Tata Institute of Social Sciences

Dr Hena Khatun

Assistant Professor
Tuljapur Campus,
Assistant Professor, School of Rural Development

Qualification

Ph.D - Indian Institute of Technology, Dhanbad.

MA - Pondicherry University.

BA - St. Xavier's College, Kolkata, University of Calcutta.

Contact

hena.khatun[at]tiss[dot]ac[dot]in

Hena Khatun is working as an Assistant Professor, School of Rural Development, Tata Institute of Social Sciences(TISS), Tuljapur since 2023. Prior to joining TISS Tuljapur, she worked as a Teaching Assistant (TA) at IIT Dhanbad. She has a PhD from IIT Dhanbad where she explored the relation between development and Naxal violence and the role of the Indian state in it. Her research interests include, Sociology of Development, Development in Conflict Zones, State-Building, Gender and Sexuality. She produced research articles on development issues in reputed journals. She also has working experience with a few Non-Governmental Organizations both in Kolkata and Jharkhand.

Research interests:

Sociology of Development

Development in Conflict Zones

State-Building

Gender and Sexuality

Aricles:

Khatun, Hena. & Tripathy, Jyotirmaya. (2022) ‘India’s Experiment with Community Development- Revisiting the State and Community’, Journal of Global South Studies (University of Florida Press) Vol. 39, No 1, pp.33-56.ISSN 2476-1397.

Khatun, Hena & Tripathy, Jyotirmaya. (2020) ‘Development against Violence: Prime Minister’s Rural Development Fellowship (PMRDF) in India’, Journal of Peacebuilding and Development (SAGE) vol-16, issue: 2. doi.org/10.1177/1542316620972645

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1. Rural Studies

2. Urban Studies

3. Social Theory: Modern and Contemporary

4. State and Society