Infosys, India’s largest IT company, awards awards every year in the fields of economics, engineering, computer science, humanities and social sciences, life sciences, mathematical sciences and physical sciences. This year, Infosys Science Foundation also presented awards to six researchers on Thursday. The foundation awarded gold medals and presented prizes to all winners.
Arun Chandrashekhar, professor of economics at Stanford University, received the honor. Shyam Golakota, a professor in the School of Computer Science and Engineering, won the award. Associate Professor Siddhesh Kamat from Pune received the award in the field of life sciences. Professor Neena Gupta received the Mathematical Sciences Award and Professor Vedika Khemani received the Physical Sciences Award.
Professor Mahmood Kuria’s name is also recorded in this list. Professor Kuria won awards in the fields of humanities and social sciences. At only 36 years old, he had done so much work on Islam and written so many books that the eyes of the entire country were focused on him.
Islamic Maritime Studies
Mahmoud Kuria is Professor at the University of Edinburgh. The professor conducted research on maritime Islam. In his research, the professor has studied Islamic maritime affairs from East Africa to the Middle East, South Asia, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, and Germany. He introduced the history and culture of Shafi’i Islam in the Indian Ocean. The professor focused specifically on Kerala in his research.
Professor Kuria has also written many books. His book Islamic Law in Circulation: Shafi’i Texts Across the Indian Ocean and the Mediterranean (2022) is presented to the world. In this book of his we get complete information (Prosopography) of all the major writers and texts of Kerala. It contains information about his life and career. The book is written in Arabic and Malayalam.
history made in kerala
Mahmoud Kuria also set another record. He was the first historian of Kerala to conduct an in-depth study of Maritime Islam. Professor Mahmood Kuria is one of the world’s leading scholars of Indian Ocean Islam or Maritime Islam. He has a good knowledge of Arabic and Malayalam. It would not be an understatement to call him an expert on these languages. Too much.
Professor Kuria holds a BA in History and Islamic Studies from Darul Huda Madrasa and Calicut University. He received his M.A. and M.A. in Ancient History from Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi. Already done. In 2016, he also received a PhD in Global History from Leiden University.
