Dr. Sajaudeen Nijamodeen Chapparban, is an 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. Presently
he is a Visiting Fellow at University of Religion and Denomination, Iran.
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, and Interdisciplinary studies. He has presented his research
papers at various national and international conferences, attended summer
schools, participated in workshops/training programs, and delivered invited
talks in different capacities in India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Germany, Poland, Taiwan,
Austria, Italy, Sweden, Turkey, Croatia, Iraq, the USA, Uzbekistan, the U.K,
Israel, Palestine, Indonesia, etc. He is also invited to participate in the prestigious
2024 Scheidt Family Summer Fellowship on Genocide Studies and Prevention at the
University of Connecticut, USA 9- 14 June 2024, and also invited to present his
research paper at the Ninth International Conference of the International
Network of Genocide Scholars, titled “Genocide and Survivor Communities:
Agency, Resistance, Recognition,” scheduled to take place at the University of
Southern California in Los Angeles from June 23 to June 26, 2024.There are
three books, two special edited volumes of journals, and around twenty research
articles to his credit. Currently he is working on two book series from
Routledge; " Global Refugee Crisis " (3 Volumes) and "The Global
Indian Diasporas in 21st Century" (12 volumes). He has received various
fellowships and awards including the Prof. B. M. Khedkar Award (2009) from SRTMU/MU
College, 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.Shujaudeen09@gmail.com