Education M.A., M.Phil, PhD | Name Anand Kumar | |
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Books Understanding Globalisation and Emerging India Similar People Yogendra Yadav, Prashant Bhushan, Manish Sisodia, Dharamvir Gandhi, Adarsh Shastri Profiles | ||
Prof anand kumar at all india sociological conference jnu
Anand Kumar is a retired professor of sociology at Jawaharlal Nehru University, an 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.
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- Prof anand kumar at all india sociological conference jnu
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- Academic career
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Prof anand kumar visit
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. 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.Also taught as India Chair in Germany (Albert Ludwig University, Freiburg), GSP Scholar at Humboldt University (Berlin, Germany), He was Fulbright Visiting Scholar at Tufts University from January to May 2013. International Faculty at Innsbruck University (Austria), GSP faculty at FLACSO ( Buenos Aires, Argentina), Visiting professor at NEHU (Shillong) and Kashmir University ( Srinagar).
Political career
Kumar was a National Executive Committee member of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP). 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.