Vishal Singh Deo
Assistant Professor
Manipal Centre for Humanities | MCPH - Manipal Academy of Higher Education
CURRENT ACADEMIC ROLE & RESPONSIBILITIES
Vishal Singh Deo is an Assistant Professor at Manipal Centre for Humanities.
SUBJECTS CURRENTLY TEACHING
| Subject | Semester / Year |
|---|---|
| Writing the Past | MA Semester I |
| History of Indian Democracy | MA Semester II |
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS
| Degree | Specialisation | Institute | Year of passing |
|---|---|---|---|
| PhD | Political-Economy | Delhi University | 2023 |
| M Phil | Caste and Identity | Jamia Milia Islamia | 2015 |
| MA | History | Delhi University | 2013 |
Experience
| Institution / Organisation | Designation | Role | Tenure |
|---|---|---|---|
| Historical Division- Ministry of Defence | Research Associate | 2022-23 | |
| Azim Premji Foundation | Fellow | 2021-23 | |
| Charles Wallace Trust | Fellow | March-April 2023 | |
| DAAD Germany | Fellow | October 2019 - February 2020 | |
| INLAKS | Fellow | May 2019 - September 2019 | |
| SannamS4 | Research Consultant | March 2016 - March 2020 | |
| Sahapedia | Research Associate | December 2015 - June 2017 |
Behind The Veil: Criminal Governance in Western Uttar Pradesh
2023 Vishal Singh Deo Radha Barooah
Policy Brief. Global Initiative Against Transnational Organised Crime. Geneva: Switzerland. https://globalinitiative.net/analysis/criminal-governance-uttar-pradesh-india/
AREAS OF INTEREST, EXPERTISE AND RESEARCH
Area of Expertise
Modern Indian History
Professional Affiliations & Contributions
Early Career Visiting Fellow – Centre for Liberal Education – IIT Bombay
Member - British Association of South Asian Studies
Member – Göttingen University Alumni Network
Member - INLAKS Alumni Network
Member - Charles Wallace India Trust Alumni Network
'Randua on the Bench’: Examining the Colonial and Post-Colonial Roots of Contemporary Forced Bachelorhood and Vigilantism in the Agrarian North (Forthcoming)
2025 Vishal Singh Deo Akram Akhtar Choudhary
Contemporary South Asia. Taylor and Francis: London. http://doi.org/10.1080/09584935.2025.2469509
Acquiescence and assertion: The Kisan Andolan and a changing socio-political landscape in Uttar Pradesh
2024 Vishal Singh Deo Akram Akhtar
Singh, S., & Siddiqui, S. (Eds.). A People's History of the Farmers' Movement, 2020–2021 (1st ed.). Routledge India. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003496625
Book review: Crisis of Perspective in Modern Indian Historiography
2024 Vishal Singh Deo
in Economic and Political Weekly, Vol. 59 (28), July 13, 2024.
The Empire's Famine: Colonial Property and the Making of a Punitive Labour Regime in India 1803-1870
2024 Vishal Singh Deo
Studies in People’s History. (Aligarh Muslim University: Sage Publications) DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/23484489241233662
Property and the Enduring State of Famines in Colonial India
June 2022 Vishal Singh Deo
Economic and Political Weekly, Vol, 56, No 26-27
Redressal or Reconciliation: Situating Caste Politics Amidst the Ongoing Farmer Agitation
2021 Vishal Singh Deo
Economic and Political Weekly, Vol 56, No 31
‘Fever in the Hinterlands’. Local body elections and the Kumbh Mela has taken COVID-19 infections into the rural areas of Uttar Pradesh.
2021 Vishal Singh Deo Akram Akhtar Choudhary
The Frontline. June 04, 2021. Chennai: India. ISSN 0970-1710