Shashank Singh

Assistant Professor

Department of History

GITAM School of Humanities and Social Sciences

Hyderabad

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Ph. D.

ssingh13@gitam.edu

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Dr Shashank Singh earned his Ph.D. in modern history from the Centre for Historical Studies at Jawaharlal Nehru University. He had been awarded the Fox International Fellowship by Yale University in 2022-23. He also received JRF from UGC in 2019, which was upgraded to a SRF in 2021. He has presented his work at the the University of Toronto and the University of North Carolina. Previously, he has taught at the Sri Venkateswara College of the University of Delhi.

Research Publications

The Princely State of Gwalior and A Bid to Centralise the Administrative Machinery, 1860-1925, Proceedings of the Indian History Congress, 2018-19, vol. 79 (2018-19), pp. 466-474. available on jstor.org - https://www.jstor.org/stable/26906280 (UGC care listed)
Heritage Preservation and Political Legitimisation: Creating a Usable Past in Gwalior State, South Asia: Journal of South Asian Studies, (Forthcoming), vol. 49, no. 1, February 2026. (Scopus indexed)

Expertise

History of Indian princely states
Decolonization and evolution of post-colonial state
Role of princely personages in electoral politics
Preservation of architectural heritage
Social and political movements