School of Social and Political Science

Background

My PhD project looks into how knowledge around menstruation is produced in slums in Delhi inter-generationally and aims to highlight how infrastructural access, barriers, cultural transformations and migration interact in dynamic ways and shape menstrual practices. I aim to use an anthropological and ethnographic lens to understand women’s lived experiences in the urban capital city of India and look at menstruation as a complex gendered practice that is embedded in the lives and personal experiences of women through a critical understanding of how knowledge is produced and transmitted. Lastly, I aim to employ the research into a practical critique of global menstrual strategies and interventions, and how they have been employed within this specific context of women’s lived experiences in an urban slum.

I have a background in gender studies and have been involved with NGOs in carrying out interventions related to women’s health in India.

Qualification: 

2022-Present: PhD(South Asian Studies), University of Edinburgh

2019-2021: MA Gender Studies, Tata Institute of Social Sciences (Institute Silver Medal for Best Student)

2016-2019: BA History (Hons), Kirori Mal College, Delhi University 

Awards and Funding: 

School of Social and Political Science Scholarship, University of Edinburgh (2023-2025)

IJURR Foundation Studentship (2023-2024) 

Tweedie Research Fellowship (2023) 

Supervisors: 

Dr Jeevan Sharma

Dr Kaveri Qureshi 

Teaching: 

2023: Tutor, South Asia in the World

Conference Presentation: 

International Conference on Menstruation and Media, University of Sheffield (21st October 2021): Paper Co-Presented: Omission of Menstruation from Female-Centric Bollywood Movies(Virtual) 

4th International Conference on Gender Studies, TIIKM(14-15th October 2021): Paper Presented: Fair Lovely and Affluent?: Examining Construction of Beauty as Marker of Class Location in Delhi(Best Presenter Award) (Virtual)