A. R. Venkatachalapathy
Historian | Author | Professor, MIDS
About
A.R. Venkatachalapathy, Professor at the Madras Institute of Development Studies, specializes in the social, cultural, and intellectual history of colonial Tamil Nadu. He has taught in India, Singapore, and Chicago and authored several works in Tamil and English, including Swadeshi Steam, exploring V.O. Chidambaram Pillai’s fight against British maritime power.