Biography

My doctoral research explores how children strive to live well amid uncertainty through an ethnography of a Tibetan refugee community in India. More broadly, I am interested in how scientific evidence and human experience can together improve our understanding of mental health and wellbeing. Born in the north-eastern state of Assam, I bring to my doctoral work a decade of experience running a free school for a disadvantaged community in rural India. In 2011, I founded Flourishing Minds Foundation, through which I have worked with schools, government bodies, multinational agencies and NGOs on initiatives related to learning and wellbeing. In the future, I hope to establish an interdisciplinary research and advocacy institute in India focused on strengthening research–practice translation in mental health and education.