Rinzi Lama

Rinzi Lama is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Anthropology, University of North Bengal. She is from Darjeeling and her research interest is largely centred on the thematic of medicine, healing practices, and identity politics. She has been associated with Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE) since 2018 as a senior research associate and has explored issues of sustainable livelihood in the region, and environmental education, as a part of the Eastern Himalayan program. Her ongoing work is in the area of child mental health and ethnicity and labour issues in Darjeeling.