Funded Projects
Successful aging, intimacy and care cultures among LGBTQ older adults in India
2020-2022
Funding Agency: The Minerva Center on Intersectionality in Aging (MCIA), University of Haifa, Israel
The Virginity Industry: Hymenoplasty and Disciplining Desire in Urban India
2018-2019
Funding Agency: Population Foundation of India (New Delhi)
Academic output (journal article): "Hymen interrupted: Negotiating body, markets and consumerist modernity in India" (forthcoming in Indian Journal of Medical Ethics)
Recasting the debate: Women’s Empowerment as Self-Compassion
2017-2019
Funding Agency: Evidence-based Measures of Empowerment for Research on Gender Equality (EMERGE) Initiative, Center on Gender Equity & Health, UC SanDiego
Academic Output (journal article): "Women's empowerment as self-compassion", PLoS ONE, 15(5)
Examining family structure, intergenerational relationships and wellbeing
2013-2016
Funding Agency: Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR)
Academic Output (journal article): "Joint family and its discontents: Interrogating ambivalence in intergenerational relationships" Asian Population Studies, 15(1)