Dr. Nilanjana Moitra is an Assistant Professor at Centre for Policy Research in Higher Education, National Institute of Education Planning and Administration. She is an alumna of Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan, in Social Work and is UGC-NET qualified. She has completed her M.Phil and Ph.D in Educational Planning and Administration from NIEPA, New Delhi. She has worked as a Prime Minister’s Rural Development Fellow with Govt. of India and with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) as a Research Analyst. She has participated in and published on national and international platforms. Her research interests encompass higher educational governance, Indigenous/Adivasi agency in education, social inclusion and the Indigenous Knowledge System.