Ambedkar Initiative Podcast Series - Introduction

In this introduction to the Ambedkar Initiative Podcast Series, Barnard College senior Khadija Hussain interviews History Professor Anupama Rao and recent Columbia College graduate Priya Pai about what the Ambedkar Initiative seeks to accomplish with this series. Professor Rao, who founded the Ambedkar Initiative, is Associate Professor of History and MESAAS; Associate Director, ICLS; and Senior Editor of Comparative Studies in South Asia, Africa and the Middle East. Priya Pai, who has been co-leading the digital efforts of the Ambedkar Initiative, graduated from Columbia in May with a degree in Computer Science and English Literature, with a focus on postcolonial narratives and the Indian interwar period. She currently works at the University of Chicago Poverty Lab as a data research assistant. She is interested in the digital humanities and data science in social contexts.

The Ambedkar Initiative Podcast Series is a project of the Ambedkar Initiative at the Institute for Comparative Literature and Society, Columbia University, with support from the Office of the Vice Provost for Faculty Advancement.

Production and Design Team: Khadija Hussain, Sam Needleman, Katherine Vandermel

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