Coming close on the heels of an open letter from the civil servants (IAS, IPS, IFS), mounting a scathing attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the Kathua and Unnao horror, the academicians and scholars from across continents now gather together to voice similar concerns to the Prime Minister.

Citing ‘Pattern of Inaction’, over 600 Scholars write an open letter to PM Modi expressing ‘deep anger and anguish’ over these “monstrous crimes” at Kathua and Unnao and the effort by the state governments concerned to protect the alleged perpetrators.

Reproducing the full text of the open letter here:


Mr Prime Minister,

We are academics and independent scholars from India and abroad, writing to express solidarity with, and to endorse the sentiments expressed by, forty-nine retired civil servants in their open letter to you of April 16th 2018 ( https://news4masses.com/retired-ias-ifs-ips-officers-mount-scathing-attack-pm-modi/ ).

Along with these civil servants and countless other citizens of India and the world at large, we wish to express our deep anger and anguish over the events in Kathua and Unnao and the aftermath of these events; over the efforts, in both cases, of those administering the relevant States to protect the alleged perpetrators of these monstrous crimes; over the subsequent profoundly distasteful efforts of rationalisation, deflection and diversion that have been so much in evidence in the reactions of your party’s spokespersons in the media; and finally over your own prolonged (and by now familiar) silence that was broken only recently with wholly inadequate, platitudinous, and non-specific assurances of justice for the victims.

Kathua and Unnao are not isolated incidents. They are part of a pattern of repeated targeted attacks on minority religious communities, Dalits, tribals and women, in which rape and lynching have been employed as instruments of violence by gau rakshaks and others, in a sequence of events spread across Dadri in Uttar Pradesh (2015), Udhampur in Jammu and Kashmir (2015), Bijapur and Sukma in Chhattisgarh (2015-16), Harda in Madhya Pradesh (2016), Latehar in Jharkand (2016), Una in Gujarat (2016), Rohtak in Haryana (2017), Delhi (2017), Saharanpur in Uttar Pradesh (2017), and now Jammu and Kashmir and Uttar Pradesh (2018).

Many of these events have occurred in States with BJP Governments, and all of them after the BJP assumed power at the Centre. This is not to associate violence exclusively with your party and with State governments presided over by your party. But there is an undeniable association with the ruling dispensation.

There is little evidence, in government action, of an appreciation of the importance of providing assistance to vulnerable sections of the society – whether through promotional measures aimed at enabling tribals and nomads to have access to forest and common property rights, or through preventive measures aimed at discouraging blatant breaches of the rule of law. Even the Allahabad High Court on April 12th 2018 observed: “If this is the conduct of the police in the state, whom will a victim approach to register a complaint? If this is the stand you are repeatedly taking then we will be forced to observe in our order that law and order has collapsed in the state”.

We send you this letter because it is our duty to do so; so that we are not guilty of silence; and so that callousness and cowardice might finally draw the line at the broken body of a little girl and the rape of a young woman.

Signed:

