Senthil Babu D. is a historian in the Department of Social Sciences, French Institute of Pondicherry, India. Having completed his PhD from the Centre for Historical Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, he is currently
involved in shaping a research programme in the regional and vernacular mathematical traditions in India. His other interests include the historical study of the changing relationship between nature, knowledge, and labour in
Indian history. He is also a member of the Politically Mathematics Collective, India.