Navigating History: The Medieval Maritime Silk Route and Early Globalization (8th to 18th Centuries)
暫譯: 歷史的航行：中世紀海上絲綢之路與早期全球化（8至18世紀）

Umesh Ashok Kadam is Professor of Medieval Indian History and Early Modern History at the Centre for Historical Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, and 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, Bhakti movement 10th to 17th century, Maritime History of India with special reference to Silk Routes, Urbanization in the Medieval Maratha country. Since last two decades, he has been visiting universities in Netherlands, France, Portugal, and United Kingdom to promote advanced research on History of Deccan.

烏梅什·阿肖克·卡達姆（Umesh Ashok Kadam）是新德里賈瓦哈拉爾·尼赫魯大學歷史研究中心的中世印度歷史與早期現代歷史教授，曾任新德里歷史研究委員會的秘書長，並且是多個最高治理機構的成員，擁有24年的研究生教學與研究經驗。他專注於德干地區和西印度的歷史、馬拉塔人與歐洲列強的歷史、10至17世紀的巴克提運動、印度的海洋歷史（特別是絲綢之路的參考）以及中世馬拉塔國的城市化。在過去的二十年中，他曾造訪荷蘭、法國、葡萄牙和英國的多所大學，以促進對德干歷史的高級研究。