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Niraj Athavle, Professor of Practice of Management

Niraj Athavle

Professor of Practice of Management

PGDM (IIM Bangalore)

Research Interests: Global Markets, Fixed Income, Foreign Exchange, Derivatives, International Finance

Sudeep Chakravarti, Professor of Practice, Ahmedabad University

Sudeep Chakravarti

Executive Director, Professor of Practice; and Chair, Communication Programme

BA (Honours), St Stephen's College (Delhi University)

Research Interests: Foreign Policy, South Asian Affairs, Indian Ocean Affairs, Geo-economics, Internal Security, Intersection of Democracy and Development, Northeast India, Eastern South Asia, Intersection of Business and Human Rights

Pankaj Chandra, Vice Chancellor and Ahmedabad University

Pankaj Chandra

Professor, Vice Chancellor and Chairman, Board of Management

PhD (The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania)

Research Interests: Manufacturing Management, Supply Chain Coordination, Building Technological Capabilities

Kasturi Chatterjee, Assistant Professor

Kasturi Chatterjee

Assistant Professor

PhD (Jawaharlal Nehru University)

Research Interests: International Relations Theory, International Organisations, Historical Justice, Genocide and Genocide Denial

Suchismita Das, Assistant Professor | Ahmedabad University

Suchismita Das

Assistant Professor

PhD (University of Chicago)

Research Interests: Anthropology of the State, Conservation and Development, Climate Change, Tourism, Indigeneity, Borders and Frontiers, Multispecies Ethnography, Environmental History.

Jabin Jacob

Jabin Jacob

Senior Visiting Fellow; Director, Centre of Excellence for Himalayan Studies, Shiv Nadar University

PhD (Jawaharlal Nehru University)

Research Interests: Chinese Domestic Politics, China in South Asia and the Indian Ocean Region, Sino-Indian Border Areas, Indian and Chinese Worldviews, Centre-province Relations in China

Nilesh Jain, Associate Professor

Nilesh Jain

Associate Professor

PhD (Indian Statistical Institute, Delhi)

Research Interests: Industrial Organisation, Information Economics, Applied Microeconomic Theory, Economics of Organisation

Leya Mathew, Associate Professor | Ahmedabad University

Leya Mathew

Associate Professor

PhD (University of Pennsylvania)

Research Interests: Liberalization, aspiration, mothering, youth, gender, migration

Mona Mehta, Associate Professor and Associate Dean, Arts | Ahmedabad University

Mona Mehta

Associate Professor and Associate Dean, Arts

PhD (University of Chicago)

Research Interests: Urban transformations and the remaking of city spaces, Youth aspirations and Skill development discourses, Democracy and its vulnerabilities and the political thought of M. K. Gandhi

Neelanjan Sircar, Associate Professor

Neelanjan Sircar

Associate Professor

PhD (Columbia University)

Research Interests: Political Behaviour, Elections, Welfare Delivery, Political Economy, Applied Statistics

Pankaj Chandra, Vice Chancellor and Ahmedabad University

Pankaj Chandra

Professor, Vice Chancellor and Chairman, Board of Management

PhD (The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania)

Research Interests: Manufacturing Management, Supply Chain Coordination, Building Technological Capabilities

Mona Mehta, Associate Professor and Associate Dean, Arts | Ahmedabad University

Mona Mehta

Associate Professor and Associate Dean, Arts

PhD (University of Chicago)

Research Interests: Urban transformations and the remaking of city spaces, Youth aspirations and Skill development discourses, Democracy and its vulnerabilities and the political thought of M. K. Gandhi

Sudeep Chakravarti, Professor of Practice, Ahmedabad University

Sudeep Chakravarti

Executive Director, Professor of Practice; and Chair, Communication Programme

BA (Honours), St Stephen's College (Delhi University)

Research Interests: Foreign Policy, South Asian Affairs, Indian Ocean Affairs, Geo-economics, Internal Security, Intersection of Democracy and Development, Northeast India, Eastern South Asia, Intersection of Business and Human Rights

Niraj Athavle, Professor of Practice of Management

Niraj Athavle

Professor of Practice of Management

PGDM (IIM Bangalore)

Research Interests: Global Markets, Fixed Income, Foreign Exchange, Derivatives, International Finance

Kasturi Chatterjee, Assistant Professor

Kasturi Chatterjee

Assistant Professor

PhD (Jawaharlal Nehru University)

Research Interests: International Relations Theory, International Organisations, Historical Justice, Genocide and Genocide Denial

Suchismita Das, Assistant Professor | Ahmedabad University

Suchismita Das

Assistant Professor

PhD (University of Chicago)

Research Interests: Anthropology of the State, Conservation and Development, Climate Change, Tourism, Indigeneity, Borders and Frontiers, Multispecies Ethnography, Environmental History.

Nilesh Jain, Associate Professor

Nilesh Jain

Associate Professor

PhD (Indian Statistical Institute, Delhi)

Research Interests: Industrial Organisation, Information Economics, Applied Microeconomic Theory, Economics of Organisation

Leya Mathew, Associate Professor | Ahmedabad University

Leya Mathew

Associate Professor

PhD (University of Pennsylvania)

Research Interests: Liberalization, aspiration, mothering, youth, gender, migration

Neelanjan Sircar, Associate Professor

Neelanjan Sircar

Associate Professor

PhD (Columbia University)

Research Interests: Political Behaviour, Elections, Welfare Delivery, Political Economy, Applied Statistics

Jabin Jacob

Jabin Jacob

Senior Visiting Fellow; Director, Centre of Excellence for Himalayan Studies, Shiv Nadar University

PhD (Jawaharlal Nehru University)

Research Interests: Chinese Domestic Politics, China in South Asia and the Indian Ocean Region, Sino-Indian Border Areas, Indian and Chinese Worldviews, Centre-province Relations in China

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