Dr. Sakshi Shukla

• Gender Studies; Feminist Studies and Sexuality studies;
• Mobility studies; De-Colonialism
• Post-Colonialism; Polyvocality;
• Ethnography and Qualitative research (Software: MAXQDA, Delve, nVivo)

• Sakshi Shukla (2026) “Unwritten Codes: The Individual Struggle with Gender Norms and Postcolonial Identities”. The Political Economy of Gender: Power, Patriarchy, and Intersectionality in the Global South. Springer.
• Sakshi Shukla (Forthcoming) “Unwritten Codes: The Individual Struggle with Gender Norms and Postcolonial Identities”. The Political Economy of Gender: Power, Patriarchy, and Intersectionality in the Global South. Springer.
• Sakshi Shukla (2022) “Sarita Devi: A mother’s fight against her community to support her Daughter’s Education” Women Community Leaders and Their Impact as Global Changemakers edited by Prof. Goodman, Rehman and Zirui Yan, IGI Global Publishers: Pennsylvania, USA
• Sakshi Shukla (2022) “Gendered Private-Public Sphere Pursuit in Pandemic: Studying the impact of Covid19 on Women I.T. professionals in Postcolonial India” Covid-19 and Emerging Social Issues edited by Dr. Dey, ABS Books Publication: New Delhi, India.

• Guest Editor, HSS Communications - Gender, democracy and political violence: A feminist perspective (Nature Portfolio) 2026 onwards
• Principal Investigator, Wellness as a Service: Exploring Platform-Mediated Self-Care Practices among Professional Women in Bengaluru, Seed Grant Project, M.S. Ramaiah University of Applied Sciences (June 2025 – May 2026)
• Best Paper Award, ICSSR-sponsored National Seminar on Revisiting Sardar Patel’s Legacy: Agrarian Reform and Social Justice in Contemporary India, M.S. Ramaiah University of Applied Sciences (2025)
• Nominated Full Member, Sigma Xi Research Honor Society, in recognition of research excellence as an early-career researcher, United States of America (2025)
• Honorable Mention Award, MAXQDA Research for Change International Initiative for Ph.D. Research Proposal titled “Postcolonial Intersections in Digital India: Navigating Gendered Spaces in Information Technology” (2019)
• Project Sponsorship, MAXQDA Research for Change, including Pro Student License for Academic Year July 2019 – June 2020 (2019)
• Global Research Scholarship, Chonnam National University, Gwangju, South Korea (2017)
• National Eligibility Test (NET) for Assistant Professor – Anthropology, University Grants Commission (UGC), Government of India (2016)
• Junior Research Fellowship (JRF), University Grants Commission (UGC), Government of India (2016)
• Gargi Scholar Award, Department of Higher Education, Government of Rajasthan, India (2007)

National Conference Papers

• Sakshi Shukla, Isha Jha, and Puja Krishna (2025) “Digital Pathways to Well-being: Gender, Work, and Self-Care in Modern India”, 50th All India Sociological Conference: Mobilities and Inequalities: Shifting Contexts; Changing Paradigms. Easwari School of Liberal Arts, SRM University- AP. Research Committee 30: Digital Sociology.
• Sakshi Shukla (2025) “Intersectional Im/mobilities in AI: Workspaces Gendered Transitions in Postcolonial India’s Digital Labour”, 50th All India Sociological Conference: Mobilities and Inequalities: Shifting Contexts; Changing Paradigms. Easwari School of Liberal Arts, SRM University- AP. Research Committee 10: Gender Studies.
• Sakshi Shukla (2025) “From Bardoli to Bengaluru: Postcolonial Gender Negotiations, Mobility, and Patel’s Inclusive Vision”, ICSSR-sponsored National Seminar on Revisiting Sardar Patel’s Legacy: Agrarian Reform and Social Justice in Contemporary India, School of Social Sciences, M.S. Ramaiah University of Applied Sciences.
• Sakshi Shukla (2025) “Gendered Algorithms of Power: Digital Workspaces and the Negotiation of Femininity in India’s I.T. Sector” International Conference on Gender, Power, and Technology: Addressing Violence and Intersectionality in the Digital Age, Centre for women’s studies, Bangalore University and Karnataka state akkamahadevi women’s university Vijapura.
• Sakshi Shukla and Mayurakshi Chaudhuri (2021) “Work from Home for Women: Studying the impact of Covid19 on Women I.T. Professionals in India” The 46th Indian Sociological Society Conference (Virtual) on Constitution, Citizenship and Minority: Mapping Seventy Years of Indian Republic, University of Mumbai. India.
• Sakshi Shukla and Mayurakshi Chaudhuri (2019) “Postcolonial Intersections in Digital India: Navigating Gendered Spaces in Information Technology” The 45th Indian Sociological Society Conference on Environment, Culture and Development – Discourses and Intersections, University of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India.
• Sakshi Shukla and Mayurakshi Chaudhuri (2018) “Modernity from the Margins: Gender, Mobility and Information Technology in India” The 44th Indian Sociological Society Conference on Reconstructing Sociological Discourse in India: Perspectives from the Margins, St. Philomena’s College. Mysuru, Karnataka. India

International Conference Papers

• Sakshi Shukla, Isha Jha and Puja Krishna (2026) “Bordering Platform-Mediated Self-Care and Gendered Responsibility among Professional Women in Bengaluru”, B/ordering the Global: Transnational Feminist Critiques from Asia Conference at the Asia Center of Women’s Studies, EWHA Women’s University.
• Sakshi Shukla (2025) “Techno-Patriarchies and the Postcolonial Workplace: A Feminist Lens on AI in India”, International Conference on Invisible Infrastructures (ICII 2025): Gender, Caste & the Politics of Presence in India’s Digital Spaces, School of Social Sciences & Humanities (VISH), VIT-AP University.
• Sakshi Shukla and Sudharsana V. Iyengar (2023) “Parental Intersections in the Early Childhood Care and Development” International Roundtable Conference on Early Childhood Care and Development, M.S. Ramaiah University of Applied Sciences Bengaluru, India.
• Sakshi Shukla and Mayurakshi Chaudhuri (2021) “Through the Gender Prism: Examining Family and Marriage Dynamics for I.T. Professionals in India” 6th World Congress on Women- 2021 (Virtual), Indian Institute of Science. Bengaluru, Karnataka. India.
• Sakshi Shukla and Mayurakshi Chaudhuri (2019) “Negotiating Gender in InformationTechnology: A Postcolonial Perspective” 5th World Congress on Women-2019, Indian Institute of Science. Bengaluru, Karnataka. India

National Journal Papers

• Mayurakshi Chaudhuri, Sayantani S. and Sakshi Shukla (2023) “Perceptions of (In)Fertility in Rural Rajasthan: An Ethnographic Study. Country Women’s Association of India: Kolkata, India.

International Journal Papers

• Mayurakshi C, Saurav K. and Sakshi Shukla (2023) “Intersectionalities and Im/Mobilities in Family and Marriage: A Comparative Study of Germany and India" Sexuality, gender and society. Humanities and Social Sciences Communications: Springer Nature.
• Sakshi Shukla and Mayurakshi Chaudhuri (2021) “Intersectional Im/Mobilities: gender, family and information technology professionals in digital India” Applied Mobilities, Routledge: Taylor and Francis Group.

• Life Member- Indian Sociological Society
• Full Member – Sigma XI Research Honor Society
• Research Committee- Digital Sociology, Indian Sociological Society
• Research Committee - Gender Studies, Indian Sociological Society;
• Asian Association of Women’s studies