About the NTICVA

Dr Anil Seal

Dr Anil Seal, Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge University, UK.

Dr Anil Seal was educated at Trinity College, University of Cambridge, where he took his BA, MA and PhD in History. He is, together with John Gallagher, one of the founders of the 'Cambridge School of Indian History' which has helped to transform the understanding of modern India. His pioneering work on the 'Emergence of Indian Nationalism', published more than four decades ago, has led to many monographs from this 'school' by many of his erstwhile research students, now among the biggest figures in the subject. Collections of essays by Anil Seal and members of this 'informal school' have been published in 'Locality, Province and Nation' in 1973 and 'Power, Profit and Politics' in 1981.

Dr Seal is also the founder Director of the Cambridge Commonwealth Trust, Cambridge Overseas Trust, Cambridge European Trust, the Gates Cambridge Trust, the Isaac Newton Trust and is presently Director of the Malaysian Commonwealth Studies Centre at Cambridge, Joint Director of the Cambridge China Development Trust and Director of the newly established Cambridge Malaysian Education and Development Trust, as well as Executive Trustee of the Nehru Trust for Cambridge University, inter alia. These newly established trusts have enabled innumerable overseas and European students to study at Cambridge and launched other initiatives that have helped to keep Cambridge at the forefront of the international academic scene.

Dr Anil Seal