Indian and Overseas Research Trainees and Fellows

Bhasha Trust receives trainees from various countries. So far a total of 46 trainees from various countries of the European Union, The United States, Brazil, Iceland, Malta, Japan and the Netherlands have worked with the Academy. These trainees have carried out research in tribal studies, craft marketing, musicology, economics, organic agricultural practices and other related areas.

Some of them have also worked at the Academy as instructors for the health and education programs, have carried out surveys and helped in the preparation of a variety of materials and formats for the development activities undertaking by the Academy.
Trainees who have worked at the Academy include:

Ms. Danna Bohlender, Germany Language Studies Promotional Measures for Development of Tribal Arts and Craft

Ms. Nikki Galea, Malta Social Sciences Promotion of tribal arts in the international market

Ms. Susanne Baer, Esslingen, Germany Social Sciences Designed a brochure for Bhasha, reviewed the organizational model and built contacts with the German Media

Mr. Carsten Welsch, Giessen, Germany Economics Devised a system for Library and a system for profit-sharing among the Artists’ Cooperative

Ms. Claudia Luizza, Pisa, Italy Archaeology Report on people's perception of Microcredit & Bhasha

Ms. Heleen Dekker, Groenigen, Netherlands Personal & Clinical Psychology Did a Video documentation of activites at Bhasha Centre and tribal communities further developed a brochure and provided training at the Adivasi Academy.

Ms. Carolijn Terwindt, Utrecht, Netherlands Sociology Report on Chharanagar DNT Community in Ahmedabad) and documentation of her experiences with the DNT community

Ms. Marin Thorsdottir, Reykjavik, Iceland Anthropology Lectures on Anthropology at the Adivasi Academy

Ms. Hanneke Gisen, Utrecht, Netherlands Developmental & Clinical Psychology Report on psychological impact of migration on tribal women

Mr. Lance Schwarzkopf, Indiana, USA Natural Resources & Environmental Science Reforestation Project and training on alternative water sharing methodology

Ms. Chiho Hiornaka, Japan, Anthropology Designed Artists Cooperative and Bhasha website

Ms. Eunice Nijlant, Rotterdam, Netherlands Engineering Technology Devised a display system (tech) for objects used by tribals

Mr. Jens Koeniger, Germany Cultural Anthropology Research into the causes and the current situation of February 02 riots, to suggest how DSCs could prevent such events in future

Ms. Yoshiko Fujinawa, Kobe, Japan B.A. in Law Research into applicability of International Law to Feb '02 riots

Mr. Anand Patil, Detroit, USA Mathematics Research paper on mathematical modelling of sickle cell anemia and suggestions for future Bhasha work to alleviate the disease

Mr. Malcolm Billing, Toronto, Canada European Business Studies Fundraising for construction of Academy buildings Managing AIESEC trainee program, developing Indigenous People's Learning Network for AIESEC/Bhasha, managed an organizatonal change process for Bhasha

Mr. Rodrigo Ferreira, Florionopolis, Brazil Management Science Research & planning for Tribes First, a tribal handicrafts and cultural centre management of international arts contacts

Mr. Jan Ritschard, Fribourg, Switzerland Law Documentation and legal & political action preparation of conflicts between tribals and the Forests Departments

Ms. Hildegard Dietz, Mainz, Germany Sociology Analysis of the Academy for its impact on the students and their world view

Ms. Katie Heller, Washington, USA (Swiss SN) Social Studies Analysis of the academy for its impact on the PGD on the students and their world view

Ms. Frauke Godat, Berlin, Germany Political Science Support Project management of development projects in health & education managing AIESEC trainee program, mentoring trainees, developing Indigenous People's Learning Network, fundraising

Ms. Nadine Steinhardt, Chemnitz, Germany Organizational Psychology Developing section of Museum of Sound attached to Adivasi Academy

Ms. Johanna Schimrosczyk, Frankfurt, Germany Pedagogy Sociology, Research/Survey on Indigenous Knowledge

Ms. Keiko Ikemoto, Tokyo, Japan South Asian Studies Tribal Issues Survey, Migration

Ms. Mayuko Kaneda, Kyoto, Japan Commerce Tribal Arts Fair Trade sharing

Ms. Sarika Mehta, USA Linguistics Research on Rathwi language and Cultural Identity

