Dr Rinzi Lama

Dr Rinzi Lama has her training in Anthropology and is Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology, University of North Bengal. She has her Master’s degree from Pune University and her doctoral degree from Indian Institute of Technology Bombay. She is from Darjeeling and her research interest is centered around the thematic of medicine, healing practices, and identity politics. Her doctoral research focusing on Medical Anthropology and healing practices in Darjeeling sought to bring forth the interwovenness of medicine, the notion of health and the context and the particularities of the communities where these practices thrive. She has been engaged in research work in Darjeeling as Senior Program Officer, Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE) Darjeeling, and has worked in the area of sustainable livelihood and environment, and environmental education. Since 2019 she has been working as a part of the research team in school-based mental health project, Teachers Leading the Frontlines (TeaLeaf): a teacher-delivered child mental healthcare in rural primary schools in Darjeeling. https://www.linkedin.com/in/rinzi-lama-ph-d-29736750/