Mohit Tamta

Mohit Tamta’s research areas include homelessness, urban poverty, and housing informality. He is passionate about advocating for housing rights and community-based interventions that seek to uplift the lives of the urban poor living in low-resource countries. Through his research, Mohit will explore how state-endorsed demolitions and evictions in informal settlements impact people’s socioeconomic life. Before moving to the United States, Mohit worked with various non-profit and government institutions in different research capacities for four years in New Delhi, India, where he contributed to various research initiatives in different capacities.