Vandana Upadhyay
Biographic Data
| ID | 125508 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Vandana Upadhyay |
| GIVEN NAMES | Vandana |
| FAMILY NAME | Upadhyay |
| SIGNATURE | UPADHYAY V |
| AFFILIATIONS | Rajiv Gandhi University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7445-0141 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 31 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Women and Work in India
Factors Influencing Life Expectancy Among Informal Workers in Assam
Life expectancy, an important indicator of human welfare and a core component of the Human Development Index (HDI), has improved globally with advancements in living conditions and healthcare. However, informal workers, often excluded from formal social protection systems, remain vulnerable to health risks, which adversely affect their longevity. This study estimates the life expectancy of informal workers in Assam and examines the socio-economic…
Capitalist trajectories in agrarian mountain societies of east and south‐east Arunachal, India
While the mountainous frontier regions of Arunachal have generated a literature celebrating their exceptional social diversity, less is known about Arunachal's rural political economy. Following village fieldwork in 2007 in northern districts, research in 2015 in East and South‐east Arunachal enables two aspects of agrarian transformation to be explored. First a comparison of the institutional transformation of land‐based resources between region…
The Difficult Transition
The interrelationship between economic development and gender relations has been found to be multidimensional and complex. This article attempts to analyse the changing gender relations in Arunachal Pradesh, a state that has seen rapid economic transformation in the past few decades, on the basis of women’s relative position in a few socioeconomic spheres. Although Arunachal Pradesh, like other north- eastern states, is generally described as hav…
Invisible chains? Crisis in the tea industry and the ‘unfreedom’ of labour in Assam's tea plantations
During the post-liberalization period the Indian tea industry has been facing a severe crisis. This study looks at the question of inter-generational occupational mobility among tea garden labour in Assam, against the backdrop of, on the one hand, a fall in tea auction prices, decline in exports, and closure and abandonment of tea gardens; and on the other hand, increasing labour unrest, at times leading to violent protests and confrontations, de…
Institutional Diversity and Capitalist Transition
This paper contributes a preliminary analysis of the process of agrarian capitalist transition in Arunachal Pradesh, one of the least studied regions of India. Primarily based on information collected through a field survey in eleven villages, the paper seeks to explain the nature and implications of institutional unevenness in the development of capitalism. Institutional diversity is not simply mapped across space, it is also manifested in the s…
Institutional Diversity and Capitalist Transition
This paper contributes a preliminary analysis of the process of agrarian capitalist transition in Arunachal Pradesh, one of the least studied regions of India. Primarily based on information collected through a field survey in eleven villages, the paper seeks to explain the nature and implications of institutional unevenness in the development of capitalism. Institutional diversity is not simply mapped across space, it is also manifested in the s…
Invisible chains? Crisis in the tea industry and the ‘unfreedom’ of labour in Assam's tea plantations
During the post-liberalization period the Indian tea industry has been facing a severe crisis. This study looks at the question of inter-generational occupational mobility among tea garden labour in Assam, against the backdrop of, on the one hand, a fall in tea auction prices, decline in exports, and closure and abandonment of tea gardens; and on the other hand, increasing labour unrest, at times leading to violent protests and confrontations, de…
The Difficult Transition
The interrelationship between economic development and gender relations has been found to be multidimensional and complex. This article attempts to analyse the changing gender relations in Arunachal Pradesh, a state that has seen rapid economic transformation in the past few decades, on the basis of women’s relative position in a few socioeconomic spheres. Although Arunachal Pradesh, like other north- eastern states, is generally described as hav…
Institutional Diversity and Capitalist Transition
This paper contributes a preliminary analysis of the process of agrarian capitalist transition in Arunachal Pradesh, one of the least studied regions of India. Primarily based on information collected through a field survey in eleven villages, the paper seeks to explain the nature and implications of institutional unevenness in the development of capitalism. Institutional diversity is not simply mapped across space, it is also manifested in the s…
Invisible chains? Crisis in the tea industry and the ‘unfreedom’ of labour in Assam's tea plantations
During the post-liberalization period the Indian tea industry has been facing a severe crisis. This study looks at the question of inter-generational occupational mobility among tea garden labour in Assam, against the backdrop of, on the one hand, a fall in tea auction prices, decline in exports, and closure and abandonment of tea gardens; and on the other hand, increasing labour unrest, at times leading to violent protests and confrontations, de…
The Difficult Transition
The interrelationship between economic development and gender relations has been found to be multidimensional and complex. This article attempts to analyse the changing gender relations in Arunachal Pradesh, a state that has seen rapid economic transformation in the past few decades, on the basis of women’s relative position in a few socioeconomic spheres. Although Arunachal Pradesh, like other north- eastern states, is generally described as hav…
Capitalist trajectories in agrarian mountain societies of east and south‐east Arunachal, India
While the mountainous frontier regions of Arunachal have generated a literature celebrating their exceptional social diversity, less is known about Arunachal's rural political economy. Following village fieldwork in 2007 in northern districts, research in 2015 in East and South‐east Arunachal enables two aspects of agrarian transformation to be explored. First a comparison of the institutional transformation of land‐based resources between region…
Factors Influencing Life Expectancy Among Informal Workers in Assam
Life expectancy, an important indicator of human welfare and a core component of the Human Development Index (HDI), has improved globally with advancements in living conditions and healthcare. However, informal workers, often excluded from formal social protection systems, remain vulnerable to health risks, which adversely affect their longevity. This study estimates the life expectancy of informal workers in Assam and examines the socio-economic…
Women and Work in India
Economics (5 works) · Geography (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Politics (4 works) · Development economics (3 works) · Social and Economic Development in India (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Agrarian society (2 works) · Agriculture (2 works) · Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development (2 works)