MBA (Finance), University of Wales,
M.A. in Women's Studies, Tata Institute of Social Sciences,
M.Phil. in Women's Studies, Tata Institute of Social Sciences
Centre for Disasters & Development, Jamsetji Tata School of Disaster Studies | Tata Institute of Social Sciences | Deonar | Mumbai | Maharashtra 400088
Tel: +91-022-25525889 (022-25525000, Extn: 5889)
Ms. Lavanya Shanbhogue Arvind is an Assistant Professor at the Centre for Disasters and Development, Jamsetji Tata School of Disaster Studies. Her research & teaching Interests lie in the areas of Gender & Development, Gender & Climate Change, Gendering Sustainability & Disaster Studies, Gendering Social Exclusion, Cultural Studies, Risk Management, Risk Management, Mitigation & Assessment
She has completed her M.B.A in Finance and has 7+ years of corporate experience in the field of risk management and business continuity. She transitioned to the Social Sciences and has an M.A & M.Phil in Women Studies from the Advanced Centre for Women's Studies, TISS, Mumbai. She was awarded the "Best Student" award and Institute Gold Medal (2016) for academic performance by the Advanced Centre for Women's Studies, TISS, Mumbai.
Her PhD in the area of Gender & Water Rights is currently ongoing.
She is also a published novelist and a writer whose work has been published in both Indian and International Presses
Gendering Disaster Studies, Gender & Development, Gendering Social Exclusion, Gender & Climate Change, Gender & Sustainability Studies, Risk Management, Mitigation & Assessment, Gendered contexts of coping, climate change adapation & resilience, amongst others
Accepted & Forthcoming
Popular Portal Publications
· Learning from natural disasters: Why an understanding of gender is critical to avoid disaster fatalities,” London School of Economics, South Asia Centre Blog: https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/southasia/2019/11/28/lessons-from-natural-disasters-why-an-understanding-of-gender-is-critical-to-avoid-disaster-fatalities/
· Budget 2020 through a Gender Lens, Bloomberg: https://www.bloombergquint.com/union-budget-2020/what-budget-2020-does-for-women-wheres-the-money-going
· Labour Laws through a Gender Lens, Bloomberg: https://www.bloombergquint.com/opinion/do-the-new-labour-laws-reforms-help-women
Paper Presentations
§ Presented a paper titled, 'Risk Informed Planning for Sustainability' at the Sustainability Research and Innovation Congress 2021, Brisbane, Australia (2021)
§ Presented a paper titled, "Socio-Economic & Psychological Aspects of Disaster Risk Management International Conference in Disaster Risk Management" (2021) at the International Conference on Disaster Risk Management
$ Presented a paper titled, "Transboundary Governance of Water in Disaster Contexts: Political Economy, Debates & Contestations" at Roundtable Conference Shifting Lands, Flowing Waters, organized by JTSDS & Oxfam
§ Presented a paper titled, ‘Locating Indian Women in the Post-Colonial Discourse on Religious Nationalism’ at the 2018 GAPS Conference at Mainz, Germany (May 2018)
§ Presented a paper titled, ‘Women in the Dravidian Movement: Gender, Linguistic Identities and Sub-Nationalism’ at the Politics of Language Workshop, TATA Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai (Feb 2018)
§ Presented a paper titled, ‘A Critical Interrogation of the role of Self-Help Groups in the Rehabilitation of former Devadasis in the Belgaum District Of Karnataka’ at the International Conference on the Changing Contours of Women’s Paid and Unpaid Work, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai (July 2018)
§ Presented a paper titled, ‘Gendering New Media: Combatting Digital Patriarchy – Challenges, Trends and Strategies’ at the National Seminar on The Movement of ‘Our’ Times: New Frameworks to Study Women’s Movements at Savitribai Phule University, Pune (Nov 2018)