Ms Lavanya Shanbhogue Arvind | Tata Institute of Social Sciences

Ms Lavanya Shanbhogue Arvind

Assistant Professor, Mumbai Campus, Jamsetji Tata School of Disaster Studies

Qualification

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

Contact

lavanya.arvind[at]tiss[dot]edu

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

Arvind, L.S (2022), Legitimising Myths and Legends: The Social Construction of Gendered Stereotypes, Social Practices & the Social Reproduction of Subordination, History and Myth: Theory, Praxis & Politics, Routledge Publishers
Arvind, L.S. (2022). Women’s Labour, Self-help Groups and Microfinance in a Neo-liberal World: An Interrogation of the Role of Self-help Groups in the Rehabilitation of Former Devadasis in Belgaum District of Karnataka. In: Patel, V., Mondal, N. (eds) Gendered Inequalities in Paid and Unpaid Work of Women in India. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-9974-0_16
Arvind L.S. (2020) Gender in Disaster Settings: Towards Sustainable Gender-Sensitive Disaster Risk Reduction. In: Leal Filho W., Azul A.M., Brandli L., Lange Salvia A., Wall T. (eds) Gender Equality. Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-70060-1_132-1
J Joseph, M Jauhala, L Arvind & S. Gadavi, Wounded attachments to disaster recovery: Gendered structural violence and everyday life, Indian experiences explored, “International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction”, https://authors.elsevier.com/a/1czDa7t2zZ5mXf, 59 (2021) 102242 [Co-Author]
L. Arvind, January 2020, A Review of the National Education Policy, Quest in Education, ISSN: 0048-6434
L. Arvind, April 2020, Book Review: Back to the Sources, A Study of Gandhi’s Basic Education by Henry Fagg, Delhi: National Book Trust, 2020, Quest in Education, ISSN: 0048-6434
L. Arvind, May 2018, Socio-economic Status & Lived Experiences of Rehabilitation of Former Devadasis in Belgaum District of Karnataka, Urdhuva Mula, Published by Sophia Centre for Women’s Stuides (May, 2018)
L. Arvind, Nov 2018, Chapter titled, ‘Feminine Disruptions: The Poetics of Subversion’ to a textbook titled Interrogating Patriarchy: Essays on Contemporary Women Poets in India, Om Publications, Edited by Rajshree Tiwari. (Nov 2018)

Accepted & Forthcoming

L. Arvind, Micro-Ethnographies to produce Feminist Narratives from Lived Experiences, Routledge Publications (Accepted, Forthcoming)
N. Mishra, L.Arvind, Reimagining DRR in Urban Transformation: Confronting the Heterogeneity of Urban & Negotiations in Transforming Urban Landscapes, International Handbook of Disaster Research, Springer Nature Publications (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)

Infusing Gender Consciousness in Disaster Pedagogies, awarded by the Gender Responsive Resilience & Intersectionality in Policy and Practice consortium (GRRIPP, University College London) in collaboration with the Institute of Disaster Management and Vulnerability Studies, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh (South Asia, GRRIPP Lead). [Ongoing]
Spatial Justice for Epidemic Resilient Communities, TISS Research Council (Ongoing)
A review of Recent Orders and Notifications towards Risk Informed Planning and Programming, TISS Research Council (Ongoing)

Disasters & Development (MDM 7)
Project Management in Disaster Contexts (MDM 17)
Emergency Response & Disaster Logistics (MDM 22)
Advanced Course in Disasters and Development (MDM 24)
Culture and Disasters (MDM 25)
Advanced Course in Social Research in Disaster Studies (MDM 26)
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