Adarsh Kumar

Adarsh Kumar

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Contact

Bachstraße 18k, Room 2.11
adarsh.kumar@uni-jena.de

 

 

Education

2019-20- MPhil in Development Studies (UK Distinction), Department of Politics and International Studies, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom

2017-19- MA in Development and Labour Studies, Center for Informal Sector and Labour Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India

2015-17- MA in Development Studies, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati, India

2012-15- BA (Hons) Humanities and Social Sciences, Cluster Innovation Center, University of Delhi, Delhi India – Specialization in Development Economics

Area of Interest

Algorithmic Control at Workplace, Worker’s Wellbeing, Future of Work, Labour Economics, Political Economy of Digitalization, Science and Technology Studies (STS)

Work Experience

  1. WASH Consultant at TATA TRUST, National Cleanliness Mission of India at Kasganj, Uttar Pradesh, India
  2. Research Intern at Centre for Study of Developing Societies (CSDS)- Lokniti, New Delhi, India
  3. Research Intern Kudumshree, Trivandrum Kerala India
  4. Enumerator, Oxford Micro Finance Initiative, Oxford, United Kingdom
  5. Research Intern, Planning Commission of India, Government of India, New Delhi, India
  6. Intern, International Association for Volunteer Effort (IAVE), Delhi, India

Conferences

  1. Status of ICT in Central Asia at International workshop on research capacity building for young researchers 2020 at Tashkent, Uzbekistan organized by Cambridge University Central Asia Forum and Samarkand University (Postponed due to COVID-19)
  2. Presented paper titled the Impact of demonetization on Indian Informal Sector at XIII International Conference on Public Policy and Management 2018, IIM Bangalore, Bangalore.
  3. Presented paper titled Demonetization and its Impact on Indian Informal Economy at 7th Annual Banking Conference 2018, Bangladesh Bank, Dhaka, Bangladesh
  4. Presented the paper titled Impact of Demonetization on Women Informal Workers Young Research’s Conference-2018, Organised by Centre for European Studies, JNU, Delhi.
  5. Presented the project addressing the water crisis in Kusumpur Pahari, Delhi at Young Social Innovator’s Conclave-2014, Mumbai, Organised by United Nations-Habitat

 Awards and Grants

  1. British Council University of Cambridge Scholarship for MPhil in Development Studies (Jointly funded by British Council and Cambridge Trust)
  2. Edwin Leong Travel Grant to attend International Researcher’s workshop organized by Cambridge Central Asia Forum at Tashkent, Uzbekistan by Hughes Hall (GBP 250)
  3. Travel Grant for Annual Debate at Observers Research Foundation – Kolkata (Funded by ORF- Kolkata)
  4. Travel Grant to attend Young Social Innovator’s Conclave-Mumbai (Funded by Narotam Sakesaria Foundation- Mumbai)

Membership and Position Held

  1. Schumpeter Center for Socio-Economic Change, University of Jena, Germany
  2. Individuals in Labour Market (ILM), Department of Sociology, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
  3. President, Cambridge University Commonwealth Society, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
  4. Research and Planning Manager, Cambridge Society for Social and Economic Development at Centre of Development Studies, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
  5. Placement Coordinator, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati, Assam, India

 Publications and Conference Proceedings

  1. Kumar, Adarsh & Minj, D.M. (2018, November), Assessing the Impact of Demonetization in Informal sector In India: Evidence from Delhi, Chennai, Pune, Guwahati and Sant Kabir Nagar” Conference proceedings of Annual Banking Conference-2018, Dhaka, Bangladesh Institute of Bank Management, Dhaka
  2. Kumar, Adarsh. "Economic Empowerment of Women in 11th Five-year Plan." Journal of Exclusion Studies 7, no. 2 (2017): 226-243 3. Article DOI : 5958/2231-4555.2017.00018.3External link
  3. Kumar, Adarsh, and Anna Elias. "Sanitation Scheme, Kamrup, Assam: Moving Toward ‘Complete Sanitation’, One State at a Time." Vision India Foundation Governance Journalist Compendium 2016: 100-112. (http://visionindiafoundation.com/wpcontent/uploads/2016/12/VIF_GG_Compendium.pdfExternal link)