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Academic Profile

Academic Background: Ph.D. in English, Harvard University, 2018; M.A., Jawaharlal Nehru University, 2011.

Research Interests: Literary history of South Asia, colonial literature, and everyday texts in the British Empire.

Appointments: Assistant Professor, English, Yale University.

Awards: Samuel and Ronnie Heyman Prize (2025).

Publications: Author of Required Reading: The Life of Everyday Texts in the British Empire (Princeton University Press, 2024).

Additional Contributions: Contributor to public humanities initiatives on colonial archives.