Dr. Anand Singh

Professor and Dean (In-charge)

Professor Anand Singh specializes in Buddhist history and archaeology, the origin of Buddhism, its expansion and sects, sacred spaces in the Ganga Valley, ecological consciousness in Buddhism, and studies related to sacred spaces of Sārnāth, and Nālandā. As a researcher, he…

Dr. Amita Satyal

Visiting Faculty (Associate Professor)

Dr. Amita Satyal is Visiting Faculty currently affiliated with the School of Historical Studies. She completed her PhD studies majoring in South Asian History at University of California, Berkeley. She has researched Asia's interconnections and socio-cultural history of commerce up to the 16th century. Lately, her focus has shifted to ethical considerations in early business history. Over a decade-long teaching career, most of which was teaching undergraduate and postgraduate students in USA, she developed and taught several courses across areas and themes in history with an interdisciplinary approach. She has published on topics in the history of India and Asia…

Dr. Kashshaf Ghani

Assistant Professor

Kashshaf Ghani specializes on pre-modern South Asia covering the years 1000-1800 A.D. His fields of research cover society, politics, religion and cultural interactions in this region, with a focus on History of Sufism, its practices, interactions, networks; Indo-Persian history; community…

Dr. Mayank Shekhar

Assistant Professor

Mayank Shekhar is an Assistant Professor in the School of Historical Studies, Nālandā University. He completed his Ph.D. from School of Sanskrit & Indic Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. He received prestigious Post-doctoral fellowship of the Indira Gandhi National…

Dr. Shreesha Udupa

Teaching Fellow

Shreesha Udupa is a Teaching Fellow at Nālandā University. As an Interdisciplinary Faculty, he offers courses at the School of Historical Studies as well as the School of Buddhist Studies, Philosophy and Comparative Religion. He received BA from University of…