Ramchandra Guha to join Ahmedabad University as Professor of Humanities

The AU stated that it was looking forward to developing "interesting and powerful" programmes and research with the help of Guha, who holds an honorary doctorate in Humanities from Yale University.

Noted historian and biographer Ramchandra Guha will join the Ahmedabad University (AU) as the Shrenik Lalbhai Chair Professor of Humanities and director of the Gandhi Winter School, the varsity announced Tuesday. The AU stated that it was looking forward to developing "interesting and powerful" programmes and research with the help of Guha, who holds an honorary doctorate in Humanities from Yale University.

"At Ahmedabad University, Guha will help imagine a curriculum that lies at the intersection of history and other streams in the Humanities, as well as explores how history can enrich diverse disciplines, spanning technology, business and even specialisations such as life-sciences, heritage management or environment and energy," the university said in a release.

AU Vice-Chancellor Pankaj Chandra said, "With the interest in liberal education gaining impetus in India, Dr Guha will bring his interpretation of history, including environmental, political, contemporary and even cricket history, to develop interesting and powerful programmes and research that stand at the confluence of various disciplines".

Guha has penned a number of books--the latest being "Gandhi: The Years That Changed the World, 1914-1948"--that have received a critical acclaim. The AU is a private, non-profit university that offers undergraduate, graduate and doctoral programmes in areas including engineering, business management, science and the humanities.

(With inputs from agencies.)