Bachelor of Arts (Honours) (B.A. Hons.), Visva Bharati

Master of Arts (M.A.), Jawaharlal Nehru University

Master of Philosophy (M.Phil.), Jawaharlal Nehru University

Dr. Shamindra Nath Roy

Assistant Professor

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ORCID ID 0000-0002-1251-1719
Key Expertise Urbanization, Rural-Urban transformation, Migration, Labour Market, Spatial Inequality

Bachelor of Arts (Honours) (B.A. Hons.), Visva Bharati

Master of Arts (M.A.), Jawaharlal Nehru University

Master of Philosophy (M.Phil.), Jawaharlal Nehru University

Biography

Shamindra Nath Roy is an Assistant Professor in the IDEAS Program in JGU. He works at the interface of urbanization and public policy. He is a mixed-methods researcher research covers rural-urban transformations, urban local governance, internal migration in India, labor and employment issues, and socio-spatial inequalities in basic services in Delhi. His work is published in Economic and Political Weekly, Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers, and in a number of book chapters, policy briefs and opinion pieces. 

Prior to JGU, Shamindra worked as a development professional in the World Resources Institute and Centre for Policy Research, New Delhi. He has also been a visiting researcher at CESSMA, Université de Paris, and has undertaken research consultancies with the Asian Development Bank, International Labour Organization, and the World Bank. He has also taught as an Adjunct faculty at Dr. B.R. Ambedkar University, Delhi.

Shamindra holds an M.Phil and Ph.D in Regional Development with a specialization in geography from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.

Introduction to quantiative methods and data visualization

Data Analysis

Project management and Evaluation

Urbanization and urban policies with special reference to India

Visiting Researcher, Centre d'études en sciences sociales sur les mondes africains, américains et asiatiques (CESSMA)’, Université de Paris, 2023

UGC Senior Research Fellow, JNU, 2011-2015

PG Merit Scholarship for University Rank Holders, 2009

Peer reviewer-Economic and Political Weekly, 2022, 2024, 2025

Peer reviewer-Urbanization, 2023

Peer reviewer-Journal of Social and Economic Development, 2025

Peer reviewer-Environment and Urbanization Asia, 2025

Peer reviewer-Economic and Political Weekly, 2022, 2024, 2025

Peer reviewer-Urbanization, 2023

Peer reviewer-Journal of Social and Economic Development, 2025

Peer reviewer-Environment and Urbanization Asia, 2025

Member of International Society for Ecological Economics

Roy, S.N., Marie-Hélène Zerah and Eric Denis (2025). Subaltern urbanization and Rural-Urban linkages in India. In ‘Elgar Handbook of Rural-Urban Linkages in Global South’. Edward Elgar Publishing, UK.

Roy, S.N. and Maringanti, A. (2023). We just gotta do meta! Methodological Anxiety of Geography in India. Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers, 48(1) https://doi.org/10.1111/tran.12605

Bina Agarwal, Shiva Chakravarti Sharma and Shamindra Nath Roy (2023). Can Political Representation Improve Forest Conservation? The Indian Experience. Global Development Institute Working Paper No. 2023-065. University of Manchester; UK. http://surl.li/lcgpn.

Roy, S.N. & E. Kunduri (2022). “Brick-kiln workforce in India: invisible exclusions, ignored welfare”. In ‘Breaking the mold: a roadmap to reform the brick kiln sector in India’: 29-59. Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration. Govt. of India

Kunduri, E., Roy, S.N. & Sheikh, S. (2021). Pandemic lessons: Delhi’s quest to universalize food security. Economic & Political Weekly, 56(33), 12-16.

Roy, S.N. (2021). Spatial Inequality of Basic Infrastructure in NCR, in Sanjay Chakravorty and Neelanjan Sircar (eds.); ‘Colossus: The Anatomy of Delhi’, Cambridge University Press, UK. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108935654.006

Yamini Aiyar, Jishnu Das, Partha Mukhopadhyay and Shamindra Nath Roy (2021). Responding to CoVID: A Mobility-based Surge- capacity Framework. Policy Brief. Centre for Policy Research. http://surl.li/lcgps.

