Faculty Dr Krishan Takhar

Dr Krishan Takhar

Assistant Professor

Department of Sociology and Anthropology

Contact Details

krishan.t@srmap.edu.in

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Education

2025
PhD
JNU, New Delhi
India
2017
M.Phil.
Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi
India
2011
MA
TISS, Mumbai
India

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Experience

  • August 2018 - April 2019; Faculty of Sociology; Biyani Girls College, Jaipur
  • August 2017 - May 2018; Research Consultant; Budget Analysis Research Centre (BARC), Rajasthan
  • 2018; Research Assistant; Professor Ananta Kumar Giri, Madras Instituteof Development Studies (MIDS), Chennai
  • May 2018 - September 2018; Researcher; Institute of Development Studies (IDS), Jaipur
  • August 2013 - March 2014; Faculty; Subodh Law College, Jaipur
  • August 2013 - December 2013; Faculty; Department of Social Work, University of Rajasthan
  • 2013; Research Associate; Centre for Dalit Rights, Jaipur

Research Interest

  • Sociology of post-liberalisation industrial spaces, the industrial corridors and zones; Governance and informal governance processes in industrial spaces; Informality and placemaking activities; Caste; Sociology of small towns; Gender; Critiques of Western universalism via Postcolonial, Decolonial and World Anthropologies; Political sociology of Rajasthan

Awards

  • 2023 - Australia India Research Students Fellowship; Govt. of Australia
  • 2024 - International travel grant; ICSSR, Govt. of India
  • 2013 - UGC NET-JRF in Social Work; UGC, Govt. of India
  • 2019 - UGC NET in Sociology; UGC, Govt. of India

Memberships

Publications

  • The Production of Domestic Space and Gender during the COVID-19 Crisis: An Auto-ethnographic Account from a North Indian Small Town

    Takhar K., Kumari P.

    Journal of Underrepresented and Minority Progress, 2025, DOI Link

    View abstract ⏷

    The novel coronavirus-induced pandemic has scarcely left any aspect of life untouched. Against the rabid virus, the home was suggested as the site of safety by the governments worldwide. This article by married partners studies the domestic space of their small-town North Indian home, employing an autoethnographic method. The authors ask, How has the COVID crisis shaped their domestic space? With the authority male figure of the susro/father-in-law dwelling at home round the clock during the lockdowns, the domestic space became more gendered. The COVID crisis resulted in reducing the spatial agency of the ‘wife’/daughter-in-law/bhu in the domestic space. However, it was also the time when she strived to make home-outside-home, thus allowing us a revisit to the idea of ‘home’.

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Interests

  • Informality studies
  • Sociology and governance of post-liberalisation industrial spaces
  • Space/Place studies

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Education
2011
MA
TISS, Mumbai
India
2017
M.Phil.
Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi
India
2025
PhD
JNU, New Delhi
India
Experience
  • August 2018 - April 2019; Faculty of Sociology; Biyani Girls College, Jaipur
  • August 2017 - May 2018; Research Consultant; Budget Analysis Research Centre (BARC), Rajasthan
  • 2018; Research Assistant; Professor Ananta Kumar Giri, Madras Instituteof Development Studies (MIDS), Chennai
  • May 2018 - September 2018; Researcher; Institute of Development Studies (IDS), Jaipur
  • August 2013 - March 2014; Faculty; Subodh Law College, Jaipur
  • August 2013 - December 2013; Faculty; Department of Social Work, University of Rajasthan
  • 2013; Research Associate; Centre for Dalit Rights, Jaipur
Research Interests
  • Sociology of post-liberalisation industrial spaces, the industrial corridors and zones; Governance and informal governance processes in industrial spaces; Informality and placemaking activities; Caste; Sociology of small towns; Gender; Critiques of Western universalism via Postcolonial, Decolonial and World Anthropologies; Political sociology of Rajasthan
Awards & Fellowships
  • 2023 - Australia India Research Students Fellowship; Govt. of Australia
  • 2024 - International travel grant; ICSSR, Govt. of India
  • 2013 - UGC NET-JRF in Social Work; UGC, Govt. of India
  • 2019 - UGC NET in Sociology; UGC, Govt. of India
Memberships
Publications
  • The Production of Domestic Space and Gender during the COVID-19 Crisis: An Auto-ethnographic Account from a North Indian Small Town

    Takhar K., Kumari P.

