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IIMAD is set to launch its first Annual Migration Survey (AMS) in November and December 2024.

Call for Papers Theme: People on the  Move: International Migration as a Catalyst for Achieving the SDGs

Dr Ginu Zacharia Oomman, Visiting Professor and Founding Member of IIMAD, has been appointed as the Chairman of the State Food Commission.

Chair is a member of the Scientific Committee for the preparation of the 2025 International Forum for Migration Statistics (IFMS)

Special Issue: Climate and Development (hybrid open access journal): Publishes research on the interfaces between climate, development, policy and practice to make analysis of climate and development issues more accessible.

A food-sufficient India needs to be hunger-free too – S. Irudaya Rajan,U.S. Mishra

Webinar on Perceptions and Realities of Academics Abroad with special focus on Masters in UK on October 31st , 2024 at 7:00 PM IST

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Monika Bisht

Senior Research Fellow

monika4bisht@gmail.com

Monika Bisht is a Senior Research Fellow with the International Institute of Migration and Development (IIMAD). She has worked as Research Fellow with the Global Research Forum on Diaspora and Transnationalism (GRFDT), an international research consortium on international migration and diaspora. She has completed her M.Phil. and PhD from the National Institute of Educational Planning and Administration, New Delhi. Her PhD is on Diaspora Philanthropy in Higher Education. Her research analyses the impact of philanthropic contributions of NRI alumni on the development of their alma maters. Previously she was a Research Associate with the Institute for Research and Development in School Education (IRDSE). At this institute, she has worked on educational status of school education in India. Before that, she was a part of India Centre for Migration, an autonomous research think-tank of Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India, where she looked into the matters related to labour migration policies of Colombo process countries. She has studied and worked on various issues related to labour and development since her post-graduation studies. She has a number of publications on international migration, diaspora, labour and education.

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