Objective:
To pursue research in the domain of forest management, Rights-based Approaches, sustainable livelihood development, jurisprudence of forest governance, forest conservation, democratic institutions, participation, and decentralization. I expect to keep updating research outputs at https://twitter.com/Santoshgedam

Educational Qualification:
Ph.D. Candidate @Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad
MSc (Development Practice) @Tata Institute of Social Sciences Mumbai
PGDM @Indian Institute of Management Bangalore
BTech @Laxminarayan Institute of Technology Nagpur

Academic Achievement:
Qualified UGC-NET (2013) in Management for JRF and Assistant Professorship
Qualified UGC-NET (2017) in Social Work for Assistan Professorship

Professional Experience:
Ex. Prime Minister's Rural Development Fellow @MoED_GoI
Ex. State Monitoring and Evaluation Consultant @UNICEFIndia
Ex. Assistant Manager @BPCLimited


What I intend to do?
I am interested in interdisciplinary and policy-relevant research in the domain of forests, livelihood, and conservation policies and their examination from the lens of sustainability, equity, justice, and colonization.

What relevant things I think I have produced so far?
Wrote on the issues of forest management, equity in education, welfare targetting methods, and other relevant issues. These articles can be found on the following links.
https://www.ideasforindia.in/topics/environment/sustainable-livelihoods-and-resilience-through-community-forest-management.html
https://thewire.in/author/santosh-vishwanath-gedam
https://countercurrents.org/author/santosh-gedam/
https://counterview.org/2020/08/03/jam-trinity-needs-twitter-assistance-for-communication-loop-with-public-agencies/
https://vidhiportal.com/2021/04/governor-powers-in-schedule/

and few other related platforms.