PhD

I am pursuing a PhD titled “Assisted Living Models for Middle-Income Neurodivergent Adults in India: A Socioeconomic and Policy Analysis of Diverse Collaborations” from Symbiosis International University. This research is rooted in my own lived experience as a mother and activist, and seeks to address the urgent “What after us?” question that haunts countless families. My aim is to study and design collaborative frameworks—parent-led, NGO-managed, CSR-supported, and policy-enabled—that can provide affordable, dignified, and sustainable assisted living options for neurodivergent adults. By combining global best practices with India’s socioeconomic realities, the study will create replicable models that ensure inclusion, safety, and economic participation while placing families and caregivers at the heart of the solution. In doing so, it aspires not only to fill a massive policy and social gap in India but also to build a blueprint that can be scaled nationally and adapted across other emerging economies.

This research is supported by Zerodha.