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Nikhil Menon is an Associate Professor of History at the University of Notre Dame, specializing in modern South Asia and 20th-century Indian intellectual/political history. He is a Faculty Fellow at the Kellogg Institute for International Studies and the Liu Institute for Asia and Asian Studies.
- Education: PhD and MA from Princeton University; MPhil from Jawaharlal Nehru University; MA/BA from University of Delhi.
His research explores the intersection of technology, economic planning, and Cold War geopolitics in postcolonial India. Key works include Planning Democracy (2022), which won the Joseph W. Elder Prize, and articles on India's early computing history.
Menon's publications reveal trends in postcolonial state-building through technological innovation, focusing on institutions like the Indian Statistical Institute and transnational collaborations during the Cold War. His awards include the 2020 Elder Prize, while grants support projects like Status Anxiety: A Transnational History of Indian Soft Power (2024–25).
