Research Fellows

 Dr B Charumathi
Dr B Charumathi
Research Topic: Developing a Corporate Social Justice Disclosure Index (CSJDI)

Professor B. Charumathi is a fervent researcher in the area of corporate financial reporting. She is presently Professor and Head of the Department of Management Studies, School of Management, Pondicherry University (a central University of Govt. of India) and a board member of the Pondicherry University Start-up Hub (PUSH), a Section 8 Company. With 27 years of teaching and research experience, she has written three books, published 140+ research papers. She is the Indian Principal investigator of the SPARC international collaborative project with top 100 QS ranked Australian universities, sponsored by the Government of India. She has been a visiting professor at Deakin University and University of Canberra. She is also a recipient of UGC’s JRF and AICTE’s career award, ICA’s Young Commercist Award and IAA’s Young Researcher Award. She harbours a passion for training human resources and enabling community-based activities.

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Doel Jaikishen
Doel Jaikishen
Research Topic: Indian Philanthropy for Social Justice: Enablers and Demotivators in Supporting Justice and Rights Work by Non-Profits

Doel Jaikishen is Manager, Communications and Partnerships, at the non-profit Youth for Unity and Voluntary Action (YUVA). For the past five years, she has played a key role in developing YUVA’s communications and messaging, to strengthen the organisation’s identity, impact and influence. During her career spanning 11 years in the corporate and non-profit sector, she has worked with diverse stakeholders in publishing houses, agencies and now at a rights-based non-profit. Her interest areas include creative communications, campaigning and narrative shifts for social change (via festivals and other creative mediums), understanding the dynamic philanthropy ecosystem and aiding meaningful partnerships to respond to complex social justice needs and concerns. Doel holds a master’s degree in English Literature from Jadavpur University, Kolkata.

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Dr. Ritu Sinha
Dr. Ritu Sinha
Research Topic: Role of NGOs in Tribal Development: Evidence from Palghar District

Dr Ritu Sinha is a Fellow in Management from NITIE, Mumbai. She has also completed an Advanced Diploma in Apparel Merchandising with a specialization in Retail Management from the National Institute of Retail Management, Bangalore. A UGC–NET holder, she has work experience of nearly 22 years spreading over the industry, academic, and research. She holds extensive professional experience in the pharmaceutical sector with GlaxoSmithKline, IMS Learning Resources, and ICFAI Business School. Her research interests include Corporate Philanthropy, Services Marketing, Marketing Analytics, and Entrepreneurship. She works with a wide range of industries, such as financial services, gaming/entertainment, retailing, and pharmaceuticals, and has been actively participating in various forums related to her areas of interest. She has published more than forty papers, and eight case studies on diverse topics, received five research grants and worked on two edited books.

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Yoosuf Ali
Yoosuf Ali
Research Topic: Becoming educated: Community philanthropy and education among Mappila Muslims In Kerala

Yoosuf Ali is a doctoral fellow at Centre for Social System, JNU, Delhi and is working on Education technology and its impact on higher education in India. He has a masters’ degree in Sociology from Delhi University and an M.Phil from JNU. With a background in social science research, he has been part of multiple research projects at different parts of the country including Andhra Pradesh, Kerala and Delhi in multiple roles as a research fellow, project coordinator and academic facilitator. While he can speak Malayalam, English and Hindi, he also has a keen interest in studying languages and connecting with their owners.

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Eisha Choudhary
Eisha Choudhary
Research Topic: Building Bridges of Empowerment: Mapping Philanthropic Initiatives Supporting Women in New Delhi

Eisha Choudhary is a PhD from Department of Social Work, Jamia Millia Islamia University. Her doctoral work traces the intersectionalities of multiple identities and dynamics of work at the crossroads of gender, faith, and development for Muslim women engaged in entrepreneurship. Currently she is working as a research consultant on qualitative research with International Centre for Research on Women (ICRW) to understand the policy impact of COVID-19 on informal women workers in Delhi NCR. As past research assignments, she has conducted a research study for Minority Rights Group Europe as an independent research consultant and worked on a long form essay as part of fellowship on digital rights for IT for Change. Her research interests include gender and work, minority rights, and feminist perspectives on digital rights.