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R. Umamaheshwari

R. Umamaheshwari

R. Umamaheshwari

R. Umamaheshwari is currently Fellow at the Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla. She has been, for the most part of her career, an independent journalist-academic. She has a Ph.D. in History – on the social history of the Tamil Jaina community in Tamilnadu – from the Centre for Historical Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. She has also been Fellow for short terms at the School of Women's Studies, Jadavpur University and IIT-Madras, besides being a recipient of a few journalism and academic fellowships.

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