Hariprasad V M

I am a research scholar at the Centre for Technology Alternatives for Rural Areas (CTARA), IIT Bombay. My research delves into pressing social and environmental challenges, with a focus on sanitation and marginalized communities. Through my study, "Informality, Marginality and Agency: A Study of Sanitation Work and Workers in Alleppey Town, India," I explore the everyday realities of sanitation workers, marked by precarious employment and nuances in sanitation governance in small towns.

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Research Interests

Academic Background

I hold degrees in Electrical Engineering (CUSAT, Kochi) and Environmental Studies and Resource Management (TERI University, New Delhi). My professional trajectory has included academic appointments as teaching and research fellow at Ashoka University, Haryana, and Azim Premji University, Bangalore. Post this, I worked with SEEDS India in their post-flood recovery initiatives in Kerala's Wayanad district.

2024Hasmukh Shah Memorial Award for Ecological Studies (Research Category)
2021 Smithu Kothari Fellowship
2015-17Sindicatum Climate Change Foundation Scholarship for post-graduate study at TERI University, New Delhi

2024 Speaker - International Conference

2024 Featured in Magazine

2024 Peer reviewer for the Journal Environment and Planning: Nature and Space (SAEG Publishers)
2024 Peer reviewer for the Oxford Development Stduies Journal (Taylor & Francis)

Publications

Blog
Author Down To Earth

Why the proposed Silver Line rail project in Kerala is a non-starter

By Hariprasad V M

Blog
Author The Indian Express

Swachh Bharat must focus on the invisible sanitation worker

By Lyla Mehta and Hariprasad V M

Blog
Author IDS

The mirage of water in Kuttanad: a photostory

By Demathlal PM and Hariprasad V M

Contact me

harikaramel[at]gmail[dot]com