Dr. Probal Roy Chowdhury, currently the Director of the Centre for New India Studies at SNU, and Professor, Department of English, has been in academia since 2006. Earlier in his career, he has taught English and Cultural Studies at Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Coimbatore, served as a Fellow with the Centre for Policy Studies, Chennai, worked as a consultant for the TVS Educational Society, and curated projects for one of India’s leading political consultancy firms. Recipient of various awards and accolades, including the Azad Fellowship and a book writing grant from Motwani Jadeja Foundation, US, Prof. Roy Chowdhury’s interests lie in the teaching and research of pre-British Indian society and polity, especially indigenous education in eighteenth and nineteenth century India; socio-cultural, religious and philosophical traditions of Bengal; Indian writing in English; and postcolonialism.