Uma Sarmistha

Uma Sarmistha is an adjunct faculty at the Department of Urban and Regional Planning at the University of Florida, and a Visiting Scholar at the Asian Development Research Institute (ADRI), Patna, India. She received her Ph.D. in Sociology from Kansas State University (KSU), USA and holds a Master's in Sociology from KSU and a Master's in Economics from Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics, Pune, India. Her research interests are mainly in the areas of development studies; migration and...See more

Uma Sarmistha is an adjunct faculty at the Department of Urban and Regional Planning at the University of Florida, and a Visiting Scholar at the Asian Development Research Institute (ADRI), Patna, India. She received her Ph.D. in Sociology from Kansas State University (KSU), USA and holds a Master's in Sociology from KSU and a Master's in Economics from Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics, Pune, India. Her research interests are mainly in the areas of development studies; migration and transnationalism; urban and regional development; economic sociology and gender issues. She was the country representative for IDRC project on UICT4D and has been a resource person for the University of East London project on the impact of ICT on rural poverty. Her publications include: "ICTs in Rural India: User Perspective Study of Two Different Models in Madhya Pradesh and Bihar" (co-authored) (Science Technology & Society) and, "A Rural Handloom Textile Industry in Bihar: A Case Study of Rural Informal Sector" (Social Change). Currently she is Co-Principal Researcher in the Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR) funded research project on violence against women in rural India. See less