List of signatories

1. N Abhilaasha, Centre for Urban Equity, Ahmedabad

2. Lila Abu-Lughod, Columbia University, New York, USA

3. Arnab Acharya, Independent researcher, Washington D.C.

4. Anindita Adhikari , Brown University, USA

5. Tanvir Aeijaz, Ramjas College, Delhi

6. Farzana Afridi, Delhi

7. Aftab Ahmad, Columbia University, New York, USA

8. Huma Ahmed-Ghosh, San Diego State University, CA, USA

9. Aniket Alam, International Institute of Information Technology, Hyderabad

10. Seema Alavi, University of Delhi, Delhi

11. Meena Alexander, Hunter College/Graduate Center, CUNY, New York, USA

12. Dibyesh Anand, University of Westminster, UK

13. S.Anandhi, Chennai.

14. V. Krishna Ananth, SRM University – AP Amaravati

15. Mary Anderson: Harvard University and Boston Psychoanalytic Society and Institute, USA

16. Aneesh, K.A., Jawaharlal Nehru Institute, New Delhi

17. Gil Anidjar, Columbia University, New York, USA

18. Anitha Kumary L, Trivandrum

19. Sundari Anitha, University of Lincoln, United Kingdom

20. E. Annamalai, University of Chicago, USA

21. J. Shaik Dawood Ansari, Open Campus Madang, University of Papua New Guinea

22. Arjun Appadurai, New York University, New York, USA

23. Anjali Arondekar, UCLA, USA

24. Balveer Arora, Emeritus Professor and Chairman, Centre for Multilevel Federalism

25. P K Yasser Arafath, University of Delhi, Delhi

26. Shoba Arun, Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, UK

27. G. Arunima, JNU, New Delhi

28. Nina Asher, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, USA

29. Kiran Asher, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, USA

30. Prashanth Asuri, Santa Clara University, USA

31. Jayadev Athreya, University of Washington, USA

32. Venkatesh Athreya, Social Activist and Retired Academic, Chennai

33. Madhav Badami, McGill University, Montreal, Canada

34. Amiya Kumar Bagchi, (Emeritus), Institute for Development Studies, Kolkata

35. Barnita Bagchi, Utrecht University, Netherlands

36. Neha Bagle, IIM Ahmedabad

37. Vidura Jang Bahadur, University of Chicago, Chicago, USA

38. Amit R. Baishya, Assistant Professor, Department of English, University of Oklahoma

39. Mira Bakhru, Retd faculty, IIM Bangalore, Bnagalore.

40. Aparna Balachandran, University of Delhi, Delhi

41. Radhika Balakrishnan, Rutgers University, U.S.A

42. Sai Balakrishnan, Harvard University, Cambridge MA, USA

43. Sujata Balasubramanian, Hong Kong University of Science & Technology, Hong Kong

44. Swethaa S. Ballakrishnen, New York University Abu Dhabi, UAE

45. Sibaji Bandyopadhyay, Retd Professor, Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta

46. Abhijit Banerjee, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA

47. Arindam Banerjee, Ambedkar University, Delhi

48. Chinmoy Banerjee, Emeritus, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, Canada

49. Sukanya Banerjee, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, USA

50. Sumanta Banerjee, Independent Researcher, Hyderabad

51. Parama Barai, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur.

52. Syamal Kumar Basak (Retd), Presidency College/University, Kolkata

53. Rakesh Basant, Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad

54. Alaka Basu, Cornell University, U.S.A

55. Amrita Basu, Amherst College, Mass, USA

56. Deepankar Basu, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst MA, USA

57. Kunal Basu, University of Oxford, UK

58. Lopamudra Basu, University of Wisconsin-Stout

59. Kanika Batra, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas, USA

60. Amita Baviskar, Institute of Economic Growth, Delhi

61. Rana P. Behal, University of Delhi, India.

62. Jyothsna Belliappa, Bangalore

63. Yael Berda, Hebrew University and Harvard University, USA

64. Amit Bhaduri, (Emeritus), JNU, New Delhi.

65. Monika Bhagat-Kennedy, University of Mississippi

66. Manu Bhagavan, Hunter College and the Graduate Center-CUNY, New York, USA

67. Alok Bhalla, Former Professor of English, English and Foreign Languages University, Hyderabad.

68. Sheila Bhalla, (Emerita): Jawaharlal Nehru University, and Visiting: Institute of Human Development, New Delhi

69. Brenna Bhandar , SOAS, University of London, London UK

70. Gauri Bharat, CEPT University, Ahmedabad

71. Ira Bhaskar, JNU, New Delhi

72. Saurabh Bhattacharjee, The WB National University of Juridical Sciences, Kolkata

73. Baidik Bhattacharya, University of Delhi. Delhi

74. Neeladri Bhattacharya, Retd from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi

75. Sucheta Bhattacharya, Jadavpur University, Kolkata

76. Debjani Bhattacharyya, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, USA

77. Devaki Bhaya, Stanford, CA, USA

78. Bhangya Bhukya, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad

79. Akeel Bilgrami, Columbia University, U.S.A.

80. A K Biswas, Former Vice-Chancellor, B R Ambedkar Bihar University, Muzaffarpur, Bihar

81. Bënil Biswas, Ambedkar University, Delhi

82. Moinak Biswas, Professor, Jadavpur University, Kolkata

83. Cavery Bopaiah, Bangalore

84. Mita Bose, retired, Indraprastha College, Delhi University and currently Adjunct faculty at ICFAI Business School, Gurugram, Haryana

