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Dr. Supriya Subramani, you make us proud!

Dr. Supriya is from KIL THORIHATTI, daughter of Raman Subramani and Padmavathi. She is a Lecturer in Bioethics, Faculty of Medicine and Health at the University of Sydney, Australia. She is M A., Ph.D and her bio reads very interesting (https://profiles.sydney.edu.au/supriya.subramani ). Badagas are spread all around the globe and in in many specialised fields and subjects. She is an inspiration and motivation to Badagas in general and women in particular,

We are proud of you, Supriya – Wg Cdr JP

Supriya Subramani grew up in Kadabagere and did her schooling in rural Bangalore. She later completed her master’s in Rajiv Ghandi National Institute of Youth Development and doctoral studies in IIT Madras. Her life and work have been shaped by many experiences, including growing up through phases of poverty, living within patriarchal norms, facing discrimination, and carrying her Indigenous Badaga identity.

Supriya is deeply curious about how people think, feel, act, and make sense of life. Her work asks important questions: What does it mean to be treated with respect? How do people feel when they are humiliated or ignored? How do we build relationships, communities, and belonging? How do injustice and discrimination shape how we see ourselves and others?

Currently, she is a Lecturer/Asst Professor in Ethics and Critical Theory at Sydney Health Ethics, School of Public Health, University of Sydney, Australia. Her research focuses on moral emotions, interpersonal relationships, self-respect, respect for others, othering, and belonging. She uses critical philosophical, ethnographic, and phenomenological approaches to understand people’s lived experiences, especially in health, illness, migration, chronic pain, and community life.

Many people, cultures, and communities have already shown us different ways of seeing, knowing, and living in the world. Her first book, Passive Patient Culture in India: Disrespect in Law and Medicine, looks at how patients in India are often expected to remain passive in medical and legal spaces. The book explores how disrespect becomes normalised, especially for people who are already marginalised by caste, class, gender, poverty, and other social structures.  The book has received recognition from scholars across different disciplines. But at its heart, it speaks about dignity, self-respect, and the need to challenge cultures of silence and disrespect.

Across her research, teaching, writing, and community conversations, Supriya is trying her best to learn, unlearn, and relearn. She hopes her work can contribute, to a world with more courage, respect, and belonging. 

In her current work, Supriya is working with communities in the Nilgiris to understand their perspectives on health and the intersections of structural injustice. This work continues her commitment to listening carefully to people’s lived experiences and learning from community knowledge.

AWARDS & Fellowships

March-April 2026: Tema T Fellowship, Linköping University, Sweden

Dec 2025: Dean’s Citations for Teaching Excellence, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney

Sep 2025: SHI Mildred Blaxter New Writer’s Prize

March 2025: Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA). Awarded in recognition of attainment against the UK Professional Standards Framework (UKPSF) for teaching and learning support in higher education.

Feb-March 2023: Writing Residency Fellowship at the Brocher Foundation, Geneva

Sep 2020 – March 2021/Aug- Dec 2022: Stehr-Boldt Fellowship Award, University of Zurich

2019 – 2020: Swiss Government Excellence Post-Doctoral Scholarship, Switzerland

July 2019: Asian Bioethics Review Young Scholar Award, National University of Singapore (NUS) and Springer Nature

2019: Institute Research Award for Best Doctoral Thesis, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai

2015 – 2018: Senior Research Fellowship, University Grants Commission (UGC),India

Sept – Nov 2016: Junior Research Fellowship, Centre for Advanced Study inBioethics, University of Munster, Germany (Project funded by German Research Foundation, DAAD project)

May – Jun 2015 Junior Research Fellowship, Centre for Advanced Study in Bioethics, University of Munster, Germany (Project funded by German Research Foundation, DAAD project)

2013 – 2015 Junior Research Fellowship, University Grants Commission (UGC), India

2012 First Rank Holder, M.A., Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of Youth Development, Sriperumbudur, India

2010 – 2012 Merit Scholarship awarded by Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of Youth Development, Sriperumbudur, India

For more details about her work, visit: https://profiles.sydney.edu.au/supriya.subramani or www.supriyasubramani.com