Priyambada Jayakumar

Priyambada Jayakumar was raised in India, in the City of Joy—Kolkata. Born to a Bengali mother and a Tamil father, she completed her schooling at La Martiniere for Girls, Kolkata. She later moved to Delhi, where she earned a BA (Hons) in History from St. Stephen’s College, University of Delhi. This was followed by a Tripos in Social and Political Sciences from the University of Cambridge. Subsequently, she undertook further studies at Harvard University. She has lived in Delhi, London, and Boston, and is currently based in Singapore, where she lives with her husband and three children.