Sathya D. is a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Palakkad. Trained as a historian of colonial India, she has research interests in famine history, mental health history, the indentured labour system, the social history of modern South India, colonial medicine, French colonial architectural history, and migration history. She is the recipient of the Charles Wallace India Trust (CWIT) short-term research grant. She served as an assistant professor in the Department of Arts, Koneru Lakshmaiah (KL) University, Andhra Pradesh, in academic years 2022 to 2024. 

Area of Specialisation: Famine history, mental health history, indentured labour system, social history of modern South India, colonial medicine, French colonial architectural history and migration history. 

"மெய்வருத்தம் பாரார்; பசிநோக்கார்; கண்துஞ்சார்; 

எவ்வெவர் தீமையும் மேற்கொள்ளார்; செவ்வி 

அருமையும் பாரார்; அவமதிப்புங் கொள்ளார்; 

கருமமே கண்ணாயினா்." – நீதி நெறி விளக்கம்