Anjali V. Raj, Seema Purushothaman, Vidya Puttur Sadashiva

Anjali V Raj is a natural science researcher. She is currently working as a Senior Research Fellow at Azim Premji University (APU), Bengaluru.

She has a Master’s degree in Environmental Science from University of Mysore and a Bachelor’s degree in Chemistry from University of Calicut. She worked with Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and Environment (ATREE), Bengaluru before joining APU.

Seema Purushothaman is an Ecological Economist. She is a Professor with the School of Development at Azim Premji University, Bengaluru. Her work involves empirical, conceptual and action research. These engagements span across agrarian communities in peri urban zones, rural landscapes, and forest peripheries.

Seema has coauthored a book, City and the Peasant - urbanization and agrarian change in Southern India, which looks at how different processes of urbanisation transform agrarian communities. Currently she is looking at how the demand for fresh farm produce from the city of Bangalore is transforming small farmers in its peripheries, apart from educating indigenous youth on how to secure and manage their Community Forest Rights.

Vidya Puttur Sadashiva is working as a Research and Project Associate at Azim Premji University, Bengaluru.

She has Master’s degrees in Development Studies from Azim Premji University, and Global Political Economy and Development from Kassel University, Germany. She has interned with GRAAM, Mysore and NIAS, Bangalore, and worked on projects related to rural livelihood and rural-urban interface