Dr Ajayan T got Ph.D. in History from the University of Kerala with the Junior Research Fellowship of Indian Council of Historical Research. He joined as Assistant Professor of History at KSMDB College, Sasthamcotta, Kerala, in 2017. He was awarded UGC Associate Fellowship in 2019 tenable for three years. In February 2020, he was admitted to the Fellowship of the Royal Historical Society, London. He served as the Summer Faculty Fellow at IIT Delhi from 1 June 2020 to 31 July 2020. He received international travel grant to present a seminar paper in London from Kerala Council of Historical Research in 2022. In the same year, he got Faculty Visiting Scholarship from the Faculty of History of the University of Cambridge. He served as the Scholar-in Resident at Gujarat National Law University in Constitutional History of India in 2023.
He authors one book and seventeen articles including in Cambridge and SAGE journals indexed by popular international databases of Scopus and Web of Sciences. He has completed a research project funded by the ICWA of the Ministry of External Affairs of the Government of India. Currently, he is working on a major research project funded by the Indian Council of Historical Research as Project Director. He has contributed four SWAYAM PRABHA courses at IIT Kanpur. He is also serving as the resource person of the UGC MMTTCs of the central universities and IITs. The publication of his two books is on the anvil.
Currently, he is working as a Visiting Scholar, Faculty of History, University of Cambridge and as a Visiting College Research Associate (post-doctoral level) at Wolfson College, University of Cambridge. He is also recognized research guide in History of the University of Kerala, and three research scholars are working with him for the Ph.D. His area of expertise includes Modern India, Contemporary India, Indian federalism, Spanish Flu, Constitutional Studies, Higher Education and Research Methodology in History.
♦M.A. Ph.D. FRHistS(London)
Total eleven years of teaching experience
1. Faculty Visiting Scholar, Faculty of History, University of Cambridge (2022 and 2026)
2. Visiting College Research Associateship, Wolfson College, University of Cambridge(2026)
3. UGC-Associate Fellow, IIAS, Shimla (2020-2023)
4. Faculty Fellow-IIT Delhi (2020)
5. KCHR International Travel Grant Award (2022)
6. Fellow of Royal Asiatic Society, London (2016)
7. Scholar-in Residence, Gujarat National Law University (2023)
8. Junior Research Fellowship of Indian Council of Historical Research (2010-12)
Nodal Officer, Centre for Gadhian Studies
Fellow of Royal Historical Society (London)
1. Faculty Visiting Scholar, Faculty of History, University of Cambridge (2022 and 2026)
2. Visiting College Research Associateship, Wolfson College, University of Cambridge(2026)
3. UGC-Associate Fellow, IIAS, Shimla (2020-2023)
4. Faculty Fellow-IIT Delhi (2020)
5. KCHR International Travel Grant Award (2022)
6. Fellow of Royal Asiatic Society, London (2016)
7. Scholar-in Residence, Gujarat National Law University (2023)
8. Junior Research Fellowship of Indian Council of Historical Research (2010-12)
Modern India, Contemporary India, Indian federalism, Spanish Flu, Constitutional Studies, Higher Education and Research Methodology in History.
1. SAARC: Problems and Prospects funded by the ICWA of the Ministry of External Affairs of the Government of India(submitted)
2. Spanish Flu: An Indian Experience funded by the Indian Council of Historical Research(ongoing)
3. Liquidation Crisis in Punjab following the Partition(Collaborative Research Project, Centre for Development Studies, Trivandrum)
17 research articles have been published. It includes Cambridge and SAGE journals indexed by the popular international databases such as Scopus and Web of Science
Three research scholars are working with me
Spanish flu
SAARC
Modern Kerala
Federalism
One patent has been filed