Advisors
Dr. Hilal Ahmed
Advisor
Dr. Hilal Ahmed is Associate Professor at the Centre for the Study of Developing Societies (CSDS), New Delhi. A scholar of Indian democracy and political Islam, his work explores the politics of symbols and minority representation.
He is the author of several acclaimed books, including A Brief History of the Present: Muslims in New India (Penguin, 2024), Siyasi Muslims (2019), and Muslim Political Discourse in Postcolonial India (Routledge, 2014). Dr. Ahmed has also co-edited major volumes such as Companion to Indian Democracy (Routledge, 2021) and Rethinking Muslim Personal Law (Routledge, 2022).