This is Chikayoshi Nomura's website. I am currently Professor at School of International Politics, Economics, and Communication, Aoyama Gakuin University, Tokyo, Japan. I received Ph.D. in Agricultural Economics from the University of Tokyo, Japan. I specialize in economic and business history of South Asia. My publications include 


"Industry", Latika Chaudhary, Tirthankar Roy and Anand V. Swamy (eds.), The Cambridge Economic History of Modern South Asia, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2026.

The Cambridge Economic History of Modern South Asia | Cambridge University Press & Assessment 

"Historical Roots of Industrialization and the Emerging State in Colonial India", Keijiro Otsuka and Kaoru Sugihara (ed.), Paths to the Emerging State in Asia and Africa, Springer, 2019.

The House of Tata Meets the Second Industrial Revolution: An Institutional Analysis of Tata Iron and Steel Co. in Colonial India, Springer, 2018.

"The Origin of the Controlling Power of Managing Agents over Modern Business Enterprises in Colonial India", The Indian Economic and Social History Review, 51(1), 95-132, 2014.

"Why Was Indian Steel Not Exported in the Colonial Period?-The Influence of the British Standard Specification in Limiting the Potential Export of Indian Steel in the 1930s", Modern Asian Studies, 46(5), 1239-1276, 2012.

"Selling Steel in the 1920s: TISCO in a Period of Transition", The Indian Economic & Social History Review, 48 (1), 83-116, 2011.

"Development of Labour Management System of Industrial Enterprise in Colonial India: A Case Study of the Tata Iron and Steel Company",  International Journal of South Asian Studies, 3, 101-145, 2010.


Besides, my referee services include those for

The Indian Economic & Social History Review, The International Journal of Asian Studies, The International Review of Social History.