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List of UCLA faculty conducting research on India and South Asia.
Director
Anna Morcom
Professor, Mohindar Brar Sambhi Chair of Indian Music, Department of Ethnomusicology
Assistant Director
Mohsen Mohammadi
Director of Indo-Persian Music, Department of Ethnomusicology
Faculty
Anurima Banerji
Associate Professor, Department of World Arts & Cultures/Dance
Amy Catlin-Jairazbhoy
Adjunct Professor, Department of Ethnomusicology
Zirwat Chowdhury
Assistant Professor, Department of Art History
Vijay Dhir
Distinguished Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
David Gere
Professor, Department of World Arts and Cultures/Dance
Nile Green
Professor, Ibn Khaldun Endowed Chair in World History, Department of History
Akhil Gupta
Professor, Department of Anthropology
Thomas Hodgson
Assistant Professor, Department of Musicology and Music Industry
Stephanie Jamison
Professor, Department of Asian Languages & Cultures
Abhiman Kaushal
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Ethnomusicology
David Kim
Associate Vice Provost, International Institute
Shohini Kundu
Assistant Professor of Finance, Anderson School of Management
Vinay Lal
Professor, Department of History and Asian American Studies
Nancy Levine
Professor, Department of Anthropology
Gyanam Mahajan
Lecturer, Department of Asian Languages and Cultures
Purnima Mankekar
Professor of Asian-American Studies, Gender Studies, and Film and Television Studies
Saloni Mathur
Professor, Modern & Contemporary South Asian Art and Chair, Dept of Art History
Mohsen Mohammadi
Director of Indo-Persian Music, Department of Ethnomusicology
Anna Morcom
Professor, Mohindar Brar Sambhi Chair of Indian Music, Department of Ethnomusicology
Aamir R. Mufti
Professor, Department of Comparative Literature
Vinit Mukhija
Professor, Luskin School of Public Affairs
Peter Nabokov
Professor, Department of World Arts & Cultures/Dance
Rahul Neuman
Lecturer, Department of Ethnomusicology
Esha Niyogi De
Senior Lecturer, Writing Programs
Janet O'Shea
Professor, Department of World Arts & Cultures/Dance
Tejas Parasher
Anjali Prabhu
Professor, Edward W. Said Chair in Comparative Literature, Department of Comparative Literature
Noopur Raval
Assistant Professor, Department of Information Studies
Ananya Roy
Professor, Meyer and Renee Luskin Chair in Inequality and Democracy; Director, Institute on Inequality and Democracy, Luskin School of Public Affairs
Utpal N. Sandesara
Assistant Professor in Residence
Aparna Sharma
Professor, Department of World Arts & Cultures/Dance
Monica L. Smith
Professor, Navin and Pratima Doshi Chair in Indian Studies, Dept of Anthropology, Institute of the Environment & Sustainability
Ramesh Srinivasan
Professor, Department of Information Studies, Director of UC Digital Cultures Lab
Sanjay Subrahmanyam
Distinguished Professor & Irving and Jean Stone Endowed Chair in Social Sciences, Department of History
Avanidhar Subrahmanyam
Distinguished Professor of Finance, Goldyne and Irwin Hearsh Chair in Money and Banking, UCLA Anderson School of Management
Bharat Venkat
Assistant Professor, Institute for Society and Genetics
Hollian Wint
Assistant Professor, Department of History
Emeriti Faculty
Robert L. Brown
Professor Emeritus, Dept of Art History
Bhagwan Chowdhry
Professor, Anderson School of Management
Snehendu Kar
Professor, UCLA School of Public Health
Daniel M. Neuman
Professor Emeritus, Department of Ethnomusicology
Sherry B. Ortner
Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Department of Anthropology
Ismail K. Poonawala
Professor, Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures
Lorraine Sakata
Professor Emerita
Gregory Schopen
Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Department of Asian Languages & Cultures
Richard Sisson
Professor Emeritus of Political Science