Amiya Prosad Sen is a historian with an interest in the intellectual and cultural history of modern India. Amiya P.Sen is currently Professor of Modern Indian History at Jamia Millia Islamia

Jamia Millia Islamia

Jamia Millia Islamia is an Indian Central University located in Delhi. It was established at Aligarh in United Provinces, India in 1920. It became a Central University by an act of the Indian Parliament in 1988...

, New Delhi. He has been Agatha Harrison Fellow to the University of Oxford

University of Oxford

The University of Oxford is a university located in Oxford, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest surviving university in the world and the oldest in the English-speaking world. Although its exact date of foundation is unclear, there is evidence of teaching as far back as 1096...

 and Visiting Fellow  to the Indian Institute of Advanced Study

Indian Institute of Advanced Study

The Indian Institute of Advanced Study is a prestigious research institute based in Shimla, India. It was set up by the Ministry of Education, Government of India in 1964 and it started functioning from October 20, 1965....

, Shimla, and the Centre for Contemporary Studies, Nehru Memorial Museum & Library

Nehru Memorial Museum & Library

The Nehru Memorial Museum & Library is a library in New Delhi, India, which aims to preserve and reconstruct the history of the Indian independence movement. Housed within the Teen Murti House complex, it is an autonomous institution under the Indian Ministry of Culture, and was founded in 1964...

, New Delhi. During 2007–08, he was Tagore professor at Vishwa Bharati, Shantiniketan.

Sen took his Bachelor's and Master's degrees in History from St. Stephen's College, Delhi

St. Stephen's College, Delhi

St. Stephen's College is a constituent college of the University of Delhi located in Delhi, India. The college admits both undergraduates and post-graduates, and awards degrees under the purview of the University. Famous for its rich history and many traditions, St...

 and also pursued his Ph.D there. After a brief career in Indian Civil Services

Indian Civil Services

The Indian Civil Service , which after 1886 was officially called the Imperial Civil Service and was also known as the British India Civil Service, was the civil service of the Government of India in the period of the British Raj...

, he took up teaching and research in 1984.

Publications

• Sen, Amiya P. Ed. Bankim's Hinduism. An Anthology of Writings by Bankimchandra Chattopadhyay. Delhi.Permanent Black. 2011