Christophe Jaffrelot

Christophe Jaffrelot is the Avantha Chair and Professor of Indian Politics and Sociology at the King’s India Institute, Research Lead for the Global Institutes at King’s College London, and a Senior Research Fellow at CNRS / CERI–Sciences Po. He previously served as Director of the Centre d’Etudes et de Recherches Internationales (CERI) at Sciences Po (2000–2008) and is a Non-Resident Scholar at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. He holds a Ph.D. in Political Science and a Diploma from Sciences Po, an M.A. in History from Panthéon-Sorbonne University, and a Hindi DULCO from INALCO. His research focuses on identity politics, religion, caste dynamics, political economy, and agrarian issues across South Asia. A prominent public commentator and fortnightly columnist for The Indian Express, he also serves as Senior Editor of the Hurst book series Comparative Politics and International Studies and leads major international research collaborations on South Asian politics, religion, and representation.