He has written extensively on subjects such as identities in modern and contemporary India, decentralization and local governance. His areas of investigations are the construction and evolution of the State, and the negotiation of identities in the modern and post-modern context. A former reader at Visva Bharati, Santiniketan, he has written scholarly papers on Tagore, Shantiniketan and intangible heritage, as well as on the French, Bengal and Shantiniketan in Tagore’s epoch.