Mr
Goutham Raj Konda
Position and institution:
Research Assistant
Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad
Country:
India
Profile overview
I'm a budding urban researcher with an interest in the sociological inquiry of housing, poverty, informality, exclusion, and marginality from the vantage of caste in India. I graduated from Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai in 2020 with an M.A. in Urban Policy and Governance.
Research topics
Collaboration information
Currently, I'm working on the questions pertaining to the air conditioner repair and rental industry in Hyderabad city to understand how the industry contributes to cooling down the city against rising temperatures. Simultaneously, I work independently on topics with a focus on caste, popular culture, urbanisation, housing, and poverty.