Uditi Sen explains the background to the ongoing protests at JNU over the political persecution of the left by the Modi government

A group of students organised an event criticising the state’s scapegoating and execution of a Muslim man, Afzal Guru, as a ‘terrorist’ without any evidence. The event is cancelled by the administration after complaints from the student body of the Hindu right (ABVP). The elected president of the student union (JNUSU), Kanhaiya Kumar, who is left-leaning, was arrested on charges of sedition (an old colonial era law) citing a speech he gave earlier.

A witch hunt is unleashed with police combing student hostels with a list of so-called ‘anti-nationals’. Students go into hiding and Kanhaiya is still in jail, being threatened with being handed over to an ‘anti-terrorism squad. When faculty turn up in a Delhi court to support Kanhaiya, they are beaten up as ‘anti-nationals’ along with the press and thrown out.

The university is on strike, faculty are organising daily teach-ins and protest meetings.

This is part of a global, and systematic assault, by the right wing on universities. Clearly, academic freedom and critical thought do not mix well with regressive ideologies. In India, it is manifested as a silent Prime Minister belonging to the BJP, who watches on as its student wing, ABVP, and several elected members of parliament descend into hooliganism, intimidation and purging of academic spaces of all dissenters.

They use administrators who act as lackeys of politicians, colonial era repressive laws, and bring in a corrupt police force to implement their dictat. The conflict at JNU comes after tactics of intimidation resulted in the expulsion of Dalit students in HCU (Hyderabad Central University), leading one student, Rohith Vemula, to commit suicide. Before this, the premier film institute of the country, FTII, was subjected to a clearly political appointment of an unqualified Vice Chancellor. The non-violent student protest was brutally crushed.

However, the Indian government is also highly sensitive about its image abroad. This is where this solidarity campaign hopes to intervene.

SOLIDARITY STATEMENT

We, the undersigned, stand in solidarity with the students, faculty and staff of Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi against the illegal ongoing police action since February 9, 2016. With them, we affirm the autonomy of the university as a non-militarized space for freedom of thought and expression. Accordingly, we condemn police presence on campus and the harassment of students on the basis of their political beliefs.

The charge of sedition, under the guise of which the police have been given a carte blanche to enter the JNU campus, to raid student hostels, arrest and detain students, including Kanhaiya Kumar, the current president of the JNU Students Union, is an alibi for the incursion of an authoritarian regime onto the university campus. Under Indian law sedition applies only to words and actions that directly issue a call to violence. The peaceful demonstration and gathering of citizens does not constitute criminal conduct. The police action on JNU campus is illegal under the constitution of India.

An open, tolerant, and democratic society is inextricably linked to critical thought and expression cultivated by universities in India and abroad. As teachers, students, and scholars across the world, we are watching with extreme concern the situation unfolding at JNU and refuse to remain silent as our colleagues (students, staff, and faculty) resist the illegal detention and autocratic suspension of students. We urge the Vice Chancellor of Jawaharlal Nehru University to protect members of the university community and safeguard their rights.

