Sunny Kumar is a historian of ideas. His areas of interest include the history of politics, political thought and political economy, history of modern religion and religiosity, legal history, and global intellectual history. He has published various articles on state and politics in colonial South Asia in journals including The Indian Economic and Social History Review (IESHR), NMML Occasional Paper, Social Scientist, Pratimaan (CSDS), The Book Review etc. He has also published two chapters in G.N. Devy (et al.) The Indians: Histories of a Civilisation.
Kumar has previously taught at IISER Mohali, Miranda House (DU), and St. Stephen’s College (DU). He also contributes essays to newspapers like The Tribune and blogs like Kafila. He is one of the founding members of the South Asia Global History Network (SAGHN).