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Scholar of Sikh textual traditions at Harvard and co-founder of the Sikh Coalition. Author of The Zafarnama of Guru Gobind Singh (Harvard Oriental Series). Founder of the Harvard Sikh Center and teaches HarvardX course with 54,000+ learners.
Scholar of cross-cultural philosophy, religion, and postcolonial theory. Trained in chemistry and philosophy, he bridges science and humanities, authoring landmark works on Sikh thought, translation theory, secularism, and diasporic experience.
Professor at Union Theological Seminary, Senior Advisor at the Aspen Institute, and author of The Light We Give. A leading voice on bias, empathy, and wisdom, his work spans books, keynotes, and media — rooted in Sikh values of justice and humanity.
Internationally renowned scholar of Sikh sacred poetics, feminist theology, and art. Author of 14+ books including Poems from the Sikh Sacred Tradition (Harvard UP, 2023). Pioneer of feminist approaches to Gurbani and Sikh scripture.
Development economist studying labor markets, poverty, and behavioral economics in South Asia. Harvard Ph.D. and J-PAL affiliate whose field experiments in India inform global policy on wages, inequality, and the psychology of poverty.
Distinguished Professor bridging economics with Sikh and Punjabi Studies at UC Santa Cruz. Aurora Chair holder leading "Sikhs in the 21st Century" research project. Author of 100+ papers and 6 books on Punjab economy, diaspora, and Sikh heritage.
Cultural and intellectual historian and Chair of Panjabi Language, Literature and Sikh Studies at UBC. Research spans Sikh historiography, Panjabi literary cultures, oral history, and Partition memory. Author of The Materiality of the Past (OUP 2012)
Scholar of Sikh intellectual history and janamsakhi literature at the University of Calgary. Research engages Panjabi, Persian, Urdu, and Braj sources. Associate Editor of Sikh Formations. Led creation of Sikh Studies at UCalgary with Sikh community
Sikh historian whose research on Mughal-Sikh relations, Banda Singh Bahadur, and early scriptural traditions has expanded the documentary foundations of the field. Retired Professor, GNDU. Founding Director, Centre on Studies in Sri Guru Granth Sahib
Lecturer at UC Berkeley Law and co-founder of the Sikh Family Center — the only Sikh American organization focused on gender-based violence. Directs the DV & Gender-Based Violence Practicum. Author of The Wheat Fields Still Whisper (Palgrave, 2020)
Political scientist at SOAS and King's College London whose research spans Sikh nationalism, the Partition of India, British multiculturalism, and diaspora politics. Author of six books including Sikh Nationalism (Cambridge 2022) and Sikhs in Britain
Musicologist and kirtaniya whose Sikh Kirtan and Its Journeys (Chicago, 2025) is the first major scholarly study of Sikh devotional music. Author of two prior books on French music with Oxford UP. Catherine Mills Davis Professor of Music, Wellesley
Historian of colonial Panjab and the Sikh tradition whose Prophetic Maharaja (Columbia UP, 2024) won the AAR Best First Book in the History of Religions. IAS Princeton member (2024-25). Associate Professor of History, CSU Long Beach