CCI Awardees

Awardees

2023

Rapid Research Grant

Pratiti (Masters Candidate, Graduate Group in Asian Studies)
Projects: a) 
The Bizarre in the City: Science, Nature and Narrative in Calcutta, b) How Tintin became Bengali? Herge's afterwork in India.

Johnathan Guy (PhD Candidate, Political Science)

Project: Seizing the Sun: Political Opportunism in Modi's Solar Boom.

Sharik Laliwala(PhD Student, Political Science)
Project: Effects of Inclusive Nationalism-Oriented Political Programs on Ethnic Relations
Ooha Uppalapati (PhD Student, City and Regional Planning)
Project: Centering the city masterplan as a site of inquiry to re-examine 20th and 21st century political economic shifts in India
Dissertation Research Grant
Mark Campmier(PhD Candidate, Environmental Engineering)
Project: Characterization of Extreme Air Pollution: Novel Measurements in the Indo Gangetic Plain
Thomas Oommen (PhD Candidate in Architecture: History, Theory & Society)
Project: Houses of Labor: Dwelling, Middling Experts, and Oceanic Architectural Cultures on the Malabar Coast (1069-2022)

2022

Rapid Research Grant 

Ananya Tiwari (Masters in Journalism: UC Berkeley. Class of 2023)
ProjectDecoding the aftermath of India's farmers' protests on voting patterns
Surili Sheth (PhD Candidate in Political Science)
Project: The politics of compromise: the adjudication of women's disputes in India
Pratiti (Masters Candidate, Graduate Group in Asian Studies)
Projects: a) 
The Bizarre in the City: Science, Nature and Narrative in Calcutta, b) How Tintin became Bengali? Herge's afterwork in India.
Pranav Gupta (PhD Candidate in Political Science)
Project: How Ideas Spread: Ideological Diffusion in India
Dissertation Research Grant Payal Hathi (PhD, Demography & Sociology)
ProjectImproving stillbirth measurement by understanding the production of stillbirth statistics in India

2021

Rapid Research Grant 

Anirvan Chowdhury (PhD Student, Political Science UC Berkeley)
Project: How do Political Parties Mobilize Women? Theory and Evidence from India
Tamara Kerzhner (PhD Student, City & Regional Planning, UC Berkeley)
Project: Women’s Fare-Free Public Transport in New Delhi : Empowerment, Equity and the Mobility of Care
Gauthami Penakalapati (PhD Student, Energy & Resourse Group, UC Berkeley)
Project: Encoding empowerment: a systematic review of women’s and adolescent empowerment programs in South Asia from 2000 to present day 
Bhumi Purohit (PhD Student, Political Science, UC Berkeley)
Project: Laments of Getting Things Done: The Case of Female Politicians and Bureaucrats in India
María Villalpando (MDP Candidate, Development Practice, UC Berkeley)
ProjectCommunity seed banks for sustainable rural livelihoods in Bhimashankar Wildlife Sanctuary
Dissertation Research Grant Ritika Goel (PhD Student, Political Science)
Project
Alli Appelbaum (PhD Student, City & Regional Planning)
Pr oject:
Luisa Cefala (PhD Student, Economics)
Project: Social Image Concerns and Labor Supply among Indian Urban Casual Laborers
Kailey Ferger (PhD Student, Computational Biology)
Project: