Mayuri Utturkar

Ph.D Candidate, CEEP

Mayuri Utturkar is a Ph.D. student at the Center for Energy and Environmental Policy, University of Delaware. She holds an M.A. degree in Anthropology from the University of Pune, India and an M.Sc. degree in Development Studies from University of London, U.K. Her research focus is indigenous knowledge and sustainable development. Her areas of interest are the interplay of culture and technology in the development of rural and tribal communities. Prior to joining CEEP, Mayuri worked as a Research Officer with the Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai, India leading a qualitative and quantitative study of the socio-economic impacts of micro-irrigation on small and medium land-holding farmers in Maharashtra, India.