Anhad Imaan

I am a development communications specialist with over a decade of experience in the non profit and think tank industry. I have worked in the areas of urban governance, urban climate resilience, sustainable urban development, urban poverty, rural distress and interstate migration. I am skilled in Editorial Research, Qualitative Writing, Copy Editing, Social Media Management, Reporting and Evaluation, Fundraising, Film Production and Communications Strategy Development. I am a former Erasmus Mundus Partner Country scholarship holder; and the only Indian to have been selected in the 4CITIES UNICA EuroMaster in Urban Studies in 2017.

• Parulkar, A. Imaan, A. (2021), Understanding the Skills and Livelihood Aspirations of the Working Homeless Men of Yamuna Pushta, Economic and Political Weekly, Vol 56 (43), pp. 37-44.
• Parulkar, A., Imaan, A. (2016) The Process of Rehabilitation of the Homeless at Yamuna Pushta, Kashmere Gate in How can we nuance our understanding of homelessness? Indian Institute for Human Settlements. Case No 1-0004. Bangalore.
• Parulkar, A., Sharma, S., Shah, A., Sethia, S., John, R., Imaan, A., Baxi, A. (2017) Dispossessed: Stories from India’s Margins New Delhi, Speaking Tiger Publications.
• Imaan A. (2019) The Nature & Extent of State and Civil Society Response to Homelessness: Examining the Housing First initiatives in Brussels and Vienna (Erasmus Mundus 4CITIES Master Thesis).
• Imaan A. (2020, July 31) India’s migrant crisis pointed to another problem – its lack of shelter homes, Scroll online.
• Imaan A. (2020, September 9) Lack of livelihood pushes returned migrants back to cities, Village Square online.
• Imaan A. (2020, December 15) In rural Rajasthan, a frayed school system prompts children to work rather than study, Scroll online.
• Imaan A. (2021, February 4) Despite 15 migrants being crushed by truck in Surat we continue to ask the wrong set of questions, Scroll online.
• Imaan, A. (2021, May 23) As Covid-19 strikes rural southern Rajasthan, a shortage of medical staff hampers battle, Scroll online.
• Imaan, A. ( 2021, May 31) One year since lockdown, Surat migrant workers say life has only got harder, Scroll online.
• Imaan, A., Damor, J. (2021,July 19) Pandemic pushes impoverished villagers into further debts, Village Square online.

• Member, The Kachher Collective (LLP). I was a part of an initiative with likeminded individuals to build a sustainable commune in Kachher, a small panchayat in Udaipur. I am involved in the logistics operations and project expansion
• Resource Person, Indian Institute for Human Settlements ; I designed and executed a two day communications workshop for housing rights activists as part a project by the Indian Institute for Human Settlements in Indore, Madhya Pradesh
• Guest Writer, Eventraveler. An online platform that promotes music and sports-based events all over the world
• Copywriter, Passbolt, a password management website
• Participant, Urban Action School ; A 3-week course on Urbanization and the Informal sector Organized by ActionAid India, Institute of Public Enterprise (Hyderabad, India) funded by the European Union
• Participant, Research Methodology Workshop on Social Exclusion & Discrimination Workshop organized by the National Law School of India University and the Jawaharlal Nehru University
• Resource Person, CityPulse Film Institute I took a 6 week introductory sociology course for film students

Member, The Kachher Collective (LLP). I was a part of an initiative with July 2024 - April 2025

likeminded individuals to build a sustainable commune in Kachher, a small panchayat in Udaipur. I am involved in the logistics operations and project expansion

Resource Person, Indian Institute for Human Settlements ; I designed and executed a two day Sept 2024 communications workshop for housing rights activists as part a project by the Indian Institute for Human Settlements in Indore, Madhya Pradesh

Guest Writer, Eventraveler. An online platform that promotes music and Sept 2016- May 2017

sports-based events all over the world

Copywriter, Passbolt, a password management website Dec 2015 - Feb 2016

Participant, Urban Action School ; A 3-week course on Urbanization and the

Nov 2015

Informal sector Organized by ActionAid India, Institute of Public Enterprise

(Hyderabad, India) funded by the European Union

Participant, Research Methodology Workshop on Social Exclusion & June 2013

Discrimination Workshop organized by the National Law School of India University and the Jawaharlal Nehru University

Resource Person, CityPulse Film Institute I took a 6 week introductory Aug 2012 - Sept 2012 sociology course for film students

Parulkar, A. Imaan, A. (2021), Understanding the Skills and Livelihood Aspirations of the Working Homeless Men of Yamuna Pushta, Economic and Political Weekly, Vol 56 (43), pp. 37-44.

Parulkar, A., Imaan, A. (2016) The Process of Rehabilitation of the Homeless at Yamuna Pushta, Kashmere Gate in How can we nuance our understanding of homelessness? Indian Institute for Human Settlements. Case No 1-0004. Bangalore.

Parulkar, A., Sharma, S., Shah, A., Sethia, S., John, R., Imaan, A., Baxi, A. (2017) Dispossessed: Stories from India’s Margins New Delhi, Speaking Tiger Publications.

Imaan A. (2019) The Nature & Extent of State and Civil Society Response to Homelessness: Examining the Housing First initiatives in Brussels and Vienna (Erasmus Mundus 4CITIES Master Thesis).

Imaan A. (2020, July 31) India’s migrant crisis pointed to another problem – its lack of shelter homes, Scroll online.

Imaan A. (2020, September 9) Lack of livelihood pushes returned migrants back to cities, Village Square online.

Imaan A. (2020, December 15) In rural Rajasthan, a frayed school system prompts children to work rather than study, Scroll online.

Imaan A. (2021, February 4) Despite 15 migrants being crushed by truck in Surat we continue to ask the wrong set of questions, Scroll online.

Imaan, A. (2021, May 23) As Covid-19 strikes rural southern Rajasthan, a shortage of medical staff hampers battle, Scroll online.

Imaan, A. ( 2021, May 31) One year since lockdown, Surat migrant workers say life has only got harder, Scroll online.

Imaan, A., Damor, J. (2021,July 19) Pandemic pushes impoverished villagers into further debts, Village Square online.