April 7-9, 2017, DeAnza Performing Arts Center, Cupertino CA. Written by – Joseph Martin Direction by – Vinita Belani Dramaturgy – Sukanya Chakrabarti From the Event page (link)… Soundwaves is the incredible true story of Noor Inayat Khan, a Muslim Indian living in Paris who became the first female radio operator during the Second World War. Trained by Britain as an Allied Special Operations Executive and sent into occupied France, she worked behind enemy lines but was betrayed by a friend, tortured and shot in Dachau on September 13th, 1944.…
Scholar Maker Conference for Future Theatre Faculty
Invited to participate in the conference at Reed College January 2017, Reed College in Portland, Oregon
Doctorate Completed, TAPS, Stanford University
Awarded the Charles R. Lyons Memorial Prize for Outstanding Dissertation June 12, 2016, Stanford University Commencement, June 12, 2016 Dissertation Defense, May 20, 2016
Session with Ms. Navi Pillay
Ms. Navi Pillay served as the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights from 2008-2014. May 2015, Stanford Faculty Club, Gold Room Reflections When I realized I was assigned a seat at the table where Navi Pillay would be sitting, I was both excited and intimidated at the same time. I did not know how approachable, friendly and ‘human’ she is till we started talking – first about my research and interests, then about her childhood, growing up as a South African in a Tamil household, while being recognized and…
Wisch Fellowship Recipient for 2014-2015
Awarded the Wisch Fellowship during academic year 2014-2015 May 2015, Stanford Faculty Club, Gold Room