Dr. Sajaudeen Nijamodeen Chapparban, is a Senior Assistant Professor, in the Centre for Diaspora Studies at the Central University of Gujarat, Gandhinagar, India and he was a visiting research Fellow (June 2022) at the Centre for South Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL, USA, and the Summer Institute fellow (June- July 2022) at Schusterman Center’s Summer Institute fellowship for Israel Studies at Brandeis University USA. His area of interest includes International Migration, Diaspora, Refugee, South Asia, South Asian Diaspora, Citizenship, Nation, Nationalism, and Transnationalism, Indian and Chinese Diaspora, Jewish Diaspora, Muslim Diaspora, Comparative Diaspora Studies, Contemporary English Literature/s, Contemporary Literary and Cultural Theory, Interdisciplinary studies and Research Methodology. He has presented his research papers at various national and international conferences, attended summer schools, participated in workshops/training programs, and delivered lectures in different capacities in India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Germany, Poland, Taiwan, Austria, Italy, Sweden, Turkey, Croatia, Iraq, the USA, Uzbekistan, the U.K, Israel, Palestine, Azerbaijan, etc. There are three books, two special edited volumes of journals, and around twenty research articles to his credit. He has received various fellowships and awards including the Prof. B. M. Khedkar Award (2009), AP Urdu Academy Fellowship (2010-11), The Maulana Azad National Fellowship (MANF-JRF & SRF 2011-2016), The Wenner-Gren Foundation and EASA fellowship (2018), Schusterman Center’s Summer Institute fellowship for Israel Studies (2022) and The University of Illinois Library Research Award 2022 from University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL, USA. He was recently awarded with the Young Alumnus of Honour – 2023 from the Maulana Azad National Urdu University, A Central University, Hyderabad, India.
He can be reached at shujaudeen09@gmail.com