Nikhil Menon
History
Assistant Professor of History
- India's national elections
- History of independent India
- Indian economic and political history
- National political parties and ideologies
- Religious nationalism in South Asia
- Gandhi and nonviolent resistance
Menon in the News
Times of India
India should not squander its legacy of robust data collection, says author Nikhil Menon
November 13, 2022
Nikhil Menon, historian and author of ‘Planning Democracy: How a Professor, an Institute, and an Idea Shaped India’ tells Sunday Times about the history of Indian planning and its ties to P C Mahalanobis.
The Hindu Business Line
Planning and democracy — Story of a unique Indian marriage
August 14, 2022
By Nikhil Menon, the author of ‘Planning Democracy: How a Professor, an Institute, and an Idea Shaped India’, published by Penguin. He is Assistant Professor of History at the University of Notre Dame.
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The folly of soft Hindutva: How Congress was singed by its patronage of the Bharat Sadhu Samaj
July 14, 2022
By Nikhil Menon, the author of Planning Democracy: How a Professor, an Institute, and an Idea Shaped India (Penguin Viking, 2022). He is Assistant Professor of History at the University of Notre Dame.
BBC News
National Sample Survey: How India taught the world the art of collecting data
June 29, 2022
By Nikhil Menon, author of a new book, "Planning Democracy: How a Professor, An Institute, and an Idea Shaped India," published by Penguin Viking. He is an assistant professor of history at the University of Notre Dame.
Associated Press
India’s Modi facing urgent economic challenges after win
May 24, 2019
“My sense is that the BJP was effective in keeping macro issues about the economy, such as unemployment or growth rates, outside the narrative of this election campaign. It was partly able to do so by leaning on emotive issues such as national security and Hindu nationalism,” said Nikhil Menon, an assistant professor of history at the University of Notre Dame.
Reuters
NDA promises to boost India's economy; Congress calls exit polls fake
May 22, 2019
“If the exit polls are to be believed, Modi’s image as the incorruptible defender of the faith and nation has triumphed once again,” said Nikhil Menon, assistant professor of history at the University of Notre Dame.
The Hindu
A short history of data: Why the recent undermining of the credibility of India’s statistical output is especially regrettable
March 21, 2019
By Nikhil Menon, an assistant professor of history at the University of Notre Dame.