Maya is a theatre maker and teacher. She devises performances that range from dance theatre to comedy and cross media. Maya’s shows have travelled the world, and she has been commissioned to create performances for prestigious theatre festivals at home and abroad. Some of her celebrated shows are, Khol Do, Heads Are Meant for Walking Into, The Non-Stop Feel Good Show, Hand Over Fist – perspectives on masculinities, Loose Woman, Ravanama and Walk, that was created in response to the horrific gang rape and eventual tragic death of Jyoti Singh. Maya’s long training in Kathakali in her childhood continues to be an inspiration in making contemporary performances. Since 2012 Maya has also been making performances at short notice - sometimes just a day - around issues of public concern. Themes have ranged from sexual politics to the citizen’s right to information and the lynching of Muslims in recent years, the right to citizenship and the farmers protest. Maya was professor in the Department of Arts, Design and Theatre at the Shiv Nadar University where she designed and taught a post graduate Diploma TEST – Theatre for Education and Social Transformation, a first of its kind in India.