Motherhood and Choice

Amrita Nandy is a scholar whose work focuses on issues of gender, rights and culture. Her academic work has been published both in India and abroad, including in journals such a as the Economic and Polictical Weekly and Women's Studies International Forum. Amrita contributes to a range of dailies and news portals such as The Indian Express and The Wire. Her piece titled 'Ticking Outside the Box' (The Indian Express, 17 September 2014) won the 2015 Laadli National Media and Advertising Award for Gender Sensitivity for Best Op-Ed.

She has a Ph.D from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi and a Master's degree from the University of Oxford, UK. Amrita was awarded the Fox International Fellowship (20132014) by Yale University, USA.

Amrita is also a part-time baker and dabbles in book spine poetry.