Christophe Jaffrelot

Christophe Jaffrelot is a Professor of Indian Politics and Sociology at the King’s India Institute, King’s College London, and a Senior Research Fellow at CERI-Sciences Po/CNRS, Paris. He serves as a non-resident scholar with the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace’s South Asia Program, while also teaching part-time at U.S. institutions like Columbia and Yale.

Research Interests include

• Nationalism theories
• Democratic backsliding
• Caste mobilization and Dalit politics
• Hindu nationalist movement
• Ethnic conflicts in Pakistan
• Social media’s role in opinion-making

Scientific Awards

• CNRS Bronze Medal (1993)
• Ramnath Goenka Award for Excellence in Journalism (2014)

Recent Publications reveal trends in Hindutva’s transnational alliances, communalization of institutions, and regional disparities in India. His work spans caste politics, religious nationalism, and democratic challenges in South Asia.