Kalpana Wilson is an author and scholar with a focus on South Asia.
Wilson completed a Bachelors with Honors and a Masters in Area Studies (South Asia) from the University of Sussex, and a PhD in Political Economy from SOAS University of London.
[4] Wilson has taught at the Gender Institute at the London School of Economics, where her research focus was on Bihar, India.
[4] During her career, Wilson has written in a variety of forums, including in The Guardian and elsewhere about population control policies.
[6][7] She has also signed a variety of open letters with other academics, including in 2020 to condemn the 2020 Jawaharlal Nehru University attack,[8] in 2019 to protest the Indian government response to violence against women,[9] in 2016 to protest caste discrimination,[10] and in 2015 to call for Narendra Modi to be held accountable for human rights abuses in India.