Biography
Monika is a first-year PhD candidate and her proposed research seeks to study the category of consent in rape law, in the colonial and postcolonial context of India, and the implications of basing the legal definition of rape on consent. Her research interests include feminist theory and politics; gender, sexual violence and law; political philosophy and political economy of the Indian state.
She did her Masters and MPhil at the Centre for Political Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, India, and undergraduate degree at Lady Shri Ram College, University of Delhi, India.
Previously, she has been a Junior Research Fellow at the Centre for Political Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, and she has also worked as a Research Consultant for Jagori (a New-Delhi-based feminist NGO) on several projects concerning gender-based violence in Delhi-NCR.
