Ashwin Parulkar Email & Phone Number

New York, New York, United States

New Delhi, India

Homelessness, food security and urban poverty

New Delhi

New Delhi

New York, Ny And Washington, Dc

Wrote on the status of civil liberties and political rights and freedoms in Bhutan, India, Nepal, and Indian Kashmir for Freedom House's Freedom in the World Report

Chicago, Il

Assisted the Council's Global Agriculture Development Initiative research all aspects of a study regarding the linkages between agricultural production, changing food access & consumption patterns, and the rise of diet-related chronic diseases in developing countries.

Washington, Dc

Researched and wrote on the impact agricultural research and development systems of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) have on technology generation and dissemination to farmers for food security and poverty alleviation. T

New York, Ny

Covered Uzbekistan and New Zealand delegations to the UN Human Rights Committee and reported for ISHR's Human Rights Monitor Quarterly (April 2010 Issue) on the status of each country's periodic human rights review in the context of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR).

Conceptualized a research project and authored a report for ActionAid's Right to Food initiatives on the food security of small farmers and landless agricultural laborers in the western Indian state of Gujarat. The project was based on surveys and focused group discussions with over 200 farmers in seventeen villages.

Conducted a field research project and co-authored a report on the extent to which India's national primary education policy is implemented in the villages of the Indian state, Maharashtra, to ensure local school systems deliver quality education for children. After completing the project, our research team briefed specialists and other distinguished guests at UNICEF Delhi Headquarters on our findings. The report was published by UNICEF in July 2010.

New York, New York, United States

M.A., International Relations

2008-2009 U.S. Department of Education Foreign Languages and Area Studies (FLAS) Scholar

M.F.A., Creative Writing

Cornelia Carhart Ward Creative Writing Fellow

B.S., Management (Finance)

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd (Expected), Development Studies