85. Tirthankar Bose, Simon Fraser University, Canada

86. Saronik Bosu, New York University, New York, USA

87. Guillaume Boucher, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Canada

88. Milind Brahme, Chennai, India

89. Vacha Brat, IIM, Ahmedabad

90. Carmen Bugan, writer and independent scholar, Long Island, USA

91. Eleanor Byrne, Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, UK

92. Maya Chadda, William Paterson University, NJ, USA

93. Kunal Chakrabarti, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.

94. Achin Chakraborty, Institute for Development Studies, Kolkata

95. Chandrima Chakraborty, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada

96. Lekha Chakraborty, National Institute of Public Finance and Policy, New Delhi

97. Madhurima Chakraborty, Columbia College Chicago

98. Pinaki Chakraborty, New Delhi

99. Rudrashish Chakraborty, Kirori Mal College, Delhi

100. Shouvik Chakraborty, PERI, University of Massachussetts Amherst, U.S.A

101. Ranabir Chakravarti, JNU, New Delhi

102. Paula Chakravartty, New York University, New York, USA

103. Mrinalini Chakravorty, University of Virginia, USA

104. Barnali Chanda, Techno India University, Kolkata

105. Sudhir Chandra, Historian

106. Vinita Chandra, Ramjas College, Delhi

107. C. P. Chandrasekhar, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.

108. Tarun Chandrayadula, IIT Madras, Chennai

109. S. Charusheela, University of Washington Bothell, USA

110. Sayaka Chatani, National University of Singapore, Singapore

111. Amita Chatterjee, Retired Professor of Philosophy, Jadavpur University

112. Ananya Chatterjea, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA

113. Indrani Chatterjee, University of Texas at Austin, USA

114. Sreeparna Chattopadhyay, Bangalore

115. Suchetana Chattopadhyay, Jadavpur University, Kolkata

116. Ruchi Chaturvedi, University of Cape Town, South Africa

117. Amit Chaudhuri, Writer, Calcutta

118. Aparna Chaudhuri, Harvard University, Cambridge, USA

119. Rosinka Chaudhuri, Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta

120. Sudip Chaudhuri, Indian Institute of Management, Kolkata.

121. Sukanta Chaudhuri, (Emeritus), Jadavpur University, Kolkata

122. Supriya Chaudhuri, (Emeritia). Jadavpur University, Kolkata

123. Wendy Chavkin MD, MPH, Columbia University, New York, USA

124. Ying Chen, New School for Social Research, New York, USA

125. Anuradha Mitra Chenoy, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi

126. Kamal Mitra Chenoy, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi

127. Dolores Chew, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada

128. Anita Chikkatur, Carleton College, Northfield, MN

129. Camille Cole, Yale University, U.S.A

130. Andrew Cornford, Geneva Finance Observatory, Switzerland

131. Amrita Chhachhi, International Institute of Social Studies, The Hague, The Netherlands

132. Jagdeep Chhokar, Professor (Retired), Indian Institute of Management,Ahmedabad

133. Sarah E. Chinn, Hunter College, CUNY, New York, USA

134. Deborah Choate, MD, Boston Psychoanalytic Society and Institute, Boston, USA

135. Noam Chomsky, ( Emeritus) Massachussetts Institute of Technology, and University of Arizona, U.S.A

136. Deepta Chopra, Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex, Brighton, UK

137. Elora Halim Chowdhury, University of Massachusetts Boston, USA

138. Indira Chowdhury Bengaluru, India

139. Indranil Chowdhury, University of Delhi, Delhi

140. Nusrat S Chowdhury, Amherst College, Massachusetts, USA

141. Sayandeb Chowdhury, Ambedkar University, Delhi

142. Francis Cody, University of Toronto, Canada

143. Karen Coelho, Madras Institute of Development Studies, Chennai

144. Camille Cole, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA

145. Jonathan R. Cole, Columbia University, New York, USA

146. Andrew Cornford, Geneva Finance Observatory, Switzerland

147. Romar Correa, (Retd from) University of Mumbai, Mumbai

148. Vedita Cowaloosur, Charles Telfair Institute, Mauritius

149. Vasudha Dalmia, (Emerita), University of California, Berkeley

150. Katyayani Dalmia, The New School for Social Research, New York, USA

151. Sumangala Damodaran, Ambedkar University, Delhi

152. Vinita Damodaran, University of Sussex, Brighton, UK

153. Bijay K Danta, Tezpur, Assam

154. Jane D’Arista, U/Mass, Amherst, USA

155. Debapratim Das, Guwahati

156. Debarshi Das, IIT Guwahati

157. Mausumi Das, Delhi School of Economics, Delhi

158. Raju J. Das, York University, Toronto, Canada

159. Samantak Das, Jadavpur University, Kolkata

160. Shinjini Das, University of Oxford, UK

161. Amlan Dasgupta, Jadavpur University, Kolkata

162. Anirban Dasgupta, South Asian University, New Delhi

163. Indraneel Dasgupta, Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata

164. Sunanda Dasgupta, Brandenburg University of Technology, Cottbus-Senftenberg, Germany

165. Sejuti Das Gupta, Michigan State University, USA

166. Tanya Das Gupta, Toronto, Canada

167. Minati Dash, ICSSR, New Delhi.

168. Manipadma Datta, TERI School of Advanced Studies( Deemed University), New Delhi

169. Ruth Davis, Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA, USA

170. Subah Dayal, Tulane University, New Orleans, USA

171. Rohit De, Yale University, New Haven, USA

172. Ananya Debnath, Jodhpur, Rajastahn

173. Sowmya Dechamma C C, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, India

