Goutham Raj Konda is a Ph.D. student in the City and Regional Planning program at Cornell University. His research investigates the ongoing urbanization of agrarian property around big Indian cities like Hyderabad. His research further engages with property-centric caste violence and inter-caste conflicts in urbanizing peripheries. He graduated with an M.Sc. in Urbanisation and Development from the London School of Economics (LSE).