Name Gyanesh Kudaisya | ||
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Education Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi Books The Aftermath of Partition in South Asia, Region, nation, "heartland" | ||
Historian Gyanesh Kudaisya compares 1950s with India today. Interviewed by Avijit Ghosh
Gyanesh Kudaisya is a historian of modern India whose main research focuses on Uttar Pradesh, India. He is Associate Professor in the South Asian Studies Programme at the National University of Singapore. He was the Head of the South Asian Studies Programme from 2006 to 2010. His research interests focus upon post-colonial South Asian history. He has done extensive studies on the political history of Uttar Pradesh. He has proposed the idea of dividing Uttar Pradesh into three different regions to make it governable." "With a deeply fragmented polity and a lack of cohesiveness in its political life, the time has come for Uttar Pradesh to rethink its status as a 'heartland'. He argues that a beginning to this effect has been made with the creation of Uttaranchal, carved out of the hilly region of Uttar Pradesh, in November 2000. "However, the process has to go much further." He is currently working on the politics of states reorganization in post-colonial India. He is also the board member of Singapore's first Indian Heritage Center scheduled to be open in 2012.
Contents
- Historian Gyanesh Kudaisya compares 1950s with India today Interviewed by Avijit Ghosh
- Reflections on the Partition of India Palestine after 70 Years Part 2 15 Aug 2018
- Education
- Career
- BooksEdited Volumes Selection
- Major Articles
- References
Reflections on the Partition of India & Palestine after 70 Years - Part 2 (15 Aug 2018)
Education
He was born in a North Indian town and grew up in New Delhi and completed his schooling and undergraduate studies there. He joined Jawaharlal Nehru University (New Delhi) for a M. A. in Modern and Contemporary History. He also pursued a two-year M. Phil programme at JNU. After that he worked with Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) in New Delhi for three years as an Editor and Corporate Communications professional, before going to the University of Cambridge to pursue his Phd.
Career
Prior to joining the South Asian Studies Programme, of which he has been a member since its inception in June 1999, he was an Assistant Professor at the School of Arts in Nanyang Technological University.