Sundar Vadlamudi

Sundar Vadlamudi is a historian of South Asia and the Indian Ocean World. His research areas include Islam in South Asia, Indian Ocean trade, economic history of South Asia, and socio-religious reform movements in India. His current research examines a community of South Indian maritime merchants during the late 18th and early 19th centuries. He has educational and work experiences in the fields of computer science engineering and international policy studies. Prior to joining AUS, he taught at Wabash College (USA). He will offer courses on topics related to South Asia, the Indian Ocean World, and world history.