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M.A. (Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai);

M.Sc. (School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London);

Ph.D. (Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai)

Prof. (Dr.) Swati Narayan

Associate Professor

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M.A. (Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai);

M.Sc. (School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London);

Ph.D. (Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai)

Biography

Swati Narayan is an Associate Professor at the School for Public Health and Human Development at O.P. Jindal Global University. Her research focuses on the analysis of human development and social policies from an inter-disciplinary perspective, especially in India and across South Asia.

She has been a visiting faculty at the National Law School of India University  and visiting fellow at the Institute for Human Development. She has completed her doctorate from the Tata Institute of Social Sciences and post-doctorate from the National Institute of Advanced Studies.

She has Masters’ degrees from the School of Oriental and African Studies and TISS. She is also an alumna of the London School of Economics and Political Science. For more than a decade, she has also been an activist with a range of civil society organisations and worked with international non-government organisations including Oxfam GB.

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2017: Commonwealth split-site Scholarship

2016: Tata Institute of Social Sciences International Relations Office Travel Grant

2015-16: Sir Dorabji Tata International Travel Grant

2002-03: Felix Scholarship

1999: Sir Ratan Tata Trust Scholarship

1998-99: S.D. Marathe NILM Trust Endowment Fund Prize

1996: Sir Dorabji Tata Trust Scholarship

2021: Visiting Faculty National Law School of India University

2020: Visiting Fellow Institute for Human Development

2017: Class Faculty, Summer School London School of Economics and Political Sciences

2017: Visiting Research Student Gender Institute, London School of Economics and Political Sciences

Narayan (2022), Fifteen Years of India’s NREGA: Employer of the Last Resort?, Indian Journal of Labour Economics, 65(3)

Narayan (2022), Breaking New Ground: Women’s Employment in India’s NREGA, the Pandemic Lifeline, Gender and Development, 30 (1&2)

Stunted Food Security: Time for Universal Entitlements in Behera, A and S Mishra (Eds.), Varying Dimensions of India’s National Security: Emerging Perspectives, 2022

A Budget with little social sector content Hindu Business Line, 3 February 2022

The Dubious Campaign To Remove Eggs From School Meals The Wire Science, 1 July 2022

Narayan (2021), Time for Universal Public Distribution System: Food Mountains and Pandemic Hunger in India, Indian Journal of Human Development, 51(3), 503-514

Narayan (2021), Time for Universal Public Distribution System: Food Mountains and Pandemic Hunger in India, Indian Journal of Human Development, 51(3), 503-514

Why India needs an NHS-like healthcare model, Indian Express, 26 August 2021

Union Budget 2021: Slashed funds for NREGA, Poshan Abhiyan 2.0, elderly pensions reflect poorly on Centre Firstpost, 2 February 2021

In maps: India’s vulnerable children are paying the price of upper-caste prejudice with their bodies Scroll, 6 January 2021

Bangladesh fares better Indian Express, 14 February 2020

Large sections of poor are unlikely to benefit from extension of food grains scheme Indian Express, 7 July 2020

The Invisible Ghosts Who Walk Will Haunt India for Years to Come The Wire, 19 May 2020

COVID-19 crisis shows class bias in banking Firstpost, 27 April 2020

Coronavirus outbreak: Before extending the lockdown Firstpost, 14 April 2020

21-Day Coronavirus Lockdown in India May Starve the Poor to Death The Quint, 25 March 2020

The Aadhaar verdict and class bias Business Standard, 21 October 2018

Aadhaar-for-food can’t be a mandatory requirement Hindustan Times, 22 February 2018

The Egg Debate Boils Over – Will Governments Stop Playing With Children’s Food? The Wire, 17 February 2019

Why NYAY is unlikely to deliver results Business Standard, 4 May 2019

Narayan (2018), Eating together: Commensality to end gender discrimination in household food distribution, UNSCN News 43, United Nations System Standing Committee on Nutrition, 52-54

In Jharkhand, suspected starvation death sheds light on deprivation of a whole settlement Scroll, 25 June 2018

