Work, Family and Integration: Indian Migrant Farmers in Northern Italy
暫譯: 工作、家庭與整合：北義大利的印度移民農民

Dr. Meenakshi Thapan is a trustee of the Krishnamurti Foundation of India and currently the Director of Rishi Valley Education Centre in rural Andhra Pradesh. During her university years, she taught briefly at the Rishi Valley School and later conducted her field research within this school community, resulting in the publication of her first book, Life at School: an ethnographic study (OUP, 1991, 2006). Subsequently, she has been a highly accomplished academician, based at the University of Delhi, both in the Department of Education, and later at the Department of Sociology, Delhi School of Economics. She has travelled widely, teaching, speaking and contributing to university departments all over the world. She is the recipient of a number of prestigious awards, apart from being the author of numerous books, research papers and articles in several prominent publications. She was series editor of a five volume series on Women and Migration in Asia (SAGE, 2005-2008) and is currently series editor of Education and Society in South Asia (Oxford University Press, 2018-ongoing).

Prior to joining Rishi Valley Education Centre in 2019 as its Director, Dr. Thapan held the positions of Professor of Sociology and Director, Delhi School of Economics as well as Head of the D.S. Kothari Centre for Science, Ethics and Education at the University of Delhi.

梅納克希·塔潘博士是印度克里希那穆提基金會的受託人，目前擔任安得拉邦鄉村的瑞希谷教育中心主任。在她的大学时期，她曾在瑞希谷学校短暂任教，随后在该校社区内进行实地研究，最终出版了她的第一本书《學校生活：一項民族志研究》（OUP，1991，2006）。此后，她成为一位杰出的学者，任职于德里大学的教育系，后来在德里经济学院的社会学系工作。她广泛旅行，教授、演讲并为世界各地的大学部门做出贡献。她获得了多项著名奖项，并且是多本书籍、研究论文和多家知名出版物文章的作者。她曾担任《亞洲女性與移民》五卷系列的系列编辑（SAGE，2005-2008），目前是《南亞的教育與社會》（牛津大學出版社，2018年至今）系列的系列编辑。

在2019年加入瑞希谷教育中心担任主任之前，塔潘博士曾担任德里经济学院的社会学教授和主任，以及德里大学D.S.科塔里科学、伦理与教育中心的负责人。