174. Narayana Delampady, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala

175. Minoo Derayeh, Toronto, Canada

176. Manisha Desai, University of Connecticut, Storrs, USA

177. Radhika Desai, University of Manitoba, Canada

178. Jigna Desai, CEPT University, Ahmedabad.

179. Jigna Desai, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA

180. Miki and Madhavi Desai, Ahmedabad

181. Renu Desai, Ahmedabad

182. Anirudh Deshpande, Department of History, Delhi University

183. Ashwini Deshpande, Delhi School of Economics, Delhi

184. Satish Deshpande, Delhi University, Delhi

185. Sudhanva Deshpande, LeftWord Books, New Delhi

186. Peter Ronald deSouza, CSDS, Delhi

187. Sanchia deSouza, University of Toronto, Canada

188. Devika, J. Centre for Development Studies, Thiruvananthapuram

189. Ritu Dewan, Centre for Development Research and Action; Centre for Study of Society and Secularism, Mumbai

190. Bikramjit Dey, The West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences, Kolkata

191. Meena Dhanda, University of Wolverhampton, U. K

192. Biswajit Dhar, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi

193. Anubha Dhasmana, Bangalore

194. Roopa Dhawan, Ramjas​ College, Delhi University

195. Jean Dreze, (Visiting): Ranchi University

196. Rohan D’Souza, Kyoto University, Japan

197. Prasenjit Duara, Duke University, Durham, USA

198. Navroz K. Dubash, New Delhi

199. Vebhuti Duggal, Ambedkar University, Delhi

200. S.Durga Bhavani, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad

201. Madhumita Dutta, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA

202. Nandini Dutta, Miranda House, Delhi

203. Souraj Dutta, St Andrews University, UK

204. Nata Duvvury, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland

205. Carolyn Elliott, Professor Emerita, University of Vermont

206. Meher Engineer, All India Forum on the Right to Education, New Delhi

207. Gerald Epstein, University of Massachusetts Amherst, USA

208. Pradeep Esteves, Context India, Bangalore

209. Richard Falk, (Emeritus): Princeton University, U.S.A

210. Alfredo Saad Filho, Department of Development Studies, SOAS University of London

211. Michelle Fine, CUNY, New York, USA

212. Nancy Folbre, PERI, University of Massachussetts Amherst, U.S.A

213. Geraldine Forbes, Distinguished Teaching Professor Emerita, State University of New York Oswego, USA

214. Colm Fox, Singapore Management University, School of Social Sciences, Singapore

215. Smitha Francis, New Delhi

216. Karen Gabriel, St Stephen’s College, Delhi

217. Rahul K Gairola, Murdoch University, Perth, Australia

218. Toral Gajarawala, New York University, New York, USA

219. Rajmohan Gandhi, Gurgaon

220. Lata Gangadharan, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia

221. M. Gangadhar, All India Forum for Right to Education

222. Debjani Ganguly, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, USA

223. Geetanjali Shree, Writer

224. Maitreesh Ghatak, London Shool of Economics, U.K

225. Saran Ghatak, Professor, Keene State College, USA

226. D. Asher Ghertner, Rutgers University, USA

227. Professor Aisha K. Gill, University of Roehampton, UK.

228. Sayantan Ghosal, University of Glasgow, UK

229. Arunabh Ghosh, Harvard University, U.S.A

230. Devleena Ghosh, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia

231. Jayati Ghosh, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi

232. Partha Ghosh, Institute of Social Sciences, New Delhi

233. Suman Ghosh, Florida Atlantic University , USA

234. Geetha Gokul, St. Thomas’ College, Trichur, Kerala

235. Priyamvada Gopal, University of Cambridge, UK

236. Radha Gopalan, Independent Researcher and Educationist, Goa

237. Gayatri Gopinath, New York University, New York, USA

238. Manu Goswami, New York University, New York, USA

239. Gregory Goulding, University of Pennsylvania, PA, USA

240. Paul Greenough, University of Iowa, USA

241. Sumit Guha, University of Texas at Austin, USA

242. Tapati Guha-Thakurta, Centre for the Study of Social Sciences, Calcutta, Kolkata

243. Akhil Gupta, University of California, Los Angeles

244. Bishnupriya Gupta, Warwick University, UK

245. Ruchira Gupta, New York University and University of California at Berkeley, U.S.A

246. Sayan Gupta, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai.

247. Smita Gupta, independent economist, New Delhi

248. Vikas Gupta, Department of History, Delhi University, Delhi

249. Vishal Gupta, Ahmedabad

250. Dean Gupta-Casale, Kean University, NJ, USA

251. Nira Gupta-Casale, Kean University, NJ, USA

252. Jaideep Gupte, Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex UK

253. Shubhra Gururani, York University, Toronto, Canada

254. Abha Dev Habib, Miranda House, Delhi

255. John Harriss, Simon Fraser University and Centre for Modern Indian Studies, Goettingen, Germany

256. Farhat Hasan, University of Delhi, Delhi.

257. Zoya Hasan, (Emerita): Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi

258. Rim Hassen, Warwick University, UK

259. Neeraj Hatekar, University of Mumbai, Mumbai

260. John C. Hawley, Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA, USA

261. Himanshu, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.

262. Indira Hirway, Center For Development Alternatives, Ahmedabad

263. Nalini Iyer, Seattle University, USA

264. Priyadarshini Iyer, IIM – Ahmedabad

265. Srikanth Krishnan Iyer, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore

