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Curriculum Vitae

Dr. Arvind Kumar is an Assistant Professor at Dr. K. R. Narayanan Centre for Dalit and Minorities

Studies, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi. He studied History for his bachelors at Sri Venkateswara

College, University of Delhi. He finished his Masters in Politics and subsequently his MPhil and PhD

at American Studies Division, Jawaharlal Nehru University. Before joining the centre where he is

currently teaching, he briefly worked as a Research Associate at Nelson Mandela Centre for Peace

and Conflict Resolution, Jamia Millia Islamia for an NMCPCR – Asia Link Project titled “Peace

Making and Peace Building in Europe and South Asia (Human Resource and Curriculum

Development).” Dr. Kumar has helped conducting curriculum development workshops at New Delhi,

Brussels and Dublin. He has been an Independent Fellow at SARAI, Centre for the Study of

Developing Societies (CSDS), Delhi and recipient of „Independent Doctoral fellowship‟ and

„Fellowship for Data Collection from Abroad‟ under the aegis of Indian Council of Social Science

Research (ICSSR). He has taught undergraduate students at Department of Political Science, Zakir

Husain Delhi College, University of Delhi. His research interests include Comparative Politics,

History and Politics of Discrimination and Exclusion, Anti-Race and Anti-Caste Movements. His

writings and reviews have appeared in South Asian History and Culture, South Asia: Journal of South

Asian Studies, History and Sociology of South Asia, India Quarterly, Economic and Political Weekly,

Pratiman, Mainstream, Indian Foreign Affairs Journal, The Book Review etc.

1. Name: Arvind Kumar

2. Designation: Assitant professor

3. Office Address: Dr. K R Narayanan Centre for Dalit

and Minorities Studies, Jamia Millia Islamia, Noam

Chomsky Complex, New Delhi - 110025

4. Telephone (Direct) (Optional):

Telephone : Extn (Optional):

Mobile (Optional): 9891340378

5. Email (Primary):

[email protected]

Email (Secondary)

[email protected]

6. Field(s) of Specialization: Comparative Politics, Anti-

Anti-Race and Anti-Caste Movements, Aspects of

Social Exclusion

Please attach your

recent

Photograph

in the form of

softcopy/hardcopy

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7. Employment Profile

Job Title Employer From To

Assistant Professor Jamia Millia

Islamia

20.12.2011 Till Date

Assistant Professor Zakir Husain

College 14.02.2011 10.12.2011

Assistant Professor Zakir Husain

Delhi College

11.08.2010 24.12.2010

Research Associate Jamia Millia

Islamia

06.01.2010 31.03.2011

8. Academic Qualifications (From Highest Degree to High School):

Examination Board /

University

Year Division/

Grade

Subjects

PhD

Jawaharlal

Nehru

University

2010 Awarded American Studies (Black

and Dalit Studies)

MPhil Jawaharlal

Nehru

University

2004 6.62 American Studies (Black

and Dalit Studies)

M. A. Jawaharlal

Nehru

University

2002 6.43 Politics

B. A. (Hons) University

of Delhi 2000 IInd Div. History

AISSCE CBSE 1997 Ist Div. English, Physics,

Chemistry, Biology,

Psychology

AISSE CBSE 1995 Ist Div. English, Hindi,

Mathematics, Science,

Social Science

9. Academic/Administrative Responsibilities within the University

Position Faculty/Department/Centre From To

Assistant

Superintendent of

Exams for PhD

Entrance Test

Commerce Building, Jamia Millia

Islamia

08.08.2015 08.08.2015


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Assistant

Superintendent of

Exams for Jamia

Entrance Test

Commerce Building, Jamia Millia

Islamia

April 2015 June 2015

Member, Hospitality

Committee for NAAC

Team visit for

Evaluation

Jamia Millia Islamia 18.02.2015 21.02.2015

Convenor, Pre-

Submission PhD

Presentation

Dr. K R Narayanan Centre for Dalit

and Minorities Studies

2013 Till Date

Member, Library

Committee

Dr. K R Narayanan Centre for Dalit

and Minorities Studies

2013 Till Date

Member, Sub-

Purchase Committee

Academic Staff College, JMI 30.07.2013 Till Date

10. Academic/Administrative Responsibilities outside the University

Position Institution From To

Visiting Faculty Ansal Institute of Technology 01.09.2011 31.12.2011

11. Awards, Associateships etc. Not Any

Year of Award Name of the Award Awarding Organization

12. Fellowships

Year of Award Name of the Fellowship Awarding

Organization

From

(Month/Year)

