My research interests lie at the intersection of the history and sociology of sexuality, medicine, and the body.  I am working on transforming my dissertation, entitled From the Kamasutra to Scientia Sexualis: A History of Sexology in Modern India (1871-1960), into a book manuscript. My thesis presents a social and intellectual history of Indian sexology that centers the role of South Asia and the Global South more broadly as a primary site for the production, circulation, and consolidation of medical and scientific knowledge on sex. My work demonstrates how colonial spaces and subjects were primary actors in the history of sexology. I also highlight how the practice of sexology in India extended beyond the confines of the medical or psychiatric clinic and incorporated pertinent social, political, and cultural issues of the period.  The project highlights the dynamic and varied relevance of Indian sexology in wide-ranging matters such as the dissemination of sex education, the management of sexually transmitted infections, as well as issues of medical jurisprudence. 

I have already published peer-reviewed articles on Indian sexology, the details of which can be found in the publications section of the website. I am presently working on articles relating to sexology and endocrinology in India, the history of venereal disease management in 20th-century India, global Indian sexology in the post-colonial period, with a special emphasis on the significance of the Kinsey Institute, the representation of sexology in popular Indian cinema and television media, and the role of colonial figures such as Sir Richard Francis Burton in generating sexological and anthropological knowledge. 

I am also contributing chapters to several edited volumes. Some of these essays highlight the relationship between sexology and literature in the global context, the intersection of criminology and sexology in modern India, and the history of global sexology in 19th century medicine.