Divya Kannan

Key Research Areas

19th and 20th South Asian historyHistory of EducationChildhood and YouthCasteGender Studies

Dr Divya Kannan

Assistant Professor School of Humanities and Social Sciences

School of Humanities and Social Sciences

19th and 20th South Asian history, History of Education, Childhood and Youth, Caste, Gender Studies, Social Movements, Empires and Colonial Violence, Christian missions, and Public and Oral Histories

Research Overview

19th and 20th South Asian history, History of Education, Childhood and Youth, Caste, Gender Studies, Social Movements, Empires and Colonial Violence, Christian missions, and Public and Oral Histories

Education

2017, Ph.D., Modern Indian History, Jawaharlal Nehru University 2012, M.Phil., Modern Indian History, Jawaharlal Nehru University 2008, M.A., Modern Indian History, Jawaharlal Nehru University 2005, B.A. (Hons) History, Lady Shri Ram College, University of Delhi

Experience

2017-2018 Assistant Professor, Department of History, Miranda House College, University of Delhi

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1 Article
9-Phenanthrenylvinyl-4′-pyridine and Its N-Methylated Analogue: From the Crystal Structure and Photoisomerization to Photophysical and Electrochemical Properties and Application in Bioimaging
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Kannan, T.S.; Yadav, R.; Rukmini Sarma, M.; Pramanik, G.; Samanta, A.; Kole, G.K. Crystal Growth and Design, 24(17), 7235-7245 2024 4
2 Article Open access
Cytoprotective autophagy as a pro-survival strategy in ART-resistant malaria parasites
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Kannan, D.; Joshi, N.; Gupta, S.; Pati, S.; Bhattacharjee, S.; Langsley, G.; Singh, S. Cell Death Discovery, 9(1) 2023 8
3 Article Open access
Development of Pectin and Sodium Alginate Composite Films with Improved Barrier and Mechanical Properties for Food-Packaging Applications †
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Kannan, A.; Dheeptha, M.; Sistla, Y.S. Engineering Proceedings, 37(1) 2023 10
4 Book chapter
Introduction: Children, Youth, and Modernity in the ‘Everyday Urban’
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Dar, A.; Kannan, D. Studies in Childhood and Youth, Part F1193, 1-30 2023 3
5 Article
N-sulfonylpiperidinedispiro-1,2,4,5-tetraoxanes exhibit potent in vitro antiplasmodial activity and in vivo efficacy in mice infected with P. berghei ANKA
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Singh, P.; Sharma, C.; Sharma, B.; Mishra, A.; Agarwal, D.; Kannan, D.; Held, J.; Singh, S.; Awasthi, S.K. European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 244 2022 13
6 Book chapter
Toll-Like Receptor-Based Adjuvants: A Gateway Toward Improved Malaria Vaccination
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Kannan, D.; Kaur, A.; Salunke, D.B.; Singh, S. Drug Development for Malaria: Novel Approaches for Prevention and Treatment, 319-351 2022 1
7 Book chapter
Recasting Poor Children: Basel Mission Boarding Schools in Colonial Malabar
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Kannan, D. Palgrave Studies in the History of Childhood, 145-165 2022 1
8 Editorial
Special issue: modernity, schooling, and childhood in India: trajectories of exclusion
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Maithreyi, R.; Kannan, D. Children's Geographies, 20(6), 741-746 2022 5
9 Article
Caste, space, and schooling in nineteenth century South India
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Kannan, D. Children's Geographies, 20(6), 845-860 2022 3
10 Conference paper
Optimization and electro chemical grinding surface investigation on eglin steel
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Kannan, G.R.; Vijayakumar, B.; Senthil, T.S.; Sunagar, P.; Ranjith Kumar, R.; Parida, L.; Subbiah, R. Materials Today: Proceedings, 66, 1144-1147 2022 2
11 Article Open access
Chorismate synthase mediates cerebral malaria pathogenesis by eliciting salicylic acid-dependent autophagy response in parasite
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Chakrabarti, M.; Kannan, D.; Munjal, A.; Choudhary, H.H.; Mishra, S.; Singh, S. Biology Open, 9(12) 2020 0
12 Article
Amplified Activity of Artesunate Mediated by Iron Oxide Nanoparticles Loaded on a Graphene Oxide Carrier for Cancer Therapeutics
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Yadav, N.; Kannan, D.; Patil, S.; Singh, S.; Lochab, B. ACS Applied Bio Materials, 3(10), 6722-6736 2020 13
13 Conference paper
Multidimensional Analysis of Trust in News Articles
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Kaur, A.; Leekha, M.; Chawla, U.; Agarwal, A.; Saxena, M.; Madaan, N.; Kannan, K.; Mehta, S. AAAI 2020 - 34th AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence, 13837-138838 2020 1
14 Article Open access
Pre-clinical study of iron oxide nanoparticles fortified artesunate for efficient targeting of malarial parasite
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Kannan, D.; Yadav, N.; Ahmad, S.; Namdev, P.; Bhattacharjee, S.; Lochab, B.; Singh, S. EBioMedicine, 45, 261-277 2019 72
15 Review
Synthetic Toll-like receptor agonists for the development of powerful malaria vaccines: a patent review
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Kaur, A.; Kannan, D.; Mehta, S.K.; Singh, S.; Salunke, D.B. Expert Opinion on Therapeutic Patents, 28(11), 837-847 2018 16
16 Article
Benzoxazine derivatives of phytophenols show anti-plasmodial activity via sodium homeostasis disruption
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Sharma, V.; Amarnath, N.; Shukla, S.; Ayana, R.; Kumar, N.; Yadav, N.; Kannan, D.; Sehrawat, S.; Pati, S.; Lochab, B.; Singh, S. Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry Letters, 28(9), 1629-1637 2018 23
17 Article
Friction Stir Processing of Stainless Steel for Ascertaining Its Superlative Performance in Bioimplant Applications
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Perumal, G.; Ayyagari, A.; Chakrabarti, A.; Kannan, D.; Pati, S.; Grewal, H.S.; Mukherjee, S.; Singh, S.; Arora, H.S. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 9(42), 36615-36631 2017 21
18 Article
Dually crosslinked injectable hydrogels of poly(ethylene glycol) and poly[(2-dimethylamino)ethyl methacrylate]-: B -poly(N -isopropyl acrylamide) as a wound healing promoter
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Chandel, A.K.; Kannan, D.; Nutan, B.; Singh, S.; Jewrajka, S.K. Journal of Materials Chemistry B, 5(25), 4955-4965 2017 46

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Research contributions aligned with UN Sustainable Development Goals:

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No Poverty
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Good Health and Well-being
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Awards & Honors

  • Grace Abbott Book Prize for the Best Book in English 2025, awarded by the Society for the History of Children and Youth, for my book "Contested Childhoods: Caste and Education in Colonial Kerala". The Charles Wallace India Trust Fellowship, University of Edinburgh, May- July 2026. 2013-2016, Transnational Doctoral Research Fellowship, Research Group: Poverty Reduction and Policy for the Poor between the State and Private Actors: Education Policy in India since the Nineteenth Century, (A collaborative project between the German Historical Institute London, Centre for Modern Indian Studies {University of Goettingen}, Centre for Historical Studies and Zakir Hussain Centre for Educational Studies {JNU New Delhi} and CSDS, New Delhi 2016, Research Fellowship, Georg-Eckert Institute for International Textbook Research, Brauschweig, Germany

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