School of Social Sciences

Kalaiarasi Ka Sa has a Masters in Climate science and Policy from TERI University, New Delhi and a Bachelors in Geography from Presidency College, Chennai. Her major area of interest includes Climate change adaptation, disaster management and water resource management. Before joining NIAS, she was associated with IORA Ecological Solutions, New Delhi, as research associate, working on initiatives to build strategies to execute Incentive Based Mechanisms (IBM) in forest resource management and gender mainstreaming in conservation of forest resources.

Ishita holds a Master’s in Public Policy from St Xavier’s College and BSc Economics (Hons) from Symbiosis School of Economics. Previously, she was associated with the Indian Institute of Technology-Bombay where she worked on a project studying the effects of climate change on the fishing community in Maharashtra. Her research interests include labour, migration and livelihood studies.

Paul Thomas has completed his Integrated Master's in Economics from the University of Hyderabad. He is interested in using interdisciplinary approaches to study societies, specifically the holistic wellbeing of individuals. He likes to play badminton in the evenings.

Pallavi Krishnappa holds a Master’s degree in Social Work from the Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai. Before this, she worked as a researcher looking at the role of fake news and misinformation in election campaigns. Her academic interests currently lie at the intersection of digital technology, gender and questions of access. She also likes to read fiction in her free time.

Kritika has completed her Master's in Social Work (Livelihoods and Social Entrepreneurship) from Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai, and MPhil in Planning and Development from IIT Bombay. For her MPhil thesis, she worked on Urban Commons and Bourgeois Environmentalism. Her research interests include livelihoods, gender, environmentalism and climate change.