Leela Gandhi
Interim Director, Center for Contemporary South Asia
John Hawkes Professor of the Humanities and English
- (401) 863 - 5195
- leela_gandhi@brown.edu
Steering Committee
Sarah Besky
Assistant Professor of Anthropology and International and Public Affairs
Associate Director, Center for Contemporary South Asia
Director of Undergraduate Studies, South Asian Studies
- +1 401 863 2451
- sarah_besky@brown.edu
Andrew Foster
Professor of Economics
Director of the Population Studies and Training Center
Areas of Interest: Voluntary certification, Scale economies, Intergenerational economic mobility
- 401-863-2537
- andrew_foster@brown.edu
Patrick Heller
Professor of Sociology and International and Public Affairs
Areas of Interest: Urban governance and citizenship, development and globalization
- +1 401 863 7465
- patrick_heller@brown.edu
Ashutosh Varshney
Senior Fellow, Ash Center, Harvard University (leave from Brown 2018-2019)
Sol Goldman Professor of Political Science and International and Public Affairs
Director of the Center for Contemporary South Asia
Areas of Interest: lndian politics, political economy of development, ethnic conflict and nationalism.
- +1 401 863 6059
- ashutosh_varshney@brown.edu