ICG Scholars-In-Residence Programme 2023
Geetanjali Shree, Amitabh Mattoo and Vandana Vasudevan were selected for the 2023 Scholars-in-Residence award
Geetanjali Shree is a Hindi novelist and short-story writer based in New Delhi. She is the author of several short stories and five novels. Her 2000 novel Mai was shortlisted for the Crossword Book Award in 2001, while its English translation was published by Niyogi Books in 2017. Her novel Ret Samadhi (2018), translated into English as Tomb of Sand (Penguin, 2022) by Daisy Rockwell, won the International Booker Prize. Aside from fiction, she has written critical works on Premchand. Geetanjali is currently working on a new novel.
Book project: Sah-sa (a novel)
Amitabh Mattoo is Dean and Professor, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. He has been a visiting professor at the Centre for International Security and Cooperation at Stanford University, the Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace Studies the University of Notre dame, and the Programme on Arms Control, Disarmament and International Security at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and at the Maison des Sciences de’Lomme at Paris. Amitabh serves as the President of the Indian Association of International Studies and is on the Board of the Australia India Institute and on the Council of Central University of Jammu and Kashmir. He is also Honorary Professor of International Relations at the Faculty of Arts, University of Melbourne. A former Vice Chancellor of the University of Jammu, he was the youngest person appointed to that position in the history of independent India. He was founding Director of the Australia India Institute, Melbourne and the founding co-chair of the Australia India Leadership Dialogue. He has been a Cabinet-ranked Advisor to the Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir; a member of the Advisory Board of India’s National Security Council; a member of the National Knowledge Commission; and Chair of the Board of Miranda House, India’s highest ranked college. Amitabh has a D.Phil. from the University of Oxford. He has published 12 books and over 50 research articles and is working on his new book. He was awarded the Padma Shri in 2016.
Book project: Amir Tarr and the Fantasy of Facts: Nine Extraordinary Kashmiris and their Global Impact.
Vandana Vasudevan is the author of Urban Villager: Life in an Indian Satellite Town (Sage, 2013) and Tough Customer (Westland, 2013). She studied economics at Lady Shri Ram College, New Delhi, and is a graduate of the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad. She worked for several years in leading banks and media companies and in parallel, has been a writer for several newspapers, most notably for the business daily Mint where she wrote a column on urban consumer experiences called ‘Tough Customer’.
Book project: OTP Please: Stories of the foot soldiers of the Great Indian Gig Economy
Published as OTP Please! Online buyers, sellers and Gig Workers in South Asia (Penguin India, 2025).
CALL FOR APPLICATIONS
The International Centre Goa (ICG) invites academics, journalists, writers and others to apply for the ICG Scholars-in-Residence Programme 2023. ICG will select one or more applicants to spend 30 days at ICG to work on her book project.
Eligibility
- Applicants must be residents of India
- Applicants must be currently writing/completing a book manuscript, a report (10,000 words or more) or any other scholarly/literary work; and
- Applicants must be able to convincingly show in their application their progress in the ongoing project (1-2 book chapters or some other documentation).
NOTE: The programme is not open to those who are yet to begin work on a project.
How To Apply?
Please submit the following as part of your application:
- 1. A short bio (1-2 pages);
- Description of book project (max. 2 pages); and
- Sample writing (one or two chapters from the ongoing book project).
All applications – clearly marked as “ICG Scholars-in-Residence Programme 2023” – must be sent by email on or before 30th April 2023 to: director@incentgoa.com.
Terms and conditions
- The selected applicant will be required to make a public presentation (typically a lecture) during the period of her stay at ICG.
- The ICG Scholars-in-Residence programme will cover the following expenses:
- Return air travel (economy);
- Complimentary accommodation for self (and spouse/partner) at ICG for 30 days; and
- A stipend of Rs. 4,000 per day for the 30-day period.
Note: ICG reserves the right to amend the rules and terms and conditions of the Scholars-in-Residence Programme.