Dated/- 15 February 2016

1. Syed Shahid Abbas, Institute of Development Studies, Brighton, U.K.

2. Gilbert Achcar, SOAS, University of London

3. Katie Addleman, University of Toronto

4. Barun Adhikary, JNU

5. Aniket Aga, Yale University

6. Ashish Aggarwal, (JNU 2012)

7. Aftab Ahmad, (JNU 2000), Columbia University

8. Aijaz Ahmad, University of California, Irvine

9. Meena Alexander, City University of New York

10. Nosheen Ali, Habib University

11. Tariq Omar Ali, University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign

12. Liyanage Amarakeerthi, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka

13. Harini Amarasuriya, Open University of Sri Lanka

14. Eyal Amiran, UC Irvine, California, USA

15. Dibyesh Anand, University of Westminster

16. Sundari Anitha, (JNU 1996), University of Lincoln Brayford Pool

17. Ponni Arasu, (JNU 2005), University of Toronto

18. Jayadev Athreya, University of Washington

19. Anjali Arondekar, University of California, Santa Cruz

20. Saurabh Arora, University of Sussex

21. Edward Anderson, (JNU 2009), Cambridge University

22. Abdul Kalam Azad, TISS-UNICEF

23. Edward Bacal, University of Toronto

24. Nandita Badami, (JNU 2011), University of California Irvine

25. Shiladitya Banerjee, University of Chicago

26. Amit R. Baishya, (JNU 2003), University of Oklahoma

27. Anirban Baishya, (JNU 2013), University of Southern California

28. Aparna Balachandran, (JNU 2000), University of Delhi

29. Sai Balakrishnan, Harvard University

30. Ian Balfour, York University

31. Jairus Banaji, (JNU 1975) SOAS, London

32. Murad Banaji, University of Middlesex

33. Sandeep Banerjee, McGill University

34. Sreenanti Banerjee, Birkbeck, University of London

35. Anustup Basu, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

36. Arani Basu, (JNU 2015), Humboldt University

37. Ananyo “Tito” Basu, American Cooperative School of Tunis

38. Priyanka Basu, (JNU 2011), SOAS, London

39. Srimati Basu, University of Kentucky

40. Subho Basu, (JNU 1988), McGill University

41. Lalit Batra, University of Minnesota

42. Daniel Bender, University of Toronto

43. Ankur Betageri, IIT-Delhi

44. Madhav Badami, McGill University

45. Sukanya Banerjee, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

46. Homi Bhabha, Harvard University

47. Gurminder K Bhambra, University of Warwick/Linnaeus University

48. Brenna Bhandar, SOAS, University of London

49. V. Bhaskar, (JNU 1981, JNUSU President 1981), University of Texas at Austin

50. Udit Bhatia, Oxford University

51. Varuni Bhatia, (JNU), University of Michigan Ann Arbor

52. Enakshi Bhattacharya, IIT-Madras

53. Gargi Bhattacharyya, University of East London

54. Nandini Bhattacharya, (JNU 2005), University of Dundee

55. Ritwik Bhattacharyya, Princeton University

56. Shreya Bhattacherjee, (JNU 2010), University of California, Riverside

57. Soumyadip Bandyopadhyaya, IIT-Kharagpur

58. Akeel Bilgrami, Columbia University

59. Debanjali Biswas, (JNU 2011), King’s College London

60. Nabaneeta Biswas, University of Georgia

61. Somak Biswas, (JNU 2015), University of Warwick

62. Amiel Bize, Columbia University

63. Manuela Boatcă, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg

64. Anannya Bohidar, (JNU 2014), University of Pennsylvania

65. Jenisha Borah, (JNU 2013)

66. David Boyk, University of California, Berkeley

67. Andrea Brock, University of Sussex

68. Wendy Brown, University of California, Berkeley

69. Kriti Budhiraja, (JNU 2014), University of Minnesota Twin Cities

70. Allison Busch, Columbia University

71. Judith Butler, University of California, Berkeley

72. Erica Burman, University of Manchester

73. Utathya C., (JNU 2011), University of Illinois

74. Linda Carty, Syracuse University

75. Radhika Chadha, (JNU 2005), Delhi University

76. Pavel Chakraborty, (JNU 2003), Oxford University

77. Pratik Chakrabarti, (JNU 2000), University of Manchester

78. Dipesh Chakrabarty, University of Chicago

