Shailaja Paik is an Indian-American Historian and professor at the University of Cincinnati. Recently, she have become the recipient of MacArthur Fellowship.
Shailaja Paik Age
As of now, she is 50 years old.
Shailaja Paik Biography
| Full Name | Shailaja Paik |
| Date of Birth | 1973 or 1974 |
| Birth Place | Pohegaon, Maharashtra |
| Height | Not known |
| Weight | Not known |
| Education | BA & MA from from the Savitribai Phule University PhD from the University of Warwick |
| Profession | Historian, Professor and Researcher |
| Marital Status | Not Known |
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Shailaja Paik Family
Shailaja was born into a Dalit family in Pohegaon, Maharashtra to Sarita and Devram Paik. Her family moved to Pune in 1960s, where they lived in a 20*20 feet room. She and her sisters in that slum area where they didn’t have access to toilets. Paik’s father played a crucial role in promoting education for his daughters, encouraging them to overcome societal prejudices. He himself studied at something called the Night School and got a bachelor degree in Agriculture-becoming the first man in his village to do so. Her mother, despite limited formal education, introduced Shailaja to English alphabets.
Her father passed away in 1996. One of her sister, Rohini works as a senior officer in the public works department and another sister, Kirti, is a doctor residing in London.
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Shailaja Paik Early Life & Career
Shailaja’s initial dream was to become a bureaucrat, by cracking UPSC. She even cleared the preliminary and mains exam and was preparing for her interview. But, her passed away, so she couldn’t appear for interview. Paik then gave up on dream and began her academic career as a lecturer at Kirti College in Mumbai. She later held positions at several prestigious institutions, including Union College and Yale University, before joining the University of Cincinnati in 2010 as a distinguished professor of history.
Shailaja Paik Income & Net Worth
Her net worth and income is not publicly disclosed.
Shailaja Paik MacArthur Fellowship
Shailaja Paik has received the prestigious MacArthur Fellowship commonly referred to as a “genius grant.” The grant comes with a substantial funding of $800,000 (67 lakhs in INR) distributed over five years.
She has been rewarded the grant to support her groundbreaking research on the experiences of Dalit women in India and the broader implications of caste discrimination.
What is MacArthur Fellowship?
This fellowship is presented by MacArthur Foundation to 20-30 individuals with exceptional creativity and potential across any field.
Her previous accolades include:
- The Frederick Burkhardt Fellowship from the American Council of Learned Societies
- The Stanford Humanities Center Fellowship
- The American Institute of Indian Studies Fellowship
- The Luce Foundation Fellowship
Shailaja Paik Awards
- John F. Richards Rize
- The Ananda Kentish Coomaraswamy Prize
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There’s no official twitter account of her.
She has written 2 books:
1. Dalit Women’s Education in Modern India: Double Discrimination (2014)
2. The Vulgarity of Caste Dalits, Sexuality, and Humanity in Modern India (2022)
She completed her B.A. & M.A. from the Savitribai Phule University. In 2007, she earned her PhD from the University of Warwick.
Shailaja is a research professor in History and affiliate faculty in Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, and Asian Studies at the University of Cincinnati.
No details are avaiable about her marital status and husband.