The Following Scholars have been Awarded Fellowships to Carry Out their Projects in India in 2024-26:
Anthony Acciavatti, an assistant professor in the School of Architecture at Yale University, was awarded a senior fellowship to carry out the project, “Groundwater Earth: The World Before and After the Tubewell.” Professor Acciavatti’s fellowship is funded by a grant from the U.S. State Department Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) through the Council of American Overseas Research Centers (CAORC).
Raghunath Akarsh, a graduate student in the Department of History of Art and Architecture at Harvard University, was awarded a junior fellowship to carry out the project, “In Search of the Tamil Buddha: Buddhist Art in the Trans-regional and Inter-religious Exchanges of Tamilakam (10th–16th-centuries CE.” Mr. Akarsh is the recipient of the Taraknath Das Memorial Fellowship.
Hiba Ali, an assistant professor in the School of Art and Design at the University of Oregon, was awarded a performing and creative arts fellowship to carry out the project “Spiral Networks of Remembrance and Elation.” Dr. Ali’s fellowship is funded by a grant from the U.S. State Department Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) through CAORC.
Jonathan Anjaria, an associate professor in the Department of Anthropology at Brandeis University, was awarded a senior fellowship to carry out the project “Collaboration and Improvisation in Indian Artisanal Cheese Production.” Professor Anjaria’s fellowship is funded by a grant from the U.S. State Department Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) through CAORC.
Dhanya Babu, a graduate student in the John Jay College of Criminal Justice at the City University of New York, was awarded a junior fellowship to carry out the project, “Broadening Understanding of Gender Based Violence Insights from the Experiences of Thirunangais in Chennai.” Ms Babu is the recipient of the Norman Cutler Fellowship for Research in South India.
Paromita Bathija, a graduate student in the Department of Geography at Ohio State University, was awarded a junior fellowship to carry out the project “The People, Plants, and Exclusionary Logics Assembling India’s Conservation Spaces.” Ms Bathija is the recipient of the Joe Elder College Year in India Junior Fellowship.
Antara Chakrabarti, a graduate student in the Department of Anthropology at Columbia University, was awarded a junior fellowship to carry out the project “Fixing the Environment: Engineering and Fact-making in a Shifting River-Border.”
Avital Datskovsky, a graduate student in the Department of Anthropology at Syracuse University, was awarded a junior fellowship to carry out the project, “Conservation and Multi-Species Relationships in Ranthambore National Park.” Ms Datskovsky is the recipient of the Vina Sanyal Research Award. Ms Datskovsky’s fellowship is funded by a grant from the U.S. State Department Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) through CAORC.
Patrick Dowd, an independent scholar, was awarded a senior fellowship to carry out the project “Songs Still Sung: The Lives and Living Legacies of the Sixth Dalai Lama, Tsangyang Gyatso.” Dr. Dowd’s fellowship is funded by a grant from the U.S. State Department Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) through CAORC.
Jack Hamblin, a graduate student in the Iliff School of Theology at the University of Denver, was awarded a junior fellowship to carry out the project, “Clarifying the History of Deified Books in Tibetan Buddhism.” Mr. Hamblin is the recipient of the Rachel F. and Scott McDermott Fellowship. Mr. Hamblin’s fellowship is funded by a grant from the U.S. State Department Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) through CAORC.
Hugo Hansen, a graduate student in the Department of History at Emory University, was awarded a junior fellowship to carry out the project “The Qualities of Minority: Exclusion, Belonging and Cosmopolitanism in Bombay, 1893-1993.” Mr. Hansen is the recipient of the Metcalf Fellowship in Indian History. Mr. Hansen’s fellowship is funded by a grant from the U.S. State Department Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) through CAORC.
Shantanu Havaldar, a graduate student in the Department of History at the University of California, Los Angeles, was awarded a junior fellowship to carry out the project “Colonial Disruption and Transition in Three Rajasthan Kingdoms, 1818-1880.” Mr. Havaldar is the recipient of the Thomas R. Trautmann Fellowship. Mr. Havaldar’s fellowship is funded by a grant from the U.S. State Department Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) through CAORC.
Vishal Jamkar, a graduate student in the Humphrey School of Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota, was awarded a junior fellowship to carry out the project “Encroachment versus Occupation: Dalit Agrarian Resistance in Marathwada, Maharashtra.” Mr. Jamkar is the recipient of the Rajendra Vora Fellowship for the Study of Society and Culture in Maharashtra.
Anand Jayakaran, a professor in the Department of Biological Systems Engineering at Washington State University, was awarded a senior scholarly development fellowship to carry out the project, “Engaging Community in Stormwater Management: Lessons from Bengaluru.” Professor Jayakaran’s fellowship is funded by a grant from the U.S. State Department Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) through CAORC.
Sanjay Joshi, a professor in the Department of History at Northern Arizona University, was awarded a senior fellowship to carry out the project “Negotiating Marginality: The Life of Marie Sommerville.” Professor Joshi’s fellowship is funded by a grant from the U.S. State Department Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) through CAORC.
