Ayyar graduated from Government Law College at Mumbai University in 2012 with a bachelor’s in law and served as assistant editor of the Government Law College Annual Magazine. In 2011, she interned in the editorial department of Business India. Ayyar speaks five languages: English, Hindi, Tamil, Gujarati, and a little French. After graduation, she hopes to return to India to write for an international publication. She reports on the elderly for The Midtown Gazette. Contact Ayyar with tips at kva2105@columbia.edu or tweet her @kamakshi138.