G. Venkatasubramanian holds a PhD in Sociology from the University of Pondicherry. He works as a sociologist in the Department of Social Sciences at the French Institute of Pondicherry (India). Over the last 25 years, he has been working on a large range of issues in the fields of rural geography, rural–urban linkages, migration, livelihood, labour, finance, environment, while paying a specific attention to gender and caste inequalities.