Varsha Nair

Experience

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  Indian Cancer Society

  Jul 2012 - May 2013

  Volunteer

  Primarily focused on cancer awareness work in coordination with the cancer centre at AIIMS, Delhi. Part of the organising team of the annual cancer walk, participated in numerous street plays and worked alongside cancer survivors and patients to raise awareness.

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  The Indian Gazette

  Mar 2013 - Nov 2013

  Writer

  Contributed articles and poetry to this student run blog on diverse areas.

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  Centre for Public Policy Research

  Jun 2013 - Jul 2013

  Intern

  Contributed to a research project on the topic, ‘Revitalization of the Kerala State Road Transport Corporation’. Collected interviews of commuters in Ernakulam and wrote an extensive report based on available literature and RTIs filed.

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  Manipal Centre for Humanities

  Jun 2014 - Jul 2014

  Intern

  Engaged and familiarized with the literature available in the intersections of gender and epistemology

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  Sahapedia.org

  Jan 2017 - Jan 2018

  Sahapedia-UNESCO Research Fellow

  Awarded a fellowship for a multimedia module documenting the Vacanas of Akkamahadevi. This involved writing a funding proposal, initiating communication with established academics, carrying out interviews and transcribing them, carrying out audio-visual documentation through extensive travels, writing original analytical essays, documentation of available literature into a comprehensive and accessible bibliography as well as timely submission of all the constituent parts in coordination with the project coordinator. Show less

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  Centre for Law and Policy Research

  Dec 2021 - Apr 2023

  Associate Editor/Research Associate

  Research, write and edit analytical pieces grounded in constitutional and political history for the ConstitutionofIndia.net website. Assist in developing and executing workshops on Indian constitutional history for lawyers, students, common citizens and other groups to engage them in contemporary constitutional and political affairs. Involved in organising diverse public events to promote constitutional culture, such as a national level quiz on law, politics and history, a theatrical production on Indian and American constitutional history, public talks etc. Show less

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  Campbell South Asia

  May 2023 - now

  Research Associate
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  Global Development Network

  Aug 2023 - now

  Junior Fellow