To

(Month/Year)


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2008 Fellowship under scheme

„Data Collection Abroad‟ for

PhD field research in the

United States

Indian

Council for

social

Science

Research

(ICSSR)

July 2008 August 2008

2007 Independent Doctoral

Fellowship

Indian

Council for

social

Science

Research

(ICSSR)

2007 2009

2007 Independent Fellowship from

SARAI Program

Centre for

the Study of

Developing

Societies

(CSDS)

March

2002 Bihar State Government

Fellowship for pursuing M

Phil

School of

International

Studies, JNU

2002 2004

13. Details of Academic Work

(i) Curriculum Development

(ii) Courses taught at Postgraduate and Undergraduate levels

Title of paper Course Place Semester Course Instructor

Conflict Violence

and Exclusion

M A in Social

Exclusion and

Inclusive Policy

Dr. K R

Narayanan

Centre for Dalit

and Minorities

Studies

Fourth Semester

(Jan-May 2012)

Arvind Kumar

Seminar Course

followed by

Internship

M A in Social

Exclusion and

Inclusive Policy

Dr. K R

Narayanan

Centre for Dalit

and Minorities

Second Semester

(Jan-May 2012)

Arvind Kumar


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Studies

Inclusion, Social

Justice and

Legislation

M A in Social

Exclusion and

Inclusive Policy

Dr. K R

Narayanan

Centre for Dalit

and Minorities

Studies

Third Semester

July-Dec 2012

Arvind Kumar

Conflict Violence

and Exclusion

M A in Social

Exclusion and

Inclusive Policy

Dr. K R

Narayanan

Centre for Dalit

and Minorities

Studies

Fourth Semester

(Jan-June 2013)

Arvind Kumar

Seminar Course

followed by

Internship

M A in Social

Exclusion and

Inclusive Policy

Dr. K R

Narayanan

Centre for Dalit

and Minorities

Studies

Second Semester

(Jan-June 2013)

Arvind Kumar

Inclusion, Social

Justice and

Legislation

M A in Social

Exclusion and

Inclusive Policy

Dr. K R

Narayanan

Centre for Dalit

and Minorities

Studies

Third Semester

July-Dec 2013

Arvind Kumar

Conflict Violence

and Exclusion

M A in Social

Exclusion and

Inclusive Policy

Dr. K R

Narayanan

Centre for Dalit

and Minorities

Studies

Fourth Semester

(Jan-June 2014)

Arvind Kumar

Idea of Caste Course offered

under CBCS for

Undergraduates

Dr. K R

Narayanan

Centre for Dalit

and Minorities

Studies

First Semester

(July-Dec 2015)

Arvind Kumar

(iii) Projects guided at Postgraduate level

(iv) Other contribution(s)


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14. Details of Major R&D Projects: Not Any

Title of Project Funding Agency Duration Status

From To Ongoing/ Completed

15. Number of PhDs guided

Name of the PhD Scholar Title of PhD Thesis Role(Supervisor/ Co-Supervisor) Year of

Award

Ayan Guha From Class to Caste:

A Study of an

Emergent dynamics

in Bengal Politics

Supervisor Pursuing

Purnima Kumari Oraon Clash of Religion: A

Study of Conflict

Between Christian

and Non-Christian

tribe in Jharkhand

Supervisor Pursuing

Mohd. Kamran State of Exclusion or

Excluded by State: A

Comparative Study

of Dalit communities

among Muslims and

Hindus in Delhi

Supervisor Pursuing

Namia Noor Representation of

Muslims in Select

Indian English

Fiction: A Critical

Study

Supervisor Pursuing

16. Participation in Workshops/ Symposia/ Conferences/ Colloquia /Seminars/ Schools etc.

(mentioning the role)

Date (s) Title of Level of Role (Participant/

Speaker/

Event Organized Venue


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Activity Event

(International/

National/

Local)

