Upinder Singh | |
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| Dean of Faculty Ashoka University | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1959-06-22)22 June 1959 (age 65) |
| Spouse | Vijay Tankha |
| Children | 2 |
| Parents |
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| Relatives | Daman Singh (sister) |
| Education | McGill University,Canada(PhD) St. Stephen's College, Delhi |
| Occupation | |
| Awards | Infosys Prize |
Upinder Singh (born 22 June 1959) is an Indianhistorian who is aprofessor of History and Dean of Faculty atAshoka University.[1] She is the former head of the History Department at theUniversity of Delhi.[2][3] She is also the recipient of the inauguralInfosys Prize in the category of Social Sciences (History).[3]
Singh is analumna ofSt. Stephen's College, Delhi and received aPhD fromMcGill University inCanada. She has aMaster of Arts in history and anM.Phil. in history, both from theUniversity of Delhi. She has a Ph.D. from McGill University, Montreal, Canada, with a thesis titledKings, Brahmanas, and Temples in Orissa: an epigraphic study (300-1147 CE). She is a Professor in the Department of History atAshoka University.[3]
Singh is the daughter ofDr. Manmohan Singh, the formerprime minister of India, and history professorGursharan Kaur.[4] She is married to Vijay Tankha, a professor ofphilosophy and has two sons.[5]
Singh was awarded the Netherlands Government Reciprocal Fellowship in 1985, to pursue research at the Instituut Kern, Leiden. She was awarded theAncient India and Iran Trust/Wallace India Visiting Fellowship to pursue research in Cambridge and London in 1999. She was also a visiting fellow ofLucy Cavendish College, Cambridge. Singh has received the prestigious Daniel Ingalls Fellowship at theHarvard-Yenching Institute,Harvard University in 2005.[3]
She is the national coordinator for history at the Institute ofLife Long Learning at the University of Delhi.[3]
She was visiting professor at theUniversity of Leuven, Belgium, as the recipient of theErasmus Mundus Fellowship, May–June 2010.[2]
On 25 February 2008, right-wing activists demonstrated at theDelhi University campus, in protest against an essay byA.K. Ramanujan titledThree Hundred Ramayanas. The activists felt the essay was offensive, and alleged that Singh was responsible for its inclusion in a list of recommended readings for theBA programme inhistory. The University denied the allegation and stated that Singh was "… neither the editor nor compiler of the book onCultural History of Ancient India."[4]