266. Vijay Iyer, Harvard University, Cambridge, USA

267. Krati Jain, CEPT University, Ahmedabad, India

268. Sanjay Jain, University of Oxford, UK

269. Sarandha Jain, Columbia University, New York, USA

270. Sheena Jain, formerly Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi

271. Kathleen James-Chakraborty, University College, Deublin, Ireland

272. Sadia Jamil, Islamabad, Pakistan

273. Russell Janis, J.D., University of Massachussetts Amherst, U.S.A

274. Niraja Gopal Jayal, JNU, New Delhi

275. D. Jayaraj, retired economist, Chennai

276. Rajshri Jayaraman, ESMT Berlin, Germany

277. Katherine Jellison, Ohio University, USA

278. Praveen Jha, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi

279. Gita Johar, Columbia University, New York, USA

280. May Joseph, Pratt Institute, New York, USA

281. Yogi Joseph, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada

282. Chitra Joshi, Delhi University, New Delhi

283. Rutul Joshi, CEPT University, Ahmedabad

284. Amalendu Jyotishi, Amrita School of Business, Bangalore

285. Tanishka Kachru, National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad

286. K K Kailash, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad

287. M.A. Kalam, C. K. Prahalad Centre for Emerging India, Loyola campus, Chennai

288. Vidya Kalaramadam, Willliam Paterson University of New Jersey, USA

289. Sangeeta Kamat, University of Massachusetts Amherst, USA

290. Uma S Kambhampati, University of Reading, Reading, UK

291. Milind Kandlikar, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada,

292. Kalpana Kannabiran, Council for Social Development, Hyderabad.

293. Ankur Kapoor, Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad

294. Geeta Kapur, independent art critic, New Delhi

295. Manju Kapur, writer and ex faculty Miranda House College, Delhi University, Delhi

296. Ajit Karnik, Mumbai/Dubai

297. Massoud Karshanas, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, U.K

298. Malavika Kasturi, University of Toronto, Canada

299. Nilofer Kaul, Delhi

300. Nitasha Kaul, University of Westminster, UK

301. Rajender Kaur, William Paterson University, New Jersey, USA

302. Mukul Kesavan, Jamia Milia Islamia, New Delhi

303. Prashant Keshavmurthy, McGill University, Montreal, Canada

304. Rana Khan, Toronto, Canada

305. Stuti Khanna, IIT Delhi, Delhi

306. Sushil Khanna, (Retd.), Indian Institute of Management, Kolkata.

307. Reetika Khera, IIT, Delhi

308. Ateya Khorakiwala, Princeton University, NJ, USA

309. Ayesha Kidwai, , Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi

310. Viktoriya Kim, Osaka University, Japan

311. Praveena Kodoth, Centre for Development Studies, Trivandrum

312. Dean Kotlowski, Salisbury University, MD, USA

313. Ashok, Kotwal, (Emeritus): The University of British Columbia, Vancouver B.C, Canada

314. Ashutosh V. Kotwal, Duke University, Durham, USA

315. Astrid von Kotze, University of the Western Cape, South Africa

316. Jane Krishnadas, School of Law, Keele., UK

317. Preeti Krishnan, Bengaluru

318. Radhika Krishnan, IIT Hyderabad

319. Aishwary Kumar, School of Humanities and Sciences, Stanford University, USA

320. Arun Kumar, Institute of Social Sciences, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi

321. Avinash Kumar, Jawaharla Nehru University, New Delhi.

322. Deepak Kumar, JNU, New Delhi

323. Nita Kumar, Claremont McKenna College, Claremont, CA, USA

324. Udaya Kumar, Centre for English Studies, JNU, New Delhi.

325. Rachel Kurien, International Institute of Social Studies, Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands

326. Somjita Laha, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

327. Nayanjot Lahiri, Ashoka University, Delhi

328. Vinay Lal, University of California, Los Angeles, USA

329. Rachel Lee, Institut für Kunstgeschichte, Munich, Germany

330. Roselyn Lemus, Mexico City, USA

331. Mark Liechty, The University of Illinois at Chicago, USA

332. Cynthia A. Leenerts, East Stroudsburg University, PA, USA

333. David Lelyveld, New York, USA

334. Karen Leonard, University of California at Irvine, CA, USA

335. Jinee Lokaneeta, Drew University, Madison, NJ, USA

336. Ania Loomba, University of Pennsylvania, USA

337. David Ludden, New York University, New York, USA

338. Ritty Lukose, Associate Professor, New York University, USA.

339. Anuja Madan, Kansas State University, Kansas, USA.

340. Punnappurath Madhavan, English and Foreign Languages University, Hyderabad

341. Aruna Magier, New York University, New York, USA

342. Darshini Mahadevia, CEPT University, Ahmedabad

343. Swadesh M Mahajan, University of Texas at Austin, USA

344. Ram Mahalingam, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

345. Durairaj Maheswaran, NYU, New York, USA

346. Pushkar Maitra, Monash Business School, Monash University, Australia

347. Bipasha Maity, Ashoka University, Sonepat, Haryana

348. Rochona Majumdar, The University of Chicago, USA

349. Anshu Malhotra, University of Delhi, Delhi

350. Meenakshi Malhotra, Hansraj college, Delhi

351. Ashok Malla, McGill University, Canada

352. Mukul Mangalik, Ramjas College, University of Delhi

353. Anandi Mani, University of Oxford, UK

354. Preetha Mani, Rutgers University, USA

355. Nissim Mannathukkaren, Dalhousie University Canada.

356. Anuradha Marwah, Zakir Hussain College, New Delhi

357. Raveena Mascarenhas, Mangaluru

358. Manu V. Mathai, Bengaluru

359. John Mathew, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pune

