Dr. Nazima Parveen

Dr. Nazima Parveen is a trained political scientist and historian of modern India. Her academic and research engagements span the UK, India, and Nepal. She is a scholar of contemporary India, working at the intersection of modern history, politics, and urban sociology. Her research broadly focuses on the rights of ethnic and religious minorities, spatial segregation, and the politics of urban transformation in colonial and postcolonial India and South Asia.
She completed her PhD at the Department of History, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand.
She has extensive experience in the third sector, serving as a lead researcher on several government- and EU-funded projects in the UK, India, and Nepal. Notably, she conducted evaluations in 2004 and 2005 of the borough-based initiatives under the UK Government’s National Sure Start Programme.
She has authored two monographs, reports, and articles:

Book: Contested Homelands: Politics of Space and Identity (Bloomsbury, London, 2021).

Book: Understanding Inter-state Water Conflicts in India: Legal-Constitutional Framework and Debates (Policy Perspective Foundation, Delhi, 2023).

Report: “Rethinking Affirmative Action for Muslims in India” (2025), US-India Policy Institute (USIPI).

Co-edited special issue: “Indian Muslim Women: Negotiating Space and Identity in Contemporary India” (2025), published in SAMAJ.
Dr. Parveen recently received a special grant from the Centre for the Study of Religion and Conflict, Arizona State University, to participate in the 52nd South Asia Conference (2025).
She has received numerous awards and fellowships, including the Asia Fellow Award, SIAS–Krea Post-Doctoral Fellowship, ICSSR Post-Doctoral Fellowship, Royal Society of New Zealand Doctoral Scholarship, and ICSSR–CSDS Doctoral Fellowship.
She has delivered lectures at NC State University and participated in the Triangle South Asia Colloquium, jointly organised by NC State University and Duke University, in October 2025.
Dr. Parveen has taught at Krea University and Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi.
Her research has appeared in leading academic journals such as JSAS, SIP, EPW, and SAMAJ, as well as on prominent public platforms including The Federal, The Quint, The Print, and The Indian Express. She also maintains an active public profile accessible through Google and other platforms.