Dr. Suraj Yengde

Research Associate and Senior Fellow

Dr. Suraj Yengde is an Oxford University History Ph.D. candidate, acclaimed author of the bestseller, "Caste Matters," and co-editor of the award-winning anthology, "The Radical in Ambedkar." His work garnered awards, including "Best Non-fiction Book of the Decade" by The Hindu and has been translated into several languages. He has written over a hundred and fifty articles which span academic and non-academic platforms. Notably, he is a columnist at the Indian Express, running the only caste-centric column anywhere in the world. Currently, he is crafting two manuscripts. The first is "Caste: A New History of the World" for Allen Lane, and the second is a doctoral dissertation tracing the intellectual history of race and caste. Dr. Yengde's impactful initiatives include founding the Dalit Film Festival and co-establishing the Equity in Policy Education initiative at Harvard.