Gyanesh Kudaisya is a historian of modern South Asia whose main research focuses on the contemporary history of India.
"With a deeply fragmented polity and a lack of cohesiveness in its political life, the time has come for Uttar Pradesh to rethink its status as a 'heartland'.
[1] He argues that a beginning to this effect has been made with the creation of Uttaranchal, carved out of the hilly region of Uttar Pradesh, in November 2000.
He worked with Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) in New Delhi for three years as an editor and corporate communications professional.
D. Prior to joining the South Asian Studies Programme in June 1999 at NUS, he was an assistant professor at the School of Arts in Nanyang Technological University.