Tata Institute of Social Sciences

Dr Ipsita Sapra

Associate Professor
Hyderabad Campus,
Associate Professor, School of Public Policy and Governance
Faculty Co-ordinator, MA in Public Policy and Governance Programme

Qualification

MA (Sociology), University of Calcutta,
MA (Sustainable Development), Staffordshire
PhD, Tata Institute of Social Sciences

Contact

ipsita.sapra[at]tiss[dot]ac[dot]in

ipsita.sapra@tiss.ac.in

ipsita.sapra@gmail.com

+ 91 98490 80685

Tata Institute of Social Sciences

Dr Ipsita Sapra has been a development practitioner for over a decade before moving into full-time academics in 2010. Ipsita has a PhD in Social Sciences from TISS, Mumbai, and her work involved understanding the livelihoods of young persons with disabilities in rural India. She has been associated with the Prime Ministers Rural Development Fellowship programme. Her research interests include social conflict, gender and development and care in the context of cities.

Ipsita is a recipient of Commonwealth and the British Chevening Scholarships, United Kingdom.

Ipsita is the Faculty Coordinator of MA and Post Graduate Diploma programme in Public Policy and Governance at TISS, Hyderabad.

Sapra I (2022) Stateless in India: Institutionalizing Homegrown Solutions in The Routledge Handbook of Refugees in India, Routledge India

Sapra, I., Nayak, B.P. (2021) The protracted exodus of migrants from Hyderabad during COVID-19. J. Soc. Econ. Dev. 23, 398–413 https://doi.org/10.1007/s40847-021-00155-z

Sapra, I (2021) Righting the Narrative: PMRDFs in Actualising a Human Rights-Based Approach to Development in Prabhu S and Prasuraman ed Making Development Happen: Transformational Change in Rural India Volume II, Orient Blackswan

Sapra I (2020) Entitlements, Conflict and Development: A Thematic Introduction in Prabhu S and Parasuraman S ed Transformational Change in Rural India, Vol I, Orient Blackswan

Sapra I (2018) Incentives Programs for Girl Children in India: Global Experiences, Local Reflections, Journal of Women, Politics & Policy, 39:3, 359-383, DOI: 10.1080/1554477X.2018.176308

Sapra I (2016) Women and Men at Work: Livelihood Experiences of Persons with Disabilities in Rural West Bengal in Interrogating Disability, Springer

Sapra I (2013) New Act, old Woes, ‘Unaddressed livelihood Concerns of the PWD in the proposed new Act’ in Social Exclusion and Rights of Persons with Disability, National Law School of India University publication

Sapra I (2011) ‘Livelihoods for the Youth with Disabilities’ in Youth in Rural India, National Council for Rural Initiatives (NCRI), Global Research Publisher

Sapra I (2011), A Case for Case Studies, esocialsciences

Other Writings

Sapra I (25 April 2020) Indian Express Why Don’t we see the Women? The Untold Story of COVID 19 Migration https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/why-dont-we-see-the-women-the-untold-story-of-covid-19-migration-6378557/

Sapra I (17 April 2020) I Can the Migrant Crisis Lead to a Breakdown of the Society as we Know it ? Indian Express https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/web-edits/can-the-migrant-crisis-lead-to-a-breakdown-of-the-society-as-we-know-it-6367280/

Sapra I (2017) Women’s Health: Still a Distant Dream Development and Cooperation (D+C), Germany

Sapra I (2014) Unlocking Potential, Development and Cooperation (D+C), Germany

Sapra I (2013), Rural Democracy: Living in Rural India Development and Cooperation (D+C), Germany

Sapra I (2013), ‘Social protection: Not for Everyone, Development and Cooperation (D+C), Germany

Sapra I (2012), ‘No Voice: Disability and Rural Livelihoods in India’, Development and Cooperation (D+C), Germany

Budgetary Allocations and Transfers to Households: A Review of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Telangana’ Supported by UNICEF, Telangana with Dr Arvind Pandey and Prof. Aseem Prakash

Multisectoral Accountability Framework for Vulnerable Groups supported by the World Health Organization (WHO) with Dr Sunayana Swain and Prof Aseem Prakash

Gender & Safety Mapping: Initiatives to make Hyderabad Safe for Women and Girls, Supported by Hyderabad Police with Prof Lakshmi Lingam (School of Gender Studies, Mumbai Campus),and Prof Aseem Prakash

Humanizing Death: A Public Policy Perspective on Death in the Context of a supported by the research council, TISS with Prof Aseem Prakash and Dr Khushboo Srivastava

MA Cities and Governance -Social Introduction to Cities, Caring Cities, Qualitative Research, Project Management

MA Public Policy and Governance - Coordinator of Policy Area Concentration (PAC) in Social Conflict and Public Policy, Other courses taught include Philosophy and Methods of Social Research