Meera Nanda Explained

Birth Place:India
Occupation:Writer, academic

Meera Nanda (born 1954) is an Indian writer and historian of science, who has authored several works critiquing the influence of Hindutva, postcolonialism and postmodernism on science, and the flourishing of pseudoscience and vedic science. Meera Nanda taught History of Science at the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Mohali from 2009 to 2017,[1] and later - from 2019 to 2020 - she was a Guest Faculty in Humanities and Social Sciences at IISER Pune.[2] [3] In 2023 she became a fellow with the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry.[4]

Life and career

Nanda was educated in science and philosophy with a PhD in biotechnology from the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, and a PhD in science studies from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.[5] [6]

She was a John Templeton Foundation Fellow in Religion and Science (2005–2007).[7] [8] In January 2009, she was a Fellow at the Jawaharlal Nehru Institute for Advanced Study, in the Jawaharlal Nehru University for research in Science, Post-Modernism and Culture.[9] She was also a visiting faculty of history and philosophy of science at Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Mohali from 2009 to 15 May 2017. She was a visiting faculty member of the department of Humanities and Social Sciences, IISER Pune[10] in 2019 and 2020.

Religion and Hindu nationalism

Nanda has authored several works on religion, most notably Prophets Facing Backward: Postmodern Critiques of Science and Hindu Nationalism in India (2004),[11] and her 2009 book The God Market which examined how India is experiencing a rising tide of popular Hinduism, including government financing of Hinduism despite the nation's secular characteristic. The book was reviewed by William Dalrymple in Outlook Magazine.[12] [13]

Works

Further reading

External links

Notes and References

  1. Meera Nanda (2024). "A Field Guide to Post-Truth India." New Delhi, Three Essays Collective. ISBN 978-93-83968-44-2. (From the book jacket.)
  2. Web site: 2016-09-28 . Intolerance unplugged . 2023-11-25 . Frontline . en.
  3. Web site: Meera Nanda – The Wire Science . 2023-11-25 . en-GB.
  4. Web site: Committee for Skeptical Inquiry Elects Twelve New CSI Fellows . centerforinquiry.net . 18 December 2023 . Center for Inquiry . 21 December 2023.
  5. http://calendar.iisc.ernet.in/abstract.php?mid=MID201018179 Reception of Darwinism in India (A talk by Professor Meera Nanda)
  6. Web site: Mukto-Mona Writers' Corner - Meera Nanda. mukto-mona.com. 14 January 2010. 25 October 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20141025233951/http://mukto-mona.com/wordpress/?author=38. dead.
  7. http://www.threeessays.com/authors.php?id=4 Meera Nanda Profile
  8. News: In defence of secularism. Ranjit Hoskote. The Hindu. 21 November 2006. Ranjit Hoskote. 14 January 2010. 29 October 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20131029213841/http://www.hindu.com/br/2006/11/21/stories/2006112100521400.htm. dead.
  9. http://www.jnu.ac.in/JNIAS/Scholars_invited.htm List of scholars invited to JNIAS
  10. Web site: IISER Pune. 2021-04-16. www.iiserpune.ac.in.
  11. News: Book Review: Paradigm shift . . Ranjit Hoskote . 3 May 2005 . Ranjit Hoskote . 14 January 2010 . 22 October 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121022162808/http://www.hindu.com/br/2005/05/03/stories/2005050300281600.htm . dead .
  12. Web site: Review: The Glitter in The Godliness. Outlook. 8 September 2013. William Dalrymple. William Dalrymple (historian). 18 January 2010.
  13. News: Books: A market for holy men: How globalization has had an impact on Hinduism and our public sphere . . 21 August 2009.

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