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The India Centre for Inclusive Growth and Sustainable Development

Our people

Learn about our academic experts, from their research interests to their contact details.

Executive team

  • Professor Sabu Padmadas, Founding Executive Director, Professor of Demography and Global Health 
  • Mr. Amarjit Singh, Co-Founding Director, CEO of India Business Group 
  • Professor Jane Falkingham CBE, Co-Founding Director, Vice-President Engagement and International 
  • Professor Andrew Atherton, India Strategic Lead, Vice-President International and Engagement  

Operations team

  • Mrs Jess Hawkins, Senior Operations Manager 
  • Mrs Clare Old, Operations Manager 
  • Ms Ailsa Muskett, Events and Marketing Senior Administrator 
  • Mrs Karolina Stanevic, Events and Centre Administrator 
  • Mr Alec Howett, Social Media & Website Administrator 

Dr Min Qin

Senior Research Fellow

Research interests

  • Intergenerational exchange
  • Population ageing
  • Later life health and wellbeing

Email: mq1e12@soton.ac.uk

Address: B58, West Highfield Campus, University Road, SO17 1BJ

Dr Natalia Tejedor Garavito

Principal Enterprise Fellow

Research interests

  • Geospatial data analysis
  • GIS training
  • Health metrics

Accepting applications from PhD students

Email: n.tejedor-garavito@soton.ac.uk

Address: B39, West Highfield Campus, University Road, SO17 1BJ

Professor Pathik Pathak

Professorial Fellow-Enterprise

Research interests

  • Antiracism
  • community development
  • critical race theory 

Accepting applications from PhD students

Email: p.pathak@soton.ac.uk

Address: B58, West Highfield Campus, University Road, SO17 1BJ

Professor Pauline Leonard BA Sociology,PGCE, MA(Ed), PhD, FAcSS, FRSA

Associate Dean Research & Enterprise

Accepting applications from PhD students

Email: pauline.leonard@soton.ac.uk

Address: B58, West Highfield Campus, University Road, SO17 1BJ

Professor Paurav Shukla

Professor of Marketing

Research interests

  • Luxury consumption
  • Brand management 
  • Consumer behaviour and self-identity 

Accepting applications from PhD students

Email: p.v.shukla@soton.ac.uk

Address: Boldrewood Campus, Burgess Road, SO16 7QF

Professor Poshak Gandhi

Professor of Astrophysics

Research interests

  • Data-intensive Astronomy
  • Social Impact of Astronomy
  • Time-domain astrophysics, Black Holes, Lunar astronomy

Email: poshak.gandhi@soton.ac.uk

Address: B46, West Highfield Campus, University Road, SO17 1BJ

Dr Pritipuspa Mishra

Associate Professor

Accepting applications from PhD students

Email: priti.mishra@soton.ac.uk

Address: B65, Avenue Campus, Highfield Road, SO17 1BF

Dr Ran Peleg

Lecturer

Research interests

  • Game based learning 
  • Chemistry education
  • Innovation in teaching and learning

Accepting applications from PhD students

Email: r.peleg@soton.ac.uk

Address: B32, East Highfield Campus, University Road, SO17 1BJ

Dr Rob Angell PhD, MSc

Associate Professor in Marketing

Research interests

  • Advertising (new methods and attention)
  • Presentation (product and package design, website design)
  • Food retailing

Accepting applications from PhD students

Email: r.angell@soton.ac.uk

Address: B2, West Highfield Campus, University Road, SO17 1BJ

Professor Robert Raja

Prof of Materials Chemistry & Catalysis

Research interests

  • Heterogeneous Catalysis
  • Sustainable Chemistry
  • Carbon Capture Storage and Utilisation

Accepting applications from PhD students

Email: r.raja@soton.ac.uk

Address: B30, East Highfield Campus, University Road, SO17 1BJ