Director
Awadhendra Sharan works at the intersection of urban and environmental studies. In his book In the City, Out of Place: Nuisance, Pollution and Dwelling in Delhi, c. 1850-2000 (OUP, 2014) Sharan offers a history of water supply, ‘nuisance’ trades, pollution and approaches to the 'slum question’, in Delhi. In a more recent work Dust and Smoke: Air Pollution and Colonial Urbanism, India, c.1860-c.1940 (Orient BlackSwan, 2020) Sharan enquires into the history of air pollution in colonial cities, in particular the question of industrial and domestic smoke in Bombay and Calcutta.
Sharan is currently working on a research project titled 'Atmospheres'.
Sharan serves on the editorial board of the Journal of Historical Geography. He is also a member of the Executive Committee of Delhi based NGO Ankur: Alternatives in Education.
Email: director(at)csds.in, sharan(at)csds.in
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A river and the riverfront: Delhi’s Yamuna as an in-between space
