Amrita Nandy

Academic Year: 
2013-14
Direction: 
To Yale
Exchange Partners: 
Jawaharlal Nehru University
Research Interest: 
Feminist Debate On MotheRhood And Choice: Non-Normative Womena And MotheRs In Delhi, India

Amrita Nandy is the Fox International Fellow (2013-2014) from the New Delhi-based Jawaharlal Nehru University, where she is a doctoral candidate. Her research explores women s non-normative choices vis- -vis motherhood, mothering ideologies and the family. Through her work with the UN and non-profits, she has been involved with socio-political campaigns in South Asia. As a freelance journalist, she writes for various English dailies and magazines. Amrita has a Master s in Women s Studies from the University of Oxford, U.K.