Amit holds a PhD in human rights from the University of Coimbra's Center for Social Studies.
His research interests include right-wing politics in India, religious populism and emotion, Hindu nationalism, secularism, human rights, and religious minorities.
His most recent article is Secularism in the Troubled ‘Waters’ of ‘Hindu Nationalism’: A Case Study of the Conflict between Freedom of Expression and Religion in India (Secular Studies, 2024).
Amit is a Sylff fellow at the Tokyo Foundation for Policy Research, Japan, holder of a Slovakian national scholarship, and a research associate at the Centre for the Study at the Indian Languages Society in India.
He regularly writes opinion articles and appears in public debates.
An Approach to Hindutva in India
Bharati Publication, 2024
The Conflicts of Freedom of Expression and Religion: A Case Study from India
People's Publication Literature, 2018
