Aparna Basu

Career Basu worked at the MIT Center for International Studies, Lady Shri Ram College, Delhi University, Elphinstone College, and Jadavpur University in Calcutta. She joined the history department of Delhi University as a reader in 1970, and later became professor of modern history and retired as head of the department. and women's rights. From 2013 until the time of her death in 2018, she served as Chairperson, National Gandhi Museum, New Delhi. She also served as chair of the All India Association for the Eradication of Illiteracy of Women, which runs centers in several parts of India for imparting functional literacy to women.

Basu was known for her work on the history of education and women's history in India.

Selected publications