Dr. Monalisha Chakraborty

• Labour migration,
• Labour force participation,
• Wage gap,
• Gender inequality,
• Child health, and
• Education.

Book Chapter

• Chakraborty, M. and S. Mukherjee (2023). Association between parental migration and undernutrition among children in Empowered Action Group (EAG) States, India. Chapter 9. In Mahapatro, S., Mishra, U.S. and Swain, S., ‘Health and Nutrition of Women and Children in Empowered Action Group States of India, Status and Process’ (1st ed.), Routledge. Doi: 10.4324/9781003430636.

Bulletin

• Chakraborty, M., and S. Mukherjee (2020). Bengali migrant workers during pandemic andlockdown. Monthly Bulletin of The Asiatic Society, 49(9), 73-75. September, 2020. https://asiaticsocietykolkata.org/uploads/Bulletin%20Sept%202020_E%20File.pdf

Reports and Occasional Papers

• Chakraborty, M. and S. Mukherjee (2023). The cumulative effect of parental migration on the educational outcomes of children in rural West Bengal: Combining India Human Development Survey and a primary survey data. Occasional paper no. 80, Institute of Development Studies Kolkata (IDSK), August 2023. https://idsk.edu.in/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/OP-80.pdf
• Chakraborty, M., S. Mukherjee and P. Dasgupta (2020). Bengali Migrant Workers in South India: An Enquiry into their earnings and living. Occasional Paper no. 70, Institute of Development Studies Kolkata (IDSK). March, 2020. https://idsk.edu.in/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/OP-70.pdf
• Mukherjee, S., P. Dasgupta, M. Chakraborty, G. Biswas and S. Mukherjee (2020). Vulnerability of Major Indian States Due to COVID-19 Spread and Lockdown. Special Series on COVID-19. Institute of Development Studies Kolkata (IDSK). June, 2020. https://idsk.edu.in/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Final-Report_Subrata_IDSK-Special-Series.pdf
• Chakraborty, M. and S. Mukherjee (2019). Migration, Gender Disparity and Child Well-being, Student Grantee Report Number 03, Report submitted to NCAER National Data Innovation Centre, New Delhi: National Council of Applied Economic Research. https://www.ncaer.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/3-3.pdf

Newspaper Articles

• Chakraborty, M. and S. Mukherjee (2020). A losing situation. Millennium Post. August 24, 2020. https://www.millenniumpost.in/opinion/a-losing-situation-416247
• Chakraborty, M. and S. Mukherjee (2020). They come to Bengaluru for a life in rag picking. Deccan Herald. July 29, 2020. https://www.deccanherald.com/opinion/they-come-to-bengaluru-for-a-life-in-rag-picking-867096.html
• Chakraborty, M. and S. Mukherjee (2020). We are getting work in Kerala but what about home? in EI-SAMAY Newspaper on July 15, 2020 (in vernacular).
• Chakraborty, M. and S. Mukherjee (2020). Will there be end of misery of the migrant workers in EI-SAMAY Newspaper on June 1, 2020 (in vernacular).

• NDIC-NCAER Student Research Grant, NCAER, New Delhi for the project ‘Migration, Gender Disparity and Child Well-being’ Nov. 2018- Oct. 2019).
• Swami Vivekananda Single Girl Child Fellowship for Ph.D. in Social Sciences, University Grants Commission (UGC), New Delhi (Sept. 2018- Mar. 2023)
• Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR) Fellowship for PhD in Development Studies, ICSSR, New Delhi, 2020 (not taken)
• National Eligibility Test (NET) for Assistant Professor, conducted by Central Board of Secondary Education, India (Nov. 2017).
• State Eligibility Test (SET) for Assistant Professor, conducted by West Bengal College Service Commission, India (Dec. 2017)
• Institute Fellowship for M.Phil in Development Studies from Institute of Development Studies Kolkata, University of Calcutta (Mar. 2016-Feb. 2017).
• Post Graduate Indira Gandhi Scholarship for single girl child, University Grants Commission, New Delhi (2013-2015).
• Certified by Aces Infotech (P) Ltd with A+ Grade in the Computer Education Programme in Std. XI, Calcutta Airport English High School, 2007.

Others

• Invited as a Panelist in a Session ‘Migration and Labour (with special emphasis on Informal Labour)’ in the One Day Workshop on Global Protection of Refugees and Migrants: Climate Change, Informal Labour and Worldwide Protection Mechanism jointly organised by Calcutta Research Group (CRG), Institute of Development Studies (IDSK) and Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung, 5th June, 2022.
• Organizing Committee Member of 52nd Annual Conference of Regional Science Association, India co-hosted by Institute of Development Studies Kolkata in collaboration with Regional Science Policy and Practice, 8-10 December, 2021.
• Invited as a Discussant in a Session ‘Gender and Migration’ in the The First Annual Conference on Internal Migration on COVID-19, Economic Disruption and Employment and Livelihoods of Internal Migrants organised by The International Institute of Migration and Development (IIMAD), 16th August, 2021.
• Referee of national and international journals: Journal of Child and Family Studies (Springer); Social Science and Medicine (Elsevier); BMJ Open; Qeios; Studia Ecologiae et Bioethicae (Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University in Warsaw, Poland); Open Science Journal; Springer Book Proposal.

National Journal Papers

• Chakraborty, M. and S. Ghosh (2019). Common Childhood Morbidity and Treatment Seeking Behaviour in an Indian Megacity: A Case Study of North Kolkata, Journal of Indian Anthropological Society, 54 (1 & 2):30-50.

International Journal Papers

• Chakraborty, M. and S. Mukherjee (2024). Does Parental Out-Migration affect Nutritional Health Status and Morbidity among Children? Evidence from India Human Development Survey data for the Empowered Action Group States. Journal of Health Management, Sage, 26(4). Doi: 10.1177/09720634241236843. IF: 2.3. IF: 1.4
• Chakraborty, M., S. Mukherjee and P. Dasgupta (2022). Bengali Migrant Workers in South India: An enquiry into their Earning, Living and Struggles during Covid Pandemic. Indian Journal of Labour Economics, Springer. 65(2): 425-443. Doi: 10.1007/s41027-022-00374-w. IF: 1.30.
• Pal, B.K., S.V. Mishra, M. Haque, M. Chakraborty (2021). Reading variegated dispossession in an Asian megacity. Housing, Theory and Society, Taylor and Francis. 39(2): 217-237. Doi: 10.1080/14036096.2021.1901780. IF: 3.744
• Chakraborty, M. and S. Ghosh (2020). Factors Influencing the Nutritional Status Among Children of 6 to 11 Years of Age: A Case Study from an Indian Megacity, Journal of Health Management, Sage, 22 (1):78-95. Doi: 10.1177/0972063420908394. IF: 2.3
• Dhali, M.K., M. Chakraborty and M. Sahana (2019). Assessing spatio-temporal growth of urban sub-centre using Shannon’s entropy model and principal component analysis: A case from North 24 Parganas, lower Ganga River Basin, India, The Egyptian Journal of Remote Sensing and Space Sciences, Elsevier, 21(3):201:235. Doi: 10.1016/j.ejrs.2018.02.002. IF: 6.393.