Chairperson,

Paper presenter,

Any other)

by

06.04.2015-

02.05.2015

112th 4 Week

Orientation

Programme

National Participant Academic Staff

College, JMI

Jamia Millia

Islamia

02.05.2014 22nd

3 Week

Refresher

Course in

Education

National Chair Academic Staff

College, JMI

Jamia Millia

Islamia

20.11.2013-

10.12.2013

12th 3 Week

Refresher

Course in

Political

Science


College, JMI

Jamia Millia

Islamia

09.11.2013-

10.11.2013

National

Workshop on

Methodology

National Paper presenter ICSSR sponsored

Research Project:

The O.B.C.:

Exclusion,

Empowerment &

Modernization

Osmania

University,

Hyderabad

11.09.2013-

21.09.2013

Film

Appreciation

Workshop

National Participant Public Service

Broadcasting

Trust

India

International

Centre

17.12.2012-

21.12.2012

Research

Methodology

Course on

Applied

Research

Techniques

Using SPSS in

Social

Sciences

National Participant Centre for

Jawaharlal Nehru

Studies

Jamia Millia

Islamia

24.08.2012-

13.09.2012

8th 3Week

Refresher

Course on

Human Rights

and Social

Inclusion


College, JMI

Jamia Millia

Islamia


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31.05.2012-

02.06.2012

Research

Methodology

Course on

Social

Exclusion and

Discrimination

National Participant Indian Institute of

Dalit Studies,

New Delhi and

Centre for

Exclusion and

Inclusive Policy,

National Law

School India

University,

Bangaluru

National

Law School

India

University,

Bangaluru

17. Workshops/ Symposia/ Conferences/ Colloquia/Seminars Organized (as Chairman/ Organizing

Secretary/ Convenor / Co-Convenor)

Title of Activity Level of Event

(International/

National/ Local)

Date (s) Role Venue

Evaluation Study of

Implementation of SPQEM

and IDMI run by MHRD,

Government of India in

Madarsas across the country

National

March

2013

Co-Team

Leader for

Karnataka

Bangalore,

Bijapur and

Gulbarga

districts of

Karnataka

Sensitization workshop

on „Diversity and Social

Inclusion‟ with the

School Teachers

Local 30.10.2013 Co-Convenor Senior

Secondary

School, Jamia

Millia Isalmia

Sensitization workshop

on „Diversity and Social

Inclusion‟ with the

School Teachers

Local 28.07.2012 Co-Convenor Fatehpuri

Muslim

Senior

Secondary

School,

Fatehpuri,

Delhi

18. Invited Talks delivered

Topic Date Inviting Organization

Understanding B R

Ambedkar

23.01.2016 Aggarwal College, Ballabgarh

(Haryana)


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Caste versus Biradari 17.08.2015 Academic Staff College, JMI

Biradari / Caste: Difference

or Hierarchy?

07.08.2015 Academic Staff College, JMI

Understanding „Social‟ in

Justice Discourse

02.02.2015 Department of Social Work, Mewar

University, Ghaziabad

Invited Lecture on Fate of

Higher Education in Neo-

Liberal Era

02.12.2014 T N Bhagalpur University,

Bhagalpur

Identity and Ideology:

Emerging Trends and

Challenges in Indian Politics

10.11.2014 Aggarwal College, Ballabgarh

(Haryana)

Understanding Equality of

Opportunity


Occupational Exclusion or

Exclusionary Occupation?

Interrogating Manual

Scavenging


Nandy and Inclusive

Classroom


Biradari as Hierarchy 20.08.2014 Academic Staff College, JMI

Administering Equal

Opportunity Office


Nandy Controversy and the

Classroom


Ashis Nandy in a Classroom 01.05.2014 Academic Staff College, JMI

Media, New Media and

Revolutions in West Asia


Media and Exclusion 05.02.2014 Academic Staff College, JMI

Biradaris and Exclusion in

Purani Dilli


Idea of Inclusion: The

Relevance of Inter-

disciplinary Research

22.03.2013 Karnataka State Women‟s

University, Bijapur


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Approach

Interrogating Race, Caste

Class: The Black Panthers

and Dalit Panthers in

Comparative Perspective

06.03.2013 Ambedkar University, Delhi

19. Membership of Learned Societies

Type of Membership (Ordinary Member/

Honorary Member / Life Member )

Organization Membership No. with date

Member Nehru Memorial

Museum and Library

P9972 Since November

2003

20. Academic Foreign Visits

Country Duration of Visit Programme

Ireland 2011 Workshop on “Peacemaking and Conflict

Resolution in South Asia” at Dublin City

University (25-26 February)

Belgium 2010 “Curriculum Development in Peacemaking

and Peace-Building in Europe and South

Asia” at University Catholic d‟Louvain (18-21

January)

The United States of

America

July-Aug 2008 To Conduct Field Study and Data Collection

for PhD

21. Publications

(A) Refereed Research Journals:

Author(s)

Title of Paper Journal Volume

(No.)

