Home Country: India
Program: Anthropology
University: University of Texas at Austin
Pronouns: she/her
Languages: English, Hindi

A Fulbright scholar from India, Megha Bahl is interested in studying the interactions between extractive practices, indigenous assertion, and militarization. Through ethnographic work among indigenous communities residing in east-central India, she intends to understand the local sites, actors, and power relations that drive extraction and violence in the region, and their dependence on the Law.

Before joining the Rice community, Megha earned an LL.M. from the University of Texas at Austin School of Law. She also holds a Master’s in Sociology from the Delhi School of Economics. Her legal practice across different courts in India, as well as her sustained work with people’s organizations in India and the United States over the last decade, gives her a grounded perspective on people’s issues.

On Rice and Houston: 

Food!

On Fulbright:

Diversity!