Ankita Mookherjee
Research Associate
West Bengal, India
Languages: English, Hindi, Bengali
“CoRe provides a unique opportunity for interaction with a diverse and committed global team working on resilience. A researcher must constantly learn and adopt best practices from various sectors to make a difference. CoRe has allowed me to engage in meaningful dialogues, intellectual exchanges and impactful collaborations. I cherish the commitment that everyone has to the value of making an impact and altering lived realities for an equitable future.”
Ankita Mookherjee is an Assistant Professor of sociology at a government-funded women’s college in West Bengal, India. She has previously taught at the University of Delhi and St. Xavier’s University, Kolkata. Ankita earned her Ph.D. in sociology from Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi, where her thesis explored paradigms of social identity and difference. She earlier received her Master's degree from Jamia Millia Islamia University, New Delhi, where she ranked second in her class and received the prestigious Junior Research Fellowship awarded by the University Grants Commission of India. As a “prabasi” Bengali who has returned to her state, she is committed to make a difference to the lives of the first-generation women learners with whom she engages. She is keenly interested in breaking gender stereotypes and enabling her students to conceptualize, create, and partake in sustainable livelihood opportunities in their local communities, in the face of deep-seated inequalities. Ankita is always looking to learn, believes that ideas must travel freely and insists that the merit of ideas lie in touching lives in meaningful ways.