Hyderabad|India|September'2010: Dr. Rosina Nasir, faculty member at the Centre for the Study of Social Exclusion and Inclusive Policy (CSSEIP), School of Social Sciences (SSS), University of Hyderabad has been awarded with the C.R. Parekh Fellowship, London School of Economics for the year 2010-2011. The selection for this fellowship is based on the merit of the research proposal, its potential to increase the stock of knowledge in the area of “Exclusion” and the academic merit of the candidate.

The fellowship is for a period of three months in the academic year 2010-2011 which commences around late September 2010, founded at the Asia Research Centre, London School of Economics. During a period of fellowship, Dr. Rosina will work on the research paper titled “Exclusion in the Public Health Care System with respect to the Indian Muslims”.

Before joining the University of Hyderabad in 2009, she worked in the Centre for the Study of Developing societies (CSDS), Delhi and Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), Mumbai. Her research interests include Anthropological Demography, Concept of Social Exclusion, Middle Class Phenomenon and Indian Muslims, Social Capital and Microfinance, Health and Different Insurance Products and Geriatrics. She has contributed research articles in International Journals like Man in India, the Eastern Anthropologist and Anthropologist and National Journal like Indian Journal of Human Rights and Social Justice.