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Ph.D in Global Gender Studies, State University of New York (SUNY), Buffalo

Master of Professional Studies (International Development), Cornell University

Bachelor of Arts (Economics Honours), Patna University

Prof. (Dr.) Anamika Priyadarshini

Associate Professor of Legal Practice & Director, JGLS Office of Grant Writing

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ORCID ID 0000-0002-4961-5036
Key Expertise Gender & Development, Women's Participation in Economy, Political Economy of India's Development

Ph.D in Global Gender Studies, State University of New York (SUNY), Buffalo

Master of Professional Studies (International Development), Cornell University

Bachelor of Arts (Economics Honours), Patna University

Biography

Dr. Anamika Priyadarshini is a political economist specializing in gender & development. Her scholarship interrogates the intersections of development processes, gender relations, and social reproduction, with a focus on how these dynamics influence the everyday lives of last-mile communities, particularly women. With over two decades of experience as an academic and practitioner, she brings a distinctive perspective that bridges feminist political economy, critical development studies, and grounded field practice. Dr Priyadarshini holds a Bachelor’s degree in Economics (Honours) from Patna University, a Master’s in International Development from Cornell University, and a PhD in Global Gender Studies from the State University of New York (SUNY) at Buffalo.

Apart from teaching Economics at the Jindal Global Law School, Jindal Global University, Dr Priyadarshini has taught courses on Development Economics, Gender & Development, Political Economy of India’s development, Women’s Work, Development Theory, Gender & Migration etc. at institutions such as SUNY Buffalo, Central University of South Bihar and Tata Institute of Social Sciences. She has also led research supported by the Indian Council of Social Science Research, the Gates Foundation, the World Bank, and other global and national institutions.

Her teaching and research are grounded in feminist epistemologies, interdisciplinary inquiry, and a strong commitment to linking theory with praxis. A recipient of the Ford Foundation Fellowship and the Margaret McNamara Education Grant (MMEG), she has published in leading journals, including eClinical Medicine (The Lancet Discovery Science), Brill, and Social Change. Anamika has been featured in MMEG’s series on “Exceptional Women Building a Better World”.

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Margaret McNamara Fellowship, World Bank, 2008-09

Doctoral Fellowship, State University of New York at Buffalo, 2006-2008

College Fellowship, State University of New York at Buffalo, 2006-08

Ford Foundation International Fellowship, 2004-06

Packard Foundation and ICCOMP awarded for work on reproductive health and population issues, 2003

Title: Early Marriage in Bihar (India): Drivers for Changing Attitudes and Reducing Prevalence | Funding Agency: The Gates Foundation | Year: 2021

Title: Impact of COVID-19 on Reproductive and Maternal Health Services in Bihar (India) | Funding Agency: The Gates Foundation | Year: 2020-21

Title: Examining the Evolving Impact of Gender Norm on Women’s Personal, Public, and Political Lives in the Context of COVID-19 in Bihar (India) | The Gates Foundation | Year2020-21:

Title: Evaluation Study of Migration of Labour to and from Karnataka (India) | Funding Agency: Karnataka Evaluation Authority, Govt of Karnataka | Year: 2016

Title: Economics, Ecology and Environment: Women's Roadmap to Development in Uttarakhand (India) | Funding Agency: Indian Council of Social Science Research | Year: 2014-16

Title: Exploring Women Home-based Workers in the Paradox of Mapping Informal Labour and Declining Female Labour Force Participation Rate in India | Funding Agency: Indian Council of Social Science Research | Year: 2014-15

Journal of Bihar Studies

Co-Chair, Scaling Community of Practices

Distinguished Fellow, Impact Policy Research Institute

Board Member, Calcutta Research Group

Member, Indian Association of Women's Studies

Distinguished Fellow, Anadi Foundation

Bihar Technical Support Project- MLE, Oxford Policy Management, 2018

Women Development Consultant for Primary Agricultural Cooperative Societies, 1999

Consultant for Praxis (key work: conducting study for the Consultation with Poor, a study to inform the World Development Report 2001, World Bank)

Priyadarshini, A. (2025). Community agro-vet entrepreneurs: Scaling livestock-based sustainable livelihood. Scaling Community of Practices (July 15, 2025). Community Agro-Vet Entrepreneurs: Scaling Livestock-based sustainable Livelihood – Scaling Community of Practice.

Priyadarshini, A., Joshi, M. & Bhattacharya, S. (2024). Should girls be controlled? Opinion among young boys and parents. Ideas for India, (March 13, 2024). https://www.ideasforindia.in/topics/social-identity/should-girls-be-controlled-opinionsamong- young-boys-and-parents-in-bihar.html

Priyadarshini, A. (2024). A returning migrant invests in farming, champions opportunity for others. Heifer International (August 27, 2024). https://www.heifer.org/blog/a-returnee-migrant-invests-in-farming-championsopportunity. html

Priyadarshini, A. (2023). ‘Spinning silk in the ‘Silk City’ of India”. In J. S. Jayashree and S. Devika edited Women and Health (271-283)- a volume of Samyukta India Series: Gender Studies. Samyukta India Press.

