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Comment: Potentially notable per WP:ACADEMIC. Draft is quite dependent upon primary sources (LSE profiles, Newham Council news releases and resulting coverage, particularly in Indian newspapers). It would help to have multiple examples of significant coverage (in-depth/analytical - more than passing mentions) in published reliable independent secondary sources with reputations for accuracy and fact-checking; independent reviews of his books, etc would be useful. Claimed coverage about or by Dasgupta in various publications also needs to be supported by inline citations. Paul W (talk) 15:24, 3 August 2026 (UTC)
Rohit Kumar Dasgupta is a British academic and Labour and Co-operative Party politician.[1]
He is an Associate Professor of Gender and Sexuality and Deputy Head of Department (Research) at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE).[1] His research focuses on gender, sexuality, queer politics, media and cultural production, and cultural labour in South Asia.[2]
He serves as a councillor for Canning Town South in the London Borough of Newham, having first been elected in 2018 and re-elected in 2022 and 2026. He served as First Citizen and Chair of the Council during the 2025–26 municipal year and subsequently became Vice Chair of the Council.[3][4]
Career
[edit]Dasgupta studied at Jadavpur University, University of Westminster at the University of the Arts London.[1]
He is an Associate Professor of Gender and Sexuality and Deputy Head of Department (Research) at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). Prior to joining LSE he was Senior Lecturer in Cultural Industries at the University of Glasgow, where he remains an Honorary Senior Research Fellow. He has previously held academic appointments at Loughborough University, the University of Southampton, the University of Sussex, the University of West London and the University of the Arts London. He has also held visiting appointments at the University of Pennsylvania and Fordham University.[2]
Dasgupta's research focuses on gender, sexuality, queer politics, migration, media, digital cultures and cultural production in South Asia and its diaspora. He has led projects funded by the British Academy, the Arts and Humanities Research Council, Wellcome Trust, the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Carnegie Trust and UKRI India.[2]
He is the author and editor of books including Digital Queer Cultures in India (2017), Queering Digital India (2018), Social Media, Sexuality and Sexual Health Advocacy in Kolkata, India (2018), The Cultural Industries of India (2024), Queer Politics in Times of New Authoritarianisms (2024), India's Imperial Formations (2024), and Desi Queers: LGBTQ+ South Asians and Cultural Belonging in Britain (2025).[2] Desi Queers received reviews in Modern British History,[5] Journal of Gender Studies[citation needed] and Women's Studies in Communication,[citation needed] and was featured in ThePrint,[citation needed] Hindustan Times[citation needed] and LSE Review of Books.[citation needed]
His edited volume Friendship as Social Justice Activism: Critical Solidarities in a Global Perspective received an Honourable Mention on the PEN America Freedom, Power and Rage reading list.[2]
Alongside his academic career, Dasgupta has been active in British politics as a member of the Labour and Co-operative Party. He was the Labour parliamentary candidate for East Hampshire at the 2017 United Kingdom general election.[6] In 2018 he was elected as councillor for Canning Town South in the London Borough of Newham, and was re-elected in 2022 and again in 2026.[7]
In May 2025 he was elected First Citizen and Chair of the Council, becoming the borough's civic head and the first person of Bengali heritage and queer identified elected to thie role.[8] His election was reported by The Times of India,[9] The Telegraph (India)[10] and Newham Voices.[11]
Dasgupta has written commentary on gender, sexuality and politics for publications including The Independent,[citation needed] The Conversation,[citation needed] LabourList,[citation needed] Tribune,[citation needed] Left Foot Forward[citation needed] and HuffPost.[citation needed] His work and commentary have also been featured by the BBC,[12] The Telegraph (India),[13][14] The Times of India,[citation needed] Evening Standard[15] and MyLondon.[16]
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 "Dr Rohit K Dasgupta". London School of Economics and Political Science. Retrieved 28 July 2026.
- 1 2 3 4 5 "Dr Rohit K Dasgupta". Department of Gender Studies, London School of Economics. Retrieved 28 July 2026.
- ↑ "Council Chair and First Citizen of Newham". Newham Council. Retrieved 28 July 2026.
- ↑ "New First Citizen elected at Newham Council". Newham Council. 28 May 2025. Retrieved 28 July 2026.
- ↑ Acharya, Janhvi (2025). "Desi Queers: LGBTQ+ South Asians and Cultural Belonging in Britain". Modern British History. doi:10.1093/tcbh/hwaf011.
- ↑ "East Hampshire". BBC News. Retrieved 28 July 2026.
- ↑ "Kolkata youth now a London councillor". The Times of India. 6 May 2018. Retrieved 28 July 2026.
- ↑ "New First Citizen elected at Newham Council". Newham Council. 28 May 2025. Retrieved 28 July 2026.
- ↑ "Kolkata boy becomes 1st Bengali to be first citizen of London borough". The Times of India. 24 May 2025. Retrieved 28 July 2026.
- ↑ "Kolkata boy Rohit K Dasgupta becomes chair and first citizen of London Borough of Newham". The Telegraph (India). 25 May 2025. Retrieved 28 July 2026.
- ↑ "Rohit takes over as First Citizen and Council Chair". Newham Voices. 14 July 2025. Retrieved 28 July 2026.
- ↑ "Universities urged to tackle LGBT+ inclusion". BBC News. 29 August 2019. Retrieved 28 July 2026.
- ↑ "One of the first Bengalis to contest British parliamentary elections opens up about politics, culture and life in the UK". The Telegraph India. 31 July 2022. Retrieved 28 July 2026.
- ↑ "Rohit K Dasgupta warns of anti-trans hostility within queer movements". The Telegraph India. 18 January 2026. Retrieved 28 July 2026.
- ↑ "London leaders hail Windrush generation on 75th anniversary". Evening Standard. 22 June 2023. Retrieved 28 July 2026.
- ↑ "Anti-LGBT leaflets were handed out in East London". MyLondon. 28 June 2019. Retrieved 28 July 2026.
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