Contemporary India Research

King’s College London

PhD

In London

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Description

  • Type

    PhD

  • Location

    London

Overview
Current number of academic staff: 10 (with 20 affiliates in other departments).
Current number of research students: 27
Recent publications:
o The Idea of India
o Atomic State: Big Science in Twentieth Century India
o Remapping India: New States and their Political Origins
o Forged in Crisis
o Comparative Constitutionalism in South Asia
o The Measure of a Tribe: The Cultural Politics of Constitutional Reclassification in North India
o Muslims in Indian Cities: Trajectories of Marginalisation
o Does Access to Institutional Agricultural Credit Depend on Caste?
o Evolution of India's Agni-V Missile Bureaucratic Politics and Nuclear Ambiguity
o 1971: A Global History of the Creation of Bangladesh
Current research projects:
o Democracy and democratic politics in India;
o Jawaharlal Nehru;
o Legal understandings of culture in India;
o Approaches to Twentieth Century Science in China and India
o The politics of regionalism and federalism in India
o Learning achievement in private and government schools in India
o Mobilization of the lower castes and untouchables in India
o India and the Second World War
o Diplomatic and Contemporary history of South Asia and India
Partner organisations: The Institute is closely involved in the College’s key partnership with Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, with a programme of research exchanges for postgraduate students in addition to a joint PhD programme with the National University of Singapore. In addition, we regularly host visiting fellows from institutions such as the Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) and the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI), Brookings India, and the Centre for Policy Research, New Delhi.

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London
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Strand, WC2R 2LS

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  • Global
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Course programme

The King’s India Institute offers a unique and exciting environment for the in-depth study of India. Promoting an inter-disciplinary understanding of India in a comparative global context, the Institute coordinates and develops India-related research capabilities. Students can draw on academic expertise in a range of disciplines, and supervision may be provided from within the Institute or jointly with other faculty within the College. Staff research interests include:

Dr Rudra Chaudhuri
Diplomatic and contemporary history of South Asia and India; India's foreign relations

Prof Christophe Jaffrelot
Theories of nationalism and democracy; mobilization of the lower castes and untouchables in India; Hindu nationalist movement; ethnic conflicts in Pakistan.

Professor Sunil Khilnani:
Intellectual history and political thought; the history and politics of modern India; democratic theory and non-Western experiences; strategic thought on India's place in the world.

Dr Kriti Kapila:
The law in contemporary India; the politics of recognition and the category of 'tribe' in India; the historical DNA of population groups; the interface of national and transnational legal regimes.

Dr Sunil Mitra Kumar
Indian economic development; the role of caste in access to resources; microeconometrics and survey data; causal inference and economic methodology.

Prof Harsh Pant
International relations theory; security studies; proliferation of weapons of mass destruction; Asia-Pacific security; South Asian politics.

Dr Jahnavi Phalkey:
The history of science and technology; the roles of science in the transformation of independent India; the laboratory as a social institution; statistical practices; nuclear physics research and education in India; state power in independent India.

Dr Srinath Raghavan
Contemporary history of India, international politics of South Asia, Indian military history, and India's foreign and defence policies since 1947.

Dr Louise Tillin:
Politics and development in contemporary India; the operation of India's federal system; the creation of India's newest states; agrarian political economy.

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