P. Jindal Global University, and Junior Research Partner with the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity. Sumeet has previously held post-doctoral and visiting scholar positions with Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Max Weber Foundation and Centre for Modern Indian Studies (CeMIS) at the University of Göttingen, Center for South Asia at Stanford University, International Centre for Development and Decent Work at Kassel University. Sumeet holds a doctorate in Sociology from St. Antony's College, University of Oxford, and M.A and M. Phil degrees in Political Science from Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi. His research interests include labour and informal economy, joblessness, rural urban migration, discrimination and exclusion at workplaces and urban transformations.