Ananya has extensive experience in Development and Community Engagement, with a focus on initiatives that create meaningful social impact. At NLS, she is responsible for developing the strategic fundraising plans of the University and related duties.

She has worked with Niagara Health Foundation, Canada where she played a key role in developing research, equipment funding, and healthcare infrastructure, as well as leading community giving initiatives. Prior to that, she contributed to United Way Halton & Hamilton, Canada supporting youth-focussed programmes and campaigns. She is passionate about women’s empowerment and education and has been a member of the United Way Women’s Committee. In her free time she enjoys photography, traveling, and exploring new restaurants.

Anjaly’s academic and professional interests lie in academic administration, with a particular focus on supporting inclusive, efficient, and value-driven educational environments.

She has previously worked as a Marketing Support Executive at Amrita Online University, where she was responsible for coordinating across teams, developing performance tracking systems, managing stakeholder engagement, and supporting strategic decision-making. This experience enabled her to build expertise in organisational processes, communication, and collaborative work practices. Her academic work engaged critically with caste, gender, development, and the politics of knowledge production.

Deeksha’s research interests lie at the intersection of equality, family, and labour law. She is particularly interested in how legal regimes construct and sustain relationships of care and control. She is also deeply engaged with animal rights and politics, examining the ways in which legal regulation mediates hierarchies of species, caste, and religion in India.

Deeksha has diverse academic and research experience across multiple domains. She has worked on the Laws of Social Reproduction project at King’s College London, focussing on women’s unpaid domestic and care work. She has also contributed to research on the legal status of captive elephants in India as part of her work at the Centre for Research on Animal Rights. Presently, she is engaged with the Social Life of Authoritarian Legality project at SOAS University of London, where she researches and analyses data on religious conversion in India.

Prarthana has experience in teaching undergraduate courses and contributing to institutional processes through Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC) documentation and event coordination. She has also worked with departmental and college publications, including editorial roles, which has served as a bridge between her interest in writing and academic work.

In addition to teaching, she has supported research activities through documentation, transcription, and data collection, and assisted in organising workshops and academic events.

Her academic interests lie in modern history, and she values opportunities that bring together teaching, research, and administration.