Dr Savita Vij

Savita Vij was privileged to join OCVHS Research team pioneering the Hindu Youth Survey with Romila Santosh. She completed her Phd thesis; 'The Politicisation of Hindu Identities in a University Context', in 2003, in the Sociology and Cultural Studies department, Birmingham Univeristy. Her academic interest in work upon young Hindus has progressed from her undergraduate years at Royal Holloway University through her BA honours in Sociology with Social Policy received in 1999. In relation to the recent findings of both her thesis and the Hindu Youth Survey, she hopes to take part in a further project to pursue work around the second- and third-generation Hindus in multicultural Britain; their 'needs', 'aspirations' and 'identities'.