Amita Baviskar, Professor of Environmental Studies, Sociology, and Anthropology at Ashoka University, explores thermal resilience in Indian metropolises through the everyday experiences of communities living in conditions of extreme precarity.
Currently a Professor of Environmental Studies at Ashoka University, and Professor of Sociology at the Institute of Economic Growth, Dr Amita Baviskar’s work is notable in the study of social movements of justice and equity, reaching out to audiences across various disciplines.
Belongg Book Club: Online Author Reading Series
On 19th June 2020, Amita Baviskar read from and discussed her book, ‘Uncivil City: Ecology, Equity and the Commons in Delhi,’ which considers debates on the city’s ecological capacity to sustain lives worth living.