360. Shency Mathew, Gulati Institute of Finance & Taxation, Thiruvananthapuram

361. Navdeep Mathur, Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad

362. Deepak Maun, Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad.

363. Ranjani Mazumdar, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.

364. Lyla Mehta, Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex UK

365. Rushi Mehta, Utrecht, Netherlands

366. Uday S. Mehta, Graduate Center, CUNY, New York, USA

367. Gayatri Menon, Azim Premji University, Bengaluru

368. Kalyani Devaki Menon, De Paul University, Chicago, USA

369. Ritu Menon, Women Unlimited, New Delhi

370. Kalyani Menon-Sen, Independent Researcher, New Delhi.

371. Tushar Meshram, Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad

372. Zain R. Mian, McGill University, Montreal, Canada

373. John Miller, Wheaton College, Massachussetts, U.S.A

374. Raza Mir, William Paterson University, NJ, USA

375. Payoshni Mitra, Independent researcher and activist, London, UK

376. Siddhartha Mitra, Jadavpur University, Kolkata

377. Sona Mitra, Centre for Budget and Governance Accountability, New Delhi

378. Gautam Mody, New Trade Union Initiative

379. Nasreen A. Mohamed, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA

380. Chandra Talpade Mohanty, Syracuse University, NY, USA

381. Mritiunjoy Mohanty, Indian Institute of Management Calcutta, Kolkata

382. Himansu S. Mohapatra, Bhubaneshwar, Odisha

383. Bidisha Mondal, National Institute of Public Finance and Policy, New Delhi

384. Radhika Mongia, York University, Canada

385. Dilip Mookherjee, Boston University, Boston MA, USA

386. Sripad Motiram, University of Massachussetts, Boston, U.S.A

387. Sharun Mukand, University of Warwick, UK

388. Projit Bihari Mukharji, University of Pennsylvania, USA

389. Ankhi Mukherjee, University of Oxford, UK

390. Arun P. Mukherjee, Professor Emeritus, York University, Toronto, Canada.

391. Ashesh Mukherjee, McGill University, Montreal, Canada

392. Debashree Mukherjee, Columbia University, New York, USA

393. Debraj Mukherjee, Ramjas College, Delhi

394. Sajni Mukherji, Retd. Professor, English dept., Jadavpur University, Kolkata

395. Sanjukta Mukherjee, DePaul University, Chicago, USA

396. Upamanyu Pablo Mukherjee, Warwick University, UK

397. Harbans Mukhia, Former Professor of History and Rector, JNU, New Delhi

398. Akshaya Mukul, Delhi

399. Angelie Multani, Academic, New Delhi.

400. Kanta Murali, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

401. Maroona Murmu, Jadavpur University, Kolkata

402. Hema A Murthy, Dept. of CS&E IIT Madras

403. Ishwar Murthy, IIMB, Bangalore

404. M V N Murthy, Professor Emeritus, The Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Chennai

405. Rajluxmi Vaish Murthy, IIMB, Bangalore

406. Milind Murugkar , researcher, Nashik , India

407. Barnali Nag, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur

408. Richa Nagar, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, USA

409. R. Nagaraj, Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research, Mumbai

410. Harini Nagendra , Bangalore

411. Ratna Naidu, Professor (retd.) University of Hyderabad and former Vice Chancellor,

SPMVV, Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh

412. Sirisha Naidu, Wright State University, Ohio

413. Janaki Nair, JNU, New Delhi

414. Constantine Nakassis, University of Chicago, Chicago, USA

415. Ashis Nandy, CSDS, Delhi

416. Gaura Narayan, Purchase College State University of New York, USA

417. Sudha Narayanan, Economist, Mumbai

418. Balmurli Natrajan, Willliam Paterson University of New Jersey, USA

419. Nandan Nawn, TERI School of Advanced Studies, New Delhi

420. Nalini Nayak, Associate Professor (Retired), PGDAV (M) College, Delhi University

421. Nandini Nayak, Ambedkar University, Delhi.

422. Anuradha Dingwaney Needha, Oberlin College, OH, USA

423. Neeraja D, Srishti Institute of Art, Design and Technology, Bangalore

424. Anjali Nerlekar, Rutgers University (New Jersey), USA

425. Madhurima Nundy, Institute of Chinese Studies, Delhi

426. Noreen O’Connor, King’s College, Pennsylvania

427. Rupal Oza, Hunter College, CUNY, New York, USA

428. Shivarama Padikkal, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad

429. Debabrata Pal, New Delhi

430. Parthapratim Pal, IIM Calcutta, Kolkata

431. Amrita Pande, University of Cape Town, South Africa

432. Bratati Pande, Retired, Delhi University, Delhi

433. Gyanendra Pandey, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA

434. Rajyashree Pandey, Goldsmiths College, University of London, UK

435. Kavita Panjabi, Jadavpur University, Kolkata

436. Ameet Parameswaran, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi

437. Rajendra Parihar Ramjas College, Delhi

438. D. Parthasarathy, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai

439. Sujata Patel, National Fellow, Indian Institute of Advanced Studies, Shimla

440. Krishna Patel, Gandhinagar, Gujarat

441. Shekhar Pathak, Historian and Editor, Pithorgarh, Uttarakhand

442. Vikram Pathania, University of Sussex, Brighton, UK

443. Prabhat Patnaik, (Emeritus): Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi

444. Ramesh Patnaik, Andhra Pradesh Save Education Committee,

445. Utsa Patnaik (Emerita): Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi

446. ​Sonali Perera, Hunter College and the Graduate Center, City University of New York

