SNEHASHISH MITRA (he/him)

A seasoned researcher and project leader with a decade of experience in administering impactful research projects and advocacy campaigns. Expertise lies in employing rigorous qualitative research methodologies, including ethnography, fieldwork, and policy analysis, to address critical urban governance challenges. Demonstrated ability in project and budget management, grant writing, and stakeholder engagement. Committed to leveraging research acumen to foster tangible social impact, particularly in securing housing provisions and citizenship rights for marginalized communities in South Asia. Seeking a challenging role where advanced research and project management skills can drive meaningful societal change.

• Mitra, S. (2023). The Indo-Myanmar borderlands: Border trade, urbanisation and ethnic politics in Mizoram. South Asia: Journal of South Asian Studies. 46 (3). 445-463, DOI: 10.1080/00856401.2023.2180592

• Organising panel in the Asian Borderlands Research Network Conference, Seoul (South Korea), July 2022. •Mitra, S. (2020). Dwelling on the hills: Continuities of tribal geographies in Guwahati. In Dwelling in Asian Cities; Imaginaries, Ideas, Aspirations, A. Srivathsan, S. Khanwalkar and K. Mehta (eds). Ahmedabad: CEPT University Press, pp.95-105.
•Mitra, S. (2022). Greening interventions, settlement rights and anti-eviction politics: Land conflict in Guwahati, India. In Urban space, green spaces, inclusive spaces- A regional review on the social-ecological transformation of cities in Asia. Hanoi: Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, 10-13.
•Mitra, S. (2018). Out-migration and labour mobility: Case studies from Assam. In Employment and Labour Market in Northeast India, V. Xaxa, D. Saha and R. Singha (eds), Routledge India , 284-316 .
•Samaddar, R and Mitra, S. (2019). Bridge of Spaces: East by Rear East. In Global Governance and India’s North-East: Logistics, Infrastructure and Society, R. Samaddar and A. Sengupta (eds.), Routledge India,177-197.
•Delivering lecture titled Citizenship in India, legitimacy in Assam: Unresolved crisis of post partition borderlands Tata Institute for Fundamental Research (TIFR), Bengaluru (India), 1st July 2019

• Languages: Bengali (native speaker), English (fluent), Assamese (fluent), Hindi (fluent).
• Leadership: Generated funds worldwide and executing post-cyclone relief work in West Bengal and Assam, administered reliefdrives in 30 affected villages by delegating responsibilities among 25 volunteers, and liaised with local government bodies; Arranged for ration supply in 3 slums of Calcutta during covid related lockdown which supported ~450 people; assessed potential beneficiary impacts for organisations willing to donate for relief drives; Mobilised enrolment of 150 people from urban slums in Guwahati in the updated National Register of Citizens (NRC) of India to ensure their citizenship rights.

• Interests: Popular movements, global & local politics public transport, de-colonisation practices, sustainable fishing, city-walks