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Modern Indian Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

India Research Faculty

The Modern Indian Studies initiative was established to bring together a wide range of research projects focused on present-day India. The Carolina faculty listed below have conducted or are currently conducting research related to India.

The goal of this database is not only to showcase the breadth of work bridging Carolina and India but also to facilitate new collaborations, projects and opportunities. If you are interested in being added to this list, please complete this short form.

Linda Adair

Linda Adair
Carolina Population Center

Debashis Aikat

Debashis Aikat
Hussman School of Journalism and Media

Sameer Arora

Sameer Arora
School of Medicine

Sridhar Balasubramnian

Sridhar Balasubramnian
Keenan-Flagler Business School

Mohit Bansal

Mohit Bansal
Computer Science Department

Peggy Bentley

Peggy Bentley
Gillings School of Global Public Health

Shelah Bloom

Shelah Bloom
Department of Maternal and Child Health, Gillings School of Global Public Health

John Caldwell

John Caldwell
Asian & Middle Eastern Studies

Samarjit Chakraborty

Samarjit Chakraborty
Computer Science Department

Anusha Chari

Anusha Chari
Economics Department; Kenan-Flagler Business School

Martin Costello

Martin Costello
Cell Biology and Physiology, School of Medicine

Christina Cruz

Christina Cruz
Psychiatry, School of Medicine

Lightning Czabovsky

Lightning Czabovsky
Hussman School of Journalism and Media

Blossom Damania

Blossom Damania
Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine

Shilpa Darivemula

Shilpa Darivemula
Obstetrics and Gynecology, School of Medicine

Sreedhari Desai

Sreedhari Desai
Keenan-Flagler Business School

Dirk Dittmer

Dirk Dittmer
Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine

Marie Lina Excellent

Marie Lina Excellent
Department of Public Health Leadership and Practice, UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health

Snehalkumar ‘Neil’ Gaikwad

Snehalkumar ‘Neil’ Gaikwad
School of Data Science and Department of Computer Science

Carol Golin

Carol Golin
Department of Health Behavior, Department of Medicine, Gillings School of Global Public Health

David Guilkey

David Guilkey
Economics Department

William Kalsbeek

William Kalsbeek
Biostatistics, Carolina Population Center

Nikhil Kaza

Nikhil Kaza
Department of City and Regional Planning

Lauren Leve

Lauren Leve
Department of Religious Studies

Pamela Lothspeich

Pamela Lothspeich
Department of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies

Musa Manga

Musa Manga
The Water Institute, Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Gillings School of Global Public Health

Elizabeth Mayer-Davis

Elizabeth Mayer-Davis
Department of Nutrition, Gillings School of Global Public Health

Prema Menezes

Prema Menezes
Division of Infectious Diseases, UNC School of Medicine

Townsend Middleton

Townsend Middleton
Department of Anthropology

Mike O'Sullivan

Mike O'Sullivan
Department of History

Barry Popkin

Barry Popkin
Department of Nutrition, Gillings School of Global Public Health

Rohit Ramaswamy

Rohit Ramaswamy
Department of Maternal and Child Health, Gillings School of Global Public Health

Prabir Roy-Chaudhury

Prabir Roy-Chaudhury
Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, School of Medicine

Kumi Silva

Kumi Silva
Department of Communication

Sara Smith

Sara Smith
Department of Geography

Ilene Speizer

Ilene Speizer
Department of Maternal and Child Health, Gillings School of Global Public Health

Jeff Stringer

Jeff Stringer
Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, School of Medicine; Department of Epidemiology, Gillings School of Global Public Health

Jayashankar Swaminathan

Jayashankar Swaminathan
Kenan-Flagler Business School

Afroz Taj

Afroz Taj
Department of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies

Meenu Tewari

Meenu Tewari
Department of City and Regional Planning

Geetha Vaidyanathan

Geetha Vaidyanathan
Department of Economics