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Education CV

Education:

  • Ph.D. in Law, Gonville and Caius College, University of Cambridge (2022-present)
  • LL.M. (First Class Honours), Girton College, University of Cambridge (2018-19)
  • B.A., LL.B (Hons.), National Law School of India University, Bangalore (2013-18)
    • Exchange Semester, University of Zürich, Switzerland (Spring 2018)

Scholarships and Prizes:

  • W.M. Tapp Studentship, Gonville and Caius College, University of Cambridge (2022-present)
  • Bell-Wade Award, Gonville and Caius College, University of Cambridge (2022-23)
  • JN Tata Endowment Scholarship for Higher Education (2022, 2018)
  • Emily Davies Scholarship and Margaret Hastings Prize for First Class Results in LL.M. examinations, 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 and Research Experience:

  • Policy & Research Fellow, Centre for Sport and Human Rights (2022-present)
  • Executive Director, Cambridge Pro Bono Project (2022-present)
  • Legal Advisor (pro-bono), Fair Game UK (2021-present)
  • Research Fellow, Sports Law & Policy Centre, India (2021-2022)
  • Legal Advisor, Linklaters LLP, London (2019-21)
  • General Editor, Cambridge International Law Journal (2018-19)

 

Supervisors

Supervisors: Dr Stephanie Palmer and Prof David Howarth

Advisor: Prof Alison Young

Start Date

Oct 2022

Publications

 

Books

Associate Editor, The Routledge Handbook of Mega-Sporting Events and Human Rights (ed) (Routledge, 2023)

Co-editor(s):
William Rook, Daniela Heerdt
Publisher:
Routledge
Published Oct 2023

Articles

"Does India need a Caste-Based Quota in Cricket?: Drawing Parallels from South Africa" 53(21) Economic & Political Weekly

Co-Author/s:
Gaurav Bhawnani
Citation:
53(21) Economic & Political Weekly
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

Citation:
6(2) Indian Journal of Arbitration Law 145
Published: Jan 2018

Book Chapters

"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 Yvonne Vissing, Joseph Zajda. (ed(s)), Globalisation, Human Rights, Sports, and Culture (Book 38) (Springer), forthcoming

Publisher:
Springer
Published Forthcoming

"Arbitrability of Fraud in India – Is Ayyasamy only about ‘Seriousness’" in Umakanth Varottil, Mihir Naniwadekar and V. Niranjan (ed(s)), The Reform Decade: Corporate and Commercial Law in India (Eastern Book Company, 2020)

Publisher:
Eastern Book Company
ISBN 13:
9788194284819
Published Jan 2020

Blog Posts

Reports

Contributor, The Gender Divide That Fails Football’s Bottom Line: The Commercial Case for Gender Equality

Co-author, From Stasis to Movement: Actualising a Fundamental Right to Physical Literacy in India

Co-Author/s:
Nandan Kamath, Desh Gaurav Sekhri
Body / Institution:
Sports and Society Accelerator, Bangalore
Published: Feb 2022

Contributor, Land Acquisition in India: A Review of Supreme Court Cases from 1950 to 2016

Body / Institution:
Centre for Policy Research, New Delhi
Published: Apr 2017