Associate Editor

• Nov 2020 - Present

Researcher and Legal Consultant

• Sep 2019 - Oct 2020

Supported the Centre in the Housing Discrimination Project through qualitative analysis of over 300 case studies of Muslim tenants, and brokers in New Delhi on the experiences of discrimination faced by them in the housing market leading to segregation. Drafted an opinion, analysing the ethnographic outcomes, on the impact of such discrimination on Muslim tenants and its effect on the political economy of the rental market.• Developed and managed an empirical legal project that carries out a novel quantitative and qualitative study of all the judgements of Supreme Court of India and High Courts on the Scheduled Castes and Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989, a major anti-discrimination legislation in India, to ascertain reasons for low conviction rates and failure to ensure justice for caste-based violence, atrocities and exclusion faced by Dalits in India.

Intern

• Jul 2018 - Oct 2018

Carried out case specific research on torture related cases of survivors and immigration detainees in the UK and the EU. Also provided legal opinion to the organisation and family of Jagtar Singh Johal case, an Indian-Scottish citizen facing torture in Indian prisons due to shortcomings of Indian criminal justice system. Assisted the organisation in developing a transnational collaboration with NGOs in India to assist Mr. Johal in fighting torture. Carried out case specific research on torture related cases of survivors and immigration detainees in the UK and the EU. Also provided legal opinion to the organisation and family of Jagtar Singh Johal case, an Indian-Scottish citizen facing torture in Indian prisons due to shortcomings of Indian criminal justice system. Assisted the organisation in developing a transnational collaboration with NGOs in India to assist Mr. Johal in fighting torture.

Intern

• Jul 2018 - Aug 2018

Assisted the project in drafting of research papers on recent developments in death penalty cases globally. Carried out research and analysis of death penalty jurisprudence in the Caribbean and other commonwealth countries. Assisted the project in drafting of research papers on recent developments in death penalty cases globally. Carried out research and analysis of death penalty jurisprudence in the Caribbean and other commonwealth countries.

Research Associate and Legal Consultant

• Dec 2017 - Mar 2018

Researched on legality of the anti-conversion legislations in India by analysing the effect of the Puttaswamy Judgement of the Indian Supreme Court, where the court declared Right to Privacy as a Fundamental Right. Researched on legality of the anti-conversion legislations in India by analysing the effect of the Puttaswamy Judgement of the Indian Supreme Court, where the court declared Right to Privacy as a Fundamental Right.

Law Researcher

• Aug 2016 - Aug 2017

Researcher and legal consultant

• Dec 2016 - Feb 2017

Carried out comparative analysis of the major cases of the Indian High Courts and Supreme Court on Land tenancy, contractual relationship in rental market and discrimination faced by tenants on the basis of their religious identity for the Housing Discrimination Project. Carried out comparative analysis of the major cases of the Indian High Courts and Supreme Court on Land tenancy, contractual relationship in rental market and discrimination faced by tenants on the basis of their religious identity for the Housing Discrimination Project.

Research Fellow

• Jul 2016 - Jul 2016

Centre for Advanced Study & Research on Innovation Policy-Undertook study of recent trends in Global IP Law, Patent Litigation strategies, Patent drafting, and IP management with special emphasis on the US patent law. Assisted the Centre in organising the 2016 Innovation Law Summit and related administrative work of organising the conference. Centre for Advanced Study & Research on Innovation Policy-Undertook study of recent trends in Global IP Law, Patent Litigation strategies, Patent drafting, and IP management with special emphasis on the US patent law. Assisted the Centre in organising the 2016 Innovation Law Summit and related administrative work of organising the conference.

Student Research Assistant

• Jan 2016 - Jul 2016

Carried out comparative analysis of India's status in a catena of International open access instruments and related issues faced by India in open access movement.Assisted the centre in drafting of Technological Commons Public License agreement for enabling grassroots innovators to share their innovations with general public under a legal framework. Carried out comparative analysis of India's status in a catena of International open access instruments and related issues faced by India in open access movement.Assisted the centre in drafting of Technological Commons Public License agreement for enabling grassroots innovators to share their innovations with general public under a legal framework.

Research Associate

• Nov 2014 - Feb 2015

Worked with the TANDA (Towards Advocacy Networking and Developmental Action) and Centre for Criminology and Justice (CCJ), TISS project on "Socioeconomic Assessment Study of erstwhile criminal tribes of Maharashtra" in collaboration with Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Govt. of India.Prepared community profiles of various nomadic and de-notified tribes in the State of Maharashtra by carrying out in-depth analysis of field work transcripts. Through these community profiles, further helped the project carry out inter-disciplinary research in the areas of criminal justice, social stigmatization, exclusion, and their impact on social empowerment of the tribes.