79. Priyanka Chakraborty, Southern Methodist University

80. Paula Chakravartty, NYU

81. Aditi Chandra, University of California

82. Ananya Chatterjea, University of Minnesota

83. Anindita Chatterjee, University of Minnesota

84. Anomitro Chatterjee, (JNU 2010), Georgia State Universit

85. Chandrayee Chatterjee, (JNU 2012), Georgia State University.

86. Partha Chatterjee, Columbia University

87. Piya Chatterjee, Scripps College

88. Sreya Chatterjee, (JNU 2004)

89. Sumita Dutt Chatterjee, (JNU 1989), University of Miami

90. Sameer Chaturvedi,  Jawaharlal Nehru University

91. Antara Ray Chaudhury, Jawaharlal Nehru University

92. Divya Cherian, (JNU 2008), Rutgers University

93. Vanessa Chishti, (JNU 2015)

94. Meghna Chaudhuri, (JNU 2012), New York University

95. Francis Cody, University of Toronto

96. Dia Da Costa, University of Alberta

97. Bedatri Datta Choudhury, (JNU 2012), New York University

98. Mrinalini Chakravorty, University of Virginia.

99. Lawrence Cohen, University of California, Berkeley

100. Aditi Surie von Czechowski, Columbia University

101. Katyayani Dalmia, (JNU 2008), New School

102. Deepra Dandekar, University of Heidelberg, Germany

103. Chandler Davis, University of Toronto

104. Dharashree Das, (JNU 2005), Simon Fraser University

105. Manishita Dass, Royal Holloway, University of London

106. Sangeeta Das, (JNU 2007), Jawaharlal Nehru University

107. Satadru Das, (JNU 2008), Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge

108. Ananya Dasgupta, (JNU 2003), Case Western Reserve University

109. Rohit K Dasgupta, University of Southampton

110. Sandipto Dasgupta, King’s College, London

111. Sejuti Dasgupta, (JNU 2010), Michigan State University

112. Natalie Zemon Davis, University of Toronto

113. Anuradha De, (JNU 1992), CORD

114. Rohit De, Yale University

115. Siddhartha Deb, Writer, The New School

116. Sanchia deSouza, University of Toronto

117. Federico Demaria, ICTA UAB, Barcelona, Spain

118. Karishma Desai, Teachers College, Columbia University

119. Jigna Desai, University of Minnesota

120. Meenu Deswal, (JNU 2014), University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

121. Garima Dhabai, (JNU 2015), Yale University

122. Meena Dhanda, University of Wolverhampton

123. Neha Dhole, (JNU 2010), University of Pittsburgh

124. Rohan D’Souza, (JNU 1998), Kyoto University

125. Debjani Dutta, (JNU 2012), University of Southern California

126. Devika Dutt, (2014), University of Massachusetts, Amherst

127. Timothy S. Dobe, Grinnell College

128. J Daniel Elam, University of Wisconsin-Madison

129. Kanishka Elupula, (JNU 2008), Harvard University

130. Sara Feldman, University of Illinois

131. Peter Fitting, University of Toronto

132. Bashabi Fraser, Edinburgh Napier University

133. Kathleen Frederickson, University of California, Davis

134. Elaine Freedgood, New York University

135. Lina M Fruzzetti, Brown University

136. Richard Fung, OCAD University

137. Debjani Ganguly, University of Virginia

138. Keya Ganguly, University of Minnesota

139. Tejaswini Ganti, NYU

140. Faisal Garba, University of Cape Town

141. Gaurav C. Garg,(JNU 2013), New York University

142. David Gellner, Oxford University

143. Robert M Geraci, Manhattan College

144. Roos Gerritsen, Heidelberg University & IIT Madras

145. Maitreesh Ghatak, London School of Economics

146. Bishnupriya Ghosh, University of California, Santa Barbara

147. Arunabh Ghosh, Harvard University

148. Vinay Gidwani, University of Minnesota

149. Natasha Ginwala, (JNU 2010), curator

150. Tula Goenka, Syracuse University

151. Dishanka Gogoi, Jawaharlal Nehru University

152. Hugo Gorringe, University of Edinburgh

153. Manu Goswami, New York University

154. Anup Grewal, University of Toronto

155. Ann Grodzins Gold, Syracuse University

156. Priyamvada Gopal, (JNU 1991), University of Cambridge

157. Mahesh Gopalan, (JNU 2012), St. Stephen’s College, New Delhi

