
vk347@cam.ac.uk
Education CV
Education
- PhD in Law Candidate, University of Cambridge (since 2021)
- MPhil in Law, University of Oxford (2020 - 2021)
- B.C.L. (Distinction), University of Oxford (2018 - 2019)
- B.A., LL.B. (First Class Honours), O.P. Jindal Global University (2013 - 2018)
- Semester Exchange: Cornell Law School (Fall 2016)
Scholarships and Awards
- Cambridge International and Evan Lewis-Thomas Law Scholarship (2021, Cambridge Trust and Sidney Sussex College)
- Cornelia Sorabji Scholarship to read for the MPhil in Law (2020, Oxford India Centre for Sustainable Development)
- Graduate Research Scholarship (2020, Oxford Law Faculty)
- Somerville College Alumni Scholarship (2020, Somerville College)
- Bonavero Institute Student Fellowship at the European Centre for Constitutional and Human Rights, Berlin (2019, Bonavero Institute of Human Rights)
- Wilma Crowther Fund (2019, Somerville College)
- Archibald Jackson Prize (2019, Somerville College)
- Oxford-Indira Gandhi Graduate Scholarship to read for the B.C.L. (2018, Oxford India Centre for Sustainable Development)
- Gold Medal for academic performance in the B.A., LL.B. programme (2018, O.P. Jindal Global University)
- CALI Excellence for the Future Award (2017, Cornell Law School)
- First Position on the Dean's List for Academic Excellence (2014; 2015; 2016; 2017; 2018, O.P. Jindal Global University)
Fields of research
Human rights law, equality and discrimination law, constitutional law, public law
Supervisors
Dr Kirsty Hughes
Start Date
Oct 2021
Publications
Articles
"A tale of targeted violence in Hashimpura: the Delhi High Court on recognition, relations and responses" (2020) 11 Jindal Global Law Review 61
Citation:
(2020) 11 Jindal Global Law Review 61
Link:
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1007/s41020-020-00113-6
Published: Apr 2020
Book Reviews
Torture, Inhumanity and Degradation under Article 3 of the ECHR: Absolute Rights and Absolute Wrongs (2022) European Human Rights Law Review 216
Published Apr 2022
Case Notes
Indirect discrimination and substantive equality in Nitisha: Easier said than done under Indian constitutional jurisprudence (2022) 22(1) International Journal of Discrimination and the Law 74
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1177/13582291211062363
Published: Jan 2022