Radhika Mathrani Chakraborty
Ph. D. (Sociology)
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:
- Chakraborty, R. Under Review. Indeterminate liminality and the refugee journey: Partition and Hindu Sindhi women’s life narratives. Journal of Refugee Studies.
- Chakraborty, R. Forthcoming Feb 2022. Resettlement experiences of Sindhi women refugees post-Partition in The Routledge Handbook of Refugees in India ed. I. Rajan.
- 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.
- Chakraborty, R. Dec 2017. The Seams of Memory: Women Re-Mapping Partition in Graphic Space and Narrative eSocialSciences and Humanities.
- 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.
- 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.