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Aashish Xaxa
PhD (Tata Institute of Social Sciences)Assistant Professor
Development Studies, Urban Development, Tribal Development, Environment, Sustainability, Sociology of Tribes
Alok Kumar Kanungo
PhD (Deccan College)Associate Research Professor
Who owns the past, Understanding history and origin of the nagas, History and origin of glass
Ambika Aiyadurai
PhD (National University of Singapore)Associate Professor
Biodiversity conservation, Human-animal relations, Natural resources management, Iindigenous people and livelihoods
Angus McBlane
PhD (Cardiff University)Visiting Assistant Professor
Cultural theory, Embodiment, Environmental humanities, Merleau-Ponty, Phenomenology, Science and Technology
Argha Manna
MSc (University of Calcutta)Artist-in-Residence
- Bringing the history of science into life through graphic narratives including comics, data comics...
Arka Chattopadhyay
PhD (Western Sydney University)Assistant Professor
20th century literature: modernism and postmodernism, Modern theatre, European avant garde fiction
Arnapurna Rath
PhD (IIT Bombay)Assistant Professor
South-Asian Literature, Comparative Literature, Bakhtin studies, Critical Theory, Creative writing, Digital Humanities
Deepak Singhania
PhD (University of California)Assistant Professor
Decentralization, Local Governance, and Public Policy
Jaison A Manjaly
PhD (IIT Kharagpur)Jasubhai Memorial Chair Professor
(Jointly with Cognitive and Brain Sciences)
Curiosity, Moral Cognition, Embodied Cognition
Jooyoung Kim
PhD (University of Delaware)Assistant Teaching Professor
linguistics Syntax and Semantics, Syntax - Semantics of East and Southeast Asian languages
Krishna Prasad Miyapuram
PhD (University of Cambridge)Associate Professor (Cognitive and Brain Sciences)
(Jointly with Computer Science and Engineering)
Neuroeconomics & neuromarketing, Computational cognitive science
Leslee Lazar
PhD (National Brain Research Centre, India)Associate Teaching Professor
Neuroscience of Touch Perception; Multi-modal Somatosensory Processing; Neural Plasticity in the Blind; Tactile Hallucinations
Madhumita Sengupta
PhD (University of Calcutta)Associate Professor
Modern and Contemporary Indian History, Colonial Histories, Social History
Mana Apoorva Shah
PhD (Jain Visva Bharati University)Lecturer
Sanskrit Pedagogy, Prakrit, Apabhramsha and medieval Gujarati literature, Indian Knowledge Systems, Jain Studies, Ancient Indian Historiography, Manuscriptology
Meera M. Sunny
PhD (University of Warwick)Associate Professor
Visual attention, Attention capture, Visual marking
Michel Danino
Visiting Professor
Archaeology and history of ancient India, History of Indian science and technology, Indian Knowledge Systems
Mohd. Mubashir Ahsan
PhD (Jawaharlal Nehru University)Lecturer
Arabic and Islamic studies in India, Translation : arabic to english, hindi, urdu, and vice versa
Nishaant Choksi
PhD (University of Michigan-Ann Arbor)Assistant Professor
Semiotics, Linguistic ethnography, Script and writing systems
Rosa Maria Perez
PhD (ISCTE, Lisbon)Visiting Professor
Social structures, social segregation, subaltern studies
Sathyanarayanan Mundayoor
Post-MA Diploma (Delhi University)Scholar-in-Residence
School education, reading skills, non-formal education in rural and tribal communities
Sharada C. V.
Double PhD (Deccan College and University of Ferrara and NMNH)Assistant Professor
(Jointly with Earth Sciences)
Archaeozoology and taphonomy, Bioarchaeology
Sharmita Lahiri
PhD (University of Houston)Associate Professor
Indian writing in english, Postcolonial literature
V.N. Prabhakar
PhD (Kurukhsetra University)Associate Professor
(Jointly with Earth Sciences)
Archaeology of protohistorical India; Harappan archaeology; Scientific techniques applied to archaeology