Email: chinmaya.potnis@soton.ac.uk
Chinmaya Potnis is a Postgraduate Researcher based in the School of Education at the University of Southampton.
Her research focuses on inclusive practices that foster student voice and agency in policy and practice.
Chinmaya's current research is a qualitative study exploring pathways towards Student Agency and Inclusion, specifically in the context of public secondary schools in India.
Before joining the University of Southampton as a PhD student, Chinmaya Potnis worked at The Akanksha Foundation (India), as a School Leader of a public secondary school, serving children coming from economically disadvantaged communities in Pune (India). She holds over 9 years of teaching experience in schools and has been a Teach for India Fellow. Chinmaya has completed her Masters at the presitigious Tata Insitute of Social Sciences (TISS, Mumbai).