My J.S.D. dissertation at Yale develops a model of parent-child relationships that views parenthood as comprising both parental status and the allocation of parental rights and responsibilities. I argue that children’s interests should be irrelevant for determining status but relevant for allocation decisions. In future work, I hope to explore the implications of this model for issues such as the child’s right to know and regulating reproductive contracts.

I have also written about the politics of Indian family law, the regulation of paid domestic work, and end-of-life care. My scholarship has been published in law reviews and peer-reviewed journals, including the Case Western Reserve Law Review, Yale Journal of Law and Feminism, the International Journal of Constitutional Law, and the Indian Law Review. In 2024, I was awarded the Colin Picker Graduate Prize for best article by the American Society of Comparative Law.

I regularly contribute to newspapers and legal blogs and previously worked at a legal policy think tank in New Delhi and practiced at a leading Indian law firm in Mumbai.

I also hold a Master of Laws (LL.M.) (2021) from Yale Law School, New Haven, and a Bachelor of Arts and Law (B.A., LL.B. (Hons.) (2017) (J.D. equivalent) from the National Law School of India University, Bengaluru.