CURRICULUM VITAE SAURABH GUPTA

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1 Page 1 of 5 CURRICULUM VITAE SAURABH GUPTA DIVISION OF SOCIAL AND INSTITUTIONAL CHANGE IN AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT (490c) UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM 1.24, WOLLGRASWEG 43, STUTTGART 70599, GERMANY PHONE: +49 (0) ; saurabh.gupta@uni-hohenheim.de ACADEMIC POSITIONS ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR (University of Hohenheim, Germany) August 2011 current SENIOR TEACHING FELLOW (SOAS, University of London, UK) June 2006 July 2011 PROFESSIONAL/RESEARCH APPOINTMENTS VISITING LECTURER (Institute of Ismaili Studies, London, UK) LSE FELLOW (London School of Economics and Political Science, UK) GUEST FACULTY (Ambedkar University Delhi, India) August September 2009 EDUCATION Ph.D. Development Studies, University of London M.A. Sociology, Jawaharlal Nehru University B.A. College of Social Sciences and Humanities 2009 (London, UK) 2000 (New Delhi, India) 1998 (Udaipur, India) AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION Thematic Interests: Rural Sociology; Sociology of Food and Agriculture; Environmental Sociology; Sociology of Development Regional Expertise: India, South-East Asia; Sub-Saharan Africa Qualitative Methods: Multi-sited Ethnography; Interviews; Participant and Direct Observation

2 Page 2 of 5 PUBLICATIONS (PEER-REVIEWED) Book Manuscript Gupta, S (2015). Politics of Water Conservation: Delivering development in rural Rajasthan, Cham, Switzerland: Springer International Publishing Journal Articles and Book Chapters Gupta, S (2014). From Demanding to Delivering Development: Challenges of NGO-led development in rural Rajasthan, India, Journal of South Asian Development 9 (2): ; Sage Publications (Los Angeles, London, New Delhi, Singapore and Washington DC); ISSN: Gupta, S (2014). Worlds Apart? Challenges of multi-agency partnership in participatory watershed development in Rajasthan, India, Development Studies Research 1:1, ; Routledge (London); ISSN: Gupta, S (2011). Demystifying Tradition : The politics of rainwater harvesting in rural Rajasthan, India, Water Alternatives 4(3): ; Washington DC; ISSN: Gupta, S and Sinha, S (2008). Beyond dispositif and depoliticisation : Spaces of civil society in water conservation contexts in rural Rajasthan, India. In Kuntala Lahiri-Dutt and Robert Wasson (eds), Water First: Issues and Challenges for Nations and Communities, New Delhi and London: Sage; ISBN: Work in Progress Journal Articles Can pro-poor governance reforms reduce corruption for the poorest? A tale of grassroots mobilization against rent-seeking in rural Bihar, Development and Change (revised and resubmitted, February 2015). With Rajiv Verma and Regina Birner. Can strict enforcement improve service delivery: The case of Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) in Bihar. With Rajiv Verma and Regina Birner. CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS 1 Improving food security in Africa through increased system productivity of biomass-based value webs (BiomassWeb), Co-leader, Work Package: 6.1 (Governance) Funding Partner: The Federal Ministry of Education and Research, Germany 2 Abaca farming in the Philippines: Assessment of constraints and opportunities, Funding Partner: Glatfelter Gernsbach GmbH, Germany

3 Page 3 of 5 3 Generating income with growing field crops in Ghana: The Anoshe Women s Project, Funding Partner: Stiftung Sabab Lou, Germany and Ghana 4 Food Security for Urban Poor in India: The Amma Unavagams of Tamil Nadu, ; Funding: Institute 490C, University of Hohenheim HONORS AND AWARDS Director s Teaching Prize 2009 SOAS, University of London Dissertation Completion Award 2008 The Leche Trust, UK Thesis Writing-up Grant 2007 Sir Ernest Cassel Educational Trust, UK; Gilchrist Educational Society, UK Ph.D Fieldwork Grant 2004 Central Research Fund, University of London Felix Scholarship for PhD at SOAS (University of London) Felix Scholarship Trust, UK Student Parliamentarian Award 1998 Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs, Government of India COURSES TAUGHT University of Hohenheim Social Dimensions of Agricultural Development Policy Processes in Agriculture and Natural Resources Management Methods in Interdisciplinary Collaboration Qualitative Research Methods Food Security in Crisis Affected Regions Summer semester Summer semester SOAS, University of London Development Conditions and Experience Theory, Policy and Practice of Development Environment and Development

