Radhika Mathrani Chakraborty

Ph. D. (Sociology)

Radhika

Research Interest:  Diaspora, Gender and Feminist Studies, Migration, Mobilities, Gender-Based Violence

Radhika Mathrani Chakraborty is a fourth-year PhD student at the Department of Sociology, NUS. Her research interests include gender and feminist studies, diaspora, migration and gender-based violence. Her doctoral research will undertake a gendered analysis of the Sindhi business diaspora in Hong Kong. Radhika has a Master’s degree in Women’s Studies from the Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai, and has previously worked with state-based services for women survivors of violence.

Dissertation:
My research project focuses on the diasporic experiences and ties of the Hindu Sindhi community in Hong Kong. I explore gendered dimensions of business diaspora, with particular attention to local and translocal diasporic networks and articulations

Work Experience:
Worked with state-based services for women survivors of violence

Previous Degrees:
Master's degree in Women's Studies from the Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai

Teaching Experience:

  • SC2220 Gender Studies (S2 2019-20)
  • SC3215 Law and Society (S1 2019-2020)
  • SC3101 Social Theory (S2 2018-19)
  • SC3203 Race and Ethnic Relations (S1 2018-19)

Contact Info
Email ID: radhika.chakraborty@u.nus.edu

Publications:

  1. Chakraborty, R. Under Review. Indeterminate liminality and the refugee journey: Partition and Hindu Sindhi women’s life narratives. Journal of Refugee Studies.
  2. Chakraborty, R. Forthcoming Feb 2022. Resettlement experiences of Sindhi women refugees post-Partition in The Routledge Handbook of Refugees in India ed. I. Rajan.
  3. Sakhrani, M, T. Panchal, R. Chakraborty and M. Kande. 2019. Long Road to Justice: Implementation of the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act (2005) in Haryana. in Conflict in the Shared Household: Domestic Violence and the Law eds. I. Jaising & P.M. Anurag. Oxford University Press.
  4. Chakraborty, R. Dec 2017. The Seams of Memory: Women Re-Mapping Partition in Graphic Space and Narrative eSocialSciences and Humanities.
  5. Sakhrani, M, T. Panchal, R. Chakraborty and M. Kande. Nov 2017. Commentary: Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act (2006) in Haryana. Economic and Political Weekly.
  6. Dave, A, V. Ajgaonkar, Y. Pradhan, R. Chakraborty. May 2017. In search of justice and care: how women survivors of violence navigate the Indian criminal justice system. Journal of Gender-Based Violence, Policy Press.