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Ph.D. in Educational Policy, Planning and Administration, National Institute of Educational Planning and Administration, New Delhi

M.Phil. in Economics, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi

M.A. in Economics, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi

B.A. (Hons.) in Economics, University of Delhi, New Delhi

Prof. (Dr.) Manika Bora

Assistant Professor

Email mbora@jgu.edu.in
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ORCID ID 0000-0002-8451-0010
Key Expertise Feminist Political Economy, Gender and Education and Critical Development Studies.

Ph.D. in Educational Policy, Planning and Administration, National Institute of Educational Planning and Administration, New Delhi

M.Phil. in Economics, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi

M.A. in Economics, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi

B.A. (Hons.) in Economics, University of Delhi, New Delhi

Biography

Dr. Manika Bora is an Assistant Professor at Jindal Global Law School. She is a social scientist working at the intersection of feminist economics, educational inequality, and agrarian political economy. Her research employs quantitative and mixed methods to examine questions related to educational access and intra-household dynamics.
Trained as an economist, she completed her doctoral research on intergenerational educational mobility and inter-group inequality, based on a field study conducted in Bihar. Prior to joining O.P. Jindal Global University, she worked in diverse capacities, including teaching at the University of Delhi, and in research and editorial roles at the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore and NCERT.

Core Courses

  • Economics I
  • Economics II
  • Political Economic Theory

Elective Courses

  • Feminist Economics
  • Ongoing empirical project entitled, ‘Higher Education Outreach Project’ with Prof. EH Henderson, Dr. Bornali Borah, Dr. Sharmila Rathee, based on fieldwork in rural Haryana, funded by University of Warwick, 2026
  • Ongoing project on ‘Creating Mental Health Professionals: Is curriculum speaking the language of Social Identity?’, with Dr. Aashita Dawer and Dr. Bagesh Kumar, funded by JGU Internal Grant, 2026. 
  • Completed a Project on ‘Bawana Baseline Survey’, with Dr. Divya Gupta, based on survey and fieldwork in Bawana, Delhi, 2025. 
  • Completed a funded study on ‘Small Grants on Feminist Evaluation’ sponsored by Ford  Foundation, at the Institute of Social Studies Trust (ISST), New Delhi, 2018.

Gupta, D., Bora, M., Banu, T., Jiwani, A. (2025). Climbing the Educational Ladder: Youth Mobilities in an Urban Resettled Community in Delhi. Sonepat: O.P. Jindal Global University

Bora, M (2023). Gender, Intergenerational Mobility and Higher Education, in N.V. Varghese and Nidhi Sabherwal (Eds), Indian Higher Education Report 2022: Women in Higher Education. Routledge India.

Kumar, B., & Bora, M. (2023). Learner-Centred Education and the Possibilities of Inclusion, in J. Singh and T. Agarwal (Eds), Creating an Equitable Space for Teaching and Learning. Routledge India.

Bora, M (2021). Dilemmas of Being a Padhi Likhi Ladki: A Study of Girls’ Education in Eastern India, in Rajib Nandi and Ratna M Sudarshan (Eds.), Recognizing Connectedness: The Practice of Feminist Evaluation. Institute of Social Studies Trust and Zubaan Books, Delhi.

Bora, M., & Das, B. (2009). The Movement in Lalgarh. Economic and Political Weekly, Vol.44, Issue no. 26-27, Pgs.15-17.
Email mbora@jgu.edu.in
ORCID ID 0000-0002-8451-0010
Key Expertise Feminist Political Economy, Gender and Education and Critical Development Studies.
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