Ankana Das

Cleaned, organised, and processed a dataset containing more than 50,000 data points for a study on women's indebtedness and microfinance institutions. Conducted descriptive quantitative analysis in Stata and supported the preparation of research findings.

Coordinated field engagement and stakeholder communication across Jharkhand, West Bengal, and Odisha, recruiting and supervising field researchers. Managed field schedules, data collection, documentation, and guest lectures.

Coordinated quantitative and qualitative data collection on caste, gender, and local governance through key informant interviews, focus group discussions, and in-depth interviews. Managed field-data intake, coordinated researchers and local consultants, and contributed to a policy report.

Assisted with teaching and evaluated students for courses in Sociology and Research Writing.

Coordinated ethnographic fieldwork and stakeholder engagement in the Indian Sundarbans, collaborating with scientists on climate change and community vulnerability. Recruited research interns and field facilitators, and contributed to research documentation and publications.

Edited academic papers for publication, including language and structural revisions. Reviewed and selected submissions for publication, and formatted papers to the journal's publication standards.

Taught and evaluated undergraduate courses in English Literature under CBCS.

Organised an international workshop and seminar, coordinating speakers, participants, schedules, communication, and event documentation. Prepared research reports and supporting materials, collaborated on an interactive website, digitised archival materials, and translated Bangla content into English.

Assisted with teaching and evaluated students for Communicative English and English Literature.

Coordinated educational and community programmes between RadioJU, local schools, civil-society organisations, artists, and guest speakers across Bengal. Designed workshop modules and interactive learning activities, conducted outreach and capacity-building programmes, and managed programme logistics and documentation.

Conducted community-based fieldwork and coordinated meetings between local participants and the research team. Worked extensively on ArcGIS.

Translated project materials and interviews between Bangla and English. Published outputs at kolkatamusicmapping.com.

Conducted outreach programmes and community visits in Jadavpur and Park Circus. Managed engagement activities to strengthen children's concentration, participation, and study habits, and supported the identification and selection of students from underprivileged backgrounds for educational fellowships.

Conducted outreach programmes and community visits in Jadavpur and Park Circus, Kolkata. Engaged children, families, schools, and local stakeholders through the Back to School initiative, and assisted with community-level communication and programme follow-up.

Conducted fieldwork and archival research for a national study on human trafficking across coastal Bengal, using purposive sampling, KIIs, and FGDs. Collected evidence from rehabilitation centres and synthesised findings into technical reports.

PhD submitted in August 2026, with thesis on religion, ritual, and the neo-liberal market of the Indian Sundarban; final viva pending.

MPhil in English with thesis on ecological study of literature on Sundarban.

MA in English with thesis on contemporary postcolonial literatures.

BA in English with extra departmental courses in Economics, Women's Studies, and Social Work.