447. Rosalind Petchesky, (Emerita):, Hunter College & the Graduate Center, CUNY

448. Geralyn Pinto, Mangalore

449. Justin Podur, York University, Toronto, Canada

450. Robert Pollin, University of Massachussetts Amherst, U.S.A.

451. Sheldon Pollock, Columbia University, New York, USA

452. Anupama Potluri, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad

453. Gopalji Pradhan, School of Letters, Ambedkar, University Delhi

454. H.R.Prakash. ARTIC, Srikakulam district, Andhra Pradesh.

455. Lokesh Malti Prakash, Activist & Writer, Office Secretary, All India Forum for Right to Education

456. Anup Pramanik, Indian Institute of Management, Indore

457. Madhu Prasad. New Delhi

458. Vijay Prashad, LeftWord Books.

459. Navtej Purewal, SOAS University of London

460. Jyoti Puri, Simmons College, Boston, USA

461. Bandana Purkayastha, Grafton, MA, USA

462. Meena Radhakrishna, former faculty, Delhi School of Economics, Delhi University

463. Raghavendra, N. Faculty, Harish-Chandra Research Institute, Allahabad

464. Harriet Raghunathan, Jesus and Mary College (retired), New Delhi

465. Rohit Rahi, London School of Economics, UK

466. Shirin M. Rai, Warwick University, UK

467. Rajeswari Sarla Raina, Scientist, New Delhi

468. Anisa Rahim, Jersey City, NJ

469. Arvind Rajagopal, New York University, New York, USA

470. Mrinalini Rajagopalan, University of Pittsburgh, USA

471. Advaita Rajendra, Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad

472. Prabina Rajib, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur.

473. Surampudi Bapi Raju, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, India

474. Priti Ramamurthy, University of Washington, Seattle

475. Bhavani Raman, University of Toronto, Canada

476. Usha Raman, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad

477. Vasanthi Raman, Independent social scientist, New Delhi

478. Bharat Ramaswami, Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata

479. Sumathi Ramaswamy, Duke University, Durham USA

480. Kavitha Ranganathan, IIM-Ahmedabad

481. Malini Ranganathan, Assistant Professor, American University, Washington, DC

482. Surabhi Ranganathan, University of Cambridge, UK

483. Ajay Rao, University of Toronto, Canada

484. Anupama Rao, Barnard College, New York, USA

485. M. Govinda Rao, (Emeritus): National Institute of Public Finance and Policy, Bangalore

486. J. Mohan Rao, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, Amherst MA, USA

487. Mohan Rao, JNU, New Delhi

488. Nitya Rao, University of east Anglia, Norwich, UK

489. Sumathi Rao, Harish-chandra Research Institute, Allahabad

490. Rashmi Kumari, IIM Ahmedabad

491. Manav Ratti, Salisbury University, MD, USA

492. Chitra Ravi, visiting faculty at the Azim Premji University, Bangalore, India.

493. Anushnath Ravichandran, Coimbatore

494. Vikas Rawal, Jawaharlal Nehru Uiversity, New Delhi

495. Debraj Ray, New York University, New York, USA

496. Raka Ray, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA

497. Ranjan Ray, Economist, Melbourne, Australia

498. Aparna Rayaprol, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad

499. Chandan Reddy, University of Washington, Seattle, USA

500. Gayatri Reddy, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA

501. Rammanohar Reddy, (Visiting): Goa University, Hyderabad

502. Rohit Revi, Queen’s University, Kingston, Canada

503. Shaunna Rodrigues, Columbia University, New York, USA

504. Dunu Roy, Director, Hazards Centre, New Delhi

505. Mallarika Sinha Roy, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi

506. Modhumita Roy, Tufts University, USA

507. Parama Roy, University of California, Davis

508. Satyaki Roy, Institute for Studies in Industrial Development, New Delhi

509. Srila Roy, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

510. Srirupa Roy, University of Göttingen, Germany

511. Anamitra Roychowdhury, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi

512. Marlene Rutzendorfer, Harvard University Visiting Scholar, Cambridge, MA, USA

513. Sachin N, Dyal Singh college, New Delhi

514. Niladri Saha, Basirhat College, West Bengal

515. Poulomi Saha, University of California, Berkeley, USA

516. Bhairabi Prasad Sahu, University of Delhi., Delhi

517. Arupjyoti Saikia, Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati.

518. Rajgopal Saikumar, New York University, New York, USA

519. Kalyani Samantray, Visiting Professor, Utkal University, Bhubaneswar

520. Padmanabh Samarendra, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi

521. Preeti Sampat, Ambedkar University Delhi.

522. N. Samson, Nizamabad district, Telengana

523. Sudipto Sanyal, Techno India University, Kolkata

524. Aditya Sarkar, University of Warwick, UK

525. Sumit Sarkar, (Retired): Delhi University, New Delhi

526. Tanika Sarkar, (Retired): Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi

527. Akshya Saxena, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA

528. Susan Seizer, Indiana University, Bloomington IN, USA

529. Abhijit Sen, Retd from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi

530. Hari Sen, Ramjas College, Delhi

531. Nivedita Sen, Hansraj College, Delhi

532. Rukmini Sen, Ambedkar University, New Delhi

533. Sambuddha Sen, Shiv Nadar University, Delhi

534. Sanghita Sen, St Andrews University, UK

535. Abhijit Sengupta, University of Essex, UK

536. Debjani Sengupta, IP College, Delhi University, Delhi

537. Aaditeshwar Seth, IIT Delhi, Delhi

538. Puneet Seth, Beachwood, Ohio

539. Sanjay Seth, Goldsmiths, University of London, UK

540. Svati P. Shah, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, USA

541. Rachna Shanbog, Dublin, UK

542. Krupa Shandilya, Amherst College, USA

543. Arul Shankar, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

544. Shiva Shankar, Scientist, Chennai.

545. Alpana Sharma, Wright State University, Dayton, OH, USA

546. Jayeeta Sharma, University of Toronto, Canada

547. Shailja Sharma, De Paul University, Chicago, USA

