Hansika is an Associate at the Indian Institute for Human Settlements. She is trained as a Sociologist and a Social Worker, and has worked on issues of land rights, gender and Right to Education. At IIHS, her work focuses on land record management including institutional policy questions on land ownership, land use and the political economy of land.
In the face of rapid urbanisation, it is essential to not only escalate plantation drives, but also design participatory forestry programmes that are sustainable, people-friendly and self-driven.