Guest Fellow
The Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla (IIAS) also has scheme of Guest Fellow under which eminent scholars are invited by the Institute for three months to deliver a lecture on a theme of their choice. In addition, they also use the rich library resources of the Institute and interact with the Fellows and Associates of the Inter-University Centre for Humanities and Social Sciences. No fellowship amount will be paid during fellowship.
A Guest Fellow is entitled to reimbursement of travel expenses (Air India economy) within India only and local hospitality at Shimla. The Guest Fellow is also required to make the manuscript of the lecture delivered available to the Institute so that it can be published in any of the Institute’s journals or uploaded on its website. An honorarium of Rs. 5000/- is to be given after publishing of the lecture.
| Sr. No. | Name and Bio | Title of Lecture |
| 1. | Dr. Arundhati Virmani EHESS, Centre Norbert Elias, 2 rue de la Charité 13002 Marseille |
The Social Responsibility of the Historian: The case of the Annales since 1929 in perspective” on 05 July 2016 |
| 2. | Professor Sujata Patel Department of Sociology University of Hyderabad |
The Challenge of Doing Sociology Today” on 24 June 2016 |
| 3. | Shri Prakash N.Shah Hon. Director Acharya Kripalani Adhyayan Kendra Gujarat Vidyapith Ahmedabad |
Gandhi's Inner Quest: A Temporal Perspective” on 02 August 2016 |
| 4,5 | Dr. Parvis Ghassem-Fachandi Professor John Borneman Department of Anthropology, Aaron Burr Hall Princeton University Princeton |
New JerseyThe Syrian Refugee Crisis in Germany: Erotic Conflict and Foreigner Integration” on 24 October 2016 |
| 6. | Dr. Kathryn Lum Lecturer, Global Studies School of Arts and Humanities Nottingham Trent University, Clifton Campus, MAE |
Reservations in Brazil (01 August 2017) |
| 7. | Dr. Anuradha Veeravalli Formerly, Asst. Prof. Dept. of Philosophy, University of Delhi |
Theory of the Vernacular: A Counter-Modernity (17 August 2017) |
| 8. | Anuradha Bhattacharjee Doctorate from the Sorbonne University, Paris Researcher specializing in intercultural communication, management and public policy |
“Effects of Globalization: an Empirical Study of Advertising” on 23rd November, 2017 |
| 9. | Professor Michel Danino, Visiting Professor, Indian Institute of Technology, Gandhinagar, Gujarat |
• The Aryan Myth in the Arsenal of the British Raj (19 July 2019) • India’s “Vedic Night” (30 July 2019) |