Dr.Rosina Nasir of UoH selected
for Research Fellowship from University of
California
Dr. Nasir will conduct research on the theme
titled “A Study on association of Social Capital with Microfinance and
Local Saving Programs among the Muslim Poor in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh,
India” for a year (2012-13) and share findings at the international forum.
Hyderabad|India|April'2012:
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 chosen for a "Research fellowship by the Institute of
Money, Technology and Financial Inclusion (IMTFI), University of
California, Irvine for the year 2012-2013. The selection for this research
fellowship is based on the merit of the research proposal, its potential
to increase the stock of knowledge in the area of "Microfinance and Social
Capital" and the academic merit of the candidate."
Under this research award Dr. Nasir will conduct research on the theme
titled “A Study on association of Social Capital with Microfinance and
Local Saving Programs among the Muslim Poor in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh,
India” for a year (2012-13) and share findings at the international forum.
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. She has been awarded the
prestigious C.R. Parekh Award, London School of Economics in 2010-2011.
She has contributed research articles in International Journals like
Journal of Muslim Minority Affairs, Man in India, the Eastern
Anthropologist and The Anthropologist and National Journal like Journal of
Human Rights and Social Justice. Along with A K Kalla, she has contributed
a chapter under Consanguineous Marriages among Muslims which has been
published in Routledge, India publication.
Established in 2008, the Institute of Money, Technology and Financial
Inclusion (IMTFI), is housed in the School of Social Sciences at the
University of California, Irvine. Its mission is to support research on
money and technology among the world's poorest people. We seek to create a
community of practice and inquiry into the everyday uses and meanings of
money, as well as the technological infrastructures being developed as
carriers of mainstream and alternative currencies worldwide.
-April2012