548. Shilpa Sharma, University of Delhi, Delhi

549. Abhishek Shaw, Economic & Political Weekly, Mumbai

550. Samira Sheikh, Vanderbilt University, USA

551. Sherin B.S, The English and Foreign Languages University, Hyderabad

552. Parinitha Shetty, Mangaluru, Karnataka

553. Tim Shiell, University of Wisconsin-Stout, USA

554. Snehal Shingavi, Associate Professor, English, University of Texas, Austin

555. Anooradha Iyer Siddiqui, Harvard University, Cambridge MA, USA

556. Amritjit Singh, Ohio University, Athens, OH, USA

557. Harjinder Singh, IIIT- Hyderabad.

558. Natasha Singh, Oakland, CA

559. Pritam Singh, Oxford Brookes Business School, Oxford

560. Radhika Singh, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi

561. Supriya Singh, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia.

562. Upinder Singh, University of Delhi, New Delhi

563. Vidhu Singh, San Francisco, CA, USA

564. Dipa Sinha, Ambedkar University Delhi

565. Rita Sinha, Janki Devi Memorial College, Delhi

566. Shana Sippy, Centre College, KY, and Carleton College, MN, USA

567. Ajay Skaria, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA

568. T.Sobha Rani, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad

569. Srilata, K., Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai

570. Jeena T Srinivasan, Centre for Economic and Social Studies, Hyderabad

571. Krithika Srinivasan, University of Edinburgh, Scotland

572. Ragini Tharoor Srinivasan, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA

573. Ravindran Sriramachandran, Ashoka University, Sonipat, Haryana

574. Neelam Srivastava, Newcastle University, Newcastle, UK

575. Priyanka Srivastava, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst MA, USA

576. Hamsa Stainton, McGill University, Montreal, Canada

577. Domna C. Stanton, Graduate Center, City University of New York, USA

578. Abigail J. Stewart, University of Michigan

579. Catherine Stimpson, New York University, New York, USA

580. Sivagami Subbaraman, Washington D.C., USA

581. Binaya Subedi, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA

582. K Venkata Subrahmanyam, Chennai Mathematical Institute, Chennai.

583. Banu Subramaniam, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst MA, USA

584. Lakshmi Subramanian, Institute of Advanced Studies, Nantes, France

585. Narendra Subramanian, McGill University, Montreal, Canada

586. S. Subramanian, Independent Scholar and former ICSSR National Fellow, Chennai.

587. Mita Sujan, Tulane University, New Orleans, USA

588. Nandini Sundar, Delhi University, New Delhi

589. Vivan Sundaram, artist, New Delhi

590. V.S. Sunder, retired professor, The Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Chennai

591. Kaushik Sunder Rajan, University of Chicago, Chicago, USA

592. Rajeswari Sunder Rajan, New York University, U.S.A.

593. Shamina Talyarkhan, New York, USA

594. Ashwini Tambe, University of Maryland, MD, USA

595. Tanima, University of Chicago, Chicago, USA

596. Akshaya Tankha, University of Toronto, Canada

597. Anand Teltumbde, GIM, Goa

598. Tariq Thachil, Vanderbilt University, USA

599. Manish Thakur , IIM Calcutta, Kolkata

600. Binitha Thampi.. IIT Madras, Chennai

601. Susie Tharu, Hyderabad

602. Dania Thomas – University of Glasgow, United Kingdom

603. Thomas Joseph Thoomkuzhy, Gulati Institute of Finance & Taxation, Thiruvananthapuram

604. Miriam Ticktin, The New School for Social Research, NYC, USA

605. E. Ahmet Tonak, (Visiting): University of Massachussetts Amherst, U.S.

606. Nasir Tyabji, formerly with Jamia Milia Islamia, New Delhi

607. Sahana Udupa, Professor of Media Anthropology, University of Munich (LMU), Germany

608. Lalit Vachani, CeMIS, University of Göttingen

609. Ananya Vajpeyi, Centre for the Study of Developing Societies, New Delhi.

610. Vamsi Vakulabharanam, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, USA

611. Achin Vanaik, Retd from Delhi University, New Delhi

612. Sarah Van Arsdale, NYU and Antioch University/LA

613. Hendrik Van Den Berg, (Emeritus): University of Nebraska, U.S.A

614. Poornima Varma, IIM, Ahmedabad.

615. Rahul Varma, playwright and artistic director of Teesri Duniya Theatre

616. Rashmi Varma, Warwick University, UK

617. Rohit Varman, Indian Institute of Management Calcutta, Kolkata

618. Ravi Vasudevan, Centre for the Study of Developing Societies, New Delhi

619. Sylvia Jane Vatuk, Professor Emerita of Anthropology, University of Illinois at Chicago

620. Malathi Velamuri, Chennai Mathematical Institute, Chennai, India

621. Shikha Verma, Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad

622. P. K. Vijayan, Hindu College, Delhi

623. Bhaskar Vira, University of Cambridge, UK

624. Sujata Visaria, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong.

625. Gauri Viswanathan, Columbia University, New York, USA

626. Kamala Visweswaran, University of California San Diego, CA, USA

627. Shweta Wagh, KRVIA Mumbai

628. Gareth Wall , University of Birmingham, UK

629. Jini Watson, New York University, New York, USA

630. Amanda Weidman, Bryn Mawr College, USA

631. Thomas Weisskopf, (Emeritus): University of Michigan, U.S.A

632. Jeannette Wicks-Lim, PERI, University of Massachusetts, Amherst , USA

633. David Winter, (Emeritus): University of Michigan, USA

634. Pramod Yadava, Retd Professor, JNU, New Delhi

635. Louise Yelin, Professor Emerita, Purchase College, Purchase NY, USA

636. Nobuharu Yokokawa, Musashi University, Japan

637. Shundana Yusaf, University of Utah, USA

ge, USA

627. Thomas Weisskopf, (Emeritus): University of Michigan, U.S.A

628. Jeannette Wicks-Lim, PERI, University of Massachusetts, Amherst , USA

629. David Winter, (Emeritus): University of Michigan, USA

630. Pramod Yadava, Retd Professor, JNU, New Delhi

631. Louise Yelin, Professor Emerita, Purchase College, Purchase NY, USA

632. Nobuharu Yokokawa, Musashi University, Japan

633. Shundana Yusaf, University of Utah, USA

 


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