Contributions to Teaching:

1. Assistant Professor (Ad-hoc) at the Department of Geography, Indraprastha College for Women, University of Delhi from July 20, 2019 to December 7, 2023.
2. Guest Faculty, Department of Geography, Indraprastha College for Women, University of Delhi from 08 April 2019 to 30 April 2019.
3. Guest Faculty at the Department of Geography, Miranda House, University of Delhi from 18 January 2019 to 26 April 2019.
4. Assistant Professor (Ad-hoc) at the Department of Geography, Miranda House,University of Delhi from January 04, 2016 to December 16, 2018.
5. Member, Department of Geography, University of Delhi Sub-Committee to formulate Undergraduate Curriculum Framework under the New Education Policy 2020, for thefollowing papers: Urban Geography; Dynamics of Urban Systems; Geography of Behaviour and Emotion; Space, Culture and Society; Geography of Transportation;Geography of Mobility and Migration; Development and Change in Global South; Filed Work and Research Methods; Geography of Arid and Semi-Arid Region; and Climate Change and Adaptation.
6. Member, Department of Geography, University of Delhi, Committee to formulate detailed guidelines for B.A (Hons.) Skill Enhancement Paper: Research Methods; Generic Elective Paper: “Sustainable Development”; and Discipline Specific Core Paper: “Regional Planning and Development”.

Areas of Research:

1. Labour Studies
2. Political Ecology
3. Peasant and Agrarian Studies
4. Political Economy and Regional Development
5. Caste and Gender Question in Social Movements in India
6. Spatial Theory and History of Geographical Knowledge

Publications:

1. Balakrishnan P. (2023). Deconstructing Environmental Movements in India: A Historical Geography Narrative. In Renoj, N.K and Suresh, A.T (Eds.) Inequality and Plurality:Contemporary Challenges to Democracy. Abhijeet Publications: New Delhi.
2. Balakrishnan P. (2019). ‘On the Question of “Inclusive” Growth: Reflecting on the Realities and their Regional Dynamics’. Journal of Critical Reviews. Vol 7(5), pp. 3056-3069.
3. Balakrishnan P. (2021). Smoke Nuisance Discourses. Review of Awadhendra Sharan’s “Dust and Smoke: Air Pollution and Colonial Urbanism- India, C. 1860-C.1940”. TheBook Review, 45(10).
4. Balakrishnan P. (2022). At the Interface of Space, People and Power. Review of ZahoorAli Khan’s Studies in Indian Historical Geography: From Ancient Sarasvati to the Railway Age. The Book Review, 46(9).