We are delighted to announce the second list of selected abstracts for the Fourth Annual Conference on Ageing to be held on December 4 and 5 at the India Habitat Centre, New Delhi.
This year’s theme, “Reimagining Gender, Ageing and Care: Perspectives from the Global South”, has drawn an inspiring range of submissions from scholars, researchers, and practitioners across diverse contexts. The abstracts selected reflect critical engagements with ageing, care economies, care labour, kinship, migration, caste, health, and the intersections of gender and ageing in the Global South.
We congratulate the authors whose abstracts have been accepted in this round and look forward to their valuable contributions at the conference. Further communication regarding the registration, program schedule and presentation guidelines will follow soon.
| SI. NO | Name | Affiliation | Title of the Paper |
| 1. | Dr. Sayendri Panchadhyayi | RV University, Bangalore | The Corporeal Turn in the Universe of Elderly Solicitude |
| 2. | Nilanjana Goswami | Birla Institute of Technology | Aging, Migration, and Care: Negotiating Agency in Goa’s Old Age Homes |
| 3. | Anjaly Jacob | The London School of Economics (Alumni) | The Complexities of Care: Perspectives of Indian Practitioners on Westerncentrism in Indian Mental Healthcare |
| 4. | Anwesha Saha | TISS, Mumbai | Aging a Concern? Exploring Factors Driving Geriatric Relocation to Old Age Homes in Kolkata |
| 5. | Dr. Saigita Chitturu | Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai | From Caregiving to Care Receiving: Intergenerational Flows of Support and the Role of Older Women |
| 6. | Sharbari Ghosh | Niti Aayog and Transforming Rural India Foundation Fellowship | Beyond Life Expectancy: Ageing, Gender, and Care in Conflict-Affected Bijapur, Chhattisgarh |
| 7. | Dr Jayaprakash Mishra | Thapar School of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology | “I Have Arranged Care for Myself”: Ageing, Gender, and Migration in Punjab |
| 8. | Anupama Datta | HelpAge India | Family in Elder Care: Hero or Villain? |
| 9. | Amisha Mishra, Riddhi Chakraborty, Subhanjali Saraswati | 1. Indian Statistical Institute, New Delhi; 2. Indian Institute of Management, Indore; 3. Indian Institute of Management, Indore | From Kinship to Care Institutions: Rethinking Elderly Care in India – A Review of Old Age Homes and Care Models |
| 10. | Dr Lipika Sharma | UN Women | Building Equitable Care Systems: Reimagining Gender, Ageing, Inclusive Policies and Innovation Pathways in the Global South |
| 11. | Satyam Kumar Rai Dr. Rakesh Chandra | Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai | Unmet long-term care needs and their determinants among older adults in India |
| 12 | Jyothi Ramachandra, Dr. Vandana M.V | CMR University | “Remittances and Remoteness: Transnational Care Arrangements and the Psychological Well-Being of Left-Behind Elders in India |
| 13. | Ms. Harshita Chanchal. Shubha Ranganathan Prof. S. Irudaya Rajan | Chanakya National Law University, Patna | Navigating Dementia Care in Kerala from a Gender Lens |
| 14. | Dr Rehna C Mohamed, Dr Leyanna Susan George, Dr Nabil A | Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences &Technology, Trivandrum | Resilience in the Time of Crisis: Understanding Well-being Among Elderly During the COVID-19 Pandemic |
| 15. | Anagha Nair, Brinelle Elizabeth D’Souza | Youth4Jobs Foundation | Navigating Intimacy and Adaptation in Home-Based Palliative Care: Experiences of Caregivers in Kerala |
| 16. | Mithra Prathapan | The International Institute of Migration and Development, Thiruvananthapuram | “Converging Frontiers of Caste based Inequalities in Care Arrangements for Elderly Sanitation Workers in Kerala: A Qualitative Exploration” |
| 17. | Anjana S, Paarvathi J | The International Institute of Migration and Development, Thiruvananthapuram | Life Satisfaction Of Care Receiver: Does Care Within Or From Outside The Household Make Any Difference? |
| 18. | Megha G Pillai | Christ University | Rising Age, Rising Needs: Evaluating India’s Preparedness for Elderly Healthcare |
| 19. | SIJO JOSE C | Christ University, Bangalore | Metamorphosing Care into Labour: Case Study Model for Intellectually Disabled Communities in Kerala |
| 20. | Kanhaiya Kumar | Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar University, Agra | Feminist Futures: Transforming Eldercare for Equity and Inclusion |
