Purushottam Agrawal

Purushottam Agrawal is a historian of ideas and literature; author of path-breaking studies of Kabir such as Akath Kahani Prem Ki: Kabir ki Kavita aur Un ka Samay; Kabir, Kabir: The life and work of the early modern poet-philosopher; and Padmavat: An Epic Love Story, a poignant commentary (with some translations) on Malik Muhammad Jayasi’s epic poem. He served as member, Union Public Service Commission of India from 2007 to 2013; has  been a visiting professor at the Faculty of Oriental studies, Cambridge University (UK) and at EL Colegio de Mexico, and is a British Academy fellow at Wolfson college University of Cambridge.