Rajan Gurukkal

Rajan Gurukkal

Prof. Rajan Gurukkal speaking at an event in 2007
Born (1948-05-15) 15 May 1948
Alma mater University of Calicut
Jawaharlal Nehru University
Occupation historian
vice chancellor
professor
writer

Rajan Gurukkal (born 16 May 1948) is a leading Indian social scientist,[1] historian, professor and writer.[2] He has written many books and articles on different topics.[2] He has also received awards for his works.[2]

Biography

Puthen Madathil Rajan Gurukkal was born on 15 May 1948 in a northern Kerala village called Kariyad near Mahe in the Kannur District of India.[2] He did his schooling first in his family school at Kuruvattur in the Kozhikode District, and subsequently in Kariyad Nambiar's Upper Primary School and Ramavilasam Secondary School. Joined Government College of Madappally and Government Brennen College, Tellecherry for his graduation. He received a postgraduate degree in history from the University of Calicut in 1972, with first class and first rank from the University, after which he took up teaching at the Union Christian College at Aluva in Kerala.[3] Later he completed his M.Phil in 1978 and PhD in 1985 in historical socio-economics from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.[2]

He has worked on different and several important posts such as the dean of faculty, member of the academic council, senate and syndicate of a few universities and social science research institutes and others. Former Vice-Chancellor of Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, India.[2][4] Currently he is a Sundararajan Visiting Professor at the Centre for Contemporary Studies, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore.[5]

Career

Gurukkal began his career as a junior lecturer at Union Christian College, Aluva in 1972 as soon as he finished his postgraduation.[3] After completing his doctoral education, he joined as the teaching faculty at the Centre for Historical Studies of Jawaharlal Nehru University for some time before taking up the chair of Professor and director, School of Social Sciences, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala in 1988.[6] He took up the position at Mahatma Gandhi University upon the invitation of noted Kannada writer and the then University Vice-Chancellor U. R. Ananthamurthy.

Literary career

He has written six books in Malayalam and in English, on the topic of Socio-economic, cultural history of Kerala, structural anthropology, historical sociology, and human ecology of the Southern Western Ghats. He has also written many articles in various magazines and newspapers on current issues.[2]

Awards

Bibliography

Monographs

Projects[2]

See also

References

  1. "History beyond the discipline : Abstracts & bibliographical analysis of the works of Prof. Rajan Gurukkal". E-Lis.Org. Retrieved 3 August 2012.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 "Vice-Chancellor". Mahatma Gandhi University.ac.in. Retrieved 3 August 2012.
  3. 1 2 "UC College Department of History". uccollege.edu.in. Retrieved 8 December 2013.
  4. "Rajan Gurukkal is new VC of MGU". Daily Hindu.com. 13 November 2008. Retrieved 3 August 2012.
  5. "Centre for Contemporary Studies". CCS-IISc. Retrieved 9 December 2013.
  6. "Rajan Gurukkal to take over as MGU VC on Monday". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 8 December 2013.
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