Becoming a part of Anveshi's activities has always meant entering a mentoring relationship, guiding one through research, activism, reflection and intervention in the public sphere. This learning experience can be rigorous, driven by the desire to infuse the gender question into the entire scope of public discussion and to renew the social force of scholarship.
The Anveshi Short Term Fellowship programme is informed by this culture of mentoring at Anveshi. It is a pilot programme being conducted over a period of three years. The objective of the programme is to mentor promising candidates, mostly women and preferably from Dalit/minority backgrounds, so that they become public intellectuals, social activists and committed academics. This programme is expected to have a significant impact on civil society in general and the voluntary sector in particular. The Sir Ratan Tata Trust funds this programme.
Short Term Fellows 2007-08
- Domala Mallaiah is working on a project that teaches Dalit students in higher education English while also providing career counselling.
- K.A. Nuaiman is working on print culture and the formation of Muslim public sphere in Malabar during the early part of twentieth century.
- Mary Madiga's general area of work is cultural performance and political representation. She is trying to bring together different Dalit sub-caste women performers for one event in 2008.
- P. Anuradha's project is with young adolescent students in government schools and social welfare hostels. She is exploring ways to use story reading as a pedagogic practice.
- Suresh P Thomas is working on the dynamics of caste, class and gender in Indian sport.
- V. Usharani's project explores the perceptions and needs of women around home, property and shelter in the Old City of Hyderabad. She intends to understand the contexts in which women articulate such needs.
Short Term Fellows 2006-07
- M.A. Moid is working on a project on the political history of the Old City of Hyderabad
- K.P. Girija is looking at issues of caste in school text books in Kerala
- P.V. Sreebitha is examining the history and status of Ezhava women
- K. Sudha is documenting experiences of Dalit women corporators in the Municipal Corporation of Hyderabad
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Praveen Kumar is investigating the practice of Banamati in rural Telangana.
Short Term Fellows 2005-06
- Lakshmi Kutty looked at the interface between the health care system and what is labeled the ‘non-compliant/intractable patient’. This study is part of a collaborative effort between Christian Medical College and Hospital, Vellore, and Anveshi.
- Shefali Jha completed a project exploring the space of central universities in Hyderabad as secular spaces, through the experience of Muslim students.
- P. Srinivas made a documentary film on the Madiga Dandora movement in Andhra Pradesh.
