Instructor Introduction

Greetings! Welcome to the History and Culture of South Asia! I am Dr. Deepa Nair and I will be your online guide to history and culture of the Indian subcontinent. I am originally from India, but reached US via Singapore and Germany in 2007. I taught at Appalachian State University, NC from 2007-2011 and joined UCF in Fall 2011. 

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Being an army kid, I am used to traveling and enjoy exploring new places and meeting diverse people. My nomadic upbringing is responsible for my passion for traveling and also ensuring that I survived the move from Singapore to the middle of Appalachian mountains and now to Central Florida. I have also traveled extensively all over South and Southeast Asia, Australia, parts of Europe and North America. 

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              Buddha, Central Java, Indonesia.                                              Marina Drive, Singapore. 

 

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 An intersection at Melbourne, Australia.                                        Versailles, France.

 

Besides traveling, and music, I love animals. When I moved to Central Florida, I adopted a gorgeous Great Pyrenees - Maya - from a local rescue. 

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I adopted her brother Myshkin from a Great Pyrenees rescue in Texas in 2016.

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My research and teaching interests include - modern and contemporary Indian history, South Asian diaspora, globalization, education and curriculum reform in South Asia.

I am looking forward to sharing the history and culture of the Indian subcontinent with all of you. I hope we will enjoy this journey together!

 Please feel free to contact me at Deepa.Nair@ucf.edu

Warmly,

Deepa