- dis cipl inary ▁master s ▁in ▁the ▁study ▁of ▁India , ▁in ▁Oxford ' s ▁School ▁of ▁Inter dis cipl inary ▁Area ▁Studies . ▁Starting ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 8 , ▁it ▁later ▁appeared ▁this ▁was ▁the ▁first ▁such ▁degree ▁in ▁the ▁world . ▁In ▁this ▁she ▁main stream ed ▁the ▁multi - dis cipl inary ▁study ▁of ▁India ' s ▁environment , ▁again ▁thought ▁to ▁be ▁an ▁innov ation ▁in ▁a ▁non - environment al ▁master ' s ▁degree . ▁In ▁ret irement ▁from ▁Oxford , ▁she ▁holds ▁a ▁visit ing ▁professor ship ▁in ▁the ▁Centre ▁for ▁Inform al ▁S ector ▁and ▁Labour ▁Studies ▁in ▁J aw ah ar l al ▁Ne h ru ▁University , ▁India , ▁a ▁professor ial ▁research ▁associ ates hip ▁at ▁SO AS , ▁University ▁of ▁London , ▁and ▁is ▁an ▁emer it us ▁fellow ▁at ▁Wolf son ▁College , ▁Oxford ▁where ▁she ▁conven es ▁the ▁South ▁Asia ▁Research ▁Cl uster . ▁ ▁Harr iss - White ▁has ▁ad vised ▁ 7 ▁UN ▁ag encies , ▁served ▁on ▁research ▁advis ory ▁comm itte es ▁for ▁the ▁British ▁and ▁French ▁govern ments , ▁for ▁the ▁French ▁development ▁inst itute , ▁Institute ▁for ▁the ▁Study ▁of ▁Econom ic ▁and ▁Social ▁Development , ▁the ▁South ▁Asia ▁Institute , ▁Heidel berg , ▁Germany ▁and ▁the ▁gover ning ▁body ▁of ▁SO AS , ▁University ▁of ▁London . ▁ ▁She ▁has ▁also ▁returned ▁to ▁research ing ▁the ▁army ▁of ▁India ' s ▁self - emp loy ed , ▁and ▁the ▁strugg