Ishita Tiwary, Concordia University

Research

Migration infrastructure Media community circulation networks digital streaming

Latest funding

Streaming India: Industrial and Infrastructural Dynamics
SSHRC · 2025 · Principal investigator
$40,469
Participatory Media and Affordable Housing as Mutual Aid
SSHRC · 2022 · Principal investigator
$24,900
Media and migration
SSHRC · 2020 · Principal investigator
$240,000

All 4 grants and awards

Streaming India: Industrial and Infrastructural Dynamics

Principal investigatorSSHRC2025Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Tiwary, Ishita

Keywords: streaming; India; platforms; industry; infrastructure; aesthetics

$40,469

Participatory Media and Affordable Housing as Mutual Aid

Principal investigatorSSHRC2022Partnership Engage Grants

Principal investigators: Tiwary, Ishita

Keywords: participatory media; affordable housing; mutual aid; oral history; migration

$24,900

Media and migration

Principal investigatorSSHRC2020Canada Research Chairs

Principal investigators: Tiwary, Ishita

$240,000

Media and migration

Principal investigatorSSHRC2020Canada Research Chairs

Principal investigators: Tiwary, Ishita

Keywords: Media; Migration; circulation; networks; infrastructure; community; digital

$240,000

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Migration Dear Professor Tiwary, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. Your research on migration connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your SSHRC-funded project "Streaming India: Industrial and Infrastructural Dynamics" (2025), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]