11 Facts About Siddharth Kara

Siddharth Kara is a Pulitzer Prize finalist, a British Academy Global Professor, and an associate professor at the University of Nottingham.

Siddharth Kara is best known for his book Cobalt Red: How the Blood of the Congo Powers Our Lives.

Siddharth Kara grew up between Memphis, Tennessee, where he attended Memphis University School, and Mumbai, India, where he spent most of his summers.

Siddharth Kara received a BA in English and Philosophy from Duke University.

Siddharth Kara later received a law degree from the BPP Law School in London.

In January 2023, Siddharth Kara's non-fiction book Cobalt Red: How the Blood of the Congo Powers Our Lives was released by St Martin's Press, which debuted on the NY Times Bestseller List and was a finalist for the 2024 Pulitzer Prize in nonfiction.

Siddharth Kara has appeared extensively in the media to talk about the human rights abuses involved with cobalt mining, including on The Joe Rogan Experience, Fresh Air, CNN, Fox News, and ABC News.

Siddharth Kara has appeared extensively in the media as an expert on modern slavery, including appearances on the Joe Rogan Experience, Fresh Air with Terry Gross, CNN, Fox News, ABC News, and CNBC.

Siddharth Kara is a regular contributor to The CNN Freedom Project: Ending Modern Day Slavery, CNN's initiative to expose modern-day slavery around the world and highlight the efforts being made to eradicate it.

Siddharth Kara accepted a joint appointment as a visiting scientist on Forced Labor at the FXB Center for Health and Human Rights at Harvard School of Public Health.

Siddharth Kara accepted an appointment as the director of the Program on Human Trafficking and Modern Slavery at the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School.