Having always been interested in history, I did my doctorate in South Asian history at the University of Cambridge after a Master’s degree at the Jawaharlal Nehru University in Delhi. For my thesis I worked on the trading community of the Marwaris, a diasporic mercantile community which moved from the northern hinterland of India to the port cities of Calcutta and Bombay. My research and teaching interests are in the areas of economic and business history, biography, South Asian diaspora and history. I have been with the History Department since 2003 and was previously with the University Scholars Programme. I have been teaching courses on ‘Asian Economic and Business History,’ Contemporary India and ‘Chinese Business in Singapore and Beyond.’ In my free time, I like reading and enjoy traveling in the Himalayas. I am always happy to meet with students, so do drop in to see me.