Archive · 13 Nov 2025
Political Scientist Vidhu Verma Awarded Jawaharlal Nehru Fellowship
A special award called the Jawaharlal Nehru Fellowship has been given to a smart thinker named Vidhu Verma.
She will use this award to study important Indian thinkers like Gandhi and Ambedkar.
She wants to understand how they thought about the unfairness and violence that happened when India was ruled by another country.
Her project looks at how their ideas about how to be good, fair, and act connect to these difficult times.
This award is given out each year to people doing important research.
The announcement was made just before the birthday of a famous leader named Jawaharlal Nehru.
Political scientist Vidhu Verma has been awarded the annual Jawaharlal Nehru Fellowship.
The fellowship is for the year 2025.
Verma's project will examine how India's founding thinkers dealt with colonial violence and inequities.
The project is titled 'Colonial Modernity and Epistemic Injustice: Politics, Ethics and Action in Gandhi, Ambedkar and Tagore'.
The announcement was made by the Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Fund on November 10 from Teen Murti House.
- Who
- Political scientist Vidhu Verma
- What
- Awarded the annual Jawaharlal Nehru Fellowship for a project examining India's founding thinkers' response to colonial violence and inequities.
- When
- Announced on November 10, for the year 2025.
- Where
- Teen Murti House
- Why
- Selected for her project 'Colonial Modernity and Epistemic Injustice: Politics, Ethics and Action in Gandhi, Ambedkar and Tagore'.
- Fellowship Awardee
- Vidhu Verma
- Fellowship Name
- Jawaharlal Nehru Fellowship
- Award Year
- 2025
- Project Focus
- Colonial Modernity and Epistemic Injustice: Politics, Ethics and Action in Gandhi, Ambedkar and Tagore
- Announcing Body
- Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Fund
- Announcement Date
- November 10