| 21. | Dr. Aneesh M S | De Paul Institute of Science & Technology, Angamaly | Invisible Identities: The Aging Experience of Transgender Persons in Kerala |
| 22. | FARZIN NAZ | ASAR NGO (Previously worked as a researcher) | Comparative Policy Analysis for Strengthening India’s Aging Policies: Recognising Grandparents’ involvement in childcare in Indian households |
| 23. | Dr Arsha Kochuvilayil (Arsha V R) | Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology | The toll of caregiving in an aging population: comparing the physical and mental health status of caregivers and non-caregivers using Longitudinal Aging Survey India (LASI) data. |
| 24. | Prinu Jose | Achutha Menon Center for Health Science Studies, Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology | Understanding ageing in individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities in India: Evidence from formative research and National Sample Survey 76th Round, 2018 |
| 25. | Salik Ansari | Sangath | “Friends are everything”: A qualitative exploration of different forms of kinships & their significance in the lives of older adults from queer communities in urban India. |
| 26. | Hariom Prasad | Atmashakti Trust | Future of care and Labour |
| 27. | Anu Mohan | Manipal Academy of Higher Education | Exploring psychometric properties, predictors and extent of alternative care among left behind older adults in Kerala using MACS:(Measure of Alternative Care and Support) |
| 28. | AGRIMA KUPPATHI | INTERN, GREEN PENCIL FOUNDATION | CARE CRISIS: GRANDMOTHERS, MATERNAL MIGRATION AND INVISIBLE CARE BURDEN |
| 29. | Muhammed Safwan C B | MIC Arts and Science College, Chattanchal | Kinship, Faith, and Care: Eldercare Practices among Malabar Muslim Families in Kasargod |
| 30. | Jahanvi Mishra, Kanak Jain | Christ University Delhi NCR | Aging with Dignity: A Multi-Dimensional Analysis of Senior Citizen Welfare Schemes and Their Psychosocial Outcomes in India |
| 31. | Manasvi Niranjan Mudbidri and Angel Premi Kindo | St Joseph’s University | Commercializing Care: Elderly Support and the Transformation of Social Relations in India |
| 32. | Daksha Jain | Centre for Research in Schemes and Policies (CRISP) | Invisible in Policy, Central to Dignity: Palliative Care as the Missing Link in Ageing Systems |
| 33. | Ms.Shaivi Agnihotri and Mr.Anmol Gulati | Christ University, Delhi NCR | “Reimagining Intergenerational Care in the Global South: Revolving around Gendered Burdens, Migration, and Inclusive Strategies for Aging Societies” |
| 34. | Vincia Janett M | NIL | Role of Technology in Aging: An Examination into the Apps and AI-Assisted Technology in Elderly Care and Wellbeing |
| 35. | Neelanjana Sharma and Smita Routh | Piramal Foundation | Invisible Care, Visible Costs: Girls’ Dropouts, Gendered Care Burdens, and the Life-Course of Inequality in India |
| 36. | Bindhulakshmi Pattadath | Independent Academic | Reframing gendered aging, care and disability: Ethnographic insights from contemporary Kerala |
| 37. | Jhabindra Bhandari | Tribhuvan University | Bodily Experiences of Ageing and Politics of Care from Gender Perspectives: A Case Study of Indigenous Chepang Community from Nepal |
| 38. | Jipsa Fathima, Brinelle D’souza | Tata Institute of Social Sciences | The Experiences of Interstate Women Migrant Workers in Paid Care Work in Kerala |
| 39. | AHANA CHOUDHURY | GIRIJANANDA CHOWDHURY UNIVERSITY, ASSAM | The Digital(ness) of Aging and Care: Bodies, Media and Everyday Life |
| 40. | Aishiki Bandyoapdhyay | English and Foreign Language University | Posthuman Care: Ageing, Intimacy, and the Algorithmic Afterlife in the Global South |
| 41. | Sneha S. NajeebGouri G. Hari | International Institute of Migration and Development | Caste, Ageing, and Women’s Unpaid Labor: Insights from the 2024 Time Use Survey in Kerala |
| 42. | Monika Singh | Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology, Delhi | Reconfiguring care dynamics: Perspectives of older adults in India navigating late-life repartnerships |
| 43. | Shivangi Patel | Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology, Delhi | Reimagining Elder Care Practices in Indian Transnational Families: Reproducing Gendered Expectations |
We are delighted to announce the first list of selected abstracts for the Fourth Annual Conference on Ageing to be held on December 4 and 5 at the India Habitat Centre, New Delhi.