Mr. Christoph Feick, Mainz, Germany Cultural/Social Anthropology Research on nomadic Tribes in India and Europe

Mr. Sim Vireak, Japan/Cambodia Law/International Politics PPT on Bhasha, Development Survey

Ms. Carmel O'Sullivan, Cork/Ireland Social Science Survey of tribal artists and promotion of craft

Mr Douglas Schlemmer, Harvard University’s John F Kennedy School of Government Study of Confict between Indigenous Populations and Government Policies

Mr Timothy Perry, U. C. Berkeley A New Solidarity Rights Regime: How to Tailor Group Rights for Conflict Prevention

Mr Tobias Willi, Basel, Switzerland International Law Water Resource and Management Systems in Tribal Areas of Vadodara District

Mr Gudrun Sif Fridriksdottir, Iceland International Law Economic and Environmental Effects of Genetically Engineered Cotton for Farmers in Vadodara District

Ms Denisa Simlova, Prague Anthropology Promotion of tribal craft and culture

Mr Gudbjort Gudjonsdottir, Iceland Anthropology Documentation of projects and activities

Mr Nishant Choksi, US Archeology and Fulbright Fellow Avenues of Action: Indigenous Participation in Indian Democracy

Ms Aliche, Italy Antropology Study of tribal knowledge systems and how these are being employed by the Academy/Bhasha

Ms Natasha Petit Study of tribal knowledge systems and how these are being employed by the Academy/Bhasha

Ms Charlotte Serranrens Study of Healthcare Delivery in tribal areas of Vadodara District

Ms. Helga Rosa, Iceland Worked with Prakriti Health Care

Ms. Nina Koopman, Netherlands, Social Science Worked with funding Program

Ms. Chan Lily, Hong Kong, Social Science Worked with Denotified Tribes

Mr. Robert Gem, Hungary Engaged in Micro Credit Groups

Mr. Tatshuhiko Aizawa, Japan Fair Trade Work

Ms. Krin Dornbos, Netherlands, Human Resource Management Basic HR eliment in Organization

Ms. Faryal Iqbal, U.K Development Work

Ms. Rebecca Gibons, U.K Administration & have taken lectures

Ms. Hanna Al- Taher, Germany Study of gender relations in adivasi communities and the impact of micro-credit on the same

Roxanna Duerr from the Institut d’Etudes Politiques, Paris visited the Adivasi Academy for the Study of Green Economic Zone in February 2011

Nilanjana Deb and Dheeman Bhattacharya from Jadavpur University visited the Academy in March 2011 for research on literary forms among Adivasi and nomadic communities

Artist John Bowles from US visited Bhasha in December 2011

Students from the National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad came for field internship from 10th – 17th December 2011

Tulsi Patel (7th to 9th November 2011)

Nancy Varkey from the Indian Institute of Technology conducted a one day workshop for preparation of digitized lectures in Tribal Studies in December 2011

A group of students from IIT, Gandhinagar and California Institute of Technology visited the Adivasi Academy on 20th December 2011

Anu Asokan from Indian Institute of Technology, Madras working on Ecocriticism in Indian Cultures in translation visited the Adivasi Academy in January 2012

Social Anthropology students from IGNOU, Delhi visited Tejgadh and Chhotaudepur for a rural exposure programme from 6th to 24th January 2012

Ms Ksenia Vozdigan, Russia from the Museum of Anthropology and Ethnograph, Saint-Petersburg, Russia spent time at the Academy studying Tribal Art of Western India during January and February 2012

Director, Faculty and research students from the International Institute of Information Technology-Hyderabad visited the Adivasi Academy for discussion on collaborative initiatives from 9th to 12th March 2012

Ankit Devada and Praveen Solanki from Centre for Studies in Rural Management at Gujarat Vidyapith were deputed to the Adivasi Academy for a project from January to March 2012

Siddharth Shah, a post graduate student at Nirma University carried out a study on Financial Inclusion and its Socio-economic Impact on Tribals during April and May 2012

Olivia Haber Greenwood from Haverford College visited the Adivasi Academy in 2012 and in 2013 for a study on Tribal Epics of Gujarat

William Gould, Senior Faculty at Leeds University is affiliated with the Adivasi Academy for a study on Identity, Performance and the State: India’s DNTs over Independence 1911-1959. The study is supported by the British Academy.