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Personal profile
Academic Background
Madhuri Kamtam is a Ph.D. researcher in International Development at the University of East Anglia, United Kingdom. Her research areas are labor economics, the political economy of development, gender, caste, econometrics, and social policy. Her Ph.D. research looks at labor laws, welfare, and collective action in home-based occupations, with a focus on the beedi industry in India.
Madhuri completed her undergraduate degree in Economics (Hons) at Azim Premji University, Bangalore, and her MSc. in Development Economics at SOAS, University of London. She was extensively involved in fieldwork for her master’s thesis in the Telangana region to examine and analyze issues around labor and employment, focusing on NREGA, mine, cine, and beedi workers.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Education/Academic qualification
Master of Economics, Dissertation: MGNREGA and inclusive growth in Telangana, India :An analysis of caste-gender intersectionality and community asset creation. Funding: Felix Scholarship, 2019. , SOAS, University of London
1 Sep 2019 → 30 Sep 2020
Award Date: 31 Dec 2020
Bachelor of Economics, Honors thesis: Caste, gender, and collective action in the informal sector : A case study of home making hand-rolled country cigar (beedi) workers in North Telangana,India. Funding: Fully-funded scholarship awarded by Azim Premji University, Azim Premji University
1 May 2016 → 1 Jun 2019
Award Date: 28 Jun 2019
Keywords
- Economics (General)
- Social Sciences (General)
- Statistics in Social Sciences
Media Expertise
- Economics
- Sustainable development
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Crafting solidarities, crafting a zine: Methods for resistance and recovery in Higher Education amongst doctoral researchers of colour
Ghaffar, F., Kamtam, M., Mir, T., Nakibuuka, L-M., Priyadharshini, E., Ramakrishnan, K., Martinez Renteria, A., Thomas, T. & Wang, Q., 11 Nov 2024, In: ACME: An International E-Journal for Critical Geographies. 23, 5, p. 310-337 28 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Navigating Barriers, Boundaries and Belonging in Higher Education: Reflections from the Concrete Collective
Martinez Renteria, A., Kamtam, M., Wang, Q. & Thomas, T., Oct 2024, In: Sentio Journal. 6, p. 179-184Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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'Women’s work in the unorganized sector: Issues of exploitation and globalization in the beedi industry' by Rekha Pande, Routledge India, 2022, 226 pp., US$144.68 (hardback)
Kamtam, M., Apr 2024, In: Asian Studies Review. 48, 2, p. 434-436 3 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Book/Film/Article review › peer-review
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Caste, Exclusion and Mental Health
Kamtam, M., 2023, Dalit History.Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Article
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Experience Decolonising across disciplines in postgraduate research and supervision: Breaking Double-Fold Barriers: Navigating the Academic World as a Person of Color and Lower-Caste Individual from India in the UK
Kamtam, M., Apr 2023.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
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