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university of michigan 2008 guggenheim fellowship ethnic and religious conflict ashutosh varshney
 ashutosh varshney mit
ashutosh varshney

ashutosh varshney is a political scientist specializing in ethnic and religious conflict in south asia .
he is sol goldman professor of international studies and the social sciences , and the director of the brown-india initiative at brown university where he is affiliated with the watson institute .
receiving his phd from mit in 1991 , he taught at harvard from 1989 to 1998 and the university of michigan , ann arbor from 2001 to 2008 .
in 2008 he won the guggenheim fellowship and the carnegie scholar awards .
he also served on the millennium task force on poverty of un secretary general kofi annan from 2002 to 2005 .
