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Dr Lavanya Suresh

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Associate Professor, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences
Birla Institute of Technology and Science

Expertise

  • Political Science

Publications

Total Articles 25
Books 0
Proceedings 0

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Citations 23
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Professional Recognition

2020

Justice E S Venkataramiah Memorial Prize in Development Administration

Institute for Social and Economic Change (ISEC), Bangalore
2017

Outstanding Potential for Excellence in Research and Academics

Birla Institute of Technology & Science-Pilani (BITS)
2012

Visiting research scholar fellowship under the Graduate Development Program of the Watson Institute of International Studies

Brown University, USA

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International Association for the Study of the Commons

2021
Academic

International Public Policy Association

2020
Academic

Indian Society for Ecological Economics (INSEE)

2011
Life member

Bio

Her work focuses on the political ecology of land-based resources in South India, with a broader interest in decentralisation and public administration. Besides publications in leading social science journals, she has co-authored a book (with Prof. M.V. Nadkarni and N. Sivanna) on “Decentralised Democracy: Gandhi’s Vision and Indian Reality.” She was awarded the visiting research scholar fellowship in the Graduate Development Program, Watson Institute of International Studies at Brown University

Personal Details

  • Female
  • Associate Professor , Birla Institute of Technology and Science
  • Hyderabad Campus, Jawaharnagar, Kapra Mandal
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Associate Professor Jan 2023 – Present
Birla Institute of Technology and Science | Department of Humanities and Social Sciences
Assistant Professor May 2017 – Dec 2022
Birla Institute of Technology and Science | Department of Humanities and Social Sciences
Assistant Professor Feb 2015 – Apr 2017
Tata Institute of Social Sciences | School of Livelihoods and Development

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Birla Institute of Technology and Science

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Scholarly Work

Resistance to the Western Ghats Conservation and Undercurrents: A study of the people’s protest and the role of the local bodies in Idukki, Kerala

Funding Agency: Centre for Development Studies (CDS), Kerala

PI- Principal Investigator

Rs. 3,15,000

2018 - 2020

Completed
Alternative ways of understanding ecological conservation practices to enable justice for all

Funding Agency: NALSAR, Hyderabad

PI- principal investigator

Rs. 2,95,000

2018 - 2019

Completed

Justice and sanitation well-being in rural communities in Shravasti, Uttar Pradesh India

University BITS Pilani
Year 2023

Political ecology of small freshwater bodies in central Kerala

University BITS Pilani
Year 2023
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Scholarly Publications

Decentralised Democracy: Gandhi’s Vision and Indian Reality

Open Access
book
Authors: Nadkarni, M. V.; Sivanna, N.

Decentralised and Effective Forest Resource Governance in India

Open Access
Article

Review of The great derangement: climate change and the unthinkable

Open Access
article

Decentralised democracy in India: Gandhi’s vision and reality

Open Access
Book
Authors: Nadkarni M.V.;Sivanna N.;Suresh L.

Understanding nestedness in democratic decentralisation through the lens of forest resource governance in Tamil Nadu

Open Access
Book Chapter

Situating social science in the philosophical debate on research methodology with a focus on Public Administration

Open Access
article

The Political Economy of Decentralisation and Forest Resource Management (FRM): A Study of the Effectiveness of Decentralised FRM Institutions

Open Access
article

Governing the resource: A study of the institutions of decentralized forest resource management

Open Access
Article