About Abhilasha Jain

I am completing an MSc in Social Anthropology at LSE. I have more than 8 years of research experience in multiple settings. I also have an MPhil in Gender Studies from Jawaharlal Nehru University. My research interests lie at the intersection of caste, gender, spatial and climate justice, legal and critical anthropology. I am a qualitative researcher, curriculum designer and a feminist ethnographer. I produced and co-hosted an academic podcast in India called Academia BTS, to bring graduates and PhD scholars to talk about their work, academic life in India, and to build a community that resonates with students in higher education.

I have published articles on digital activism and energy ethics, and I recently worked with Access Academia as a Senior Editor for the Winter Edition.

NBN Episodes hosted by Abhilasha:

Christiane Tristl, "Turning Water into Commodity: Digital Innovation and the Private Sector as Development Agent" (Bristol UP, 2025)

March 7, 2026

Turning Water into a Commodity

Christiane Tristl
Hosted by Abhilasha Jain

In this episode, I am in conversation with Dr Christiane Tristl, an economic geographer interested in heterodox economic geography. Their scholarship …

Mukul Sharma, "Dalit Ecologies: Caste and Environment Justice" (Cambridge UP, 2024)

October 12, 2025

Dalit Ecologies

Mukul Sharma
Hosted by Abhilasha Jain

Prof Mukul Sharma is a professor of Environmental Studies at Ashoka University. His formal training is in Political Science and has worked as a specia…

Ela Przybylo, "Ungendering Menstruation" (U Minnesota Press, 2025)

July 21, 2025

Ungendering Menstruation

Ela Przybylo
Hosted by Abhilasha Jain

Ungendering Menstruation by Ela Przybyło discusses why and how menstrual pain needs to be incorporated into discussions of gender, embodiment, and dis…