Sunil Khilnani is a professor of politics and history at Ashoka University, India. Previously, he was a professor of politics and the Director of the King's College London India Institute. He is a scholar of Indian history and politics best known as the author of ''The Idea of India'' (1997). He was the presenter of a BBC Radio 4 series entitled ''Incarnations: India in 50 Lives'', which was later published as a book in 2016.
He was a 2010 Berlin Prize Fellow, and he was also a recipient of the Indian government's 2005 Pravasi Bharatiya Samman award.
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