Aparna Kapadia, an associate professor in the Department of History at Williams College, was awarded a senior fellowship to carry out the project, “Walking with the Mahatma: Kasturba Gandhi’s Political Life.” Professor Kapadia’s fellowship is funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Ngamlienlal Kipgen, a graduate student in the Department of History and Sociology of Science at the University of Pennsylvania, was awarded a junior fellowship to carry out the project “Wartime Bodies in Frontier Lands: Racializing American Medicine in Northeast India during WWII.” Mr. Kipgen is the recipient of the Kumkum Chatterjee Memorial Fellowship in Indian History.
Neha Kohli, a graduate student in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Florida, was awarded a junior fellowship to carry out the project, “The Matter of Islands: Examining Island Narratives and Political Life in the Eastern Indian Ocean.”
Mukesh Kulriya, a graduate student in the Department of Ethnomusicology at the University of California, Los Angeles, was awarded a junior fellowship to carry out the project “Riding on Bhakti Beat: Annihilation, Assertion or Appropriation?” Mr. Kulriya is the recipient of the Thomas W. Simons Fellowship.
Chaitanya Lakkimsetti, an associate professor in the Department of Sociology at Texas A & M University, was awarded a senior fellowship to carry out the project, “Demanding Death: Rape, Death Penalty, and Vigilante Violence in Contemporary India.” Professor Lakkimsetti’s fellowship is funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Corey Lohman, a graduate student in the Department of Music at the University of Minnesota, was awarded a junior fellowship to carry out the project “Hearing Hindu Community: Zones of Belonging in Pravāsi Temple Soundscapes.” Mr. Lohman is the recipient of the Daniel H.H. Ingalls Memorial Fellowship. Mr. Lohman’s fellowship is funded by a grant from the U.S. State Department Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) through CAORC.
Aarti Madan, an associate professor in the Department of Humanities & Arts, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, was awarded a senior scholarly development fellowship to carry out the project “Familiarity: India in the Argentine Cultural Imaginary.” Professor Madan’s fellowship is funded by a grant from the U.S. State Department Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) through CAORC.
Anjali Nerlekar, an associate professor in the Department of African, Middle Eastern, and South Asian Languages and Literatures at Rutgers University, was awarded a senior fellowship to carry out the project, “Borderspeak: Linguistic Reorganization in the Stories of G. A. Kulkarni and Prakash Narayan Sant.” Professor Nerlekar’s fellowship is funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Malini Ranganathan, an associate professor in the School of International Service at American University, was awarded a senior fellowship to carry out the project, “A Critical Legal Geography of Caste, Land, and the Commons in Bengaluru.” Professor Ranganathan’s fellowship is funded by a grant from the U.S. State Department Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) through CAORC.
Rufin Jeremy Saul, an independent scholar, was awarded a senior fellowship to carry out the project “Miracles Make the World Go Around: Tracking Babosa and His Public.” Dr. Saul’s fellowship is funded by a grant from the U.S. State Department Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) through CAORC.
Nils Seiler, a graduate student in the Department of Philosophy at the University of New Mexico, was awarded a junior fellowship to carry out the project “Perception and Factivity: The Origin and Influence of Nyāya’s Definition of Perception in South Asia.” Mr. Seiler is the recipient of the Ludo and Rosane Rocher Research Fellowship in Sanskrit Studies. Mr. Seiler’s fellowship is funded by a grant from the U.S. State Department Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) through CAORC.
Rebecca Selch, a graduate student in the Department of History of Art and Architecture at Harvard University, was awarded a junior fellowship to carry out the project, “Memorializing the City: Illustrated Manuscripts of Majālis al-ʿUshshāq.” Ms Selch is the recipient of the Asher Family Fellowship. Ms Selch’s fellowship is funded by a grant from the U.S. State Department Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) through CAORC.
Ashwini Tambe, a professor in the Department of Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies at George Washington University, was awarded a senior fellowship to carry out the project, “Digital Retribution and Justice in Feminist Thought: A Transnational Angle.” Professor Tambe’s fellowship is funded by a grant from the U.S. State Department Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) through CAORC.
Mark Wagner, a professor in the Department of World Languages, Literatures and Cultures at Louisiana State University, was awarded a senior scholarly development fellowship to carry out the project “Reconstructing Aden from Mumbai.” Professor Wagner’s fellowship is funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Amanda Weidman, a professor in the Department of Anthropology at Bryn Mawr College, was awarded a senior fellowship to carry out the project “Sounding the Goddess: Amman Songs Between Gentrification and Revival in Tamil India.” Professor Weidman’s fellowship is funded by a grant from the U.S. State Department Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) through CAORC.
Roderick Wijunamai, a graduate student in the Department of Anthropology at Cornell University, was awarded a junior fellowship to carry out the project, “The Promise of Oil Palm in India’s Northeastern Borderlands.” Mr. Wijunamai is the recipient of the Joseph W. Elder Fellowship in the Social Science