Ms. Rimjhim Kumari is working as a team member for RESPIN project in the Spire Lab in IISc, Bangalore. She excelled in academic by bagging a gold medal in her bachelor’s and achieving a first class in her master’s in English at Patna University. She served as the student representative in the Departmental Council, a student library representative, and on editorial board of the students’ journal Iris and the department newsletter WhatsHapp during her master’s degree.
Ms. Kumari actively participates in conferences and seminars and has helped organize lectures, workshops, and a national seminar in collaboration with Tata Institute of Social Sciences on Cultural Practices of Labour in Migration during her masters. She also presented a poster in the 2nd International Conference on Indigenous Languages: Towards Sustainable Multilingualism, held at Indian Institute of Technology, Madras. She has also published a few articles and academic papers. She has been a part of several private and social organizations in the capacity of a writer, editor, and annotator. She recently completed her Bachelor of Education and has a good command in Hindi, Magahi, and English language.
As a Fulbright Foreign Language Teaching Assistant, Ms. Kumari is teaching Hindi at Wake Forest University. She believes that her skills and experiences of Indian cultural ethos would amplify her understanding of numerous cultures and identities across the globe.