Born and raised in Delhi, I studied Sociology at Lady Shri Ram College, University of Delhi, graduating with first-class honours while serving as President of the Department. I went on to pursue an MSc in Development Studies at the London School of Economics and Political Science, where my thesis Bargaining Across Borders: The Case of Irregular Migrant Women Workers in India received a distinction and the LSE LIFE Research Prize 2019.
I founded Voices of Informality, a knowledge platform which aims to bring forth grassroots stories on informality for practice-based action. In 2021, I was a Migration Fellow with India Migration Now and Bandhu Urban Tech, where I contributed to research and practice that informed grounded interventions and advocacy efforts for migrant workers.
Over the years, I have also worked as a research consultant with diverse organisations, including academia, think tanks, NGOs and international organisations, on projects spanning informality, migration, digitalisation, social protection, and citizenship across South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa.
My current PhD research at LSE explores how migrant workers in India’s informal economy navigate and negotiate their citizenship-based entitlements within the welfare ecosystems of destination states. I am especially interested in what it means to belong and claim rights in an era shaped by both informality and digitalisation. In 2024, I was awarded the International Journal of Urban and Regional Research Grant to support this work.
For collaboration or consultancy, please reach me at h.sinha@lse.ac.uk