People

Director for the Institute for Community Health Promotion, Professor of Epidemiology, Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences

matthew_mimiaga@brown.edu

Mira Nair

Film Director and Producer, OP Jindal Distinguished Lecturer (Fall 2021)

Ashis Nandy

Political Pshychologist, OP Jindal Distinguished Lecturer (spring 2014)

Michael Neubauer

PhD Candidate in Economics, Summer Fellow 2023

Pawan Pandey

Program Manager, Saxena Center for Contemporary South Asia

pawan_pandey@brown.edu

Leela Prasad

St. Purandar Das Distinguished Professor of Religious Studies

leela_prasad@brown.edu

Aditi Priya

PhD Candidate in Sociology

aditi_priya@brown.edu

Swapnil Rai

Visiting Fellow

swapnil_rai@brown.edu

Raghuram Rajan

Katherine Dusak Miller Distinguished Service Professor of Finance at Chicago Booth, OP Jindal Distinguished Lecturer (fall 2019)

Ramesh Ramanathan

Co-Founder of Janaagraha Centre for Citizenship and Democracy

Swati Ramanathan

Co-Founder of Janaagraha Centre for Citizenship and Democracy, Chairperson of Jana Urban Space Foundation

Jairam Ramesh

Economist and Politician, OP Jindal Distinguished Lecturer (fall 2014)

Nirupama Rao

Senior Fellow in International and Public Affairs

Aruna Roy

Meera and Vikram Gandhi Fellow (Spring 2019), Indian Activist

Poulami Roychowdhury

Associate Professor of Sociology and International and Public Affairs

poulami_roychowdhury@brown.edu

Salman Rushdie

Author, OP Jindal Distinguished Lecturer (Fall 2021)

Malabika Sarker

Professor of the Practice of Behavioral and Social Sciences

malabika_sarker@brown.edu

Arijit Sen

Meera and Vikram Gandhi Fellow (Spring 2019), Journalist

Ali Sethi

Singer, Songwriter, Composer, Author, Artist in Residence

Holly Shaffer

Assistant Professor of History of Art and Architecture

holly_shaffer@brown.edu

Kamila Shamsie

Author, OP Jindal Distinguished Lecturer (2022)

Bhrigupati Singh

Associate Professor of Sociology and Anthropology, Ashoka University

bhrigupati_singh@brown.edu

Prerna Singh

Mahatma Gandhi Assistant Professor of Political Science and International and Public Affairs

prerna_singh@brown.edu

Montek Singh Ahluwalia

Former Deputy Chairman Planning Commission, Government of India, OP Jindal Distinguished Lecturer (fall 2015)

Esha Sraboni

Sociologist

esha_sraboni@brown.edu

Connor Staggs

PhD Canidate in Political Science

connor_staggs@brown.edu

Sanjay Subrahmanyam

Distinguished Professor and Irving and Jean Stone Endowed Chair in Social Sciences at UCLA, OP Jindal Distinguished Lecturer (Spring 2019)

Arvind Subramanian

Senior Fellow, Peterson Institute for International Economics

arvindsubramanian2011@gmail.com

Siddharth Swaminathan

Visiting Research Associate

siddswaminathan983@gmail.com

Ashley Tellis

Senior Associate, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, OP Jindal Distinguished Lecturer (spring 2013)

Pamudu Tennakoon

PhD Candidate in History of Art & Architecture, Summer Fellow 2021, 2023

Siddharth Varadarajan

Journalist, Founding Editor, The Wire, OP Jindal Distinguished Lecturer (Spring 2022)

Ashutosh Varshney

Sol Goldman Professor of Political Science and International and Public Affairs

ashutosh_varshney@brown.edu

Falaks Vasa

MFA Candidate in Literary Arts, Cross-Disciplinary Writing

Gilles Verniers

Karl Loewenstein Fellow and Visiting Assistant Professor of Political Science, Amherst College

gverniers@amherst.edu

Kenneth Wong

Walter and Leonore Annenberg Professor of Education Policy, Professor of Urban Studies, Professor of International and Public Affairs, Professor of Political Science

kenneth_wong@brown.edu

Yogendra Yadav

Meera and Vikram Gandhi Fellow (Spring 2013), Senior Fellow, Centre for the Study of Developing Societies, Delhi

Vazira Zamindar

Associate Professor of History

vfyz@brown.edu