Madhavi Jha

Madhavi Jha is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences at the Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS), Pilani-Hyderabad Campus, and a Senior Guest Researcher at the Bonn Center for Dependency and Slavery Studies (BCDSS). Her research focuses on labour history, gender studies, and social inequality in South Asia, with a specialization in colonial India. She holds a Ph.D. in History from Jawaharlal Nehru University (2021), an MPhil and MA from JNU and TISS, and a BA from the University of Delhi.

Her current projects include a book manuscript on women construction workers in colonial India and an ethnographic history of labour unions in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. Her research challenges conventional narratives by centering marginalized groups in historical analyses of labour and gender.

Key publications include articles on gendered labour dynamics in famine relief projects and a review of transnational famine history. She has contributed to interdisciplinary dialogues through peer-reviewed journals and edited volumes. No academic awards are explicitly mentioned in the text, but her work demonstrates sustained engagement with critical historical methodologies.

Madhavi Jha's academic trajectory reflects a commitment to intersectional analysis of historical and contemporary socio-economic structures. Her affiliations bridge Indian and international institutions, reflecting transnational scholarly collaboration.