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Britee Adhikary

Britee Adhikary is a second-year undergraduate student, pursuing a major in Political Science from Presidency University, Kolkata. She is passionate about working in the field of Human Rights and Gender Studies. She is particularly interested in studying the rights of gender and ethnic minorities in the international domain and the emerging discourses on Feminist Perspectives of International Relations. In addition, she is interested in exploring the conflictual relationship between frontiers and identities in the South Asian context. She has completed an online course on Feminism and Social Justice from the University of California, Santa Cruz. She has also co-presented a paper on “Erosion of Due Process in the Indian Legislature and its Effects on Policy Implementation” at the N.N.Agarwal paper presentation organized by the Political Science Department of Hindu College. She is currently working as a volunteer at a non-profit organization named “Her Adhikaar.”

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Ayanika Das

Ayanika Das has completed her graduation in Political Science from Loreto College, University of Calcutta. Her aspiration is to be a policymaker and help bridge the gap in policy implementation and practice. She wishes to focus on South Asia, with a closer introspection on India as the driving force behind its geopolitics, bilateral relations and security ties. She has several paper presentations and seminars to her credit in college and was part of the student council in her final year. Moreover, she has been an active member of the Literature society, Political Science society, Media society and helped form Loreto college's first Quiz Club. In her free time, she loves reading, quizzing, travelling, writing and watching movies.

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Aniruddha Mukhopadhyay

Aniruddha Mukhopadhyay is a second year BA(Hons.) Political Science student at the Presidency University, Kolkata. He is passionate about debating and public speaking, theatre and football. His areas of academic interest lie in security, democracy and public policy and he's exploring newer applications of decision and game theory in political strategy. He has been the novice Finalist in the 12th CNLU Asian Parliamentary Debate, the Outstanding Delegate of UNEP at the IMUN online conference 24.0 and the Best Speaker in the Calcutta Youth Meet Debate, 2020. As part of a team of 5 from his department, he presented a paper on the 'Erosion of Due Process of Law in Indian Legislation' in the N.N Agarwal Paper Presentation 2021, organized by the Hindu College. He has also served in his capacity as the Head Boy of the South Point High School, Kolkata, 2020 batch. He was awarded the Times Future Shine Award 2018 for excellence in co curricular activities.

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Abhinav Nath Jha

Abhinav Nath Jha is a second-year BA student at St. Xavier's College, Mumbai pursuing Political Science, History and Sociology. His interests primarily lie in global and national politics, foreign affairs and issues, emerging economic trends and foreign policy in the socio-cultural realm. He takes a keen interest in academic writing and pursues the same in college journals and blogs. One of his articles was published in The Print. Apart from academics, he likes engaging with books and cinema.