The xSDG Podcast

About the Guest:

M.R. Sharan is a graduate student in the Ph.D. programme in Public Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School. His primary fields of interest are development economics and political economy. He is part of a series of research projects in India and his work attempts to better understand the linkages between State policy, politics, citizens, and government. He has previously worked as a researcher at the office of the Chief Economic Adviser to the Government of India, JPAL South Asia, and IGC India. He holds a B.A. (Honours) in Economics from Hans Raj College, and an M.A. in Economics from the Delhi School of Economics. He is the author of the novel Blue (Harper Collins, 2014).

This series is hosted by Muda Tariq, Research Associate at Belongg. Muda graduated with a Bachelor's in Political Science, followed by a postgraduate diploma in Conflict Transformation and Peacebuilding from Lady Shri Ram College for Women. She is passionate about working on the intersections of gender, human rights, and conflict. She is also a fellow at the LedBy Foundation and the EU-funded ALLY Project.

You can also listen to this podcast and more conversations on intersectional inclusion, by downloading Belongg’s app UnOther, available on the Apple and Google app stores. To connect with intersectional experts for guest lectures or consultations, check out Belongg Circle, a platform that makes it easy for a range of organizations and individuals to integrate intersectionality in their work.

About the Guest:

Kumam Davidson Singh is an ethnographer, writer, curator, and educator. He is the founder of Matai Society and co-founder of TCHP: A Queer Digital Anthology of Northeast India.

This series is hosted by Saransh Bisht, Mental Health Collective Associate at Belongg. They are also a mental health practitioner who works extensively with queer persons on various psycho-social themes. 

You can also listen to this podcast and more conversations on intersectional inclusion, by downloading Belongg’s app UnOther, available on the Apple and Google app stores. To connect with intersectional experts for guest lectures or consultations, check out Belongg Circle, a platform that makes it easy for a range of organizations and individuals to integrate intersectionality in their work.

About the Guest:

Gregory Cajete is a Native American educator whose work is dedicated to honoring the foundations of Indigenous knowledge in education. He worked at the Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe, New Mexico for 21 years. While at the Institute, he served as Dean of the Center for Research and Cultural Exchange, Chair of Native American Studies, and Professor of ethnoscience. He has also served as a Professor of Native American Studies and Language, Literacy and Sociocultural Studies at the University of New Mexico. Dr. Cajete also designs culturally-responsive curricula geared to the special needs and learning styles of Native American students. 

Dr. Cajete has authored five books: Look to the Mountain: An Ecology of Indigenous Education (1994); Ignite the Sparkle: An Indigenous Science Education Curriculum Model (1999); Spirit of the Game: Indigenous Wellsprings (2004); A People’s Ecology: Explorations in Sustainable Living (1999); and Native Science: Natural Laws of Interdependence (2000).

This series is hosted by Saransh Bisht, Mental Health Collective Associate at Belongg. They are also a mental health practitioner who works extensively with queer persons on various psycho-social themes. 

You can also listen to this podcast and more conversations on intersectional inclusion, by downloading Belongg’s app UnOther, available on the Apple and Google app stores. To connect with intersectional experts for guest lectures or consultations, check out Belongg Circle, a platform that makes it easy for a range of organizations and individuals to integrate intersectionality in their work.

About the Guest:

Gopika Kapoor is a writer and autism consultant.  She is the author of bestselling books Spiritual Parenting, Spiritual Pregnancy, Spiritual Relationships, and Spiritual Success published by Hay House India. Gopika has written for a number of leading publications and has been consulted on various communications initiatives with national and international NGOs. She has been awarded the Young FICCI Ladies Organization (YFLO) Women Achievers Award for exemplary writing. Gopika has authored the book- Beyond the Blue: Love, Life and Autism, a realistic, positive book for parents of children with autism, that includes her personal and professional experiences of dealing with the condition. To help other parents on this journey, she also consults with them individually.

This series is hosted by Saransh Bisht, Mental Health Collective Associate at Belongg. They are also a mental health practitioner who works extensively with queer persons on various psycho-social themes. 

You can also listen to this podcast and more conversations on intersectional inclusion, by downloading Belongg’s app UnOther, available on the Apple and Google app stores. To connect with intersectional experts for guest lectures or consultations, check out Belongg Circle, a platform that makes it easy for a range of organizations and individuals to integrate intersectionality in their work.

