Harshita Bathwal is a writer, researcher and BARPS practitioner. She is currently the Programme Officer for the Arts Research programme at IFA, Bangalore. She holds a PhD in Visual Studies from the School of Arts and Aesthetics at JNU, New Delhi. She is trained from Abhyas Studio in the BARPS method of Yoga, supervised by Dr Rishiraj Pathak and Navtej Johar. She was associated with the Curatorial lab at the School of Arts and Aesthetics, supported by the Inlaks Foundation for three years. She was a co-curator at the Kochi Students' Biennale in 2016. Her interests include language, translation, theatre, movement, and the body.