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, University of Cambridge (2022-26)
- Squire Postgraduate Scholarship, Cambridge Law Faculty (2025-26)
- Emerging Scholar Award, Sport & Society Research Network (2026)
- Caius Master's Essay Prize, for "Resistance and Reform as Responses to Human Rights Criticism" (2025)
- British Institute of International & Comparative Law Scholarship (for ‘Transitional Justice’ Course) (2024)
- Caius Master's Essay Prize, for "Framework for Inclusive Institutional Design and Regulation for Mega-Sporting Events" (2023)
- JN Tata Endowment Scholarship for Higher Education (2022-26, 2018)
- Emily Davies Scholarship & Margaret Hastings Prize, 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)
- Editor, Routledge Book Series on Sport & Human Rights (2025-present)
- Environmental Lead, Football Action Network (2026-present)
- Member, Cricket Research Network Committee (2025-present)
- Editorial Advisory Board, Event Management Journal (2023-present)
- Podcast Lead, Declarations: The Human Rights Podcast (2023-25)
- 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, Sports policy & governance, Anti-discrimination, Race, Gender, Safeguarding and remedy, Environmental and transformative justice, Climate resilience, Merit, 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 Alison Young
Examiners
Prof Simon Deakin and Prof Mark James
Representative Publications
Interviews (Videos/ Podcasts)
- FIFA World Cup's Ugly Subtext: Human Rights, ICE & Double Standards, The No Cap Press (31 May 2026).
- National Sports Policy and the National Sports Governance Act 2025 (India), Arbitrary by Law School Policy Review (7 Jan 2026).
- The Human Rights Playbook: How Law Shapes Inclusion and Voice in Sports, Khel Kamera Kanoon Podcast (9 Nov 2025).
- Human Rights, Gender Apartheid, and elevating the VOICE of 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
Selected publications
Books
The Routledge Handbook of Mega-Sporting Events and Human Rights (ed) (Routledge, 2023)
Co-editor(s):
(Associate Editor) William Rook, Daniela Heerdt
Publisher:
Articles
'The Sport and Human Rights Remedy Landscape and the Role of (Public) Inquiries in enabling a ‘Remedy Ecosystem' 26 International Sports Law Journal (2026)
Citation:
26 International Sports Law Journal (2026)
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1007/s40318-026-00336-0
Published: Mar 2026
'Athletes as multifarious rightsholders: A new frontier for Transnational Sports Law Research and Practice' 25(4) International Sports Law Journal, 225–233 (2025)
Citation:
25(4) International Sports Law Journal, 225–233 (2025)
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1007/s40318-025-00327-7
Published: Dec 2025
'Towards a Human Right to Sport' 25(3) International Sports Law Journal, 141–154 (2025)
Citation:
25(3) International Sports Law Journal, 141–154 (2025)
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1007/s40318-025-00311-1
Published: Sep 2025
'Resistance and Reform as Responses to Human Rights Criticism: Relativism at FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022' 24(9) German Law Journal, 1691-1702 (2024)
Citation:
24(9) German Law Journal, 1691-1702 (2024)
Link:
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1017/glj.2023.119
Published: Mar 2024
'Does India need a Caste-Based Quota in Cricket?: Drawing Parallels from South Africa' 53(21) Economic & Political Weekly (2018)
Citation:
53(21) Economic & Political Weekly (2018)
Link:
Published: May 2018
'‘Public Policy’ as the Root Cause of the Due Process Paranoia: An Examination of the Statute and Court Decisions in India' 6(2) Indian Journal of Arbitration Law 145 (2018)
Citation:
6(2) Indian Journal of Arbitration Law 145 (2018)
Link:
Published: Jan 2018
Book Chapters
"Transforming Governance Authority in the Sport Ecosystem: Can Human Rights Due Diligence Strengthen Legitimacy and Accountability?" (with Daniela Heerdt, Scott Jerbi) in Janne Mende, Valter Angelo da Silva Junior, Ruji Auethavornpipat, Gordon M. Friedrichs and Magdalena König (ed(s)), Authority in Global Governance. Constellations, In/formalization and Contestation (Bristol University Press), forthcoming
Publisher:
Published Forthcoming
"Framework for Inclusive Institutional Design and Regulation for Mega-Sporting Events " in William Rook, Daniela Heerdt (ed(s)), The Routledge Handbook of Mega-Sporting Events and Human Rights (Routledge, 2023)
"Human Rights Considerations During Preparation and Construction for Mega-Sporting Events" (with Daniela Heerdt) in William Rook, Daniela Heerdt (ed(s)), The Routledge Handbook of Mega-Sporting Events and Human Rights (Routledge, 2023)
"A World of Responsible Sport " (with William Rook, Thays Prado, Daniela Heerdt) in Joseph Zajda, Yvonne Vissing (ed(s)), Discourses of Globalisation, Human Rights and Sports (Springer, 2023)
"Arbitrability of Fraud in India – Is Ayyasamy only about ‘Seriousness’" (with Prakshal Jain) in Umakanth Varottil, Mihir Naniwadekar and V. Niranjan (ed(s)), The Reform Decade: Corporate and Commercial Law in India (Eastern Book Company, 2020)
Publisher:
ISBN 13:
9788194284819
Published Jan 2020
Blog Posts
Reports
"Sport and Human Rights Glossary: Co-creating a Manual for Responsible Sport Communication" (Centre for Sport and Human Rights, May 2024)
Body / Institution:
Centre for Sport and Human Rights
Link to report
Published: May 2024
"Co-author, Submission to the Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities on the Draft National Policy for Persons with Disabilities" (Sports Law & Policy Centre, Jul 2022)
Body / Institution:
Sports Law & Policy Centre
Published: Jul 2022
"Contributor, The Gender Divide That Fails Football’s Bottom Line: The Commercial Case for Gender Equality" (Fair Game UK, Mar 2022)
Body / Institution:
Fair Game UK
Published: Mar 2022
"Co-author, From Stasis to Movement: Actualising a Fundamental Right to Physical Literacy in India" (Sports and Society Accelerator, India, Feb 2022)
Body / Institution:
Sports and Society Accelerator, India
Published: Feb 2022
"Contributor, Land Acquisition in India: A Review of Supreme Court Cases from 1950 to 2016" (Centre for Policy Research, India, Apr 2017)
Body / Institution:
Centre for Policy Research, India
Published: Apr 2017
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