158. Ratna Goradia, (JNU 2008), New York Post

159. Yogita Goyal, University of California Los Angeles

160. Radhika Govindrajan, (JNU 2006), University of Washington

161. Isabelle Guérin, Centre d’études en Sciences Sociales Sur Les Mondes Américains  Africains et Asiatiques

162. Akhil Gupta, University of California, Los Angeles

163. Anoushka Gupta (JNU 2008), York University

164. Bishnupriya Gupta, (JNU 1983), University of Warwick

165. Bipasha Guptaroy, (JNU 1984), University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

166. Shubhra Gururani, York University, Canada

167. Jaswant Guzder, McGill University

168. Alexis Halkovic (JNU 1996), The Graduate Center, City University of New York

169. Thomas Blom Hansen, Stanford University

170. Anusha Hariharan, (JNU 2011), University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

171. Martin Harries, University of California, Irvine

172. Barbara Harriss-White, Oxford University

173. Anneeth Kaur Hundle, University of California, Merced

174. Phil Hutchinson, Manchester Metropolitan University

175. Aashique Ahmed Iqbal, (JNU 2011), University of Oxford

176. Feyzi Ismail, SOAS, University of London

177. Bharati Jagannatha, (JNU PhD 2010), Miranda House

178. Sarandha Jain, (JNU 2015)

179. Bhawana Jaiswal, (JNU 2015)

180. Sudeep Kumar Jaiswal, (JNU 2015), East China Normal University (ECNU)

181. Chinnaiah Jangam, (JNU 1998), Carleton College

182. Pranav Jani, Ohio State University

183. Nicolas Jaoul, EHESS/CNRS, France

184. Arjun Jayadev, University of Massachusetts, Boston

185. Rajshri Jayaraman, ESMT Berlin

186. Ketaki Jaywant, (JNU, 2008), University of Minnesota

187. Patricia Jeffery, University of the Edinburgh

188. Anderson Jeremiah, Lancaster University

189. Shikha Jhingan, Jawaharlal Nehru University

190. Bhoomika Joshi, (JNU 2009), Yale University

191. Meghana Joshi, Rutgers University

192. Abhishek Kaicker, University of California, Berkeley

193. Vidya Kalaramadam, William Paterson University of New Jersey

194. Virinder S Kalra, University of Manchester

195. Sangeeta Kamat, University of Massachusetts at Amherst

196. Lipika Kamra, (JNU 2010), University of Oxford

197. Aparna Kapadia, (JNU 2005), Williams College

198. Caren Kaplan, University of California, Davis

199. Ilan Kapoor, York University

200. Anupama Kapse, Queens College, CUNY

201. Jyotsna Kapur, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale

202. Radha Kapuria, (JNU 2013), King’s College London

203. Sumayya Kassamalli, Columbia University

204. Malavika Kasturi, (JNU 1988-1992), University of Toronto

205. Suvir Kaul, University of Pennsylvania

206. Ravinder Kaur, (JNU 1996, JNUSU General Secretary 1994-1995), University of Copenhagen

207. Sudipta Kaviraj, Columbia University

208. Prashant Keshavmurthy, (JNU 1998), McGill University

209. Prashant Kidambi, (JNU 1994), University of Leicester

210. Wiebke Keim, CNRS/University of Strasbourg

211. Dipti Khera, New York University

212. Jocelyn Killmer, Syracuse University

213. Makiko Kimura, (JNU 2004), Tsuda College, Tokyo

214. Pasha M. Khan, McGill University

215. Ashok Kotwal, University of British Columbia

216. Ashish Koul, (JNU 2006),  Vanderbilt University

217. Monomita Roy Krishna, (JNU 1982), University of Hawaii

218. Sankaran Krishna, (JNU 1982), University of Hawaii at Manoa

219. Jesse Ross Knutson, University of Hawai’i at Mānoa

220. Abdul Kuddus, (JNU 2005), Learning Solutions Consultant

221. Sikandar Kumar, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

222. Leena Kumarappan, London Metropolitan University

223. CJ Kuncheria, (JNU 2015), Yale University

224. Rishabh Kumar, (JNU 2008), The New School, New York

225. Sahil Kureshi, (JNU 2013), Oxford University

226. Vinay Lal, University of California Los Angeles

227. Mahmood Kooria, (JNU 2012), Leiden University, the Netherlands

228. Premesh Lalu, University of the Western Cape

