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Deba Ranjan Hota

Assistant Professor · Nirma University

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@nirmauni.ac.in
2Scopus Publications

Research Interests

Tribal Studies, Environment, Human Rights, Labour

Biography

Dr Deba Ranjan Hota is an Assistant Professor at the Institute of Law, Nirma University. He obtained his Doctorate from the Department of Sociology, Faculty of Arts, The M. S. University of Baroda. He has qualified UGC NET and has more than a decade of teaching and research experience. Prior to pursuing academics, he also worked as Education Officer at Central Board for Workers Education (CBWE) now known as The Dattopant Thengadi National Board for Workers Education and Development (DTNBWED), Ministry of Labour and Employment, Government of India. His areas of interest are Tribal studies, Human Rights, Sociology of Law and Sociology of Environment. He is the author of two books 'Informal Workers in the Interstices of Formal Sector: Dynamics and Dilemmas' (2020) and ‘Vulnerability and Human Rights among the tribes of South Gujarat’ (2021). He serves as member of Ethics Committee for Research at Kadi University. He is also a reviewer of textbook in Social Sciences at GSEB

Education

Ph.D in Sociology

Recent Scopus Publications

  1. Comparative Analysis of Legal Framework for Disaster Management in Pakistan, India, and Bangladesh
    International Handbook of Disaster Research, 2023
  2. Trend of Community's Participation in Environmental Decision-making Process under EIA: A Study
    Asian Journal of Water Environment and Pollution, 2022

Grants / Consultancy

Rs. 12,20,000 from Tribal Research Institute, Government of Gujarat for the project "A study on the implementation of Forest Rights Act in the State of Gujarat" None

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