It is a great pleasure to introduce the Third Cohort of the JPS – CASAS – CODH – YARA – PLAAS Annual Writeshop in Critical Agrarian Studies and Scholar Activism. After a challenging selection process, the organisers invited 67 participants, 35 women, 32 men, from 24 countries in the South, mostly PhD researchers and postdocs,…
Author: Siddharth Joshi
Siddharth Joshi, is an activist and researcher based in Bangalore, India. He was awarded doctoral degree (Fellow Programme in Management) from Indian Institute of Management Bangalore in 2017 for the dissertation titled ‘Resisting History? Agrarian Change and Farmers’ Mobilization in Western Uttar Pradesh 1985-2015’. The dissertation explored the structural changes in agriculture which explained the decline of farmer movement in the western Uttar Pradesh region. Since completion of his doctoral degree, he has been working with various social movements on issues of urban social justice, climate change and human rights while retaining keen interest in agrarian issues and the praxis of farmer movements as both a fellow traveller and scholar.