    Journal of Underrepresented and Minority Progress, 2025, DOI Link

    View abstract ⏷

    The novel coronavirus-induced pandemic has scarcely left any aspect of life untouched. Against the rabid virus, the home was suggested as the site of safety by the governments worldwide. This article by married partners studies the domestic space of their small-town North Indian home, employing an autoethnographic method. The authors ask, How has the COVID crisis shaped their domestic space? With the authority male figure of the susro/father-in-law dwelling at home round the clock during the lockdowns, the domestic space became more gendered. The COVID crisis resulted in reducing the spatial agency of the ‘wife’/daughter-in-law/bhu in the domestic space. However, it was also the time when she strived to make home-outside-home, thus allowing us a revisit to the idea of ‘home’.
Contact Details

krishan.t@srmap.edu.in

Scholars
Interests

  • Informality studies
  • Sociology and governance of post-liberalisation industrial spaces
  • Space/Place studies

Education
2011
MA
TISS, Mumbai
India
2017
M.Phil.
Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi
India
2025
PhD
JNU, New Delhi
India
Experience
  • August 2018 - April 2019; Faculty of Sociology; Biyani Girls College, Jaipur
  • August 2017 - May 2018; Research Consultant; Budget Analysis Research Centre (BARC), Rajasthan
  • 2018; Research Assistant; Professor Ananta Kumar Giri, Madras Instituteof Development Studies (MIDS), Chennai
  • May 2018 - September 2018; Researcher; Institute of Development Studies (IDS), Jaipur
  • August 2013 - March 2014; Faculty; Subodh Law College, Jaipur
  • August 2013 - December 2013; Faculty; Department of Social Work, University of Rajasthan
  • 2013; Research Associate; Centre for Dalit Rights, Jaipur
Research Interests
  • Sociology of post-liberalisation industrial spaces, the industrial corridors and zones; Governance and informal governance processes in industrial spaces; Informality and placemaking activities; Caste; Sociology of small towns; Gender; Critiques of Western universalism via Postcolonial, Decolonial and World Anthropologies; Political sociology of Rajasthan
Awards & Fellowships
  • 2023 - Australia India Research Students Fellowship; Govt. of Australia
  • 2024 - International travel grant; ICSSR, Govt. of India
  • 2013 - UGC NET-JRF in Social Work; UGC, Govt. of India
  • 2019 - UGC NET in Sociology; UGC, Govt. of India
Memberships
Publications
  • The Production of Domestic Space and Gender during the COVID-19 Crisis: An Auto-ethnographic Account from a North Indian Small Town

    Takhar K., Kumari P.

    Journal of Underrepresented and Minority Progress, 2025, DOI Link

    View abstract ⏷

    The novel coronavirus-induced pandemic has scarcely left any aspect of life untouched. Against the rabid virus, the home was suggested as the site of safety by the governments worldwide. This article by married partners studies the domestic space of their small-town North Indian home, employing an autoethnographic method. The authors ask, How has the COVID crisis shaped their domestic space? With the authority male figure of the susro/father-in-law dwelling at home round the clock during the lockdowns, the domestic space became more gendered. The COVID crisis resulted in reducing the spatial agency of the ‘wife’/daughter-in-law/bhu in the domestic space. However, it was also the time when she strived to make home-outside-home, thus allowing us a revisit to the idea of ‘home’.
Contact Details

krishan.t@srmap.edu.in

Scholars