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Dr. Manu V. Devadevan is an accomplished historian and literary scholar, with wide interests and horizons. Dr. Devadevan currently teaches history at the Indian Institute of Technology, Mandi. He received his academic training at Annamalai University, Jawaharlal Nehru University, and Mangalore University.

Though mainly centered on pre-modern history, Devadevan's research interests extend beyond it to include cultural and literary practices in South India, South Indian epigraphy, and political and economic processes in pre-modern South Asia. He has published scholarly works in both Kannada and English, including a number of edited volumes. His most recent book is A Pre-History of Hinduism (2016). He has also written widely in various well-known journals and edited volumes.

Dr. Devadevan’s journal articles in English include ‘Lying on the Edge of the Burning Ground: Rethinking Tinais,’ Journal of the Economic and Social History of the Orient (2006); ‘From Lineage to Territory: The Making of Territorial Self-Consciousness in Kalinga,’ Indian Historical Review (2017), and ‘From the Cult of Chivalry to the Cult of the Personality: The Seventh-Century Transformation in Pallava Statecraft,’ Studies in History (2017).

A poet and writer besides being a scholar, Manu Devadevan is also a prolific translator into English, Malayalam, and Kannada.

The Infosys Prize 2019 for Humanities is awarded to him for his highly original and wide-ranging work on pre-modern South India.