Contested Childhoods wins award
Ms. Kannan is currently an Assistant Professor in Department of History and Archaeology, Shiv Nadar-University Delhi-NCR. She did her BA History at Lady Shri Ram College (University of Delhi), and her post graduation and PhD at the Centre for Historical Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. Contested Childhoods is based on her doctoral dissertation. She is the daughter of economist K.P. Kannan and Shobhana Kannan.
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