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Aashish Xaxa
PhD (Tata Institute of Social Sciences)Assistant Professor
Development Studies, Urban Development, Sociology – with a Special focus on Urban Sociology and Sociology of Indigenous Peoples
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Aditi Kothiyal
PhD (IIT Bombay)Assistant Teaching Professor
Making in education, Embodied learning, Hands-on learning, Engineering education, STEM education
Alok Kumar Kanungo
PhD (Deccan College)Associate Research Professor
History, Science and Technologies of Indian Civilisation; Knowledge Keepers
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
(Jointly with Cognitive and Brain Sciences department)
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)Associate Professor
20th century literature: modernism and postmodernism, Modern theatre, European avant garde fiction
Arnapurna Rath
PhD (IIT Bombay)Associate Professor
South-Asian Literature, Comparative Literature, Bakhtin studies, Critical Theory, Creative writing, Digital Humanities
C N Pandey
PhD (North Gujarat University)Professor of Practice
(Jointly with Earth Sciences department)
Carbon sequestration of coral reefs of Gujarat, Status of grasslands of Saurashtra
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 department)
Curiosity, Moral Cognition, Embodied Cognition
Jooyoung Kim
PhD (University of Delaware)Assistant Teaching Professor
(Jointly with Cognitive and Brain Sciences department)
linguistics Syntax and Semantics, Syntax - Semantics of East and Southeast Asian languages
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
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)Associate Professor
Semiotics, Linguistic ethnography, Script and writing systems
Rosa Maria Perez
PhD (ISCTE, Lisbon)Visiting Professor
Social structures, social segregation, subaltern studies
Sameer Sahasrabudhe
PhD (YCMOU)Professor of Practice
Visual Communication, 3D Animation, Educational Technology.
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 department)
Archaeozoology and taphonomy, Bioarchaeology
Sharmita Lahiri
PhD (University of Houston)Associate Professor
Indian writing in english, Postcolonial literature
Tanka B. Subba
PhD (University of North Bengal)Visiting Professor
Social/Cultural Anthropology of the Eastern Himalayas
V.N. Prabhakar
PhD (Kurukhsetra University)Associate Professor
(Jointly with Earth Sciences department)
Archaeology of protohistorical India; Harappan archaeology; Scientific techniques applied to archaeology