Sanghamitra Das won the 2026 Bluestone Rising Scholar Prize

Sanghamitra Das, assistant professor in the Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences’ Department of Anthropology, won the 2026 Bluestone Rising Scholar Prize from CASTE: A Global Journal on Social Exclusion.

For winning the prestigious international prize, Das’ entry — “From the Tea Gardens to the Clinic: Adibaxi Health in Assan and Caste and Indigeneity in Indian Modernity” — will receive publication in the sponsoring journal. Das will also recieve a trip to an award ceremony at Boston’s Brandeis University, the publisher of CASTE.

Das is a sociocultural anthropologist specializing in medical anthropology; her research investigates the intersections of medicine, genetics, technology and society. Her research has been supported by the Wenner-Gren Foundation and the Social Science Research Council. Das is currently completing her first book-length manuscript, which explores the politics of sickle cell management in India, a genetic blood disorder. Centering lived experiences, the book highlights Indigenous articulations of sickle cell health.