities: Everyday Life of Bangladeshi Migrants in West Bengal. Community & Development Journal.https://doi.org/10.1093/cdj/bsab003
• Chakrabarty, A. (Forthcoming). Negotiations and Navigation: Migrant Lives in a Borderland District. In N. Chowdhory & P. Banerjee (Eds.),Gender, Identity and Migration in India. Palgrave Macmillan. 2021
• Chakrabarty, A. (2020). Migrant Identity at the Intersection of Post‒colonialism and Modernity. Journal of Migration Affairs, II(2). DOI: 10.36931/jma.2020.2.2.100‒116.
• Chakrabarty, A. (Forthcoming). The One‒Dimensional Man─ Unravelling identity of a New Indian subject. In M.K. Jha & Pushpendra (Eds.),Beyond Consumption: India’s New Middle Class in Neo‒liberal times. Routledge.
• Chakrabarty, A. (2016). Bangladesh vis‒a‒vis cross‒border migration to India and Identities‒ A critical geopolitical understanding. Journal of Social and Economic Studies, XXVI(1‒2), 96‒110.
• Chakrabarty, A. (2016). Saraswati Reincarnated: Representing the Body of a Female Vocalist. The Apollonian, 3(1 & 2).
• Chakrabarty, A. (2016). Religion as a Panopticon: Traces in Indian Society and Polity. In S. Kar (Ed.), Religion and Society (pp. 73‒80). Kolkata: Monoshokti Publishers.
• Chakrabarty, A. (2013). Growing up as a gendered person. In M. Tamcke, & G. Jathana (Eds.), Body, Emotion and Mind: Embodying the Experiences in Indo‒European Encounters (pp. 71‒83). Zurich: LIT Verlag Münster.

Book Reviews

• Chakrabarty, A. (2020). Ranabir Samaddar (Ed.), Burdens of an Epidemic: A Policy Perspective on Covid‒19 and Migrant Labour. Journal of Social Inclusion Studies. 6(2), 211‒214. https://doi.org/10.1177/2394481121995989
• Chakrabarty, A. (2020). Ranabir Samaddar (Ed.), Borders of an Epidemic: COVID–19 and Migrant Workers. The International Journal of Community and Social Development, 2(2), 286–287. https://doi.org/10.1177/2516602620935679
• Chakrabarty, A. (2021). Manohar Pawar (Ed.), Covid‒19 Pandemic: Impact on and Implications for Community and Social Development. The International Journal of Community and Social Development, 2(4), 489–490. https://doi.org/10.1177/2516602620935679 2021

Articles and Book Reviews in Magazines

• Chakrabarty, A. (2024). The double jeopardy of climate change and citizenship: Envisioning resilience in the chars of Assam. Routed Migration & (Im)mobility Magazine. Retrived August 15, 2024 from https://www.routedmagazine.com/post/the-double-jeopardy-of-climate-change-and-citizenship-envisioning-resilience-in-the-chars-of-assam

• Chakrabarty, A. (2023). You are asking us to discount all perspectives, but to think in only ‘one’ perspective”: ‘Common sense’ in a private university Sociology class. Doing Sociology. Retrieved August 13, 2023 from https://doingsociology.org/2023/07/13/you‒are‒asking‒us‒to‒discount‒all‒perspectives‒but‒to‒think‒in‒only‒one‒perspective‒common‒sense‒in‒a‒private‒university‒sociology‒class‒anind/
• Chakrabarty, A. (2020, July 18). Book Review: Ranabir Samaddar (Ed.), Borders of an Epidemic: Covid‒19 and Migrant Workers. Cafe Dissensus Everyday. Retrieved July 25, 2020, from https://cafedissensuseveryday.com/2020/07/18/book‒review‒ranabir‒samaddar‒ed‒borders‒of‒an‒epidemic‒covid‒19‒and‒migrant‒workers/?fbclid=IwAR1to32C2orCEapPbQGZAX047kDAK‒e9ih1EPWcEDeZyEDvNuXrBCLzmRSI
• Chakrabarty, A. (2017, August 15). The Citizen and the Constructed Other − Bangladeshi Migrants in West Bengal. (B. Ghosh, Ed.) Café Dissensus(38 India at 70: The Many Partitions ).

• Has worked as Project‒Assistant on ‘Experience, Aspiration and Struggles: A Study of New Middle Classes in India’ (funded by ICSSR) at the School of Social Work, Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), Mumbai.
• Has worked as Project‒Assistant and Teaching‒Assistant for M.A. students at the Department of Sociology Savitribai Phule Pune University.

Her research interests include:

• Borderlands
• Citizenship
• Gender Studies
• Governance
• Health Migration
• Intersectionality Theory
• Migration
• South‒Asian Studies

Principal Investigator for the project on “Coping up with climate change: Unpacking ‘resilience’ in West Bengal and Assam”; Research Grant for 2 years, approved by Mahindra University, Hyderabad in September, 2022.

Co‒Investigator for the project on ‘Exploring Remote Ecologies: Gender, Conservation and Livelihood in Assam’; Research Grant for 1 year, approved by GITAM University in October, 2023.