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Sunil is a student affairs professional with over 10 years of experience across the social, environmental, and education sectors.  Prior to joining NLSIU, he worked as a Resident Mentor & Senior Executive with the Student Affairs Office at Azim Premji University (APU). He coordinated student engagements, well-being support, conflict resolution, crisis prevention, discipline management, residence operations, administrative support, and campus life events. As part of his work at APU, he managed the Diversity & Inclusion Committee, Health & Wellness Committee, and Substance Use Awareness Forum. He also led policy formulation and management of gender inclusive spaces.

Sunil is passionate about mentoring young adults and building a vibrant campus life. He enjoys listening to music, reading, and having conversations over long walks.

Apoorv is currently a PhD candidate at NLSIU where his research is focussed on the criminal enforcement of copyright. He was previously at NLSIU as an Academic Fellow (May 2023-Nov 2024), following which he worked as a Research Analyst at the Centre for Research in Innovation Law for Shared Prosperity (CRISP) at BITS Law School, Mumbai. At BITS, he was responsible for coordinating the CRISP’s research activities, supporting publication of research outputs and managing research logistics.

He was also engaged with the Centre for Innovation, Intellectual Property, and Competition Law at National Law University, Delhi, where he contributed to the development of open-source textbooks on IP and competition law.

At both NLSIU and NLU Delhi, he was involved in developing and offering off-campus online and hybrid programmes.

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.