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Dr. Mohan Kumar Bera

Assistant Professor, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences

Disaster management, Environmental Adaptation, Tribal Development and Sociology, Water Sanitation and Hygiene

Available Internship opportunities

Internship opportunities are available to work on WASH and Disability, Indigenous Knowledge Systems and Disaster Risk management.


Ongoing projects

Year: 2023. Project  title: Right to Safe Sanitation Facilities: A Study of Persons with Disabilities. Funded by Cross Disciplinary Research Framework (CDRF), BITS Pilani, Amount: 20 Lakhs. (PI)

Year: 2024. Project title: Managing Traditional Irrigation Systems for Improving Livelihood Security of Tribal Communities in Goa. Funded by ICSSR, Amount: 0.5 Lakh. (PI)

Year: 2025. Project title: Study of impediments to avail Pre Matric and Post Matric Coverage of the ST Students to avail the Scholarships in Goa. Funded by Tribal Research Institute. Amount: 10 Lakhs. (Co-PI).

Year 2025. Project title:  Changing perspectives of waste management system in semi urban area in India: A case study. Funded by SIRE. Amount: 2 Lakhs. (PI).

Year 2025. Project title: Does academic culture in higher education influence the well-being of students? An exploration of integration, separation, assimilation, marginalisation and adjustment. Funded by TLC. Amount: 0.6 Lakh. (PI). 


Completed reearch projects

  • Title of the project : Exploring relationship between students and mentors: A study of a learning activity through group work. Funded by Teaching Learning Centre- BITS Pilani Goa Campus. Amount : 1.30 Lakhs. 2021 (PI)
  • Title of the project: Implication of Ujjwala Scheme on forest conservation. Funded by Government of Jharkhand. Amount Rs. 9.6 lakhs. 2020 (Co-PI)
  • Title of the project: Impact of Negative factors and importance of monitoring natural wetland ecosystem. Funded by Government of Jharkhand. Amount: Rs. 17 Lakhs. 2020 (Co-PI)
  • Title of the Project: Coping with Displacement due to River Erosion in the Indian Sundarban and Lower Assam. Funded by ICSSR. Amount Rs. 4.5 Lakhs. 2019 (PI)
  • Title of the Project: Coping with crisis of livelihood and disasters: A study of migration in Sundarban islands. Funded by the BITS-Pilani. Amount Rs. 2 Lakhs. 2019  (PI)