Anand Kumar (sociologist)

Anand Kumar
Born Varanasi
Education M.A., M.Phil, PhD
Alma mater Banaras Hindu University, Jawaharlal Nehru University, University of Chicago
Organization Indian Sociological Society, National Convenor Swaraj Abhiyan


Anand Kumar is a retired professor of sociology at Jawaharlal Nehru University, a ex-member of the Aam Aadmi Party, he contested for Lok Sabha (India's lower house of parliament) from the North East Delhi parliamentary constituency in the Indian general election, 2014 but lost to BJP candidate Manoj Tiwari.[1][2][3]

Academic career

Kumar received an MA in Sociology at the Banaras Hindu University (BHU), Varanasi, 1972; an MPhil. in Sociology at the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi, 1975; and a PhD in Sociology at the University of Chicago, 1986.[4] He was a Lecturer in Sociology at BHU from 1979 to 1989, an Associate Professor of Sociology at JNU from 1990 to 1998, and has been a Professor of Sociology at JNU since 1998.[4] He was Fulbright Visiting Scholar at Tufts University from January to May 2013.[5]

Political career

Kumar was a National Executive Committee member of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP).[6] He contested on AAP ticket the Indian Lok Sabha elections of 2014 from the North East Delhi parliamentary constituency and came 2nd. Later on he was expelled from AAP for "Anti-Party activities" than finally along with Yogendra Yadav, Prashant Bhushan, Ajit Jha formed a new political organization called Swaraj Abhiyan and currently is a National convenor of Swaraj Abhiyan.[7][8]

Bibliography

References

  1. Kumar 2013, p. 11: Anand Kumar is a retired Professor of Sociology from Jawaharlal Nehru University and a Ex-founding member of the Aam Aadmi Party.
  2. "AAP promises to launch Delhi University East campus", India Today Online, 31 March 2014, Anand Kumar, a former academic who is the party's candidate from northeast Delhi, told IANS that the northeast district was a vulnerable area where people "feel betrayed and neglected" due to issues of poor governance.
  3. "AAP releases manifesto for North East Delhi constituency", The Hindu, 31 March 2014
  4. 1 2 Dr. Anand Kumar, United States-India Educational Foundation, 2013
  5. Anand Kumar, Fulbright Scholar Program, 2013
  6. "National Executive". Aam Aadmi Party. Retrieved 2014-03-20.
  7. "AAP declares 3rd list, fields JNU professor Anand Kumar | Millennium Post". Millenniumpost. 2014-03-02. Retrieved 2014-03-20.
  8. "Anand Kumar is AAP's man for North East Delhi", The Pioneer, 2 March 2013
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