Sanjib Baruah | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1951 |
| Occupation(s) | Academic, writer |
Sanjib Baruah is an Indian professor of Political Studies at Bard College in New York, [1] and an author and commentator specializing in the politics of Northeast India. His books include India Against Itself: Assam and the Politics of Nationality, Durable Disorder: Understanding the Politics of Northeast India, and In the Name of the Nation: India and its Northeast .
Baruah was born in 1951 in Shillong, which was then the capital of Assam. [2] [a]
Baruah obtained his Bachelor of Arts from Cotton College, Guwahati, Assam. [3] He went on to complete his Master of Arts from the University of Delhi. [3] He has said the experience of New Delhi and its intellectual and political life had a profound impact on him. [4]
From 1985 to 1987 Sanjib Baruah worked as an Associate of Committee on Southern Asian Studies at the University of Chicago, the institution that awarded him his PhD. [3] He said at interview that his research into the Northeast India topic only really began some time after he had completed his PhD. [5]
Baruah has been serving as a professor at Bard College in New York state. Since 1989 Sanjib Baruah was a research associate at South Asia Center at Syracuse University. [3]
Baruah also holds a concurrent position as Global Fellow at the Peace Research Institute in Oslo, Norway. [6]
Baruah has been sought for commentaries and interviews over a wide range of publications including: Time Magazine; [21] The New York Times ; [22] Times of India ; [23] The Statesman (India) ; [24] TRT World ; [25] The Indian Express ; [26] Scroll.in ; [27] [28] The Wire (India) ; [29] and Al Jazeera English . [30]