Preethi is undertaking a PhD in Law at Lancaster University, UK where she is researching practices of untouchability, focusing on manual scavenging and caste-based discrimination in higher educational institutions in India. She was a Lecturer at NLSIU, Bangalore, and an Advocate in the Karnataka High Court, Bangalore. She previously interned with the National Commission for Scheduled Castes, New Delhi and His Lordship Justice Chelameswar, Supreme Court of India.

Preethi holds a B.A.LL.B (Hons) with Gold Medal from the National Law School of India University, Bangalore and an LL.M in Human Rights from the University of Reading, UK.

Emily recently graduated from the University of Oxford with a Msc degree in Environmental Governance. Prior to this, she studied Sociology at the University of Durham, where she served as Founder and President of Durham University Society of Applied Social Science. Her research interests are in social, environmental and reproductive justice. Specifically, she studies the relationship between the environment, population, and reproductive decision-making. She is currently based in Oslo, Norway, where she is involved in various projects highlighting environmental and social justice issues.