Featured Addresses
Training the Body, Healing the Self: The Martial and Medicinal Epistemology of Kalaripayattu
Presented at Physical Cultures of the Body VI, hosted by the H.J. Lutcher Stark Center at The University of Texas at Austin, USA (January 8, 2026). Selected as the recipient of the 2026 Terry Todd Award for Best Paper by a Working Scholar.
Chronological Archive
Conference Papers and Panel Participations
2026 | Austin, Texas
2018 | New Delhi
Title: Physical Cultures of the Body VI
Sports Management & Economics
Presented on Kalaripayattu and Kalari Chikitsa at the H.J. Lutcher Stark Center, UT Austin (Terry Todd Award Winner).
Paper presented on the relationship between Indian economy and sports performance.
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