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U-M CSAS Faculty Research Projects

With over 40 outstanding faculty working on South Asia, the Center for South Asian Studies supports faculty in 15 different departments across the U-M campus. Below are some of our faculty associates' current research projects.

Professor Ashutosh Varshney

  • Professor Varshney is currently focusing on a U-M elections research project examining hundreds of millions of votes cast in India. The research will examine correlations between voting patterns and socioeconomic status. Full Description

Professor Carla Sinopoli

  • Professor Sinopoli is developing an archeological dig of prehistoric sites in India's Tungabhadra Corridor joining faculty and students from U-M, the Karnataka Department of Archaeology and Museums, the National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bangalore;and Maharaja Sayajirao University in Baroda (now called Vadodara), India. Full description

Professor Manishita Dass

Professor Dass is leading a collaborative project between faculty at U-M, Heidelberg University in Germany and SARAI/Center for the Study of Developing Societies in New Delhi, India to create a trans-national digital archive for popular Indian visual culture.