Manu V. Devadevan

Manu V. Devadevan (born 1977) is an Indian historian known for his works on pre-modern south India.^{[1] [2]} He holds an expertise in multiple Indian languages.^[3] He currently works at School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology, Mandi.^[1][4] He has also published two poetry collections in Kannada and is also a translator.^[2]

Manu Devadevan, originally from Kerala, grew up and studied in Bengaluru.^[2] He completed his post-graduate degree from Jawaharlal Nehru University and completed his doctoral research from Mangalore University (under historian Kesavan Veluthat).^[2] The Infosys Prize 2019 for Humanities was awarded to Manu Devadevan.^[1]

Publications

• A Pre-History of Hinduism (2016)
• Clio's Descendants: Essays in Honour of Kesavan Veluthat (2018, editor)
• The 'Early Medieval' Origins of India (2020)
• God Is Dead, There Is No God: The Vachanas of Allama Prabhu (2019)

References

1. "Humanities (2019)". Infosys Prize.
2. "Meet Manu V Devadevan, the Keralite Winner of Infosys Prize". Malayala Manorama. 2019.
3. "IIT Mandi Professor Wins USD 100,000 for Research on Indian History". The Indian Express. 2019.
4. "The Temple was Not a Vedic institution: Manu V. Devadevan". The Hindu. 2019. ISSN 0971-751X.