Biography

I have often found myself to be the first and only disabled woman in most academic and professional spaces I have been a part of. These opportunities have been a privilege, but more importantly a huge personal responsibility to build a more equitable and just world for disabled people. This endeavour has shaped my work on disability-inclusive international development. During my MPhil at the University of Cambridge, and later at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, I researched on the multidimensional inequalities experienced by disabled people in accessing education, health, and social protection across diverse contexts. Most recently, at the United Nations Development Programme’s Human Development Report Office, I contributed to the 2025 Human Development Report, focusing on the impact of AI on people with disabilities around the world. Building on this work, my PhD research explores the ways in which the deployment and use of AI is reshaping educational opportunities and disadvantages for young people with disabilities in India. Through this research, I intend to influence education and AI policy to ensure that the design and deployment of AI is inclusive of the disabled community.

Previous Education

University of Cambridge Development Studies 2022
University of Dehli (Lady Shri Ram College) Political Science 2020