Darla Siddardha

Assistant Professor

Department of Sociology

GITAM School of Humanities and Social Sciences

Visakhapatnam

Education

Ph. D.

sdarla@gitam.edu

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Darla Siddardha holds a PhD in Sociology from IIT Bombay, along with MA and MPhil degrees in Anthropology from the University of Hyderabad. As a researcher, he is interested in examining the deployment of market mechanisms as instruments of governance in post-liberalization India. In 2023, he received an Early Career Scholar Grant from JUST SOCIETY at Southern Denmark University (SDU).

Research Publications

Darla, S. (2021). “Land Pooling Scheme in Andhra Pradesh: A Critical Appraisal.” Economic and Political Weekly, 56(47), 12–14. https://www.epw.in/journal/2021/47/commentary/land-pooling scheme-andhra-pradesh.html (Scopus Indexed)
Darla, S. (2024). Air of Legality and Unjust Governance: Law Struggles in Andhra Pradesh, India. https://www.sdu.dk/en/forskning/forskningsenheder/samf/justsociety/blog/air …

Expertise

Land Governance
Development Politics
Legal Mobilization
Neoliberal Urbanization