Countering the next wave of CoVID-19’. The Hindu. 28th June 2021 (with Yamini Aiyar, Jishnu Das and Partha Mukhopadhyay). http://surl.li/lcgun.

‘Delhi’s ongoing food-security challenge: what went wrong and how it can be fixed’. The Wire. 14th June 2021 (with Eesha Kunduri and Shahana Sheikh). http://surl.li/lcgvg.

‘Widening the food-security net: lessons from Delhi’s 2020 lockdown’. The Wire. 6th June, 2021 (with Eesha Kunduri and Shahana Sheikh). http://surl.li/lcgwm.

‘Here’s an alternative plan to vaccinate India’. Livemint. 27th April, 2021 (with Partha Mukhopadhyay). http://surl.li/lcgxh.

‘Census migration data released on time could have helped policymakers during migrant crisis.’ The Print. 27th May, 2020 (with KC Pradhan). http://surl.li/lchce.

‘Dealing with CoVID-19 requires more democracy, less bureaucracy.’ Indian Express. 20th May, 2020 (with Bhanu Joshi). http://surl.li/lchdj.

‘Mapping the lockdown effects in India: how geographers can contribute to tackle Covid-19 diffusion’. The Conversation. 21st April, 2020 (with Eric Denis, Olivier Telle, Samuel Benkimoun, and Partha Mukhopadhyay). http://surl.li/lcher.

‘Institutional challenges to migrants’ welfare.’ Financial Express. 27th April, 2020 (with Manish). http://surl.li/lchfc.

Naik, Mukta; Sama Khan & S.N.Roy (2019). Bridging the Local: Beyond 73rd and 74th Amendment. Policy Challenges 2019-2014. Centre for Policy Research. http://surl.li/lcgqc.

Roy, S.N., & Partha Mukhopadhyay (2019). What Matters for Urban Women’s Work? A Deep Dive to Female Labour Force Participation in India. Working Paper. Centre for Policy Research. http://surl.li/lcgqo.

‘India’s Urbanization isn’t just happening in cities. Modi Govt. must tap these new areas.’ The Print. 4th July, 2019 (with Mukta Naik and Sama Khan). http://surl.li/lchfl

Roy, S. N., & Pradhan, K. C. (2018). Predicting the Future of Census Towns. Economic & Political Weekly, 53(49), 70-79.

Roy, S.N. and Mukhopadhyay, P. (2018). What Matters for Urban Women’s Work? A Deep Dive to Female Labour Force Participation in India. India Inequality Report. Oxfam India. http://surl.li/lcgpg

Roy, S.N., & K.C. Pradhan (2018). Census Towns in India: Current Patterns and Future Discourses. Working Paper. Centre for Policy Research. http://surl.li/lcgqv.

Roy, S.N., & Sukriti Jhingta (2018). School Sanitation in Odisha.

Roy. S.N., & Eesha Kunduri (2018). Migration to Brick-kilns in India: An Appraisal. Policy Brief. Centre for Policy Research. http://surl.li/lcgsh.

Chandrasekhar, S., Mukta Naik and S.N.Roy (2017). On triangulating datasets to examine Indians on the move. Economic and Political Weekly. 52(47), 60-68.

Roy, S.N., Manish and Mukta Naik (2017). Migrants in Construction Work: Evaluating their Welfare Framework. Policy Brief. Centre for Policy Research. http://surl.li/lcgsv.

Roy, S.N. and Mukherjee, R. (2013). Marriage factor and women’s employability in India: A macro analysis. Human Geographies. 7(2), 77.

Roy, S. N. (2013). Multi-level determinants of regional variations in infant mortality in India: a state level analysis. International Journal of Child Health and Human Development, 6(2), 173.
ORCID ID 0000-0002-1251-1719
Key Expertise Urbanization, Rural-Urban transformation, Migration, Labour Market, Spatial Inequality
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