PhD Program, Vanier Doctoral Scholar
Campus
- Downtown Toronto (St. George)
Fields of Study
- Economy, Technology and Society
- Empires, Colonialisms and Indigeneity
- South Asia
- State, Politics, and Law
Major and Minor Fields
Major
- South Asian History
Minor 1
Economic History of Europe
Minor 2
Economic Anthropology
Working Dissertation
Supervisors
Bhavani Raman
Biography
Her dissertation provides a historical view of financial infrastructure in India from 1750 - 1947. She is interested in exploring finance as a site of contestation between early modern and modern states and financiers or bankers. In Fall 2021 she is a course instructor for an advanced undergraduate seminar in "Topics in Global Asian Migrations" at the University of Toronto. Before entering the PhD program she has spent several years at the World Bank working on financial inclusion, digitization, and rural livelihood programs in South Asia.
Awards
Education
MA Social Science, University of Chicago
BA Social Anthropology, University of Cambridge
BA History, University of Delhi
Cohort
- 2016-2017