This year’s theme, “Reimagining Gender, Ageing and Care: Perspectives from the Global South”, has drawn an inspiring range of submissions from scholars, researchers, and practitioners across diverse contexts. The abstracts selected reflect critical engagements with ageing, care economies, care labour, kinship, migration, caste, health, and the intersections of gender and ageing in the Global South.
We congratulate the authors whose abstracts have been accepted in this round and look forward to their valuable contributions at the conference. Further communication regarding the registration, program schedule and presentation guidelines will follow soon.
| Name of author | Affiliation | Title of paper | |
| 1. | Aanchal Seema Khulna | Jamia Milia Islamia | Care after Harm: Gender-based Violence Survivors as Caretakers in Elder Care |
| 2. | Meghana Rao | Azim Premji University | Autism, Ageing, and the Future of Care: Familial Responses in Neoliberal Times |
| 3. | Jagriti Gangopadhyay | Manipal Institute of Social Sciences, Humanities, and Arts | Older women and living alone: Intergenerational ties, everyday care and support groups |
| 4. | Aakriti Bikash Kumar | Center for Indo-European Cooperation (CIEC) | Who Cares for Ageing Women? A Human Security Approach to Ageing Policy in India and Thailand |
| 5. | Hameeda Syed | Dignity in Difference | Not without my father: An auto-ethnographic lens on ageing, care, and misdiagnosis in Kashmir |
| 6. | Pravendra Singh Birla | MJP Rohilkhand University, Bareilly, UP | Virtual Bonds, Real Care: Digital Transformations in Eldercare Strategies |
| 7. | Ankita Kundu | Labhya | Caring for the Self: Intergenerational and Intersectional Narratives of Women’s Self-Care in India |
| 8. | Naina Sharma | Center of Policy Research and Governance (CPRG) | The Digital Welfare State and Elderly Citizens: The Politics of Care in India |
| 9. | Hemant Dahayat | IGNOU Delhi | Remembering Care: Dalit Life Narratives and the Politics of Ageing in the Global South |
| 10. | Mridula Manglam | Ageing, State and The Post-Carceral Crisis of Care in India | Collective Futures of Care |
| 11. | Nidhi Sen and Soumyaroop Majumdar | Support Elders Private Limited and Independent Feminist Researcher | From Caregivers to Care Recipients: Gendered Expectations and Trust in Urban Indian Eldercare |
| 12. | Chetna Rani and Jigeesha Bhargavi | Jawaharlal University and Dr. B. R. Ambedkar University | A.K.D.C. is affiliated to the University of Allahabad |
| 13. | Mahera Imam | Centre for Indo-European Cooperation (CIEC) | Datafied Ageing and the Reconfiguration of Care: Gender, Justice, and the Politics of Social Reproduction |
| 14. | Deepika Saluja, Surya Surendran, Gloria Benny, Renu Khanna | Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu | Older Women’s Health and Well-being in India: An intersectional review of national policies and programmes |
| 15. | Kritika Chadha, Dr. Asha Banu Soletti | Tata Institute of Social Science, Mumbai | The George Institute for Global Health |
| 16. | Gurbani Kaur | University of Witwatersrand | Care, Counted Unequally: Global Patterns of Gendered Migration, Labour, and Remittances |
| 17. | Ashwin Tripathi Prof. Dr. Ursula Offenberger | University of Tuebingen | Doing Age through Times: Community Building and Caring among older Indian immigrants in Germany |
| 18. | Bui Y Nhi | Research and Communication Centre for Sustainable Development | Exploring Eldercare Practices in Remote Vietnam: A Case Study from Tuyen Quang Province |
| 19. | CHEFOR NGWENYI MEUNGWE | University of Yaounde Soa Cameroon | Unpaid, Unseen, Undervalued: Gendered Realities of Ageing and Care in Sub-Saharan Africa |
| 20. | Dr Valatheeswaran Chinnakkannu | Universiti Brunei Darussalam | Adult Son Migration and Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQoL) of Older Adults Left Behind in India: Evidence from the LASI 2017–18 |
The International Institute of Migration and Development (IIMAD) announces the final selection of Research Assistants following the interview process.
