New Intern: Priyamvada Sivasubramanian

We are pleased that Ms. Priyamvada Sivasubramanian of Chennai India will be joining the IEET family as an intern, contributing news and analysis of the exciting developments in science, technology and human rights in India.

Ms. Sivasubramanian spoke at the May 13th at the IHEU-IEET conference on 21st Century Rights on the state of women’s rights in India, and the policies needed to ensure that international clinical trials conducted in India do not take advantage of vulnerable people. “Priya” and her co-author (and mother) Ms. Sriranjini Sivasubramanian are active in women’s and disability rights advocacy in India. Priya has a Masters in Economics from Stella Maris College, India, a Masters in Journalism from the Asian College of Journalism, India and an MBA from the Great Lakes Institute of Management, India. She is a freelance journalist and the chief editor of ‘Gravity’ (a business journal).