Anmol Ghavri
| Grant Category: | Fulbright-Nehru Student Research Program |
| Project Title: | Agrarian Community and Capital in Modern Punjab 1870-1970 |
| Field of Study: | History |
| Home Institution: | University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI |
| Host Institution: | Birla Institute of Technology and Science-Pilani, Madurai, , Delhi |
| Grant Start Month: | February 2024 |
| Duration of Grant: | Nine months |
Brief Bio:
Anmol Ghavri is a PhD Candidate in History at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor and a 2023-2024 US Fulbright-Nehru Scholar affiliated with the Centre for Historical Studies at JNU. He focuses on the history of modern South Asia as well as global histories of capitalism, political economy, and economic life. He is especially interested in the history of India’s modern market economy and society. At Michigan he has been an instructor in courses covering all periods of South Asian history. His Fulbright and doctoral research is on the history of vernacular capitalism and enterprise of agrarian communities in north India adapting to the uneven economic transformations of the twentieth century. It seeks to pluralize our understanding of the lineage of capitalism and the institutions, contradictions, and contestations characteristic of modern India’s economy. He received his BA in History from Dartmouth College with High Honors in 2018 and master’s degrees from Columbia University and the London School of Economics in 2020.