Santa Nibedita

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Santa Nibedita is a visual practitioner, film programmer, and film producer. Her work is informed by years spent as a grassroots practitioner focusing on farm-based livelihoods and gender. Based in central India, Santa has worked with communities to strengthen women farmer federations and farmers producer companies in the region. Her areas of interest include understanding local agrarian transitions. Santa is also engaged with the Narmada Mahila Sangh, a federation of 17,000 Adivasi and Dalit women farmers in Madhya Pradesh.


Areas of expertise

Sustainable agriculture, rural livelihoods, participatory media, grassroots storytelling, gender and labor in agriculture, film production and direction


Articles by Santa Nibedita


a woman standing in a trolley handling a bright yellow fertiliser sack--fertilisers

October 21, 2026
From portal to patwari, Betul’s farmers scramble for fertilisers
E-tokens for fertilisers sent Madhya Pradesh's farmers rushing for land records, OTPs, and faraway vendors—leading many to miss the kharif sowing window. While the system was rolled back after protests, farmers were left reeling in the aftermath.
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