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Second List of Selected Abstracts – The Fourth Annual Conference on Ageing “Reimagining Gender, Ageing and Care: Perspectives from the Global South”
Published on October 10, 2025
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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 |