Priyadarshini, A. and Gopal, K. (2023). Mahamari ki sarhaden: COVID-19 aur prawasi sharmik. New Delhi: Aakar Books.

Priyadarshini, A., Cheung, W., Joshi, M. and Bhattacharya, S. (2023). Time poverty for girls: Implications for educational attainment and workforce participation. Ideas for India, (March 15, 2023).https://www.ideasforindia.in/topics/human-development/timepoverty- for-girls-implications-for-educational-attainment-and-workforceparticipation. html

Priyadarshini, A., Dehingia, M., Joshi, M., Singh, D., Chakraborty, S. and Raj, A. (2022). Spousal Support and Work Performance during COVID-19 among Elected Women Representatives in Rural Bihar, India: A cross sectional mixed-method study. eClinicalMedicine-The Lancet, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eclinm.2022.101743.

Priyadarshini, A., Joshi, M., Singh, D. and Ghosh, S. (April 12, 2022). Child marriage in Bihar: Why does it persist? IDR, https://idronline.org/article/gender/child-marriage-inbihar- why-does-it-persist/

Ghosh, S., Singh, D., Priyadarshini, A. and Joshi, M. (2022). Here is why Bihar finds it difficult to overcome child marriage. The Wire (April 19, 2022). https://thewire.in/rights/heres-why-bihar-finds-it-difficult-to-overcome-child-marriage

Chaudhary, S. and Priyadarshini, A. (2021, December 23). Big strides on path for women migrant workers in eastern India. Financial Express.https://www.financialexpress.com/india-news/big-strides-on-path-for-womenmigrant- workers-in-eastern-india/2388013/

Chaudhary, S. and Priyadarshini, A. (2021, June 19). How gamification of digital learning platforms can help empower young women. The Hindu. https://www.thehindu.com/education/how-gamification-of-digital-learning-platformscan- be-done-effectively-to-empower-young-women/article34858825.ece

Priyadarshini, A., Chakraborty, S., Joshi, M. and Singh, D. (March 17, 2021). Women leaders in Bihar invisibilise gender-based violence. https://www.genderandcovid-19.org/research/women-leaders-in-bihar-invisiblisegender- based-violence/

Singh, D., Joshi, M., Chakraborty, S. and Priyadarshini, A. (March 6, 2021). Women’s local political leadership key to managing COVID-19 impacts. https://emerge.ucsd.edu/blog/

Priyadarshini, A. and Chaudhary, S. (2020). Bihar assembly elections 2020: “Missing” women in the party manifestos. Mainstream, 58(46).

Priyadarshini, A. and Chaudhary, S. (2020). “The return of Bihari migrants after the COVID-19 lockdown.” In Ranabir Samaddar (Ed.) Borders of an epidemic: COVID-19 and migrant workers. Kolkata: Calcutta Research Group.

Priyadarshini, A. (2018). “Tempering patriarchy and reinventing gender: Impact of male outflow on women in rural Bihar”. In Journal of Migration Affairs, 1(1), 111-21.

Priyadarshini, A. (2017). “Economics: Informal Sector: Bihar: 19th century”. In Encyclopedia of women & Islamic cultures (Brillonline.com)

Priyadarshini, A. (2015). ““The “invisible” workers and their “needs’ politicization”: Subsuming women home based workers’ contribution in the global chain of production. In T. Haque (Ed.) Empowerment of rural women in developing countries: Challenges and pathways (276-89). New Delhi: Concept Publishing.

Priyadarshini, A. (2014). “The rhetoric of Development in Contemporary Bihar.” In Manish Jha and Pushpendra (Ed.) Traversing Bihar: Politics of Social Justice and Development (63-76). New Delhi: Orient Black Sawn.

Priyadarshini, A. (2014). ““Lihaaf”: A story of the story”. In Social Change, 44 (1), 67- 80.

Priyadarshini, A. (2014). “Gendering Material Culture: Representation and Practice” (Book review). In Social Change, 44 (2), 314-319.

Priyadarshini, A. (2013). “Radical Rabindranath: Nation, family and gender in Tagore’s fiction and films” (Book review). In Social Change, 43 (3), 660-1.

Priyadarshini, A. (2012). ““Tracing the “invisible” workers: A review of the history of women home-based workers of Bihar, 1800-2007””. In Abhilekh Bihar (Directorate of Bihar State Archives, Government of India), 60-84.

Priyadarshini, A. (2012). Pitrisatta, Purush Aur Strivaad (Hindi translation). In Strikaal: Stri ka Samay aur Sach, 15-29.

Priyadarshini, A. (2011). The ‘quiet revolution’ a women’s proletarianization. In Economic and Political Weekly, 46 (6), 73-8.
Email anamika.priyadarshini@jgu.edu.in
ORCID ID 0000-0002-4961-5036
Key Expertise Gender & Development, Women's Participation in Economy, Political Economy of India's Development
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