Dr. Sajaudeen Nijamodeen Chapparban, is a Senior Assistant Professor, in the Centre for Diaspora Studies at the Central University of Gujarat, Gandhinagar, India and he was a visiting research Fellow (June 2022) at the Centre for South Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL, USA, and the Summer Institute fellow (June- July 2022) at Schusterman Center’s Summer Institute fellowship for Israel Studies at Brandeis University USA. His area of interest includes International Migration, Diaspora, Refugee, South Asia, South Asian Diaspora, Citizenship, Nation, Nationalism, and Transnationalism, Indian and Chinese Diaspora, Jewish Diaspora, Muslim Diaspora, Comparative Diaspora Studies, Contemporary English Literature/s, Contemporary Literary and Cultural Theory, Interdisciplinary studies and Research Methodology. He has presented his research papers at various national and international conferences, attended summer schools etc.