Payoshni, SYLFF Fellow (2005-2008), is doing her doctoral research on Un-gendering Sports: Towards a Revaluation of the Female Athlete in India from the School of Women’s Studies, Jadavpur University, India. Her undergraduate and postgraduate studies were carried out in the Department of English, Jadavpur University.

Payoshni’s interest in the culture of sport stems from her own experience as a University Blue badminton player and as a young sports writer as well as from her engagement with issues of gender and rights. Her doctoral work, studying gender aspects of sports participation and related issues of health, nutrition and body perceptions of Indian female athletes promises to be an important contribution to the discipline of sports and culture studies.

E-mail: payoshnim@gmail.com