Resume of Dr. Anand Kumar |
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I Special Interest Political Sociology; Indian Social Thought; Globalization & Development
II Academic Training Ph.D - University of Chicago (USA) M.Phil - Jawaharlal Nehru University (New Delhi) M.A. - Banaras Hindu University (Varanasi)
III Research Work in Progress 1. Nationalism and Nation Building in India and South Asia 2. Democracy and Political Culture in India 3. Politics of Social Justice - A Comparative Study of India and the USA 4. Nationalism and Globalization: A Comparative Study of India and France
IV Research Projects Completed 1. Sociology of Poverty - The working and living conditions of rickshaw drivers (Indian Council of Social Sciences Research) 2. Sociology of Poverty - Dynamics of income-generating activities among poor rural households (International Labour Organisation / CSR) 3. Student Politics in India (Sociology Department, BHU, Varanasi) 4. Breaking the Barriers: Mobilization of Rural Women in Uttar Pradesh (National Commission on Women / CSR) 5. Role of NGOs in Empowerment of Women (CSR) 6. Socio-economic Profile of the Political Elite: A case study of assembly elections in Delhi (PUCL) 7. The Politics of Nationalism During the Economics of Globalization: A Study of National Front (France) and Bharatiya Janata Party (India)
V Courses Developed 1. SS-412: Polity and Society in India 2. SS-429: Modern Indian Social Thought 3. SS-616: Sociology
of Modernization and Development 4. SS-632: Media, Democracy and Nation
Building
VI Publications - State and Society in India: Making of the States Agenda. (Foreword by Prof. Yogendra Singh; New Delhi, Radiant, 1989) - Tibet: A Source Book. (Foreword by the Dalai Lama; New Delhi, Radiant, 1996) - Tibet - Mukti Andolan Aur Bharat. (In Hindi; New Delhi, Sahitya Sahakar, 1994) - Nation Building in India. (New Delhi, Radiant, 1999) - Parirtan ki Rajniti Aur Rajaniti ka Parivartan. (In Hindi; New Delhi, Suryamaya Prakashan, 1999)
VII Major Seminars Organized - Summer Institute (UGC) on Indian Society and Culture. Banaras Hindu University (BHU), Varanasi, 1981. - Challenges of Democracy in India. National Seminar, BHU, 1982. - Marx, Asia and Sociology. Marx Death Centenary National Seminar, UGC - BHU, 1983. - Sociology of Poverty - Socio-economic Conditions of Rickshaw Drivers. ICSSR (NRC) - CSR Workshop, New Delhi, 1984. - Higher Education and Scheduled Castes Youth. ICSSR (NRC) - CSR, New Delhi, 1986. - India's Deverlopment and Challenge of Regional Disparities. Acharaya Narendra Deva Centenary, BHU, 1989. - Regional Backwardness of Eastern Uttar Pradesh. India International Centre, New Delhi, 1990. - Planning for Self Empowerment in India. Bharat Yatra Kendra, Gurqaon, 1991. - Nationalism and Nation Building in India. Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi, 1991. - Nation Building in India - Problems and Prospects. JNU, 1993. - Culture and Nation Building in India. DSA Seminar, Jawaharlal Nehru University, 1994. - Non-violence in a Modern World System. ITFS, India International Centre, 1995. - Dialogue on Kashmir. SAFPI, New Delhi, 1995. - Political Sociology of India's Democracy: Sociological Analysis of the National Elections 1996. DSA, CSSS, JNU, New Delhi, 1996. - Dynamics of Globalization. DSA, JNU, New Delhi, 1998. - Philosophy and Practice of Satyagraha. JNU, New Delhi, 1999. - Indo-German Dialogue on Secularism. JNU, New Delhi, 2000.
VIII Personal Data Dr. Anand Kumar was born in 1950 and is married to Dr. Manjula, a sociologist, and has a son - Amitabh. In the 1960s he was an activist with the Socialist youth movement and became President of the Banaras Hindu University Students Union in the early 1970s. He was expelled from the BHU in 1972 for his activities in democratising the university education. In 1974 he held the Presidency of the Jawaharlal Nehru Students Union, establishing the Free Thinkers. He was also among the national convenors of the Anti-Corruption Student Youth Movement of 1974 (famous as J.P. Movement). He qualified for a national scholarship to study abroad and did a Ph.D. at the University of Chicago. He was victimised by the Emergency Regime of India for his role in anti-Emergency mobilization and the National Scholarship was confiscated. Dr. Anand Kumar began his academic career by joining the Banaras Hundu University (Varanasi) as a lecturer in sociology in 1979. He joined the Centre for the Study of Social Systems as Associate Professor at the School of Social Sciences at Jawaharlal Nehru University (New Delhi) in 1990. He has also served as Secretary of the B.H.U. Teachers Association (1981) and as Secretary (1993) and President (1997) of the JNU Teachers Association. He has been a visiting scholar at M.S.H. (Paris) and at the Institute of Sociology of Albert-Ludwigs University (Freiburg). As a political sociologist, he is engaged in studying state-society interfaces in the contexts of social changes like modernization, nation-building, social movements, and globalization. Currently, he is coordinating Globalisation Study Circle at J. N. U. - a discussion and research group engaged in study of the socio-cultural dynamics of globalization process.
IX Contact Address Dr. Anand Kumar, c/o Centre for the Study of Social Systems,
School of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Tel. 91-11-6164847 (residence) or 91-11-6107676-2425 (office), Fax 91-11-6165886, email: anandkumar1@hotmail.com Last update: 16/06/2000 |
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