Anamika Priyadarshini

Director of Knowledge Management, Research & Design, Passing Gifts, Heifer International

Agriculture & Rural Development Working Group Co-Chair

Dr. Anamika Priyadarshini is a political economist specializing in gender & development. Her scholarship interrogates the intersections of development processes, gender relations, and social reproduction, with a focus on how these dynamics influence the everyday lives of last-mile communities, particularly women. With over two decades of experience as an academic and practitioner, she brings a distinctive perspective that bridges feminist political economy, critical development studies, and grounded field practice. Dr Priyadarshini holds a Master’s in International Development from Cornell University and a PhD in Global Gender and Sexuality Studies from the State University of New York at Buffalo. Dr Priyadarshini has taught courses on gender & development, women’s work, gender & migration, development theory, and research methodology at institutions such as SUNY Buffalo, Central University of South Bihar and Tata Institute of Social Sciences. She has also led research supported by the Indian Council of Social Science Research, the Gates Foundation, the World Bank, and other global and national institutions. Her teaching and research are grounded in feminist epistemologies, interdisciplinary inquiry, and a strong commitment to linking theory with praxis. A recipient of the Ford Foundation Fellowship and the Margaret McNamara Education Grant (MMEG), she has published in leading journals and volumes, including eClinical Medicine (The Lancet Discovery Science), Brill, and Social Change. She has been featured in MMEG’s series on Exceptional Women Building a Better World. and interviewed by eClinical Medicine for its podcast Renewed Call for Action: Collection on Gender Inequality.