I am a P.hD student at Ashank Desai Centre for Policy Studies, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai, India. 

I am working on the issue of indigenous' forest rights in the Gadchiroli district of Maharashtra, India. My research focuses on the implementation process of the Forest Rights Act 2006. Within policy processes, I am looking at how the inclusion and exclusion of forest dwellers' communities happen while recognising their forest rights.