Dhaar Mehak M.

Assistant Professor/ Economics/ @iustjk / Words, Paper, Ink & Barbie Dolls

[Dhaar Mehak M. @DhaarMehak]

Tinkering local solutions to local problems https://t.co/dWRv7b4GlR

[Dhaar Mehak M. @DhaarMehak]

What a wonderful session

[KNS @KNSKashmir]

#KNSUPDATE || Two-Day Workshop on “Drug-Free Society: Call for Collective Action” Begins at IUST.

[Dhaar Mehak M. @DhaarMehak]

I am dedicating this writeup to @DineshSinghEDU . We wrote the first draft soon after Sir’s visit to @iust where he talked about using ChatGPT as one’s critique!
Since then, we have been putting ourselves to brutal criticism (😀), surely for good reasons though…

[Feminism in India @FeminismInIndia]

For a growing number of Indian women, paid work doesn’t come from sitting in corporate or government offices. Instead, it is their presence in the lower layers of the fragmented labour market of the informal segment that gives them access to earned wages.

https://t.co/A2J1HU1OPt

[Dhaar Mehak M. @DhaarMehak]

Exploring how Rupa Bhawani walked over the footsteps of Lal Ded and expanded the notions of mysticism into Hindu School of Thought…

[Kashmir Life @KashmirLife]

In #KashmirLifeDebates, read a write-up about who was #Kashmir's #mystic #poetess #RupaBhawani

https://t.co/CjAqTvl93i

[Dhaar Mehak M. @DhaarMehak]

Glad that we got a self-check ✅

[Basharat Dar, Ph.D. @BasharatDar_R]

Spent a week hearing the same line from colleagues at the university: “I feel tired.”, “Low energy.”, “Just lazy these days.”

All non-vegetarian, Hb fine, B12 fine.
The suspect? Magnesium.
Deadline Stress + caffeine + refined carbs + low greens = low Mg.
And without Mg, ATP doesn’t function efficiently.

Before blaming burnout, check the plate:
Pumpkin seeds, Almonds, Spinach, Legumes, Dark chocolate.

Sometimes it’s not motivation.
It’s minerals.
#WorkLifeBalance #guthealth #PhDlife

[Dhaar Mehak M. @DhaarMehak]

Just that it only takes a couple of years of back & forth!

[PhD_Genie @PhD_Genie]

Adjusting your paper to the journal's special issue

[Dhaar Mehak M. @DhaarMehak]

Usually candid discussions turn into nothing but here at IUST, a candid conversation abt Kmri. Feminist Poets bw 2 of us from diverse fields is becoming a published chronological series.
Sharing the 01st one now & others over time!
⁦⁦@shakilrom⁩ https://t.co/a57OQ8FGV8

[Dhaar Mehak M. @DhaarMehak]

We argue that Skill-Mismatch and not Unemployment is the major crisis challenging the Kashmir Economy; https://t.co/Uc5fY6qIKL

[Dhaar Mehak M. @DhaarMehak]

Glad to share my review published in EPW;

[Economic & Political Weekly @epw_in]

#BookReviews | The stagnation of the manufacturing sector in India is increasingly being identified as one of the major bottlenecks in the process of speedy and sustainable economic development.
https://t.co/DIqECIsuCm

[Dhaar Mehak M. @DhaarMehak]

Happy to share that our yet another paper on rural industry in India has been published in JSED https://t.co/9DwVKHdIVO

[Dhaar Mehak M. @DhaarMehak]

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[Neil Renic @NC_Renic]

Being an academic actually rocks. If you can land a permanent job, you get to read and write about the stuff that fascinates you and teach young people to think. It’s the IF that kills you.

[Dhaar Mehak M. @DhaarMehak]

Can’t be excited enough doing this! It took our H-VC @shakilrom 02 complete years to orient & train us in becoming community leaders! Never knew it was a thing, nor that it was so imp.! & now here we are holding his beacon ✅ #DisasterRiskReductionCapacityBudingWorkshop #iust

[Dhaar Mehak M. @DhaarMehak]

Happy to share our OpEd piece discussing the place & relevance of informal economy in India’s developmental process; https://t.co/HmNS5Ience

[Dhaar Mehak M. @DhaarMehak]

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[joaquin @wakincognitwo]

if the 20th century was the century of keynes, then the 21st is schumpeter’s century!

[Dhaar Mehak M. @DhaarMehak]

Happy to share our latest paper bringing out some new insights into the developmental issues of Tribals from J&K! Focus being policy information ⁦@icssr⁩ ⁦@DhananjayaJnu⁩ ⁦@TribalAffairsIn⁩ ✅ https://t.co/52YAx9NSYx

[Dhaar Mehak M. @DhaarMehak]

Glad to share another paper from our ⁦@icssr⁩ project, highlighting the growing food insecurity among tribals of J&K. The very first study in this direction - ⁦@DhananjayaJnu⁩ ⁦@shakilrom⁩ https://t.co/P4K6yHBMYb

[Dhaar Mehak M. @DhaarMehak]

Thanking @fasagristudies & @MadhuraFAS for their valuable feedback in improvising the work! 🫡

[Foundation for Agrarian Studies @fasagristudies]

In the latest issue of @reviewagrarian (15,1), the article “Gujjars of Jammu and Kashmir: Evidence from a Field Survey” by Dr. Mehak Majeed, Assistant Professor of Economics at the Islamic University of Science and Technology, Jammu and Kashmir (@iustjk ), examines the changing lifestyle of the Gujjars. Once predominantly nomadic and pastoral, 97% of Gujjar households have now settled—a shift driven by climate change, restrictions on forest access, and declining returns from shepherding.

In January, Dr. Majeed had visited the Foundation’s office and presented her findings on the Gujjar society, which led to an in-depth discussion and a deeper understanding of the changing ways of the nomadic community.

Read the article here: https://t.co/udGAOKlDDj

Know more about the event: https://t.co/NoKHg5vCaV

[Dhaar Mehak M. @DhaarMehak]

@ahmadmir04 You can email!

[Dhaar Mehak M. @DhaarMehak]

The first publication from the Tribal Research Project is out! All thanks to our HVC @shakilrom for declaring Tribal Studies as a focal study area of IUST & @DhananjayaJnu @icssr for continued endorsement!

[Review of Agrarian Studies @reviewagrarian]

Most Gujjars of J&K are no longer nomads engaged in shepherding. @DhaarMehak (@iustjk ) writes in RAS 15,1 based on her extensive state-wide field survey (@icssr ): https://t.co/pkvGXIyRUB.

“The Gujjars of Jammu and Kashmir are no longer a nomadic community, their needs have evolved, and focussed policy interventions are required to help them transition smoothly to a settled way of life.”

[Dhaar Mehak M. @DhaarMehak]

@Akanksha_Econ @BhavyaS95 Sounds interesting! Any scope for collab.?

[Dhaar Mehak M. @DhaarMehak]

Delivered the Lead Lecture at @SKUASTJammu! An absolutely rich experience sharing findings from my @icssr project! Thanking @DhananjayaJnu & @shakilrom for making it all possible & supporting the cause of Tribal Development 🫡🫡