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page 1Indian social sciences writers
Arundhati Roy
Indian novelist, essayist, and activist

Gita Gopinath
Indian-American economist
Arjun Appadurai
social-cultural anthropologist (born 1949)
Sunetra Gupta
Indian novelist and epidemiologist
Kapila Vatsyayan
Indian politician and art historian (1928-2020)
Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay
Indian freedom fighter and social reformer (1903-1988)
Irawati Karve
Indian sociologist, anthropologist, educationist, and writer (1905-1970)
Debiprasad Chattopadhyay
Indian Marxist philosopher (1918–1993)
Leela Gandhi
Indian-born literary and cultural theorist
Shereen Ratnagar
Indian archaeologist
V. Mohini Giri
Indian activist
Mala Sen
Indian author
Veena Das
Indian anthropologist

M. N. Srinivas
Indian anthropologist
Swaraj Prakash Gupta
Indian archaeologist and art historian
Ruth Vanita
Indian academic

Vidya Shah
singer and musician
Chitra Naik
Indian educationist, writer, social worker
N. S. Rajaram
Indian mathematician and academic (1943–2019)
Sudhir Kakar
Indian psychologist and writer (1938–2024)
Leela Dube
Indian anthropologist (1923-2012)
Tanika Sarkar
Indian historian
Radha Kumar
Indian writer
Ruchira Gupta
sex trafficking abolitionist; business executive
Susan Visvanathan
Sociologist and Fiction Writer
Rajni Bakshi
Indian journalist
Nalini Jameela
Indian writer
Arvind Gupta
Populariser of science and toy-maker young IIT engineer

Ram Chandra Kak
Indian archaeologist and politician (1893–1983)
Shalu Nigam
Indian lawyer
Helen Giri
Indian musicologist and historian
Nirmal Kumar Bose
Indian anthropologist (1901–1972)

G. S. Ghurye
Founder of Indian sociology (1893–1983)
Sarat Chandra Roy
Indian anthropologist
Sugata Bose
Indian historian
Amiya Kumar Bagchi
Indian economic historian (1936-2024)
Nishigandha Wad
Indian actress
Jasleen Dhamija
Indian art historian
Venkataramiah Sitaramiah
writer (1899–1983)
Shaheen Mistri
Indian activist
Haku Shah
Piyush Ramani Aap Vadodara (1934–2019)
Malini Chib
Indian disability rights activist and author
Sharada Srinivasan
Indian academic

Panchanan Mitra
Indian anthropologist (1892–1936)
Nandini Sundar
Social Sciences Activist

S. Srikanta Sastri
Historian, Indologist, Polyglot

Giani Gurdit Singh
Indian journalist (1923–2007)
Tarun Vijay
Indian writer & politician
Arundhati Virmani
Indian historian
Michael Lobo
Indian scientist and genealogist
Bulu Imam
environmental activist from India
Madhukar Keshav Dhavalikar
Indian archaeologist (1930–2018)
Radhika Chandiramani
Indian clinical psychologist, writer and editor
Pichu Sambamoorthi
Indian musicologist, writer and professor of musicology (1901–1973)

Krishna Chaithanya
writer