2018-2024 - PhD in Sociology, Centre for the Study of Social Systems/School of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. Supervisor: Professor Harish Naraindas. PhD Thesis: The Agrarian Transformation of Rural Rajasthan: A Sociological Study of Food Systems.
2016-2018 - MPhil in Sociology, Centre for the Study of Social Systems/School of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. Supervisor: Professor Harish Naraindas. MPhil Thesis: Yogurt, ‘Dahi’ and Probiotics: The Origins of Nutraceuticals and Biomedical Translation of Indigenous Foods. [Awarded November 2019]
2014-2016 - MA in Sociology, Centre for the Study of Social Systems/School of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
2009-2012 - BA (Hons.) Sociology, Lady Sriram College for Women, University of Delhi.
2022-2023: Teaching Fellow, Department of Environmental Studies, Ashoka University, Sonipat-Haryana
Rural and Agrarian Studies, Food Systems, Science and Technology Studies (STS), Sociology of Health and Medicine, Sociology of Food and Nutrition.
2016-2021: UGC -Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) and Senior Research Fellowship (SRF)
2016: NET-Assistant Professor
Gurkirat Kaur, 2022: ‘Yoghurt, Dahi and Probiotics: A Sociological Engagement with Nutraceuticals.’ Paper presented at the International Conference on Science and Society, 2022.
Gurkirat Kaur, 2023: ‘Agrarian Transformation of Rural Rajasthan: A Historical Ethnography’. Paper presented at the International Conference on Globalization and Future of Rural-Agrarian in 21st Century India: Challenges, Lessons, and Opportunities.
