Under the name “PraMaanas”, I collaborate with international researchers to conduct multidisciplinary research and publish our findings. The main fields of research are the following and a combination of the them:
- Social Sciences – Psychology, Economics, Linguistics, Education etc
- Humanities – Literature, Arts, History, Theology etc
- Natural Sciences – Physics, Chemistry, Biology etc
- Technology – AI, Electronics, Wireless Communications etc
Interested in Collaborating? Contact me with the research project ID, your CV, and a small write-up about why you want to collaborate.
Social Sciences
ID #PMSS1: Sociolinguistics, Post-colonialism
Duration: A few months’ research resulting in a research paper and possibly also popular article(s)
Incentive: Chance to work on interesting ideas in multidisciplinary research; joint paper/article publication; possibility of a small stipend
Qualifications: Engaged in research in (socio-)linguistics; interest or experience in colonial history of India
ID #PMSS2: Onomastics, Post-colonialism
Duration: A few months’ research resulting in a research paper and possibly also popular article(s)
Incentive: Chance to work on interesting ideas in multidisciplinary research; joint paper/article publication; possibility of a small stipend
Qualifications: Engaged in research in sociology, psychology, and/or literature; interest or experience in onomastics and post-colonial histories of India and South Africa
ID #PMSS3: Education, developmental psychology, curriculum design
Duration: A few months to up to 2-3 years depending on the extent of research; resulting in a research paper or a master’s or PhD thesis, and possibly also popular article(s)
Incentive: Chance to work on interesting ideas in multidisciplinary research; joint paper/article/thesis publication; possibility of a small (periodic) stipend
Qualifications: Engaged in research in Education; interest or experience in developmental psychology
ID #PMSS4: Linguistics, Hindi Orthography
Duration: A few months’ research resulting in research paper(s) and possibly also popular article(s)
Incentive: Chance to work on interesting ideas in multidisciplinary research; joint paper/article publication; possibility of a small stipend
Qualifications: Engaged in research in Hindi Language studies; interest or experience in Education
ID #PMSS5: Socio-linguistics, Hindi/Urdu/Hindustani Linguistics
Duration: A few months to up to 1-2 years depending on the extent of research; resulting in research paper(s) and possibly also popular article(s)
Incentive: Chance to work on interesting ideas in multidisciplinary research; joint paper/article/thesis publication; possibility of a small stipend
Qualifications: Engaged in research in Hindi/Urdu/Hindustani Language Studies or socio-linguistics
ID #PMSS6: Media and Film Studies, Socio-psychology
Duration: A few months’ research resulting in a research paper and possibly also popular article(s)
Incentive: Chance to work on interesting ideas in multidisciplinary research; joint paper/article publication; possibility of a small stipend
Qualifications: Engaged in research in Media and Film Studies in India; interest or experience in gender depiction in media
ID #PMSS7: Economics, Religion
Duration: A few months’ research resulting in a research paper and possibly also popular article(s)
Incentive: Chance to work on interesting ideas in multidisciplinary research; joint paper/article publication; possibility of a small stipend
Qualifications: Engaged in research in economics; interest or experience in economics of religion
ID #PMSS8: Gender Studies, Sociology
Duration: A few months’ research resulting in a research paper and possibly also popular article(s)
Incentive: Chance to work on interesting ideas in multidisciplinary research; joint paper/article publication; possibility of a small stipend
Qualifications: Engaged in research in Gender studies or transgender studies, especially crossdressing
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Humanities
ID #PMHU1: Japanese Pre-WWII History, Sports (Baseball)
Duration: A few months’ research resulting in a research paper and possibly also popular article(s)
Incentive: Chance to work on interesting ideas in multidisciplinary research; joint paper/article publication; possibility of a small stipend
Qualifications: Engaged in research in Japanology or similar field; access to Japanese resources, e.g. newspaper archives from the period above; possibly also the knowledge of Japanese language
ID #PMHU2: History of Nara (Japan), Buddhism
Duration: A few months’ research resulting in a research paper and possibly also popular article(s)
Incentive: Chance to work on interesting ideas in multidisciplinary research; joint paper/article publication; possibility of a small stipend
Qualifications: Engaged in research in Japanology or similar field; access to Japanese resources relevant to the Field; possibly also the knowledge of Japanese language
ID #PMHU3: Hindi Literature, Vyanga (Satire)
Duration: A few months to up to 2-3 years depending on the extent of research; resulting in a research paper or a master’s or PhD thesis, and possibly also popular article(s)
Incentive: Paper/article/thesis publication; possibility of a small (periodic) stipend
Qualifications: Engaged in research in Hindi literature; enthusiasm for the works of Harishankar Parsai
ID #PMHU4: History of modern Iran circa 1930s
Duration: A few months’ research resulting in a research paper and possibly also popular article(s)
Incentive: Chance to work on interesting ideas in multidisciplinary research; joint paper/article publication; possibility of a small stipend
Qualifications: Engaged in research in Iranology; knowledge of Farsi is helpful
ID #PMHU5: WWII History, Hindi Literature
Duration: A few months’ research resulting in a research paper and possibly also popular article(s)
Incentive: Chance to work on interesting ideas in multidisciplinary research; joint paper/article publication; possibility of a small stipend
Qualifications: Engaged in research in Hindi Literature and/or WWII history
ID #PMHU6: Performing Arts, Social Media
Duration: A few months’ research resulting in a research paper and possibly also popular article(s)
Incentive: Chance to work on interesting ideas in multidisciplinary research; joint paper/article publication; possibility of a small stipend
Qualifications: Engaged in research in performing art studies; interest or experience in interaction of social-media and performing art
Back to top. Interested in Collaborating? Contact me with the research project ID, your CV, and a small write-up about why you want to collaborate.
Natural Sciences
Research topics to come …
Technology
Research topics to come …