Anil Sethi

Biography

"Before joining AzimPremji University, Anil was a Professor of History at the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT), New Delhi. He has taught at various universities - Delhi University, Osaka University of Foreign Studies, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, University of North London and, as Visiting Professor at the School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi. He has researched the history of communalism, especially its linkages with everyday life. He has also helped develop a Tokyo-based oral archive on the Partition of India. His interests include the social and religious history of modern South Asia, the history of the Indian National Movement, and History and Social Science Education. Anil was a Commonwealth Scholar at St. Catharine's College, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK from where he got his Ph.D. for a dissertation that dealt with religious identities in nineteenth and early twentieth century Punjab. He has also been a Centre of Excellence Fellow at the Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, Tokyo, Japan. Anil has helped develop various History textbooks published by the NCERT. He has written for the History textbooks of Classes VIII, XI and XII. He has lectured and imparted training on History Education and Social Science Education including Education for Peace. His publications include School, Society, Nation: Popular Essays in Education (Delhi, Orient Longman, 2005) that he co-edited with Rajni Kumar and ShaliniSikka"

Research Interest

Social and religious history of modern South Asia,The history of the Indian National Movement, History and Social Science Education