Manu V. Devadevan

Last updated August 19, 2025

Manu V. Devadevan (born 1977) is an Indian historian known for his works on pre-modern south India.^[1]^[2] He holds an expertise in multiple Indian languages.^[3] He currently works at School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology, Mandi.^[1]^[4] He has also published two poetry collections in Kannada and is also a translator.^[2]

Manu Devadevan, originally from Kerala, grew up and studied in Bengaluru.^[2] He completed his post-graduate degree from Jawaharlal Nehru University and completed his doctoral research from Mangalore University (under historian Kesavan Veluthat).^[2] The Infosys Prize 2019 for Humanities was awarded to Manu Devadevan.^[1]

Publications

A Pre-History of Hinduism (2016)
Clio's Descendants: Essays in Honour of Kesavan Veluthat (2018, editor)
The 'Early Medieval' Origins of India (2020)
God Is Dead, There Is No God: The Vachanas of Allama Prabhu (2019)

References

1 2 3 "Humanities (2019)". Infosys Prize.
1 2 3 4 "Meet Manu V Devadevan, the Keralite Winner of Infosys Prize". Malayala Manorama. 2019.
↑ "IIT Mandi Professor Wins USD 100,000 for Research on Indian History". The Indian Express. 2019.
↑ "The Temple was Not a Vedic institution: Manu V. Devadevan". The Hindu. 2019. ISSN 0971-751X.

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[:0-1] 1 2 3 "Humanities (2019)". Infosys Prize.

[:1-2] 1 2 3 4 "Meet Manu V Devadevan, the Keralite Winner of Infosys Prize". Malayala Manorama. 2019.

[3] "IIT Mandi Professor Wins USD 100,000 for Research on Indian History". The Indian Express. 2019.

[4] "The Temple was Not a Vedic institution: Manu V. Devadevan". The Hindu. 2019. ISSN 0971-751X.

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