About the Guest:

Shivani Nag is an Assistant Professor in the School of Education Studies at Ambedkar University Delhi, India. She is also an education and language rights activist. Drawing on theories from cultural psychology and critical and feminist pedagogies, her research focuses on the inclusion, experience, and participation of children, adolescents, and young adults from marginalized and disadvantaged contexts in school and higher education.

This series is hosted by Saransh Bisht, Mental Health Collective Associate at Belongg. They are also a mental health practitioner who works extensively with queer persons on various psycho-social themes. 

You can also listen to this podcast and more conversations on intersectional inclusion, by downloading Belongg’s app UnOther, available on the Apple and Google app stores. To connect with intersectional experts for guest lectures or consultations, check out Belongg Circle, a platform that makes it easy for a range of organizations and individuals to integrate intersectionality in their work.

On the xSDG podcast, we bring to you conversations with experts who are focused on making development more intersectionally inclusive. The podcast carries sub-series that cover inclusive food systems, law and justice, cities and much more. Listen in to understand key issues and ideas for impact. 

You can also listen to this podcast and more conversations on intersectional inclusion, by downloading Belongg’s app UnOther, - available on the Apple and Google app stores. To connect with intersectional experts for guest lectures or consultations, check out Belongg Circle, a platform that makes it easy for a range of organizations and individuals to integrate intersectionality in their work. 

About the Guest:

Shipra Deo is the Director of Women’s Land Rights at Landesa India where she leads Landesa’s work for gender equal and inclusive land governance. In recent years she has done intensive research on inheritance by women and gendered aspects of land laws in India.

This podcast series is hosted by Amiya Chaudhuri, Research Associate at Belongg. Amiya is interested in the intersection of food, identity and social justice, and has previously worked with grassroots NGOs and served as an AIF Clinton Fellow.

You can also listen to this podcast and more conversations on intersectional inclusion, by downloading Belongg’s app UnOther, available on the Apple and Google app stores. To connect with intersectional experts for guest lectures or consultations, check out Belongg Circle, a platform that makes it easy for a range of organizations and individuals to integrate intersectionality in their work.

About the Guest:

Dr Swain is a Research Associate at the Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management, Cornell University. He is the Assistant Director of the Technical Assistance and Research for Indian Nutrition and Agriculture (TARINA) program of Tata-Cornell Institute. He has a multidisciplinary background spanning gender responsive food systems, male involvement, intimate partner violence and women's health, migration and communicable disease, and agriculture and nutrition in the Indian sub continent and East Africa.

This podcast series is hosted by Amiya Chaudhuri, Research Associate at Belongg. Amiya is interested in the intersection of food, identity and social justice, and has previously worked with grassroots NGOs and served as an AIF Clinton Fellow.

You can also listen to this podcast and more conversations on intersectional inclusion, by downloading Belongg’s app UnOther, available on the Apple and Google app stores. To connect with intersectional experts for guest lectures or consultations, check out Belongg Circle, a platform that makes it easy for a range of organizations and individuals to integrate intersectionality in their work.

This podcast series is hosted by Amiya Chaudhuri, Research Associate at Belongg. Amiya is interested in the intersection of food, identity and social justice, and has previously worked with grassroots NGOs and served as an AIF Clinton Fellow.

You can also listen to this podcast and more conversations on intersectional inclusion, by downloading Belongg’s app UnOther, available on the Apple and Google app stores. To connect with intersectional experts for guest lectures or consultations, check out Belongg Circle, a platform that makes it easy for a range of organizations and individuals to integrate intersectionality in their work.

About the Guest:

Dr Shreya Sinha is a lecturer in Business and Society at Queen Mary University of London. Her research is focused on the political economy of agrarian change and development, with a regional focus on India. Previously, Shreya was involved with the TIGR2ESS project (Transforming India's Green Revolution by Research and Empowerment for Sustainable food Supplies) at the University of Cambridge.

 
This podcast series is hosted by Amiya Chaudhuri, Research Associate at Belongg. Amiya is interested in the intersection of food, identity and social justice, and has previously worked with grassroots NGOs and served as an AIF Clinton Fellow.

You can also listen to this podcast and more conversations on intersectional inclusion, by downloading Belongg’s app UnOther, available on the Apple and Google app stores. To connect with intersectional experts for guest lectures or consultations, check out Belongg Circle, a platform that makes it easy for a range of organizations and individuals to integrate intersectionality in their work.

*Please note that at the time of recording this podcast, Dr Sinha was Lecturer at the University of Reading's School of Agriculture, Policy and Development.