Manu V. Devadevan (born 1977) is an Indian historian known for his works on pre-modern south India. He holds an expertise in multiple Indian languages. He currently works at School of Humanities and Social Sciences,

Indian Institute of Technology The Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT) are a network of engineering and technology institutions in India. Established in 1950, they are under the purview of the Ministry of Education of the Indian Government and are governed by the Instit ...

, Mandi. He has also published two poetry collections in Kannada and is also a translator. Manu Devadevan, originally from

Kerala Kerala ( , ) is a States and union territories of India, state on the Malabar Coast of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, following the passage of the States Reorganisation Act, by combining Malayalam-speaking regions of the erstwhile ...

, grew up and studied in

Bengaluru Bengaluru, also known as Bangalore (List of renamed places in India#Karnataka, its official name until 1 November 2014), is the Capital city, capital and largest city of the southern States and union territories of India, Indian state of Kar ...

. He completed his post-graduate degree from

Jawaharlal Nehru University Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU; ISO: Javāharalāla Neharū Viśvavidyālaya) is a public research university located in Delhi, India. It was established in 1969 and named after Jawaharlal Nehru, India's first Prime Minister. The university ...

and completed his doctoral research from

Mangalore University Mangalore University commonly known as, MU is a public university in Konaje, Mangaluru, Karnataka, India. In 2021, National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) awarded Mangalore University 'B' grade. As on 2024, Prof. P L Dharma took ...

(under historian Kesavan Veluthat). The

Infosys Prize The Infosys Prize is an annual award granted to scientists, researchers, engineers and social scientists of Indian origin (not necessarily born in India) by the Infosys Science Foundation and ranks among the highest monetary awards for researc ...

2019 for Humanities was awarded to Manu Devadevan.

Publications

* ''A Pre-History of Hinduism'' (2016) * ''Clio's Descendants: Essays in Honour of Kesavan Veluthat'' (2018, editor) * ''The 'Early Medieval' Origins of India'' (2020) * ''God Is Dead, There Is No God: The Vachanas of Allama Prabhu'' (2019)

References

Living people Historians of India 21st-century Indian historians Jawaharlal Nehru University alumni Historians of Kerala 1977 births Mangalore University alumni {{India-historian-stub