Name Satyabrata Chowdhuri | Role Political Scientist | |
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Born 27 August 1935 (age 88)
British India ( 1935-08-27 ) Institutions Institute of Commonwealth Studies
University of London Notable awards Fellow of the Royal Asiatic Society Books Leftism in India, 1917-1947, Leftist Movements in India, 1917-1947, Nuclear Politics: Towards a Safer World Education London School of Economics and Political Science, University of Calcutta Residence India, England, United Kingdom Fields Political Science, International relations, Indology | ||
Satyabrata Rai Chowdhuri, FRAS (1935-2016) was a Political Scientist, Political Historian and International Relations expert.
He was a Senior Research Fellow in International Relations at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies, University of London, United Kingdom, and an Emeritus Professor of Political Science at India's University Grants Commission. Earlier he taught at the universities of Calcutta, Rabindra Bharati, London and Oxford.
Rai Chowdhuri was a prolific writer with primary interests in nuclear issues and South Asian Politics. He was a columnist at Project Syndicate, and Asia Times Online, besides many news dailies across the globe. He was also known for his books Nuclear Politics and Leftism in India among others.
His scholarship in South Asian Studies was honored in 2006 with the Fellowship of the Royal Asiatic Society, the UK's highest society in Asian studies.