Sunil Khilnani Explained

Sunil Khilnani is a professor of politics and history at Ashoka University, India. Previously, he was a professor of politics and the Director of the King's College London India Institute. He is a scholar of Indian history and politics best known as the author of The Idea of India (1997). He was the presenter of a BBC Radio 4 series entitled Incarnations: India in 50 Lives, which was later published as a book in 2016.[1] [2] [3] He was a 2010 Berlin Prize Fellow, and he was also a recipient of the Indian government's 2005 Pravasi Bharatiya Samman award.[4]

Career

Khilnani was born in New Delhi and grew up on the continents of Africa, Europe and Asia. He earned a first at Trinity Hall, Cambridge, and a PhD at King's College, Cambridge.

He was Starr Foundation Professor at the Johns Hopkins University's School of Advanced International Studies,[5] and Director of South Asia Studies.[6] He has also served on the Humanities and Social Sciences juries for the Infosys Prize from 2013 to 2015.[7] As of 2023, Khilnani is a Professor of Political Science and History at Ashoka University.[8] He is also the Dean of AshokaX, an initiative by the university that allows those not affiliated with Ashoka to take courses specially tailored for them.[9]

Personal life

He is married to the writer Katherine Boo.

Works

Books

Chapters in books

External links

Notes and References

  1. William Dalrymple, Incarnations: India in 50 Lives by Sunil Khilnani – review, The Guardian, 16 March 2016.
  2. Web site: King's College London - Professor Sunil Khilnani . Kcl.ac.uk . 2016-03-31 . 2016-04-08.
  3. News: In UK pipeline: a new-India institute . https://web.archive.org/web/20110423042948/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1110417/jsp/frontpage/story_13864458.jsp . dead . 23 April 2011 . Calcutta, India . The Telegraph . Amit . Roy . 17 April 2011.
  4. Web site: King's College London - Professor Sunil Khilnani . 19 March 2016 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160306214553/http://www.kcl.ac.uk/sspp/sga/kii/people/sunilkhilnani/index.aspx . 6 March 2016 .
  5. Web site: Arguing Democracy: Intellectuals and Politics in Modern India | Center for the Advanced Study of India (CASI) . Casi.ssc.upenn.edu . 2009-04-30 . 2016-04-08.
  6. Web site: Johns Hopkins SAIS Academics | South Asia Studies | Faculty . 24 November 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100528073635/http://www.sais-jhu.edu/academics/regional-studies/southasia/faculty/khilnani.htm . 28 May 2010 .
  7. Web site: Humanities Jury. Infosys Science Foundation. Infosys Prize - Jury 2015.
  8. Web site: Ashoka University: Leading Liberal Arts and Sciences University . 2023-01-05 . www.ashoka.edu.in.
  9. Web site: Ashoka X . AshokaX.

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