Biography
Dr. Nilanjana Ray obtained her PhD in Social Work from Washington University in St. Louis, ranked in the top three Social Work Schools in the United States. The topic of her dissertation was Vulnerability to Human Trafficking. Prior to joining TISS, Dr. Ray worked for five years in UNICEF India Country Office in the Child Protection Unit, joining in the anti-trafficking efforts. She brings the combined strength of her field experience and research training in both India and United States to class. Her core competencies are in Human Trafficking, Migration Studies, Child Protection, Qualitative Research Methods and Qualitative Impact Evaluation. She has made 33 presentations in international and national academic forums. She has international presence in academics as editorial board member and reviewer for high impact factor journals. She is on the Editorial Board of the journal Social Sciences and is a reviewer for Springer, Taylor and Francis, Routledge, Sage, MDPI Academic Publishers and Peter Lang Academic Publishers. She has been associated with Field Action Projects and Research Projects that were funded by World Bank, UNICEF, International AIDS Vaccine Initiative, the State Government , London School of Economics, Plan International and World Vision. She has supervised 46 PhD, MPhil and Masters dissertations. Dr. Ray is a bibliophile who is especially fascinated by travel writing. Though no longer a frequent traveller as earlier, she has substituted actual travel with armchair travelling through books.