Contemporary Indian Migration in the Gulf

Mohammed Taukeer is a former research fellow at the International Institute of Migration and Development (IIMAD), Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India. He completed his D.Phil in Geography and M.Phil in Development Studies from G B Pant Social Science Institute, University of Allahabad. He also completed a Master's Degree in Geography from the University of Allahabad. His research area is labour migration, refugees and Diaspora studies in the context of rural-urban migration in India and Indian migration in the Gulf. He is also an expert in the study of undocumented migration from South Asia to European countries. He also qualified for the National Eligibility Test (NET) for research. He also worked as a Junior Research Fellow (JRF) and Senior Research Fellow (SRF) of the University Grants Commission (UGC), India. He is an expert in conducting research in India, Greece and the United Arab Emirates. He also participated in The Migration Conference (TMC) at Harokopio University, Athens, in 2017. He has 4 publications in the Journals of Transnational Press, London and 8 in UCG care journals of the University Grants Commission (UGC), India and the Government of India. He has also published chapters in edited books in Routledge publication. His hobbies are creative thinking, reading, writing, speaking and exploring the social science of the world with passion and curiosity.