Institute for Advanced Study

IAS Distinguished Fellow Profile

Dr Boria Majumdar

IAS Fellow 2005

Visiting Fellow in History at the University of Calcutta

Dr Majumdar is a graduate of the University of Calcutta and of Oxford University . He currently serves as the Editor-International Journal of the History of Sport. He has published, or has in press, three major books – the cultural history and positioning of sport in modern India, including Twenty-two Years to Freedom: A Social History of Indian Cricket.