Coordinator - India Chapter

Dr Medha Malik Kudaisya
Email: hiskmm@nus.edu.sg
Tel: (65) 6516 8740
Fax: (65) 6774 2528

Dr Medha Malik Kudaisya did her doctorate in South Asian history at the University of Cambridge. For her thesis she worked on the trading community of the Marwaris, a diasporic mercantile community which moved from the northern hinterland of India to the port cities of Calcutta and Bombay. Her research and teaching interests are in the areas of business history, biography, South Asian diaspora and religious and cultural practices. She is now getting interested in working on trading communities and networks in Southeast Asia.

Dr Kudaisya has taught courses on ‘Asian Business: History and Networks’ and in a Singapore Studies module on ‘Chinese Business in Singapore and Beyond’. She has written a well-received book on the life and times of G.D. Birla.