Born and raised in Kolkata, India, Shrinwanti holds a master’s degree in International Relations from University College Dublin (Ireland) as a UCD Global Scholar, a postgraduate degree in International Studies from ISCTE-University Institute of Lisbon (Portugal), and a bachelor’s degree in Political Science from Presidency University Kolkata (India) where she graduated as a Gold Medalist. She is also an alumna of Sciences Po Paris, Campus de Reims (France), where she spent a semester during a bachelor’s study abroad program.
As an intersectional feminist researcher, performer, and gender justice advocate, her interdisciplinary research interests span social media and digital performance cultures, digital feminist activism, intersectional and transnational feminisms, and the intersection of gender, popular culture, and digital technology. Her work emphasizes decolonial, ethnographic, community-based, and participatory approaches, drawing from a wide array of theatre historiography, performance studies, and feminist theories.
Shrinwanti has contributed to various academic research projects, feminist policymaking initiatives, digital advocacy efforts, creative works, and youth leadership roles with impacts across South Asia and the SWANA (South West Asia and North Africa) region. She has worked with several grassroots-driven global movements and local community service organizations such as the World YWCA, War Prevention Initiative (USA), Migration Youth and Children Platform (MYCP), Common Purpose Ireland, Oxfam Ireland, Child Rights & You (CRY) India, Foundation for Democratic Reforms India, and Migrant Communities Project (USA/Portugal), to name a few.