229. Joel Lee, Williams College

230. Jens Lerche, SOAS, University of London

231. Darryl Li, Yale Law School

232. David Palumbo-Liu, Stanford University

233. Madhura Lohokare, (JNU 2003), Syracuse University

234. Munira Lokhandwala, University of California, Berkeley

235. Jinee Lokaneeta, Drew University

236. Ania Loomba, University of Pennsylvania

237. Ritty Lukose, New York University

238. Sumi Madhok, (JNU 1997), London School of Economics and Political Science, UK

239. Aparna Mahariya, (JNU 2015), University of Exeter

240. Kama Maclean, UNSW Australia

241. Rochona Majumdar, University of Chicago

242. Meghana Marathe, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

243. Sanjeev Routray, (JNU 2003), University of British Columbia

244. Sudhir Mahadevan, University of Washington, Seattle

245. Bakirathi Mani, (JNU 1997) Swarthmore College

246. Swati Mantri, IIT Delhi

247. Rohan Dominic Mathews, (JNU 2015)

248. Surbhi Mahajan, (JNU 2008), Development Researcher

249. Aakshi Magazine, (JNU 2011), University of St Andrews, UK

250. Tapasi Mathur, (JNU 2008), University of Michigan

251. Lyla Mehta, Institute of Development Studies, UK

252. Nora Melnikova, Charles University, Prague

253. Dilip Menon, University of Witwatersrand

254. Gayatri A. Menon, Azim Premji University, Bengaluru

255. Minakshi Menon, (JNU 1985), Max Planck Institute for the History of Science

256. Nikhil Menon, (JNU 2011), Princeton University

257. Thomas Metcalf, University of California, Berkeley

258. Alessandra Mezzadri, SOAS, London

259. Sumeet Mhaskar, University of Göttingen

260. Darshana Mini, University of Southern California

261. Geeta Mishra, IIT Delhi

262. Sangay Mishra, Drew University

263. Saurabh Mishra, (JNU 2004), University of Sheffield

264. Shaivya Mishra, (JNU 2013), University of California Berkeley

265. Mayank Misra, Princeton University

266. Timothy Mitchell, Columbia University

267. Kirtimaan Mohan, (JNU 2009), Michigan State University, East Lansing

268. Taneesha Devi Mohan, (JNU 2010), London School of Economics

269. Chandra Talpade Mohanty, Syracuse University

270. Padmini Mongia, (JNU Visiting Faculty 2008-2010), Franklin & Marshall College

271. Radhika Mongia, York University, Toronto

272. Nayanika Mookherjee, (JNU 1996), Durham University, UK

273. Rosalind C. Morris, Columbia University

274. Debashree Mukherjee, (JNU 2009), Columbia University

275. Ishan Mukherjee, (JNU 2011), Trinity College, University of Cambridge

276. Sanjukta Mukherjee, (JNU), DePaul University

277. Shagata Mukherjee, Georgia State University

278. Shruti Mukherjee, (JNU 2013), SUNY Stony Brook

279. Sinjini Mukherjee, (JNU 2008), Heidelberg University

280. Upamanyu Pablo Mukherjee, Warwick University

281. Uponita Mukherjee, (JNU 2014), Columbia University

282. Maroona Murmu, Jadavpur University

283. Hema A Murthy, IIT Madras

284. Sharun W. Mukand, Warwick University

285. Dulali Nag, Indian Institute for Social Welfare and Business Management

286. Richa Nagar, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities

287. Kartik Nair, (JNU 2010), New York University

288. Rahul Nair, (JNU 1998), Antioch College

289. Vijayanka Nair, New York University

290. Siddharth Narrain, Lawyer and Legal Researcher

291. Poonam Natarajan, (JNU 1976), CSRD/SSS

292. Anjali Nath, American University of Beirut

293. Vasuki Nesiah, The Gallatin School, NYU

294. Eleanor Newbigin, SOAS, University of London

295. Anirban Nigam, (JNU 2014), University of California Irvine

296. Madhurima Nundy, Institute of Chinese Studies

297. Daniel O’Connor, University of Edinburg

298. Francesca Orsini, SOAS London

299. Goldie Osuri, University of Warwick

300. Poornima Paidipathy, (JNU 2000), Cambridge University

301. Shailaja Paik, University of Cincinnati

302. Poulomi Pal, (JNU 2010), Amherst College

303. Ravi Arvind Palat, SUNY Binghamton

