Saxena Center for Contemporary South Asia

Jindal Distinguished Lecturers

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  • Kaushik Basu's photograph

    Kaushik Basu

    Chief Economist, World Bank , OP Jindal Distinguished Lecturer (fall 2012)
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  • Pratap Bhanu Mehta's Photograph

    Pratap Bhanu Mehta

    President and Chief Executive of the Centre for Policy Research, New Delhi, OP Jindal Distinguished Lecturer (Fall 2016)
  • William Dalrymple's photograph

    William Dalrymple

    Writer and Historian, OP Jindal Distinguished Lecturer (spring 2015)
    Website
  • Esther Duflo

    Esther Duflo

    Abdul Latif Jameel Professor of Poverty Alleviation and Development Economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and a co‑founder and co‑director of the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J‑PAL), OP Jindal Distinguished Lecturer (Fall 2024)
  • Amitav Ghosh's photograph

    Amitav Ghosh

    Writer, OP Jindal Distinguished Lecturer (Spring 2018)
    Website
  • Ramachandra guha's photograph

    Ramachandra Guha

    Historian and Writer, OP Jindal Distinguished Lecturer (fall 2013)
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  • Shekhar Gupta's photograph

    Shekhar Gupta

    Editor in Chief, Founder, The Print, OP Jindal Distinguished Lecturer (Fall 2022)
  • Menaka Guruswamy's photograph

    Menaka Guruswamy

    Meera and Vikram Gandhi Fellow (Spring 2020), BR Ambedkar Research Scholar and Lecturer in Law, Columbia Law School, OP Jindal Distinguished Lecturer
  • Niraja Jayal

    Niraja Jayal

    Professor and Avantha Chair at the King’s India Institute, King’s College London,, OP Jindal Distinguished Lecturer (Fall 2025)
  • Salman Khurshid's photograph

    Salman Khurshid

    Former Minister of External Affairs, Government of India, OP Jindal Distinguished Lecturer (spring 2016)
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  • Atul Kohli

    Atul Kohli

    Political scientist, David K.E. Bruce Professor of International Affairs at Princeton University, OP Jindal Distinguished Lecturer (Spring 2024)
  • Ravish Kumar's photograph

    Ravish Kumar

    Journalist, Author and Media Personality, OP Jindal Distinguished Lecturer (2023)
  • Nayanjot Lahiri's photograph

    Nayanjot Lahiri

    Professor of History, Ashoka University, New Delhi, OP Jindal Distinguished Lecturer (Spring 2017)
  • Uday Mehta's photograph

    Uday Mehta

    Professor of Political Science, City University of New York, OP Jindal Distinguished Lecturer (Spring 2021)
  • Mira Nair's photograph

    Mira Nair

    Film Director and Producer, OP Jindal Distinguished Lecturer (Fall 2021)
  • Ashis Nandy's photograph

    Ashis Nandy

    Political Pshychologist, OP Jindal Distinguished Lecturer (spring 2014)
  • Raghuram Rajan's photograph

    Raghuram Rajan

    Katherine Dusak Miller Distinguished Service Professor of Finance at Chicago Booth, OP Jindal Distinguished Lecturer (fall 2019)
  • Jairam Ramesh's photograph

    Jairam Ramesh

    Economist and Politician, OP Jindal Distinguished Lecturer (fall 2014)
  • Salman Rushdie's photograph

    Salman Rushdie

    Author, OP Jindal Distinguished Lecturer (Fall 2021)
  • Kamila Shamsie's photograph

    Kamila Shamsie

    Author, OP Jindal Distinguished Lecturer (2022)
  • Montek Singh Ahluwalia's photograph

    Montek Singh Ahluwalia

    Former Deputy Chairman Planning Commission, Government of India, OP Jindal Distinguished Lecturer (fall 2015)
  • sanjay subrahmanyam's photograph

    Sanjay Subrahmanyam

    Distinguished Professor and Irving and Jean Stone Endowed Chair in Social Sciences at UCLA, OP Jindal Distinguished Lecturer (Spring 2019)
  • Ashley Tellis's photograph

    Ashley Tellis

    Senior Associate, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, OP Jindal Distinguished Lecturer (spring 2013)
  • Siddharth Varadarajan's photograph

    Siddharth Varadarajan

    Journalist, Founding Editor, The Wire, OP Jindal Distinguished Lecturer (Spring 2022)