Research Assistants and Interns

Harshit Verma is a Research Associate at People's Resource Centre with a keen interest in social policy and sustainable development. He holds a Master’s Degree in Development Studies from Ambedkar University, Delhi. Harshit has always been passionate about working at the grassroots level, which led him to engage with organizations like Dastkar and the Right to Food Campaign. He has also been a part of the Yashwant Grameen Leadership Development Program (YGLDP) in Maharashtra with Centre for Education Governance and Policy, where he gained hands-on experience in policy research and community engagement. He enjoys exploring new ideas, working with teams, and contributing to meaningful change.

Krishanu works as a Research Associate at PRC. Where she looks at urban governance, mobility, and river ecologies. Previously she has worked on the politics of Marriage Equality in India with IIIT Delhi. She completed her M.A. in Sociology from Ambedkar University Delhi. Where she looks at “Launda Naach” which is a caste-based cultural performance embedded in the socio-political context of Bihar. She is interested in the sociology of health and the sociology of law and how these spaces are instrumental in producing a certain discourse around queerness and queer bodies. She has also worked in the SRH space, primarily engaging with access to safe abortions for the sex workers and Transgender community. She also engages in advocacy on queer-trans and disability issues.