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 College, University of Cambridge (2022-present)
- British Institute of International & Comparative Law Scholarship (for ‘Transitional Justice’ Course) (2024)
- Master's Essay Prize, Gonville & Caius College, University of Cambridge (2023) for "Framework for Inclusive Institutional Design and Regulation for Mega-Sporting Events"
- JN Tata Endowment Scholarship for Higher Education (2022-present, 2018)
- Emily Davies Scholarship, and Margaret Hastings Prize for First Class Results in LLM 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, Research and Editorial Experience:
- Education & Policy Researcher, Centre for Sport & Human Rights (2022-present)
- Editor, Routledge Book Series on Sport & Human Rights (2025-present)
- Member, Cricket Research Network Committee (2025-present)
- Podcast Lead, Declarations: The Human Rights Podcast (2023-present)
- Editorial Advisory Board, Event Management Journal (2023-present)
- 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, Governance, Merit, Race, Sports, 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 Simon Deakin, Prof Alison Young
Representative Publications
Interviews (Videos/ Podcasts)
- 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), 2023)
Co-editor(s):
(Associate Editor) William Rook, Daniela Heerdt
Publisher:
Published Oct 2023
Articles
"Resistance and Reform as Responses to Human Rights Criticism: Relativism at FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022" 24(9) German Law Journal 1691-1702
Citation:
24(9) German Law Journal 1691-1702
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
Citation:
53(21) Economic & Political Weekly
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
Citation:
6(2) Indian Journal of Arbitration Law 145
Link:
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, 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, 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, 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, 2020)
Publisher:
ISBN 13:
9788194284819
Published Jan 2020
Blog Posts
Reports
Sport and Human Rights Glossary: Co-creating a Manual for Responsible Sport Communication
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
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
Body / Institution:
Fair Game UK
Published: Mar 2022
Co-author, From Stasis to Movement: Actualising a Fundamental Right to Physical Literacy in India
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
Body / Institution:
Centre for Policy Research, India
Published: Apr 2017
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