Anvita AbbiAnvita Abbi, an eminent linguist and social scientist, identified the sixth language family of India. A recipient of the Padma Shree and Kenneth Hale Awards, she was a Guest Scientist at the Max Planck Institute, Leipzig, and Leverhulme Professor at he University of London. She has taught at the Jawaharlal Nehru University and in universities across Europe, Australia, Canada and the US. Renowned for her research on lesser-known languages extending from the Himalayas to the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, she has numerous publications in the field and is now documenting endangered languages of the Nicobar Islands. Read More Read Less