Name Rajeev Bhargava | ||
Born November 27, 1954 (age 69) ( 1954-11-27 ) Occupation Former Director, Centre for the Study of Developing Societies (2005-2014); political theorist Books Secularism and Its Critics, Politics and Ethics of the Indian, What is Political Theory a, The Promise of India's Se, Individualism in social science Similar People Zoya Hasan, Ashis Nandy, Akeel Bilgrami, Rajni Kothari, Sudipta Kaviraj | ||
Distinguished lecture by prof rajeev bhargava
Rajeev Bhargava (born November 27, 1954) is a noted Indian political theorist, who was professor of Political Theory at the Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi. His works on political theory, multiculturalism, identity politics and secularism have evoked sharp debates.
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- Distinguished lecture by prof rajeev bhargava
- The multiple social imaginaries of modern indian secularism rajeev bhargava
- Education
- Career
- Selected works
- References
He is Senior Fellow and Former Director of Centre for the Study of Developing Societies (CSDS), Delhi.
The multiple social imaginaries of modern indian secularism rajeev bhargava
Education
He received his B.A. degree in Economics from the University of Delhi, followed by M.Phil and D.Phil from Oxford University.
Career
Bhargava started his academic career at St. Stephen's College, Delhi in 1979, in the following year he joined the Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi where he worked till 2005, when he joined Centre for the Study of Developing Societies (CSDS), Delhi as a Senior Fellow and Former Director.
Over the years, he has remained Faculty Fellow in Ethics at Harvard University, Leverhulme Fellow at University of Bristol, Senior Fellow at Institute of Advanced Studies, Jerusalem, Visiting Fellow of the British Academy, and held the Asia Chair at Sciences Po Paris in 2006