Karishma Koshal (she/her)

I am a first-year PhD student. My research examines trade publishing in South Asia and is funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council's South West and Wales DTP. I am supervised by Prof Amina Yaqin at the University of Exeter and Dr Florian Stadtler at the University of Bristol. 

At Exeter, which is my primary institution, I am a student representative at the South Asia Centre. I am also a Diversity, Equity, and Inclusivity representative with the SWW DTP.

Previously, I was Publishing Editor at Impart, a digital archive of 10,000 years of South Asian art history. Before this, I was an editor at the New Delhi-based independent publishing house, Aleph Book Company, where I worked on, among others, The Indians (2023), a collection of 100 essays on 12,000 years of 'Indian' history co-edited by GN Devy, Tony Joseph, and Ravi Korisettar. I have also worked in media and journalism as the Social Media Engagement Fellow at The Caravan, an independent magazine on politics and culture.