Education CV
Education:
- PhD in Law, Gonville & Caius College, University of Cambridge (2022-present)
- Visiting Researcher, University of Edinburgh, Scotland (Mar-May 2024)
- LLM (First Class Hons.), Girton College, University of Cambridge (2018-19)
- BA, LLB (Hons.), National Law School of India University, Bangalore (2013-18)
- Exchange Semester, University of Zürich, Switzerland (Spring 2018)
Scholarships and Prizes:
- WM Tapp Studentship, & College Scholarship, Gonville & Caius College, University of Cambridge (2022-present)
- British Institute of International & Comparative Law Scholarship (for ‘Transitional Justice’ Course) (2024)
- Master's Essay Prize, Gonville & Caius College, University of Cambridge (2023) for "Framework for Inclusive Institutional Design and Regulation for Mega-Sporting Events"
- JN Tata Endowment Scholarship for Higher Education (2022-present, 2018)
- Emily Davies Scholarship, and Margaret Hastings Prize for First Class Results in LLM examinations, Girton College, University of Cambridge (2019)
- Cambridge Trust Scholarship, University of Cambridge, towards the LLM (2018)
- KC Mahindra Education Trust Scholarship for Post-Graduate Studies (2018)
- Heyning-Roelli Foundation Scholarship, towards the Exchange Semester (2018)
- 3 University Gold Medals for Labour Law, Law & Economics, Taxation Law (2018)
Professional, Research and Editorial Experience:
- Education & Policy Researcher, Centre for Sport & Human Rights (2022-present)
- Podcast Lead, Declarations: The Human Rights Podcast (2023-present)
- Editorial Advisory Board, Event Management Journal (2023-present)
- Executive Director, Cambridge Pro Bono Project (2022-24)
- Legal & Policy Advisor (pro-bono), Fair Game UK (2021-22)
- Research Fellow, The Sports Law & Policy Centre, India (2021-22)
- Legal Advisor, Linklaters LLP, London (2019-21)
- General Editor, Cambridge International Law Journal (2018-19)
Fields of research
Human Rights, Public Law, Governance, Merit, Race, Sports, Cricket
Research centres and interest groups
Inequitable Access to Sport: A Socio-Legal Inquiry of Cricket in India, South Africa and the UK
Supervisors
Supervisors: Dr Stephanie Palmer and Prof David Howarth
Advisors: Prof Simon Deakin, Prof Alison Young
Representative Publications
Interviews (Videos/ Podcasts)
- Human Rights, Gender Apartheid, and giving VOICE to the Afghan Women's Cricket Team, Sky Sports News (25 Feb 2025).
- Human Rights Volunteers: Lessons from Due Diligence during Qatar 2022, Declarations: The Human Rights Podcast (11 Sep 2024).
- The Illusion of Level Playing Fields: On the Myth of Meritocracy in the ‘Gentlemen’s Game’, Cricket Research Network Webinar Series (16 July 2024).
- Boundary Lab, JITO Centre for Excellence Talks (13 July 2024).
- Resistance and Reform as Responses to Human Rights Criticism, German Law Journal Short (3 Jun 2024).
- Human Rights & Major Events, Inside Events Podcast (31 Jan 2024).
- A Human Rights Vision for a World of Responsible Sports, Salem State University (18 Apr 2023).
- The Making of Sporting Cultures - Of History, Imperialism and Colonial Responses, Sports & Society Dialogues, SLPC (Sep 2022).
Start Date
Oct 2022