Articles Pirakasini Chandrasegar

Pirakasini Chandrasegar, also known as Kashi, is an advocate, published author, and the Founder, President and CEO of Tamil Women in Academia (TWA), an international non-profit organization that was designed to provide Tamil women with resources and opportunities to excel within the academic realm. An organization that is rooted on her grandmother’s legacy, Kashi discusses her family’s experience with war and genocide, touching on her grandfather’ murder, intergenerational trauma, father’s experiences and displacement. Kashi is also the Vice President External at the Scarborough Campus Students’ Union (SCSU U of T), a student ambassador and mentor at U of T, the Executive Marketing Director at Prelaw Shadowers, and a full-time university student in her 3rd year at the University of Toronto doing a double major in Political Science and English with a minor in Public Law. Kashi has received a number of recognitions for her advocacy, including being named a 30 under 30 recipient and women of the month. Kashi is quite involved as she takes on a variety of leadership roles within Canada and her local community.