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SCHOLARSHIPS, GRANTS & ACHIEVEMENTS

Invited for Kapuscinski Development Lecture at MNU Astana 2025

Grants from DAAD (2023, 2024) and AGS (2025) for co-organising FGLS 2024 and organising LPP-GSC 2025

Short-term visiting fellowships in Prague (2019), Olot (2021), Doon (2022). Invite from UPenn (2020) not claimed due to COVID-19

Recipient of 15 long-term and short-term scholarships and grants including Cambridge International Scholarship, Swiss Government Excellence Scholarship, Erasmus Mundus Scholarship, two German Academic Exchange Service Bursaries (2005; 2013), JRF India (not claimed)

EDUCATION

10/2014 - 1/2019

University of Cambridge

PhD in Linguistics

2010 - 2012

University of Bremen

MA in Medieval German Studies

(double degree with Palermo)

2007 - 2009

University of Bern

MA in German and General Linguistics

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Language Policy

Language and Law

Language Contact and Conflict

Critical Approaches to Discourse Analysis

Variation

WORK EXPERIENCE

Teaching Associate in German Linguistics, University of Cambridge (2022– )

Asst. Prof. in German Linguistics
Jawaharlal Nehru University

(2019–22)

Invigilator, Quincentenary Library

Jesus College, Cambridge (2018)

Research Intern in the Colonial Linguistics Project led by Prof. Ingo Warnke

University of Bremen, 2011

OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Jury member, Global Undegrad Prize in Linguistics, 2020–22

Peer-review work for Current Issues in Language Planning, Discourse & Society, Social Inclusion, Issues in Applied Linguistics

Communications Secretary, BAAL Language Policy SIG (2020– )

Representative, Equal Opportunity Office, Centre of German Studies, JNU (2020–22)

LANGUAGES

Hindi (First language)

Magahi (First language)

English (Fluent, C2)

German (Fluent, C1/C2)

Sanskrit (Basic, A1)

French (Basic, A2)