Page

numbers

Year Impact Factor

of the Journal

(Optional)


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Arvind

Kumar

Kanshiram aur

Uttar-Ambedkar

Dalit Vimarsh

Pratiman Vol.III,

No.1,

Jan-June

148-166 2015 ISSN 2320-

8201

Arvind

Kumar and

Ayan Guha

Political Future of

Caste in West

Bengal

Economic

and

Political

Weekly

Vol.

XLIX,

No.41,

9th

August

73-74 2014 RNI – No.

14089/66

Arvind

Kumar

Namdeo Dhasal:

Kavita Ka

Sarvahara Swar

Pratiman Vol.II,

No.1,

Jan-June

378-386 2014 ISSN 2320-

8201

Arvind

Kumar and

Sriti Ganguly

The Nandy

Conundrum

Economic

and

Political

Weekly

Vol.

XLIX,

No.11,

15th

March

76-78 2014 RNI – No.

14089/66

Arvind

Kumar

Poetics of

Subalternity:

Remembering

Namdeo

Laxhman Dhasal

(1949-2014)

Mainstream Vol. LII,

No.12,

15

March

32-35 2014 ISSN 0542-

1462

Arvind

Kumar

Complexities of

the Struggle for a

Post-Hindu India‟

based on Kancha

Ilaiah‟s Post

Hindu India

Mainstream Vol. L,

No. 18,

April 21

17-22 2012 ISSN 0542-

1462

Arvind

Kumar

Tunisia-Jasmine

Revolution:

Lessons Learnt,

Challenges Ahead

Mainstream Vol.

XLIX,

No. 8,

February

12

7-8 2011 ISSN 0542-

1462

Arvind

Kumar

Review Essay on

Gyanendra

Pandey (ed.)

(2010) Subaltern

Citizens and their

Histories:

Investigations

from India and

the USA

South Asian

History and

Culture

Vol. II,

No. 1,

January

103-112 2011 ISSN 1947-

2498


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(B) Conferences/Workshops/Symposia Proceedings

Author(s) Title of

Abstract/

Paper

Title of the

Proceedings

Page

numbers

Conference

Theme

Venue Year

Arvind

Kumar

Changing

Occupations,

Continued

Perceptions:

Biradaris

and

Exclusion in

Purani Dilli

National

Seminar

“Caste religion

and Reservation

(With Special

focus on Dalit

Muslims and

Dalit

Christians)”

Jamia

Millia

Islamia

2013

Arvind

Kumar

Media and

Exclusion:

Propaganda,

Prejudice

and

Portrayal

National

Seminar

“Constitutional

Development

and Nation

Building in

India”

Kirorimal

College,

DU

2013

(C) Books & Monographs

Author(s) Title of Book/Monograph Name of

Publishers

Year of

Publication

ISSN/ISBN

Number

Arvind Kumar

and Shephalika

Shekhar

(Translators)

Rait Par Kisse Tulika Publishers 2014 ISBN

9789350465219

(D) Books Reviews

Author(s) Title of Review / Book Title of Journal /

Publishers

Year of

Publication

ISSN/ISBN

Number

Arvind Kumar Subalternity and

Difference: Investigations

from the North and the

South edited by Gyanendra

Pandey

History and

Sociology of

South Asia,

Vol.9, No.2

2015 ISSN 2230-

8075

Arvind Kumar Sir Par Dhoyi Ja Rahi

Rashtriya Aur Samajik

Sharm, Review of Adrishya

Pratiman, CSDS

and Vani

Prakashan

2014 ISSN 2320-

8201


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Bharat by Bhasha Singh

Arvind Kumar Review of Color

Cosmopolitanism: The

Shared Struggle for

Freedom in the United

States and India by Nico

Slate

India Quarterly:

A Journal of

International

Affairs, Vol. 69,

No.1, March

2013 ISSN 0974-

9284

Arvind Kumar “Social Justice for

Inclusion” Review of Non-

discrimination and

Equality in India:

Contesting Boundaries of

Social Justice by Vidhu

Verma

Mainstream, Vol.

