Devyani Bhosale joins MANTRAMS as a predoctoral researcher, bringing an interdisciplinary background in South Asian Studies with a focus on anthropology. She holds a Master's in Development Environment Societies and History in South Asia from Heidelberg University, Germany. She also holds a second Master's in Social Work in Dalit and Tribal Studies and Action from Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai, India. Devyani’s research for MANTRAMS focuses on the role of sonic elements — such as mantras, chanting, greetings, and slogans — in the assertion of Dalit identity, visibility, and resistance in urban spaces of Western India. Devyani’s research aims to understand how these sonic practices shape and transform both physical and social landscapes creating social agency and reasserting identities. Additionally, by focusing on the marginalized voices of Dalit women, her research will also explore how sound, silence, and listening reclaim agency within male-dominated public soundscapes.

Edda completed a B.A. in Social and Cultural Anthropology and Communication Science at the University of Münster, followed by an M.Sc. in Digital Humanities at the University of Trier. Within the MANTRAMS project, she is responsible for all aspects related to digital infrastructure and data management. Shifting her focus from Conflict Studies, Visual Anthropology, and Critical Cultural Heritage Studies, she has dedicated herself to developing the technical skills necessary to support critical research in these and related academic fields. In MANTRAMS, she is building the cloud infrastructure for secure data management, implementing the OMnibus as an immersive sonic archive, and overseeing the workflows that connect ethical data collection, analysis, data pr

Mukul Menon joins MANTRAMS as a predoctoral researcher. His broad research interests lie at the intersections of South Asian music and auditory practices, religion, and the formation of publics and identities. His current project examines the sonic efficacies of domestic and congregational singing practices associated with Tuñcattŭ El̲uttacchan’s Adhyātmarāmāyaṇam Kiḷippāṭṭu in Kerala. Mukul holds an MA in Media Arts Cultures from Aalborg University, University of Łódź, and Danube University Krems as part of the Erasmus Mundus Joint Masters Program. He also completed an MA in Global Media and Communications from the School of Oriental and African Studies, London, and a Bachelor’s degree in Urban Planning from the School of Planning and Architecture, Delhi. Before joining academia, he worked as a planner and filmmaker in India.