Personal profile
Academic Background
Dr Anuprita Shukla is a social scientist who teaches undergraduate and postgraduate modules on development management, geography and academic skills at the School of Global Development, University of East Anglia (UEA), Norwich, UK. She is the course director for BA International Development Management. Anuprita also serves as an adviser for close to thirty visiting students in the school.
Her contribution to international development spans twenty years, undertaking research and project management covering ten countries across South Asia and Europe (including Nepal, Bangladesh, Pakistan and India). Her experience builds on global interdisciplinary programme management, research, training, and teaching on critical development issues, including monitoring and evaluation, HIV/AIDS and sexual health, intergenerational knowledge, agriculture and sustainable food systems. She has published in Social Science and Medicine, Health and Place, and AIDS Care on public health issues and has given several talks.
Her current research focuses on intergenerational knowledge exchange, nutrition literacy, and sustainable food systems approach for improved health and well-being outcomes in India. Her earlier research focused on gender dimensions of agriculture in wheat-producing regions in South Asia. She has a long-standing experience working in Public Health and Policy, including HIV/AIDS. She specialises in working with the most marginalised groups, such as sex workers, adolescent/youth groups, rural and indigenous communities, and urban slum communities.
Social Media- X : @anuprita_shukla
Areas of Expertise
Monitoring and Evaluation; HIV/AIDS; Programme Management; Qualitative Methods, Food Systems and Food Security; Public Health; Intergenerational Relations
Education/Academic qualification
Doctor of Philosophy, 'Intended and unintended consequences of monitoring and evaluation in HIV prevention programmes in India: discrepancy between pain and paper.’ , Glasgow Caledonian University
Master of Public Health, Pune University
External positions
Visiting Lecturer, Saarland University
2022 → …
Keywords
- Development Studies (General)
- Social Sciences (General)
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
Projects
- 1 Finished
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Seaweed plant pots for sustainable cultivation: turning seaweed waste into soil health and sustainable growth
Tamburrini, V. (Principal Investigator), Shukla, A. (Co-Investigator) & Wallace, M. (Co-Investigator)
6/10/25 → 5/05/26
Project: Research
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Decolonising Literacy: Transformative intergenerational literacy and learning from Nepal and India
Shukla, A., Devkota, K. & Acharya, S., 2025, Family and intergenerational literacy and learning: International perspectives . Prins, E. & Zholdoshalieva, R. (eds.). UNESCO, p. 127-141Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review
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The caving in and the crawling out: Creating intergenerational vernacular food literacies
Shukla, A., Jan 2025, In: Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education. 55, 1, p. 99-117 19 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open AccessFile3 Citations (Scopus)44 Downloads (Pure) -
Examining the role of intergenerational relations in food systems: evidence from western India
Shukla, A., Jul 2024, In: Progress in Development Studies. 24, 3, p. 234-251 18 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Professionalisation experiences of a ‘business-minded’ HIV targeted intervention NGO in India: An organisational ethnography
Shukla, A. (Lead Author) & Cornish, F., Sept 2024, In: Global Public Health. 19, 1, 2399674.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Empty rituals? A qualitative study of users’ experience of monitoring & evaluation systems in HIV interventions in western India
Shukla, A., Teedon, P. & Cornish, F., Nov 2016, In: Social Science and Medicine. 168, p. 7-15 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access15 Citations (Scopus)
Prizes
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2nd International HIV Social Sciences and Humanities Conference Scholarship
Shukla, A. (Recipient), Aug 2013
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Cambridge Global Food Security: Newton Trust Seed Fund competition
Shukla, A. (Recipient), Jan 2019
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Glasgow Caledonian University Studentship
Shukla, A. (Recipient), Nov 2009
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Scottish Overseas Research Student Awards Scheme (SORSAS)
Shukla, A. (Recipient), Oct 2009
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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TIGR2ESS project Post Doctoral Researchers competition
Shukla, A. (Recipient), 2020
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Activities
- 5 Participation in conference
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DSA2024: Social justice and development in a polarising world
Shukla, A. (Speaker)
26 Jun 2024Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in conference
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Gender, Adult Literacy and Active Citizenship for Social Transformation (GALACST)
Shukla, A. (Speaker)
20 Nov 2019 → 22 Nov 2019Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in conference
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ASSHH UK Conference: Continuing Critical Conversations about HIV
Shukla, A. (Speaker)
20 Jun 2016Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in conference
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2nd International HIV Social Sciences and Humanities Conference
Shukla, A. (Speaker)
7 Jul 2013Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in conference
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State, Civil Society & Social Justice; XXXIII All India Sociological Conference
Shukla, A. (Speaker)
11 Dec 2007Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in conference