Pritam Singh

I completed my MPhil in Modern South Asian Studies from the University of Cambridge as a Commonwealth Master’s Scholar. My MPhil thesis on anti-caste Movements in Colonial Punjab was awarded distinction and C.A. Bayly Prize for the best dissertation on South Asia. After completing my MPhil, I worked as an Academic Tutor at O.P. Jindal Global University, Sonipat where I co-taught undergraduate courses on Modern Indian Politics, Political Philosophy, and the history of caste in modern India.

Thesis Title: Caste, Race and Empire: Tracing the Roots of Indian Traders' Hegemony Over Lower-Caste Labourers in South Africa C. 1860-1994.

Supervisor: Professor Joanna Lewis

Expertise

Caste, India, British Colonialism, Migration, South Africa