Pragya Sharma is a researcher, subaltern sociologist, and freelance journalist working on gender, marginalisation, and social justice. She is UGC-NET qualified in Sociology and currently a Maitri Research Fellow at Vikas Samvad. Her research paper on transgender rights and challenges in Madhya Pradesh is published in Shodh Drishti, and she has also contributed to a research report on transgender rights in the state. Her journalistic work appears in The Mooknayak and TNA India.