Gopalan Balachandran

Biography

Gopalan Balachandran joined the Graduate Institute of International Studies Geneva in 2000 from the Delhi School of Economics. His research engages South Asia and the Indian Ocean in a global frame and spans labour, capital, entrepreneurship and development. He is also interested in histories of colonialism and decolonisation, and their continuing significance for the present. Professor Balachandran’s current research focusses on cultures of commerce in the Indian Ocean and Atlantic worlds. He also supervises research on modern and contemporary South Asia as well as in selected areas in cultural and intellectual history, and welcomes students with interests in oceanic and maritime history.

Research Interest

Central banks, Emerging countries, Globalisation, Immigrants, refugees, diasporas North-South relations, Asia, South, Indian Ocean, South Asia / Indian Ocean Labour and migration, Monetary / financial history, Colonialism and decolonisation Oceanic / maritime history, Cultural and intellectual history, Historical methods / postcolonial approaches.