I am passionate about finding research-driven

solutions to promote social justice. My research interests include the social imaginary of the Hindutva, democracy in the era of deep mediatization, digital futures and possibilities for resistance, the political economy of communication, and digital and media literacy in education. 

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Research Experience: 

• MA Student Sep 2024-Jul 2026

Thesis: Digital Futures & Possibilities for Resistance in the Era of Deep Mediatization: Lessons from Anti-CAA and Farmers' Protests 

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• Project Assistant Oct 2023-Aug 2024 

 Department of English and Communication, HKPU

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Project: Preparing South Asian Hong Kong Youth for Tertiary Education: Critical Thinking Skill Development and Social Network Expansion through a Debate Practice Program for Secondary School Students 

Project Leader: Anne Ambler Schluter​

 

•  Researcher: Undergraduate Research & Innovation   Scholarship Sep 2022-Sep 2024 

Graduate School, HKPU

Recipient of Research Grant of up to HKD 30,000 and HKD 10,000 Scholarship 

Presented findings at PolyU Research Student Conference 2023 

Presented poster at PAIR Conference 2023 – Mental Health Session 

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Project: Communicated Sense-Making in the era of Covid-19: Informal Mental Health Communication in
the South Asian Minority Community of Hong Kong

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• Undergraduate Honors Thesis Jun 2022-May 2024 ​

Won Best Presentation Award at the PolyU CALLS 2023   Conference 

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Project: Dalit counter-public in a Brahminical society:

The language of Activism in Facebook’s political-economic landscape

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