{"id":1773,"date":"2025-11-13T11:27:43","date_gmt":"2025-11-13T11:27:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.iisermohali.ac.in\/dept\/hss\/?page_id=1773"},"modified":"2025-11-13T11:27:43","modified_gmt":"2025-11-13T11:27:43","slug":"soumya-thakur","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.iisermohali.ac.in\/dept\/hss\/soumya-thakur\/","title":{"rendered":"Soumya Thakur"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<div class=\"col-md-12\">\r\n<div class=\"facility-internal-pages-info\">\r\n\r\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1775\" src=\"https:\/\/web.iisermohali.ac.in\/dept\/hss\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Soumya-235x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"235\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.iisermohali.ac.in\/dept\/hss\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Soumya-235x300.jpg 235w, https:\/\/web.iisermohali.ac.in\/dept\/hss\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Soumya.jpg 674w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 235px) 100vw, 235px\" \/>\r\n<p align=\"justify\"><strong>Name&nbsp;: <\/strong>&nbsp;Soumya Thakur<\/p>\r\n<p align=\"justify\"><strong>Email: <\/strong>ph25070@iisermohali.ac.in \/ thakursoumya1999@gmail.com<\/p>\r\n<p align=\"justify\"><strong>Name of the supervisor:&nbsp; <\/strong>Dr. Philose Koshy<\/p>\r\n<p align=\"justify\"><strong>Research Focus: <\/strong>My research examines how patriarchal and colonial legacies continue to shape women\u2019s legal autonomy in India, seeking to reimagine legal personhood through a feminist and deontological lens. Drawing on Kantian ethics, Ambedkar\u2019s constitutional morality, and feminist legal theory, it aims to ground law in dignity, relational autonomy, and substantive justice rather than abstract formalism. Before joining IISER Mohali as a Ph.D. scholar, I studied law and worked as a legal journalist and compliance manager, conducting POSH trainings and engaging with questions of justice in practice. This progression from legal practice to research reflects a continuing commitment to integrating ethics, gender, and law in pursuit of a more inclusive vision of personhood and rights.<\/p>\r\n<p align=\"justify\"><strong>Education: <\/strong>BBA LLB (int) &#8211; University Institute of Legal Studies (Chandigarh University), Master in Philosophy &#8211; Panjab University<\/p>\r\n<p align=\"justify\"><strong>Fellowship\/Scholarship:<\/strong> IISER Mohali institute fellowship<\/p>\r\n<p align=\"justify\"><strong>Achievements:<\/strong> Qualified UGC NET assistant professor in Philosophy, Member of Punjab and Haryana Bar Council<\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Name&nbsp;: &nbsp;Soumya Thakur Email: ph25070@iisermohali.ac.in \/ thakursoumya1999@gmail.com Name of the supervisor:&nbsp; Dr. Philose Koshy Research Focus: My research examines how patriarchal and colonial legacies continue to shape women\u2019s legal autonomy in India, seeking to reimagine legal personhood through a feminist and deontological lens. Drawing on Kantian ethics, Ambedkar\u2019s constitutional morality, and feminist legal theory, it [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1773","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.iisermohali.ac.in\/dept\/hss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1773","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.iisermohali.ac.in\/dept\/hss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.iisermohali.ac.in\/dept\/hss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.iisermohali.ac.in\/dept\/hss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.iisermohali.ac.in\/dept\/hss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1773"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/web.iisermohali.ac.in\/dept\/hss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1773\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1776,"href":"https:\/\/web.iisermohali.ac.in\/dept\/hss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1773\/revisions\/1776"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.iisermohali.ac.in\/dept\/hss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1773"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}