Prof. Nandini Sinha Kapur, Head Of Swadeshi Shodh Santhan Delhi Chapter.
She is an accomplished historian, academic and research scholar with over 34 years of teaching and research experience. She has served as Director of the School of Interdisciplinary and Transdisciplinary Studies (SOITS) at Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU), New Delhi, and has made significant contributions to historical research, interdisciplinary education and Indian knowledge traditions.
Her research focuses on early and medieval Indian history, state formation, tribal communities, environmental history, agrarian society and cultural identity. Her scholarly work explores the historical relationships between society, ecology, political institutions and indigenous communities, particularly in Rajasthan and western India.
Prof. Kapur has authored and edited several important books, including The State Formation in Rajasthan: Mewar during AD 7th–15th Centuries, Reconstructing Identity: Tribes, Agro-Pastoralists and Environment in Western India (AD 7th–20th Centuries), and Environmental History of Early India (A Reader), published by Oxford University Press.
she has contributed to research projects, national and international conferences, invited lectures and interdisciplinary academic programmes. Her work has also addressed tribal history, environmental conservation, Indian philosophical traditions and the study of indigenous knowledge systems.