Meena Gopal

About Meena Gopal

At present faculty member at the Centre for Women’s Studies. Prior to this I have taught at the Advanced Centre for Women’s Studies at TISS, Mumbai from 2012 to 2023 (11 years), and at the Research Centre for Women’s Studies, SNDT Women’s University from to 2011 (12 years). My areas of interest in research and teaching include: gender and labour, bodily cultures; sports studies, political economy of health, welfare and development; sexuality studies and social movements. I have written and published on the themes of women in the worlds of labour, sports studies in India, gender migration and labour; home based industry in south Tamil Nadu; queer and feminist politics; intersectionality; social reproduction.In 2006, I was a Fulbright Visiting Scholar-in-Residence at Trinity College in Connecticut, US. I was also a Fellow of the Nehru Memorial Museum and Library doing post-doctoral work in 2009-11 at New Delhi. In 2018, I was a Visiting Fellow in Contemporary India at the University of Sydney, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. I am active in feminist collectives for gender and queer rights in western India. I am also a former Inter-University athletic record holder in heptathlon for women. I wish to continue the engagement with academics and activism, while also pursuing and sharing sporting interests.

Experience

1. Associate Professor

   Pondicherry University

   Sep 2023 — Present

Education

• Jawaharlal Nehru University

  Ph.D