Ramya Ranjan Behera is a doctoral scholar at Rekhi Centre of Excellence for the Science of Happiness, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur. His research interests include Population Studies, Migration Studies, Well-being and Quality of life, Regional and Urban Planning. As a part of Ph.D. project, he is working on the Quality of life of Migrant Construction Workers in Bhubaneswar City. Before joining IIT Kharagpur, Ramya graduated from Ravenshaw University Cuttack in Applied Geography. A gold medalist, both at the bachelor’s and master’s level, he was awarded the Rajiv Gandhi Chatra Pratibha Puruskar, Odisha for his outstanding performance in academics as well as in students politics in the year 2014.

He also holds an MPhil degree from Ravenshaw University and has qualified UGC NET JRF. He has represented Odisha and India at many international political forums. He was a part of the Great Indian Political Delegation to London, UK, in 2016. He also represented India at the International Youth Leadership Conference, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 2017 and at the International Youth Friendship Camp (ASEAN YOUTH FRIENDSHIP NETWORK), Bali, Indonesia, 2018. He has more than 10 papers in peer-reviewed journals to his credit and has attended more than 15 international conferences, seminars, and workshops. 

Migration Studies, Population Studies, Wellbeing and quality of life, Regional and Urban Planning