4 Page 4 of 5 London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) Environmental Problems, Politics and Development Institute of Ismaili Studies, London Topics in International Development INVITED PRESENTATIONS AND LECTURES 1 DAAD Alumni Seminar on Organic Farming, Tropenzentrum, Hohenheim 6 Feb, 2015 Title: Role of Civil Society in Sustainable Development 2 Africa Day of the German Ministry of Education and Research, Berlin 18 March, 2014 Title: Urbanization and Bio-economy: Emerging issues and challenges 3 GIZ Study Tour of the Commission du Basin du lac Tchad, Stuttgart 7 November, 2013 Title: Politics of watershed management in Rajasthan, India 4 DAAD Summer School on Water, Tropenzentrum, Hohenheim 9 September, 2013 Title: Social dimensions of water conservation in India 5 University of Stuttgart, Clean Africa Initiative 22 May, 2012 Panel Discussion on the documentary The End of Poverty 6 SOAS, University of London, Department of Anthropology 15 November, 2011 Title: Continuity and change in Rajasthani villages 7 Anthropology of Development Seminar Series, SOAS 23 February, 2011 Title: De-mystifying Tradition: the politics of rainwater harvesting 8 University of Bath, Department of Social and Policy Sciences 9 August, 2010 Title: Non-governmental organisations and development 9 London School of Economics, Department of Geography and Environment 17 May, 2010 Title: Social dimensions of climate adaptation 10 Ambedkar University, Delhi; School of Development Studies 2 September, 2009 Title: Development Theory: Issues and Challenges 11 Ambedkar University, Delhi; School of Human Ecology 24 August, 2009 Title: Nature, Culture, and Traditions in Indian Context 12 University of Edinburgh, School of Social and Political Science 26 June, 2009 Title: Critical approaches to development studies: relevance of Foucault and Gramsci

5 Page 5 of 5 SELECTED CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS 1 Bio-Economy and Regional Planning, Session Chair, Organized by the German Academic Exchange (DAAD), Stuttgart, Germany (2 December, 2015) 2 Ethiopian Agriculture in Transition, GlobeE Project Status Seminar, Organized by the Germany Ministry of Education and Research, Potsdam, Germany (4-6 March, 2015) 3 Institutions for Sustainable Livelihoods: A value-chain analysis of Abaca production in the Philippines, Inter-Agency Workshop on Abaca Production, Visayas State University, Leyte, Philippines (7-10 August, 2014) 4 Biomass-based Economic Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa: the role of governance and institutions, Inception Workshop, BiomassWeb Project, Accra, Ghana (10-13 October, 2013) 5 Multi-agency Partnership in Natural Resource Management: Evidence from participatory watershed development in rural Rajasthan, India, Annual Conference of the German Society of Economic and Social Sciences in Agriculture (GEWISOLA), Berlin, Germany (September, 2013) 6 From Demanding to Delivering Development: Challenges of NGO-led development in rural Rajasthan, India, Tropentag - Annual Conference on Tropical and Sub-tropical Agriculture and Natural Resources Management, Stuttgart, Germany (17-19 September, 2013) 7 Community-based Natural Resources Management: Problems and prospects, First World Forum of the International Sociological Association, Barcelona, Spain (5-8 September, 2008) 8 National Goals, International Agenda and Local Needs: Evidence from water conservation and watershed development programmes in Rajasthan, India, European Conference of Modern South Asian Studies, Manchester, UK (5-8 July, 2008) 9 The politics of water conservation and watershed development in rural Rajasthan, South Asian Studies Alliance Conference, Claremont Graduate University, CA, USA (29-30 March, 2008) PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS International Sociological Association (ISA) Research Committee 24 (Environment and Society), ISA Indian Sociological Society Development Studies Association, UK German Society of Economic and Social Sciences in Agriculture Last Updated: January, 2016