Nangsel Sherpa (she/her) has recently submitted her M.Phil thesis at the Department of Sociology, Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi. Her research focuses on the Tibetan community in exile in India, examining how ideas of citizenship, nationalism, and gender are being reimagined and transformed across generations. Prior to this, she completed her Master’s in Political Science from the Centre for Political Studies at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.

With a strong interest in interdisciplinary and regionally grounded scholarship, Nangsel is the co-founder and editor of The Pomelo: Exploring Himalayan Voices, a digital platform that curates stories, essays, and cultural narratives from the Himalayan region. Her academic and creative practice often intersects, with a focus on gender, migration, borders, and minority rights.

Nangsel has received several prestigious fellowships and research grants, including from The Confluence Collective (supported by the India Foundation for the Arts), Zubaan Publishers, Asia Pacific Forum on Women, Law and Development (APWLD), and CREA. Through these projects, she has conducted independent research and storytelling initiatives on themes such as women’s mobility, queer identity, ecological transformation, and exile narratives. Her writings have been published in The Citizen, The Wire, Himal Southasian, and The Third Eye.