Selected Candidates:
- Paarvathi J
- Mithra Prathapan
- Anjana S
- Arundhati Rajeev Erath
- Aravind Gopal
The selected candidates will contribute to IIMAD’s ongoing research initiatives.
After a year of dedicated effort, we are delighted to declare the official release of the Kerala Migration Survey 2023 Report.
The occasion was marked by a significant event at the 4th edition of the Loka Kerala Sabha where our esteemed Chair, Dr. Irudayarajan Sebastian, presented the Kerala Migration 2023 report to the Honorable Chief Minister, Shri Pinarayi Vijayan.
This report concerns emigrants who returned to Kerala between May and December 2020 in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic. We document the experiences of 1985 return emigrants (REM) through a quantitative survey conducted via Computer Assisted Telephonic Interviews (CATI). While the REM have been a demographically, politically and economically significant component of Kerala’s population, the COVID-19 REM represent a unique case in history that has the potential to not only affect the economy, society, and psyche of Kerala for many years to come, but to also provide valuable insights into the future of global labour migration governance.
This post analyses some basic principles of ranking of countries in the Global Gender Gap Index 2021, and examines the presumptions that determine the outcomes. Udaya Shankar Mishra and William Joe highlight the faultlines in these presumptions, and argue that given the importance of these rankings which invariably complicates the hard-earned developments of developing countries, developmental organisations and think tanks from the global South (such as BRICS) should broaden their roles and scope of engagement on global rankings and principles.
State borders, which were easier to cross earlier in India, have required a state modulated ‘e-pass’ since April 2020, in the early stages of the global COVID-19 pandemic. These passes were equated to ‘e-visas’ for movement between states within the country, owing to the increasing incidences of cross-state infections[1]. This national policy was a concerted effort of both central and state governments to help regulate and track the movement of citizens, thereby administering and controlling the deadly virus in the third phase of lockdown[2]. This was an unprecedented closing of inter-state borders in India’s history.
It is unclear how many Indians have contracted COVID-19 in Kuwait, but media reports have stated that Kuwait is the country where most Indians were infected after Singapore.[1] At the same time, thousands of Indians in Kuwait lost their jobs due to the pandemic. Most undocumented migrants work in the construction sector, hotels, sheep herding, gardening, and other low-end jobs. Generally, low-skilled migrant workers from India enter Gulf countries legally. However, some become undocumented migrants at a later stage, after running away from abusive employers who confiscate their passport. Workers can also lose their legal status due to other reasons, such as job loss or visa overstay.
As the Covid-19 pandemic affected one country after another, and with the imposition of travel restrictions worldwide, there was a sudden need for governments to ‘rescue’ its citizens who were stranded overseas. On this front, the Indian government was particularly proactive prior to the announcement of lockdown in India on March 24, 2020.[1] Between February and April, the Indian government embarked upon multiple missions to repatriate its citizens, starting with missions to Wuhan in February. Another ‘rescue’ mission was launched in February to bring back members stranded on the Diamond Princess cruise in Japan. In the month of March, the missions were directed to Iran and Italy, which were severely affected by the pandemic, with a rescue mission being conducted in Iran as late as March 22.
Under the guidance of the Expert Group on Migration Statistics, UN Statistics Division will implement a project on migration-related indicators for SDG monitoring, in collaboration with UN Population Division, UNODC, UNECLAC, UNESCAP and IOM.