44+ years of university teaching, research supervision and academic leadership
44 years of continuous university teaching experience at undergraduate, postgraduate and research levels at Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi.
Throughout First Class with First Position in M.A. Political Science and recipient of two prestigious Gold Medals:
Doctoral thesis was highly acclaimed by distinguished examiners Prof. Rashiddudin Khan and Prof. A. B. Lal, who described it as “a distinct contribution and valuable addition to Political Theory.”
US Fulbright Post-Doctoral Fellowship
Research on “Russell–Ottoline Papers: A Study of Bertrand Russell in the Pre-First World War Period” at the Humanities Research Centre, Austin, Texas, USA.
ICSSR Post Doctoral Fellowship
Post-doctoral fellowship to work on unpublished papers of Bertrand Russell and his correspondence with Indian leaders at Russell Archives(), University of McMaster (Canada), Bertrand Russell Peace Foundation (England), Bertrand Russell Society (USA), University of Heidelberg (Germany)
• Salzburg Fellowship Award, Austria
• Indo-French Fellowship Award, Paris
• McMaster Visiting Scholar Fellowship
• ICSSR International Collaborative Fellowships
Total: 8 Major Research Projects (UGC, ICSSR, International and Other Agencies)
UGC Major Research Project examining decolonisation of political theory and indigenous thought traditions.
UGC Major Research Project analysing feminist epistemology and critique of Western scholarship.
NIPCCD / ICSSR project focusing on women’s access to justice and legal counselling support systems.
ICSSR Research Project exploring Gandhian feminist approach and women’s emancipation.
Shastri Indo-Canadian Social Science Fellowship Project on multicultural human rights discourse.
Fulbright Post-Doctoral Project on early Bertrand Russell political thought.
UGC Career Award Project examining socialist dimensions of Russell’s political philosophy.
Bertrand Russell Society project analysing ethics and political violence.
First Position; Awarded Karan Singh Gold Medal and Banaras Hindu University Gold Medal
Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi (Undergraduate, Postgraduate & Research Teaching)
University of Texas at Austin — Research on Russell–Ottoline Papers
McMaster University, Hamilton — Research at Bertrand Russell Archives
Banaras Hindu University
Banaras Hindu University
Banaras Hindu University
Maharaja Ganga Singh University, Bikaner, Rajasthan
Major National Committees & Academic Leadership Roles
Rashtrapati Niwas, Shimla
Overlapping tenure with:
• National Academic Advisory Committees
• International Lecture Engagements
• Research guidance & book projects
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Overlapping tenure with:
• National Academic Advisory Committees
• International Lecture Engagements
• Research guidance & book projects