304. Ankita Pandey, (JNU 2008), University of Oxford

305. Ishita Pande, (JNU 1999), Queen’s University

306. Ankita Pandey, (JNU 2008), University of Oxford

307. Khaliq Parkar, (JNU 2015), Symbiosis School for Liberal Arts, Pune

308. Ian Parker, University of Leicester

309. Jonathan Parry, London School of Economics and Political Science

310. Prachi Patankar, South Asia Solidarity Initiative

311. Anuranjan Pegu, (JNU 2005), New York

312. Mario da Penha, Rutgers University

313. Sonali Perera, Hunter College of the City University New York

314. Lakshmi Prasad, Jawaharlal Nehru University

315. Jessy Phillip, (JNU 2015), TISS

316. Kavita Philip, University of California, Irvine

317. Chris Pinney, University College London

318. Sheldon Pollock, Columbia University

319. Gyan Prakash, (JNU 1975), Princeton University

320. Ashok Prasad, Colorado State University

321. David Prochaska, University of Illinois

322. Navtej K. Purewal, SOAS University of London

323. Teja Varma Pusapati, University of Oxford

324. Asgar Qadri, George Washington University

325. Nayma Qayum, Manhattanville College

326. R. Radhakrishnan, University of California Irvine

327. Pallavi Raghavan,  Centre for Policy Research, New Delhi

328. Raisur Rahman, (JNU 2000) Wake Forest University

329. Amit S. Rai, Queen Mary, University of London

330. Shirin Rai, University of Warwick

331. Arvind Rajagopal, New York University

332. Dalpat Rajpurohit, (JNU 2008), Columbia University

333. Suvrat Raju, International Centre for Theoretical Sciences, Bangalore

334. Harsha Ram, University of California, Berkeley

335. Bhavani Raman, (JNU 1999), University of Toronto

336. Lucinda Ramberg, Cornell University

337. M.V. Ramana, Princeton University

338. Namita Ranganathan, (JNU 1988), Delhi University

339. Bhargav Rani, (JNU 2014), City University of New York

340. Barbara Ransby, University of Illinois at Chicago

341. Anupama Rao, Barnard College, Columbia University

342. Meghana Rao, University of Toronto

343. Rahul Rao, SOAS, University of London

344. Shruti Rao, (JNU 2011), University of British Columbia

345. Harshit Rathi, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities

346. Debraj Ray, NYU

347. Raka Ray, University of California, Berkeley

348. Reeju Ray, (JNU 2007), University of Western Ontario

349. Sangeeta Ray, University of Maryland

350. Boike Rehbein, Humboldt University Berlin

351. Allen F. Roberts, University of California, Los Angeles

352. E. Natalie Rothman, University of Toronto

353. Soumyadip Roy, (JNU 2009), Iowa State University

354. Srila Roy, University of Witwatersrand

355. Srirupa Roy, University of Goettingen

356. Srabani Roychoudhury, (JNU 1992), Jawaharlal Nehru University

357. Kanchana N. Ruwanpura, University of Edinburgh

358. Poulomi Saha, University of California, Berkeley

359. Sangita Saha, (JNU 2011), University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

360. Arun Saldanha, University of Minnesota

361. Aditi Saraf, Johns Hopkins University

362. Aprajita Sarcar, (JNU 2013), Queen’s University Ontario

363. Aditya Sarkar, (JNU 2005), Warwick University

364. Parnisha Sarkar, (JNU 2015), University of Toronto

365. Andrew Sartori, New York University

366. Akshya Saxena, (JNU 2008), University of Minnesota

367. Dwaipayan Sen, Amherst College

368. Moumita Sen, (JNU 2009), University of Oslo

369. Ruchira Sen, (JNU 2012), University of Missouri-Kansas City

370. Aviroop Sengupta, (JNU 2014), Columbia University

371. Uditi Sen, (JNU 2004), Hampshire College

372. Sanjay Seth, Goldsmiths, University of London

373. Aradhana Anu Sharma, Wesleyan University

374. Partha Pratim Shil, (JNU 2008) Trinity College, Cambridge

375. Arushi Singh, (JNU 2014), University of California, Los Angeles

376. Bhrigupati Singh, Brown University

377. Prerna Singh, Brown University

378. Rashmi Singh (JNU 2011), University of Cambridge

379. Aarti Sethi, (JNU 2009), Columbia University

