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FFI Travel Grant Recipients from India

Sarbani Mukherjee, 2006-2007
Field of Study: Environmental and Natural Resource Economics
Project Title: Management of Groundwater Resources: An Institutional
Perspective (tentative)
sarbani_mj@rediffmail.com

Deepthi Sasidharan, 2006-2007
Field of Study: Museum Studies
Project Title: Studying Museum Practice with Reference to Documentation, Archival and Preservation of Antique Photographic Collections
deepthi44@hotmail.com

Anitha Ramanna, 1998-99
Field of Study: Intellectual Property Rights
Project Title: Patents, Biotechnology and US Agribusiness Interests
in India
a_ramanna@yahoo.com

FFI Travel Grant Recipients from the United States

Ric Cochrane, 2007-2008
Field of Study: Urban Planning
Project Title: Participatory Development in Global Disaster Relief
riccochrane@gmail.com

Rachna Khare, 2007-2008
Field of Study: Special Education
Project Title: Handicapped Accessible Architectural Design khare_ajay@hotmail.com

Alexis Ringwald, 2006-07
Field of Study: Environmental Studies
Project Title: Alternative Fuels for Sustainable Development: Bio fuels for India’s Future
Home Institution in the U.S.: Yale University
Host Institution in India: The Energy and Resources Institute, New Delhi
Alexis.ringwald@gmail.com

Anthony Evensen, 2005-06
Field of Study: Religions of South Asia
Project Title: Uses of Ramayana in Representations of Royal Power in Medieval South India
Home Institution in the U.S.: University of Wisconsin, Madison
Host Institution in India: Mysore University, Mysore, Karnataka
Tony.evensen@ignatius.org

Shahran Paksima, 2005-06
Field of Study: Education
Project Title: Local governance, NGOs and Educational Decentralization
Home Institution in the U.S.: Harvard, Grad School of Education
Host Institution in India: Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
sharampaksima@yahoo.com

Siddharth Puri, 2005-06
Field of Study: South Asian Studies
Project Title: Modernizing Theatre: Uncovering Performance Art in Understudied Communities in India
Home Institution in the U.S.: University of California, LA
Host Institution in India: Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
spuri@ucla.edu

Michael W. Dreeben, 1998-99
Field of Study: Sculpture
Project Title: Construction of Hand built Carts in India
Home Institution in the U.S.: University of Chicago
Host Institution in India: The Vrindavan Trust, New Delhi