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PROFESSIONAL FOCUS AREAS
- Academic Teaching & Research
- International Exchange Coordination
- Science Communication & Public Relations
- Administrative & Committee Work
- Interdisciplinary Science Management
- Research & Teaching in Education
ACADEMIC RESEARCH SPECIALIZATIONS
- Regional Focus: South Asia
- Higher Education Transformation in India
- Childhood Ethnology & Youth Studies
- Urban Ethnology & Educational Migration
- Linguistics and Language Culture (Modern Indology)
- Future Anthropology & Decision-making
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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2021 - present
Partner Children of Type (LLP) Mumbai, India / Tuebingen, Germany
2019
Koordinator für das PASH Youth Camp Goethe-Institute Bangalore, India
2016 – 2017
Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter (Qualification position TV-L 13) Department of Social and Cultural Anthropology,
Asia-Orient-Institute at the Eberhard Karls University, Tuebingen
2016 – 2017
Lecturer at the Department of Social and Cultural Anthropology, Asia-Orient-Institute at the Eberhard Karls University, Tuebingen
2015 – 2016
Exchange Coordinator Indo-German Student and Faculty Exchange Christ University Bangalore, India MoU with Asia-Orient-Institute at the Eberhard Karls University Tuebingen, funded by DAAD program A New Passage to India
2014 – 2016
Assistant Professor Department of Languages / Sociology Christ University Bangalore, India
2014 – 2014
Supervisor for Indian students Studienbrücke (Fast-Track-programme)at the Goethe Institute Bangalore, India
2013 – 2014
Digital Marketing Consultant at Lumindo (GmbH) – Startup in sustainable lighting solutions, Winner of second place in the "Elevator Pitch" funding award from the City of Heidelberg
2013
Project Assistant for Conception and realization of the academic portfolio Digital Humanities at the Heidelberg Centre for Transcultural Studies, University of Heidelberg
2013
Intern Naturpädagogik Nature education at the Child and Youth Office, City of Heidelberg
2009 – 2012
Research Assistant in the Collaborative Research Centre Ritual Dynamics (SFB 619) of the
DFG Foundation at the South Asia Institute at the University of Heidelberg
2006 – 2008
Research Assistant Department of Cultural Anthropology at South Asia Institute,
University of Heidelberg am South Asia Institute at the University of Heidelberg
2003 – 2004
Civilian Service Surgery Dept. Stiftungsklinik Weißenhorn
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EDUCATION & ACADEMIA
2021
Conference Presentation: Panel Discussion on Education and Toxic Temporalities, International Conference: Toxic Temporalities in the Global South at ICGSS, Eberhard Karls University Tuebingen
2017 – 2021
Scholarship: Baden-Wuerttemberg State Graduate Funding in the doctoral program Entangled Temporalities in the Global South am Interdisciplinary Centre for Global South Studies (ICGSS), Eberhard Karls University Tuebingen
2020
Conference Presentation: Panel Discussion on Epistemes of Global South International Conference: Forum 2020 – Futures under Construction at ICGSS an der Universität Tübingen (> Youtube Video), Eberhard Karls University Tuebingen
2019
Academic Guest Lecture: Reconceptualizing the Global South, Department of International Studies, Christ University Bengaluru, India
2017 + 2018
Professional Teacher Training: Fit für die Lehre - Hochschuldidaktische Grundlagen 1+2 at the Hochschuldidaktikzentrum Baden-Württemberg (HDZ), Eberhard Karls University Tuebingen
2016
Doctoral Studies Commencement: Eberhard Karls University Tübingen, Dissertation Topic: Academic Entrepreneurs – Changing Student Identities in Indian Higher Education
2013
Graduation: Magister Artium (M.A.) Grade: 1.6), Subjects: Ethnology (Major) /
Modern Indology (Minor) / Philosophy (Minor), University of Heidelberg
2013
Master's Thesis (Grade: 1.5) Title: Playing Culture – Anthropological Perspectives
on the Emergence of cultural Meaning in South Asian Childhood
2008 – 2009
Erasmus – Study Abroad: Subject Tamoul (Tamil Language Studies) at Institut National des Langues et Civilisations Orientales (INALCO) an der Université Paris Dauphine, France
2008
Intensive Language Course: Tamil Summer School at the Puducherry Institute of Linguistics and Culture in Pondicherry, India
2007 – 2007
Study Excursion: Ethnographic Fieldwork in Tamil Nadu, India
Part of Ethnology and Indology studies at the South-Asia-Institute, University of Heidelberg
2005 – 2006
Committee Member at the Study-Fee-Commission, Dept. Modern Indology, South-Asia-Institute, University of Heidelberg
2004
University Studies Commenced Subjects: Ethnology (Major), Modern Indology (Minor), Philosophy (Minor) Ruprecht-Karls-University Heidelberg
2003
Abitur (General Higher Education Entrance Qualification) am Nikolaus-Kopernikus-Gymnasium Weißenhorn
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LANGUAGE SKILLS
German: Native Language
English: Mastery (C2) - Fluent in speaking and writing (negotiation level)
French: Mastery (C1) - Fluent in speaking and writing
Tamil: Intermediate (B1) - in spoken, written - Conversational proficiency
Hindi: Elementary (A2) - basic knowledge
TECHNICAL SKILLS
Operating Systems: Windows + Ubuntu/Linux Mint
Office Software: Microsoft Teams/Word/Excel, LibreOffice, Zoom
Research Software: Citavi, EndNote, MAXQDA
EXTRACURRICULAR SKILLS / ACTIVITIES
2019 - present Member of the Deutsch-Indischen Gesellschaft e.V. - Zweigstelle Stuttgart
2017 Certificate course for non-motorised aviation @ AKA FLIEG
2010 - 2014 Founding member/chairman of Café ohne Grenzen e.V.
2005 - present Rowing at the Univ. of Heidelberg/Tübingen
1997 Boat-sailing-licence(Grundschein) received at the Yachtschule Prien, Germany
EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
2019 – present Member of the Deutsch-Indischen Gesellschaft e.V. - Zweigstelle Stuttgart
2017 Segelflugschein License for non-motorised aviation at Hochschulsport University of Tuebingen, AKA-FLIEG
INSTAGRAM: #akafliegtuebingen
2010 – 2019 Founding member/chairman of the integration-initiative Café ohne Grenzen e.V. (gemeinnütziger Verein)
2005 – present Rowing at Hochschulsport University of Tuebingen and University of Heidelberg
1997 Segelschein (Boat sailing license) at the Yachtschule Prien, Germany