Dr Shalini Sharma
Principal Investigator, TOPHI
Senior Lecturer in South Asian History at Keele University, UK; teaching and research experience includes colonial and postcolonial histories with emphasis on South Asian histories of empire, migration and politics.
Jeyanthi R
Project Facilitator
Hailing from the Irula community; she has been engaged with community media initiatives in Nilgiris for nearly 8 years.
Dr Maya Dodd
Co-Principal Investigator, TOPHI
Associate Professor – Humanities & Languages at FLAME University, Pune; her current research practice is focussed on cultural issues and digitality, digital humanities, archives and public history.
Syamjith P K
Project Facilitator
Community leader from Malamuthan community in Nilambur; with experience in research. He mentors indigenous youth in building a community museum of traditional cultural expressions.
Dr Aparna Vaidik
Co-Principal Investigator, TOPHI
Professor of History at Ashoka University, Sonepat; research and teaching interests range from history of labour, Indian nationalism and revolutionism, the Indian Ocean, etc in addition to engagements in pedagogical innovation with history methods, curricular design, research supervision and mentorship of students.
Mounthees Kuttan
Community Researcher
Hailing from the Toda community, he has been involved with cultural mapping, community-based research and participatory action for understanding traditional forest associations and cultural practices.
Ranjani Prasad
Project Partner
Researcher and Programme Coordinator at Keystone Foundation, Kotagiri; with an interest in archiving and community-led research pedagogies.
Suresh Pulimunda
Community Researcher
He is from the Kattunaickan community in Nilambur; has been engaged with projects in public histories, indigenous-led education on aspects such as forest rights, fishing practices and craft revitalisation.
Faisal Rehman
Project Partner
Researcher and Programme Coordinator at Keystone Foundation; interests in politics of knowledge production and access, cultural rights and indigenous data sovereignty.
Sumitra Vinod
Community Researcher
Kattunaickan community/ Nilambur; has been engaged with indigenous-led education and intergenerational knowledge transfer programmes especially related to food cultures,etc.
Sarvanan
Community Researcher
Member of the Irula community, he has been engaged with audio-visual documentation with elders and manages a community media network in Nilgiris.
Aswathy
Research Assistant
As a museum studies researcher and curator, she contributed to the community museum programme in Nilambur and mentors community researchers.
