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Sunil Kumar Mishra
Sunil Kumar Mishra is a Fellow at Institute for Human Development, New Delhi. Prior to joining the Institute for Human Development (IHD), he was an ICSSR Research Fellow at G. B. Pant Social Science Institute, Allahabad. His areas of interest area are livelihood, food security, child deprivation, and tribal studies. He has published several research papers in journals of national and international repute. He has published two books Challenges of Rural Industrialization in India (Academic Excellence, 2012) and The Challenge of Inclusive Development in Rural Bihar (IHD and Manak Publications Pvt. Ltd) in 2012. He is a part of the extensive longitudinal study in Bihar, being conducted by IHD for which he has also organised and coordinated the field work. He specialises in qualitative and quantitative research surveys and has managed several research, evaluation, and assessment projects across major sectors and geographies. Under the umbrella of the research programme, he has been involved in several projects in the areas of livelihood, migration, enterprises, etc. He is presently the Project Director of the National Level Monitor for evaluation of government programmes sponsored by Ministries of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj.
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Covid-19: Impact on migrant workers in Bihar
The nationwide lockdown – imposed in March 2020 to contain the spread of Covid-19 – left large sections of migrant workers in a precarious position, with livelihoods lost, and no means of public transport to get back home. This note presents findings from a survey of over 1,600 households in 12 villages across seven districts of the state of Bihar – a major source of migrant workers – to assess the impact of the pandemic on their lives.
Covid-19 and growing food insecurity: Insights from rural Bihar
Emerging research shows that Covid-19 has had a devastating impact on the already undernourished and marginalised populations, by affecting their access to food and nutrition, and consumption patterns. In this note, Dutta et al. discuss findings from their field study in rural Bihar and highlight three key reasons for reduced food consumption by households – fear of contracting Covid-19, price hikes, and closure of markets.