LI, No.12, March

9

2013 ISSN 0542-

1462

Arvind Kumar “Enriching Adivasi / Tribal

Studies in India” Review of

Social Exclusion and

Adverse Inclusion:

Development and

Deprivation of Adivasis in

India by Virginius Xaxa

and The Adivasi Question:

Issues of Land, Forest and

Livelihood by Dev Nathan

The Book

Review, Vol.

XXXVII, No.4,

April

2013

Arvind Kumar Review of Developmental

State and the Dalit

Question in Madhya

Padesh: Congress

Response by Sudha Pai

South Asia:

Journal of South

Asian Studies,

Vol. XXXV,

No.1, March

2012 ISSN 2308-

7846

Arvind Kumar Review of The South Asia

Story: The First Sixty Years

of US Relations With India

and Pakistan by Harold A.

Gould

India Quarterly:

A Journal of

International

Affairs, Vol. 67,

No.1, Jan-March

2011 ISSN 0974-

9284

Arvind Kumar Review of Indian Foreign

Policy in a Unipolar World

by Harsh V. Pant

Indian Foreign

Affairs Journal,

Vol.3, No.4, Oct-

Dec

2010 ISSN 0973-32-

48

Arvind Kumar “The Democracy Question

in Indian Foreign Policy”

Review of India’s Foreign

Policy: The Democracy

Dimension (With Special

Reference to Neighbours)

by S. D. Muni

Mainstream, Vol.

XLVIII, No. 45,

November 27

2010 RNI

No.7064/62


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Arvind Kumar Review of Negotiating

Peace in Deeply Divided

Societies: A Set of

Simulations by Radha

Kumar

India Quarterly :

A Journal of

International

Affairs, vol.66,

No.2 ,April-June

2010 ISSN 0974-

9284

(C) Articles for Newspaper / Magazine / Website

Author(s) Title of Article Name of Publishers Vol /No. Year of

Publication

Arvind Kumar How Hate Speech

becomes Common Sense

thepoliticalindian.com April, 27 2014

Arvind Kumar Buland Hui Brazil Ki

Beti Ki Aawaz

Samkaleen Janmat December

2010

Arvind Kumar

Violence in France:

Growing Ethnic and

Racial Violence

India News and

Feature Alliance

No. 277,

Vol.

XXIV,

December

2005

(D) Panelist and Discussant on National Channels

Panelist /

Guest Speaker

Name of the Programme Show / Television Date of Telecast

Arvind Kumar Rohith Vemula’s Suicide:

Prejudice and VIP Pressure

To Blame

The Buck Stops Here /

NDTV 24x7

19th

January 2016

Arvind Kumar Rohith‟s Suicide: An

Institutionalized Murder?

Taal Thok Ke / Zee

News

19th

January 2016

Arvind Kumar Dalit Student Kills Self:

Who’s To Blame

Agenda / NDTV 24x7 18th

January 2016

Arvind Kumar Ambedkar Jayanti

Celebrations Mere Vote

Bank Politics

News Point / NDTV

India

14th

April 2015

Arvind Kumar Opinion Polls on General

Assembly Elections in

Jharkhand

ABP News 21st November

2014

Arvind Kumar

Performance of Political

Parties in General Elections

in Jharkhand

Final Counting of

votes for 16th

Lok

Sabha / ABP News

16th

May 2014

Arvind Kumar Trends of Prospect of

Political Parties in General

Exit Poll for Lok

Sabha / ABP News

13th

May 2014


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Elections in Jharkhand

Arvind Kumar Trends of Prospect of

Political Parties in General

Elections in Jharkhand

ABP News 12th

May 2014

Arvind Kumar Issues for General Elections

in Jharkhand

Fourth Phase of

Polling for Lok Sabha /

ABP News

17th April 2014

Arvind Kumar Life and Teachings of Dr. B

R Ambedkar

Good Evening India

/ Doordarshan News

14th

April 2014

Arvind Kumar Issues for General Elections

in Jharkhand

Special Programme on

Declaration of General

Elections / ABP News

14th

April 2015

Arvind Kumar Saffronization of Dalit

Politics

Badi Khabar /

NDTV India

24 February 2014

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