380. Alpa Shah, London School of Economics and Political Science

381. Chayanika Shah, TISS Mumbai

382. Svati Shah, University of Massachusetts/JNU

383. Qaiser Shamim, (JNU 1981)

384. Jayeeta Sharma, University of Toronto

385. Nitin Sharma, Purdue University

386. Shalini Sharma, (JNU 1996), Keele University

387. Ajay Skaria, University of Minnesota

388. Samira Sheikh, (JNU 1994), Vanderbilt University

389. Benjamin Seigel, (Visiting Professor JNU 2007-8), Boston University

390. Marc Siegel, Goethe University, Frankfurt

391. Pritam Singh, (JNU 1976, Student Councillor JNU-SSS 1973), Oxford Brookes University

392. Manjira Sinha, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur

393. Subir Sinha, SOAS University of London

394. Suvadip Sinha, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities

395. Tanvi Sirari, (JNU 2012), University of British Columbia

396. Ari Sitas, University of Cape Town

397. Ruhi Sonal, (JNU 2012), IIT Delhi

398. Jonathan Spencer, University of Edinburgh

399. Alex Steele, University of Minnesota

400. Rachel Sturman, Bowdoin College

401. Abha Sur, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

402. Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak, Columbia University

403. Kannan Srinivasan, Wertheim Study New York Public Library

404. Ravindran Sriramachandran, Ashoka University

405. Tanvi Sirari, (JNU 2012), University of British Columbia

406. Priyanka Srivastava, (JNU 1995-2000) University of Massachusetts, Amherst

407. Ulrike Stark, The University of Chicago

408. Tony K. Stewart, Vanderbilt University

409. Andy Stirling, University of Sussex

410. Ajantha Subramanian, Harvard University

411. Narendra Subramanian, McGill University

412. Sanjay Subrahmanyam, University of California, Los Angeles

413. Meghant Sudan, Concordia University, Montreal

414. Sanjukta Sunderason, Leiden University

415. Byapti Sur, Leiden University

416. Deborah Sutton, (JNU 2001), Lancaster University

417. Ashwini Tambe, University of Maryland-College Park

418. Anand Vivek Taneja, Vanderbilt University

419. Akshaya Tankha, (JNU 2006), University of Toronto

420. Shabnum Tejani, SOAS, University of London

421. Kamal Kumar Tanti, University of Technology and Management, Shillong

422. Kuhu Tanvir, (JNU 2012), University of Pittsburgh

423. Rei Terada, University of California, Irvine

424. Shubha Tewari, University of Massachusetts

425. Sharika Thiranagama, Stanford University

426. Sudipa Topdar, (JNU 2002), Illinois State University

427. Saadia Toor, College of Staten Island, City University of New York

428. Nishita Trisal, University of Michigan

429. Alexios Tsigkas, New School

430. Malvika Tyagi, IIT Delhi

431. Bhargav Rani, (JNU 2014), City University of New York

432. Lalit Vachani, University of Göttingen.

433. Nilita Vachani, New York University

434. Aparna Vaidik, (JNU 2005), Ashoka University

435. Anand Vaidya, University of Bergen

436. Anish Vanaik, (JNU 2008), Purdue University

437. Rashmi Varma, University of Warwick

438. Ramaa Vasudevan, (JNU 1986-88) Colorado State University

439. Rajesh Venogopal, London School of Economics

440. Kartik Verma, (JNU 2008), University of Utah

441. Vertika, (JNU 2014), McGill University, Montréal

442. Ramna Walia, (JNU 2011), University of Texas at Austin

443. Gary Wang, University of Toronto

444. Tyler Walker Williams, (JNU 2007), JNUSU Vice President 2006-2007, University of Chicago

445. Kalpana Wilson, London School of Economics and Political Science

446. Nicole Wolf, Goldsmiths, University of London

447. Niharika Yadav, Princeton University

448. Harshita Yalamarty, (JNU 2013), York University

449. Suvaid Yaseen, (JNU 2013), Brown University

450. Akhila Yechury, (JNU 2007), University of St. Andrews

451. Dilan Yildirim, Harvard University

452. Nima Lamu Yolmo, (JNU 2011)

453. Vazira Zamindar, Brown University

454. John Zavos, (JNU 1988), University of Manchester