Rakesh Ranjan
Institute: Centre for Development Practice and Research, Tata Institute of Social Sciences
Brief Profile: Rakesh Ranjan is an Assistant Professor at the Centre for Development Practice and Research, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Takshila Campus, Patna. He has been working on international labour migration, remittances, Diaspora and immigrant entrepreneurship for the past eight years. He has worked with the India Centre for Migration, Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India, and the Global Research Forum on Diaspora and Transnationalism, New Delhi. He also had brief stints at the Institute of South Asian Studies, National University of Singapore and the Centre for Development Studies, Trivandrum. Rakesh has recently co-authored a book with Prof. Md Mizanur Rahman on "Indian Diaspora Homeland Engagement: Education and Healthcare Sector", published by Oxford University Press.
Area of Specialization (keywords): Economic Sociology, Immigrant Entrepreneurship, Labour Studies, Diaspora, International Migration and, Remittances.
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