Pushpesh Pant

 ( 20th-century Indian Historians ) 

Pushpesh Pant (born 1946) is an Indian academic, food critic and Food historian. He retired as a Professor of International relations from Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi. He is one of India's leading experts on International Relations as well as Indian cuisine, and as a columnist has written for a number of major publications like Forbes, Open, Outlook, Times of India and The Tribune.

His book, India: The Cookbook (2011), was named by The New York Times as one of the best cookbooks of the year.

Prof. Pant was also featured in Raja, Rasoi Aur Anya Kahaniyaan, an Indian television series on Indian cuisine available on Epic TV. The series gives an inside look into the royal kitchens of India and also explores the history behind the cuisine of the Indian royals, showing how dishes were discovered, and their significance in Indian history.

He was also featured in an interview in The Australian.

The Government of India awarded him the Padma Shri in 2016.

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Books Professor Pant has published on travel and tourism, with over a dozen books to his name.

• India: The Cookbook,
• Gourmet Journeys in India
• Classic Cooking Of Punjab, with Jiggs Kalra. Allied Publishers, 2004, .
• International Relations in 21st Century

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External links

• Pushpesh Pant at Jawaharlal Nehru University
• Interview with Pushpesh Pant on The Seen and The Unseen podcast with Amit Varma - Pushpesh Pant feasts on the buffet of life

Categories: 20th-century Indian Historians, 1947 Births, Living People, Academic Staff Of Jawaharlal Nehru University, Indian Columnists, Indian Cookbook Writers, Indian Political Writers, Food Historians, Writers From Uttarakhand, Indian International Relations Scholars, Uttarakhand Academics, Indian Foreign Policy Writers, International Relations Historians, Scholars Of Indian Foreign Policy, Recipients Of The Padma Shri In Literature And Education

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