Sahara Ahmed

Sahara Ahmed is an Associate Professor at the Department of History, Rabindra Bharati University, Kolkata. Her research focuses on the environmental history of Bengal, with particular reference to aspects of forestry and related themes in the colonial and post-colonial eras; the social and political history of health, medicine and environment in pre- and post-independent India; comparative studies in the history of India and Europe; and diasporic communities in Bengal.

Sahara Ahmed is an Associate Professor at the Department of History, Rabindra Bharati University, Kolkata. Her research focuses on the environmental history of Bengal, with particular reference to aspects of forestry and related themes in the colonial and post-colonial eras; the social and political history of health, medicine and environment in pre- and post-independent India; comparative studies in the history of India and Europe; and diasporic communities in Bengal. See less