P.C. Saidalavi

I am a cultural anthropologist with a background in Sociology, literary and cultural studies.

I work as an assistant professor at the department of Sociology in the School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Shiv Nadar University, Delhi-NCR. I joined the department in August 2022. 

I earned my PhD in Anthropology from the Australian National University, Canberra, Australia in September 2022. My thesis looked at the social hierarchy among Muslims in Malabar, South India. It won the prestigious Raymond Firth Thesis Prize in Anthropology from the Australian National University in 2022.

My broad research interests lie in anthropology of religion, climate change, youth cultures and South Asia (India and Sri Lanka). I welcome queries from prospective PhD candidates who would like to work with me in any areas of my interest.

You can contact me through e-mail.