The Centre for Contemporary Studies was set up as an advanced studies unit of NMML in 1990 and is housed in the Annexe building. Created with the purpose of streamlining research activities and providing an atmosphere conducive for research, the Centre is responsible for overlooking all research projects of NMML. It was established for the promotion of research on modern Indian and contemporary history with a special emphasis on the life and ideas of Jawaharlal Nehru and the freedom movement. It offers research fellowships to scholars engaged in advanced research on themes related to modern Indian history and contemporary studies. The three research areas in which fellowships are granted are ‘Promotion of Research in Modern Indian History and Contemporary Studies’, ‘Perspectives in Indian Development’ (Social, Economic and Cultural) and ‘India and Changing Trends in World Economy and Polity’.
The Centre offers fellowships at the level of Senior Fellow, Fellow and Junior Fellow to scholars in any one of these three ongoing areas. Currently, the Centre is overseeing 19 research fellows who are working on a diverse range of subjects related to modern Indian history. Affiliation is also available to scholars who have been awarded fellowships by other organizations like the University Grants Commission (UGC), Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR), Indian Council of Historical Research (ICHR) and the Ford Foundation.
Fellows on Board
Alok Bajpai
Research Topic
A Holistic View of Mahatma Gandhi’s Political in Theoretical Realms
Alok Sarin
Research Topic
Making Sense of History: A Mental Health Perspective
Anita Ghai
Research Topic
Women and Disability Conceptualizing: A Policy of Care
Bhupender Yadav
Research Topic
Understanding Change among Punjab Dalits, 1880 & 1980
Chayanika Uniyal
Research Topic
The Dynamics of Relation between the Congress and Left Block: From Nehru till Date
David Devadas
Research Topic
The Re-construction of Identities of Jammu & Kashmir
Dipankar Gupta
Research Topic
Country-Town Nexus and Globalization: A Study of the Relationship between Rural Migration Export and the Informal Sector
Ira Bhaskar
Research Topic
The Partition and Contemporary Communalism: Trauma, Memory and Community in Hindi Cinema
K.L. Tuteja
Research Topic
Hindu Consciousness and Nationalism in the Punjab–1947
Madan Gopal Singh
Research Topic
The Many Lives of the Indian Film Song
Madhuri Sharma
Research Topic
Media, Medicine & Society: Continuity and Changes in Northern India, c. 1900-2000
Mahuya Bandhopadhyay
Research Topic
Social Practices, Governance Strategies and Lived Experiences an Urban Slum
Mayank Kumar
Research Topic
Social Stratification and Politics of Natural Resource Management
Meena Gopal
Research Topic
Shifts in Women’s Work and Ideology in South Tamil Nadu: Labour Process and Gender Relations
Prabhat Kumar Shukla
Research Topic
Land, Power and Class: Shifting Equations and the Tribal Movements in Chotanagpur, 1800-1920
Ritu Bhagat
Research Topic
Landscape and Memory: Refugee Rehabilitation in Post-Partition Delhi
Rohit Wanchoo
Research Topic
Identity formation in North West India, 1940-1960
Rukmini Bhaya Nair Research Topic
Open Sesame: Keywords for the Indian Subcontinent
Shri Krishan
Research Topic
Savarkar against Gandhi: A Comparison of Two Worldviews
V. Krishna Ananth
Research Topic
The Retreat of the Nehruvian Socialist Project: An Analysis into the Political, Legislative and the Judicial Interventions, 1952-2008
