Dr. Saumya Dey
Professor at Rashtram School of Public Leadership
saumya.d@rishihood.edu.in
About
Saumya Dey holds a PhD in History from the Centre for Historical Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University. His research focuses on intellectual and cultural history and the politics of colonial India. He has authored six books, including Becoming Hindus and Muslims (2015), The Seedbed of Pakistan (2023), The Cultural Landscape of Hindutva (2019/2023), Narrativizing Bhāratvarṣa (2021/2022), Being Hindu (2023), and He received the Jadunath Sarkar Fellowship (2024–25).
Work Experience
O P Jindal Global University 2015 -2022
Research Assistant, Qatar
Education
BA in History
MA with specialization in modern Indian history
Ph.D
Kirorimal College, University of Delhi (2004)
JNU (2006)
JNU. 2013.
Research Areas
Chiefly intellectual and cultural history and the politics of colonial India.
Publications
Fellowships & Grants
1. Visiting Research Fellow at Queen’s Management School, Queen’s University,
Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK,
2. Recipient of the first Jadunath Sarkar Fellowship for Indian History from the Foundation of Indian Historical and Cultural Research (FIHCR) for the period 1 September, 2024-31 August, 2025.
3. Recipient of a research grant from the Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR) for the two-year research project ‘Military Families in India: Evolving Cohesion, Social Unity, and Nationalism’ on 20 December, 2025. Co-recipients, Dr. Arunodoy Majumdar, Assistant Professor, Rashtram School of Public Leadership (RSPL) Rishihood University, Dr. Manjishtha Banerji, Associate Professor, Foundation Programme, Rishihood University, and Dr. Soumya Awasthi, Fellow, Observer Research Foundation (ORF).
Further Additions
1.
The book Becoming Hindus and Muslims: Reading the Cultural Encounter in Bengal. 1342-1905 published by Munshiram Manoharlal Pulishers, New Delhi in 2015
(ISBN-13: 978-8121512909)
2.
The book The Cultural Landscape of Hindutva and other Essays. Historical Legitimacy of an Idea published by Shubhi Publications, Gurugram, in 2019
(ISBN-13: 978-8182904194). Second revised edition published in 2023.
3.
The book The Cultural Landscape of Hindutva and other Essays. Historical Legitimacy of an Idea published by Shubhi Publications, Gurugram, in 2019
(ISBN-13: 978-8182904194). Second revised edition published in 2023.
4.
The book Seedbed of Pakistan. Cultural Conflicts, Elite Muslim Anxieties, and the Congress. 1885-1906 published by Vitasta Publications in 2023.
(ISBN: 978-93-90961-89-4)
5.
The book Being Hindu. A Political History. From Aditya Chola to Narendra Modi published by BlueOne Ink Publishers in 2024.
(ISBN-10: 8197349460, ISBN-13: 978-8197349461)
6.
The book BHU: From Inception to Crisis (1915-65) published by BlueOne Ink Publishers in 2025.
(ISBN: 978-93-65472-18-9)
Others
Currently serving on the textbook development committee of the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT).