Beating back the food police Indian Express, 14 July 2018

The Aadhaar verdict and class bias Business Standard, 21 October 2018

Aadhaar-for-food can’t be a mandatory requirement Hindustan Times, 22 February 2018

Narayan, S (2017), Religion and Female-Male Ratios in India, Indian Journal of Human Development, 12(3), 441-452

The government must go beyond just repackaging subsidies for the poor Hindustan Times, 5 January 2017

Where Is The 0.1% Of GDP For India’s Mothers? Huffington Post, 10 March 2017

India feeds 100 million children a day—so why can’t Britain have free school meals? Prospect Magazine, 29 June 2017

What’s in a unique number? Indian Express, 13 February 2017

The specious arguments against eggs The Mint, 16 June 2015

Soup kitchens are a silver lining for the urban poor Indian Express, 28 April 2016

Digging for Goddess Laxmi On Diwali Outlook India, 2 November 2016

Half Full, Half Empty: 10 Years of NREGA India Spend, 9 February 2016

Making a mockery of the right to education The Mint, 1 July 2016

Why Cash Transfer’s First ‘Beneficiaries’ Want to Opt Out of the JAM The Wire, 30 November 2015

Ten Facts That Set the Record Straight on Cash Transfers The Wire, 15 August 2015

Puducherry in a Unique JAM Huffington Post, 12 April 2015

Narayan, S. (2015), Food Security: India from a Global Perspective in ‘Food security and Food Production (eds Reddy, S), Cambridge Scholars Publishers, UK

Sweeping away India’s social security The Mint, 17 February 2015

What the Census Tells Us About Having Faith in Daughters The Wire, 1 September 2015

Food security act may be too little too late for parched Jharkhand Huffington Post, 14 October 2015

Food Security And Taking The BJP With A Grain Of Salt Huffington Post, 12 March 2015

The specious arguments against eggs The Mint, 16 June 2015

Promises to Keep Sunday Magazine, The Hindu, 22 June 2014

Private Mischief: Private Schools Default on 25% Quota Lucknow Tribune, 20 July 2013

Children of a Lesser Law Sunday Magazine, The Hindu, 7 July 2013

Narayan, S. (2012), Education for All Beyond 2015, Mapping Current International Actions to Define the Post-2015 Education and Development Agendas, Working Paper, UNESCO, Paris

Delete the errors to save the census The Hindu, 12 April 2012

Narayan, S. (2011), Nourish South Asia: Grow a Better Future for Food Justice, Oxfam International, Asia Regional Centre, Bangkok

India’s Battle against Hunger The Guardian, 8 April 2011

Not Smart Enough? The Hindu, 27 February 2011

Narayan, S. (2010), Gender, Equality and Education: A Report Card on South Asia, United Nations Girls Education Initiative, South Asia Reginal Centre, Kathmandu

Narayan, S. (2010), ‘Half Full, Half Empty? India’s NREGA’, Case Study for Curtis et al (2011), Success in Reducing Hunger: Lessons from India, Malawi and Brazil, International Food Security Network, Secretariat, Dhaka

Abuel-Ealeh et al (2010), Back to School? The Worst Place in the World to Be a School Child, International Report, Global Campaign for Education, Johannesburg

Narayan, S (2016), The Right to Education Act, 2009, Right to Food Campaign, New Delhi

Narayan, S et al (2009), Who is Really Fighting Hunger? ActionAid International, Johannesburg

Narayan, S. (2008), Right to Education and Abolition of Child Labour, Briefing Paper, National Commission for the Protection of Child Rights, New Delhi

Narayan, S. et al (2008), No Excuses: Global School Report, Global Campaign for Education, Johannesburg

Narayan, S. (2006), Serve the Essentials: What Governments and Donors Must Do to Improve South Asia’s Essential Services, Oxfam International, South Asia Regional Centre, New Delhi

Narayan, S. et al (2002), Must Do Better: School Report Card, Asia South Pacific Association for Basic and Adult Education, Mumbai
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