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Sunil Khilnani is a professor of politics and history at Ashoka University, India. Previously, he was a professor of politics and the Director of the King's College London India Institute. He is a scholar of Indian history and politics best known as the author of The Idea of India (1997). He was the presenter of a BBC Radio 4 series entitled Incarnations: India in 50 Lives, which was later published as a book in 2016.[1][2][3] He was a 2010 Berlin Prize Fellow, and he was also a recipient of the Indian government's 2005 Pravasi Bharatiya Samman award.[4]
Khilnani was born in New Delhi and grew up on the continents of Africa, Europe and Asia. He earned a first at Trinity Hall, Cambridge, and a PhD at King's College, Cambridge.[2]
He was Starr Foundation Professor at the Johns Hopkins University's School of Advanced International Studies,[5] and Director of South Asia Studies.[6] He has also served on the Humanities and Social Sciences juries for the Infosys Prize from 2013 to 2015.[7] As of 2023, Khilnani is a Professor of Political Science and History at Ashoka University.[8] He is also the Dean of AshokaX, an initiative by the university that allows those not affiliated with Ashoka to take courses specially tailored for them.[9]
He is married to the writer Katherine Boo.
