Mohit Singh is a PhD student in the Department of Anthropology, in the School of Culture, History, and Languages at the College of Asia and the Pacific, ANU. He comes from the Chambal ravines of Uttar Pradesh, India. He earned his undergraduate degree in History from the University of Delhi, followed by a master’s degree in Society & Culture at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Gandhinagar. His master’s thesis examined the persistence of caste among the Indian diaspora in the United States and the anti-caste resistance led by the Ambedkarites. Before coming to ANU, he completed a Pre-doctoral Fellowship in Public Policy at the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Bangalore, where he worked on occupational heat exposure and its relation to caste. His work found that people from the Dalit community are invariably exposed to heat stress in indoor and outdoor settings. Building on that, Mohit’s PhD research unpacks the relationship of Dalits with heat in the brick kilns of central Uttar Pradesh. Beyond academia, Mohit is an avid sportsperson and enjoys travelling and cooking.