Dr. Pooja Chetry
Assistant Professor
Ph.D. : University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, Telengana.Research Interests:
Feminist Research Methodology, Gender and Development, Gender and Sexuality, Women's Movements and Gender and Work.Date of Joining : Feb 3, 2020
Phone: 8761949329
Email: pooja.chetry@cottonuniversity.ac.in
About
Pooja Chetry holds an M.phil and PhD degree in Womens Studies from Hyderabad Central University (HCU). Her research interest areas are- Feminist Research Methodology, Women Movements, Gender and Sexuality, Gender and Development, and Gender and Work.
Research Projects
| Sl. No | Name of the Project | Name of the Principal Investigator(PI) | Name of the Co-PI | Name of the Funding Agency | Type (Government/Non-Government) | Year | Funds Sanctioned (INR in lakhs) | Duration of the Project |
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| 1 | Trafficking of Women and Children in Assam : A case Study | Pooja Chetry | Cotton University | In House | 2022 | 50000 |
Research paper publications till 2021
1. Chetry, P. (2023). Politics of gender: challenges of being a feminist male women human rights defender in north-eastern periphery of India. Gender & Development. Taylor & Francis. 31(1).125-141.
2. Chetry, P, & Pande, R. (2019). Gender Bias and Sex Trafficking interventions in the borders of India-Nepal. South Asian Survey, Sage. 26(2). 117-138.
3. Chetry, P. (2018). The Socio-Cultural Practices during menstruation among Nepali Women in North-East, India. Lokaratna, Folklore Foundation, India. 12(2). 158-168.
Chapters/Articles publications in Books (Research Oriented)
Chetry, P. (2019). Prostitution or Sex Work; Violence or Agency: The unspoken stories of women from Assam. In Pande. R and Vanka, S (Eds). Gender and Structural Violence. Rawat Publication, India.
Other Information
1. UGC NET (Women's Studies) DEC, 2014.
2. ICSSR Doctoral Fellowship 2017-2018.
Conference
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1. Presented a paper in International Conference titled Inclusion or Exclusion? Who decides where they stand: A policy understanding of social transformation of the tea garden workers in Assam, organised by Dept. HSS, IIT Roorkee.
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2. Particpated in two-day workshop on Pedagogy for Women's studies organised by Indian Association for Women's studies (IAWS) in collaboration with Advanced Centre for Women's Studies, Aligarh Muslim University (AMU).
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3. Invited as Resource person to deliver talk on-
1. Delivered a talk(online) on the topic Digital space and gender based cyber crime on 5th March 2023 organised by UGC Centre for Women's Studies, Dibrugarh University to commemorate International Women's day 2023. Dibrugarh, Assam.
2. Delivered a talk (online) on the topic Gender equality: reality verus Theory on 21st December 2022, organised by Research and Community development cell and IQAC, Lanka Mahavidyalaya, Lanka Hojai.
3. Delivered a talk (online) on the topic Patriarchy, Society and Feminist movement: Understanding the interlinkages in Indian context on 14th July 2021, organised by Dept. of Political Science and Dept. of Philosophy, Madhabdev university, Lakhimpur, Assam.
4. Delivered a talk (online) on the topic Gender role and family system in India: COVID19 and beyond on 19th June 2021, organised by Dept. of Political Science, Women Cell and IQAC, H.P.B Girls' College Golaghat, Golaghat, Assam.
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