Uday Mehta
Professor of Political Science, City University of New York
OP Jindal Distinguished Lecturer (Spring 2021)
Jindal Distinguished Lecturers
Jindal Distinguished Lecturers
Montek Singh Ahluwalia
Former Deputy Chairman Planning Commission, Government of India
OP Jindal Distinguished Lecturer (fall 2015)
Areas of Interest: Economic Policy in India.
Kaushik Basu
Chief Economist, World Bank
OP Jindal Distinguished Lecturer (fall 2012)
Areas of Interest: Development Economics, Industrial Organization, Game Theory and Welfare Economics.
William Dalrymple
Writer and Historian
OP Jindal Distinguished Lecturer (spring 2015)
Areas of Interest: History of South Asia.
Amitav Ghosh
Writer
OP Jindal Distinguished Lecturer (Spring 2018)
Ramachandra Guha
Historian and Writer
OP Jindal Distinguished Lecturer (fall 2013)
Areas of Interest: History of South Asia.
Shekhar Gupta
Editor in Chief, Founder, The Print
OP Jindal Distinguished Lecturer (Fall 2022)
Menaka Guruswamy
Meera and Vikram Gandhi Fellow (Spring 2020)
BR Ambedkar Research Scholar and Lecturer in Law, Columbia Law School
OP Jindal Distinguished Lecturer
Salman Khurshid
Former Minister of External Affairs, Government of India
OP Jindal Distinguished Lecturer (spring 2016)
Areas of Interest: Law and politics of India.
Ravish Kumar
Journalist, Author and Media Personality
OP Jindal Distinguished Lecturer (2023)
Nayanjot Lahiri
Professor of History, Ashoka University, New Delhi
OP Jindal Distinguished Lecturer (Spring 2017)
Pratap Bhanu Mehta
President and Chief Executive of the Centre for Policy Research, New Delhi
OP Jindal Distinguished Lecturer (Fall 2016)
Areas of Interest: Political theory, constitutional law, society and politics in India, governance and political economy, and international affairs.
Mira Nair
Film Director and Producer
OP Jindal Distinguished Lecturer (Fall 2021)
Ashis Nandy
Political Pshychologist
OP Jindal Distinguished Lecturer (spring 2014)
Areas of Interest: Psychology of politics and culture.
Raguram Rajan
Katherine Dusak Miller Distinguished Service Professor of Finance at Chicago Booth
OP Jindal Distinguished Lecturer (fall 2019)
Jairam Ramesh
Economist and Politician
OP Jindal Distinguished Lecturer (fall 2014)
Areas of Interest: Economics and Politics of India, Climate Change.
Salman Rushdie
Author
OP Jindal Distinguished Lecturer (Fall 2021)
Kamila Shamsie
Author
OP Jindal Distinguished Lecturer (2022)
Sanjay Subrahmanyam
Distinguished Professor and Irving and Jean Stone Endowed Chair in Social Sciences at UCLA
OP Jindal Distinguished Lecturer (Spring 2019)
Ashley Tellis
Senior Associate, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
OP Jindal Distinguished Lecturer (spring 2013)
Areas of Interest: International security, defense, and Asian strategic issues.
Siddharth Varadarajan
Journalist, Founding Editor, The Wire
OP Jindal Distinguished Lecturer (Spring 2022)