Aditya Mukherjee

Aditya Mukherjee retired as Professor of Contemporary History, Jawaharlal Nehru University. He was elected the General President of the Indian History Congress 2023-24, and was visiting Professor/Fellow at premier institutions like the Duke University (USA), University of Tokyo, University of Rome, Institutes of Advanced Study at Nantes (France), Lancaster (UK) and Sao Paolo (Brazil). He is the author of Imperialism, Nationalism and the Making of the Indian Capitalist Class, Political Economy of Colonial and Post-Colonial India and co-authored three bestselling titles India Since Independence,India’s Struggle for Independence and RSS, School Texts and the Murder of Mahatma Gandhi: The Hindu Communal Project.

Bipan Chandra

Bipan Chandra, recipient of the Padma Bhushan, was born in Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. He was educated at Forman Christian College, Lahore and at Stanford University, California. He was Professor of Modern History at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi, where he is currently Professor Emeritus. He was honoured as National Professor and was also the Chairperson of the National Book Trust. Professor Chandra has authored several books on nationalism, colonialism and communalism in modern India.

Mridula Mukherjee