Umesh Ashok Kadam is Professor at CHS, SSS, JNU, New Delhi, Professor of Medieval Indian History and Early Modern History at the Centre for Historical Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, Former, Member Secretary, Council of Historical Research, New Delhi, and Member, of many apex governing bodies with a 24 years long teaching and research experience at various universities at the post-graduate level.
He specializes in History of Deccan and Western India, History of the Marathas and European powers, Socio-economic and Cultural History of the Deccan, Trade and Commerce in the 17th and 18th century Konkan coast, Bhakti movement tenth to seventeenth century, Maritime History of India with special reference to Silk Routes, Urbanization in the Medieval Maratha country. Since the last two decades, he has been visiting universities in Netherlands, France, Portugal, and UK to promote advanced research on History of Deccan.