Pavel is a nonbinary femme person and the co-founder of The Chinky Homo Project, which seeks to archive lived realities of queer persons from Northeast India. Writer, researcher, queer feminist by practice and an expert on lived realities of LGBTQIA+ community in India, they have worked with Centre for Health and Social Justice, Breakthrough India, and Nazariya: A Queer Feminist Resource Group on diverse concerns of gender equality, youth empowerment, mental health, and LGBTQIA+ rights and inclusion.