Teaching
Courses
Education
- BA, Sociology, Presidency College, University of Calcutta
- MA, Sociology, University of Hyderabad
- PhD, Sociology, Department of Sociology, University of Hyderabad
Profile
Mitaja has been awarded a PhD for her thesis titled “What Makes Garment(s) Work?: Gendered labour and networks of struggle in the garment industry of Dhaka, Bangladesh” from the University of Hyderabad in 2022. She is currently working as a visiting assistant professor at the Centre for Writing and Pedagogy at Krea University, Sri City where she teaches academic writing to undergraduate and doctoral students. Prior to joining Krea University, she has been a postdoctoral research associate in Indian Institute of Science Education and Research – IISER, Mohali in a DST (GoI) project titled ‘Gender Advancement in Transforming Institutions’ – GATI, in collaboration with University College London.
Research interests
Social history of labour
Feminist research methodologies
Gender, work and globalisation
Transnational network studies
Global production networks
Publications
- Chakraborty, M. (2024). “Unraveling the Ideal Woman: militancy among garment workers” in Nandini Dhar and Peerzada Raouf Ahmad (eds.) New Gendered Radicalism at the Margins of the State and Empire. Routledge. Forthcoming.
- Chakraborty, M, et al. (2019). “Research Scholars Epistemological Predicament”. Economic and Political Weekly. Volume 54, Issue 23. ISSN 0012-9976.
- Chakraborty, M. (2019). “Mapping the Anti-Sweatshop Movement Network in the RMG Industry of Bangladesh”. In Dibyendu Ganguli (ed.) Understanding Social Issues Some Reflections Vol. II. Pashchimbanga Anchalik Itihash O Loksanskriti Charcha Kendra: Kolkata. ISBN 978-93-88207-46-1.
- “শিল্প বাঁচলে শ্রমিক বাঁচবে”: But are the women garment workers of Bangladesh ‘thriving’? August 12, 2018. Groundxero.