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Deepak Kumar (historian)

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IUHPS/DHS, 1997-2001. President of the Modern India Section, Indian History Congress, 60th Session, Calicut, December 1999. Professor R.C.Gupta Endowment History of Science Lecture Award given by the National Academy of Science, Allahabad, July 2001. President, South Asia Section, Indian Association of Asian and Pacific Studies, Second Biennial Conference, Sambalpur University, 29–31 January 2004. Vice-President, International Association of Historians of Asia, 2004–06, elected at the 18th IAHA Conf. held at Taipei in 2004. Member, Academie Internationale D’Histoire des Sciences, Paris. Chair and Convenor, Science and Society Section, Indian Science Congress, 1993-95.
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Calicut, December 1999. Professor R.C.Gupta Endowment History of Science Lecture Award given by the National Academy of Science, Allahabad, July 2001. President, South Asia Section, Indian Association of Asian and Pacific Studies, Second Biennial Conference, Sambalpur University, 29–31 January 2004. Vice-President, International Association of Historians of Asia, 2004–06, elected at the 18th IAHA Conf. held at Taipei in 2004. Member, Academie Internationale D’Histoire des Sciences, Paris. Vice-President, Association of South Asian Environmental Historians, 2007- 2009, reelected 2010.
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Jerusalem, Denver, Wisconsin, Pittsburgh, CUNY, New York, Clemson, South Carolina, Beijing, Tehran, Shiraz, Isfahan, Istanbul, Lisbon, Seoul, NUS Singapore, Academia Sinica,Taipei, Chulalongkorn, Bangkok, The Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C., IIAS, Leiden, MIT, Boston, NIAS, Copenhagen, and School at Harrow, London.
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In describing medical encounters in colonial India, Kumar argues that Western medical discourse occupied an important place in the process of colonization and it worked towards a scientific hegemony. "Indigenous systems were so marginalised that their practitioners often sought survival in resistance
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Honours and Awards: First Mahamana Madan Mohan Malaviya Chair, BHU, Banaras, May–July, 2015. President and Convenor, 20th International Association of Historians of Asia Conference, held at JNU, New Delhi, on 14–17 November 2008. Founder President, International Commission on Science & Empire,
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Lecturer, Department of History, Kurukshetra University, 1976-1983. Scientist, History and Philosophy of Science Division, NISTADS, 1983-1997. Associate Professor, Zakir Husain Centre for Educational Studies, JNU, 1998-1999 Professor, Zakir Husain Centre for Educational Studies, JNU, 2000 to date.
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President and Convenor, 20th International Association of Historians of Asia Conference, held at JNU, New Delhi, on 14–17 November 2008. President, International Commission on Science & Empire, IUHPS/DHS, 1997-2001. President of the Modern India Section, Indian History Congress, 60th Session,
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Lectures/Seminars/Talks Given abroad : The universities of Oxford, Cambridge, London, Glasgow, Manchester, Sheffield, Lancaster, Bath, Berlin, Sussex, Paris, Amsterdam, Leiden, Tokyo, Kyoto, York, Oslo, Vilnius, Simon Fraser, British Columbia, York, Heidelberg, Marburg, Hannover, Canberra,
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Lecturer, Department of History, Kurukshetra University, 1976-1983. Scientist, History and Philosophy of Science Division, NISTADS, 1983-1997. Associate Professor, Zakir Husain Centre for Educational Studies, JNU, 1998-1999 Professor, Zakir Husain Centre for Educational Studies, JNU, 2000-2017.
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Head, History and Philosophy of Science Division, NISTADS, (CSIR), 1986-1996. Chairman, Z.H.Centre for Educational Studies, JNU, 2002-2004, again 2010 - 2011. Chairman, Campus Development Committee, JNU, 2005-2007. Senior Warden, Sabarmati Hostel, JNU, 1999-2005. Director, Educational Records
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Fellowships: Have held visiting fellowships/professorships at the universities of Cambridge, Leiden, London, Wisconsin, Jerusalem, Santiniketan, York, Canberra, Sussex, Tehran, Burdwan, Jadavpur, Hyderabad, Denver, British Columbia, Vilnius, Banaras, Max Planck, Berlin, and The Smithsonian
629:, Enlarged Second Edition by OUP, Delhi, in Jan.06. Paperback in Sept.06, reprint 2011. (Earlier Hindi version published by Granthsilpi, Delhi, in 1998. Urdu version published by NCPUL, New Delhi in 2009). Bengali translation titled British Bharter Vijnan, Sujan Pub., Kolkata, 2007. 225:, India. Kumar lectured at numerous universities within India and abroad, held visiting fellowships at the universities of Cambridge, London, Leiden, The Smithsonian Institution, etc. and has also taught at Wisconsin University, Madison, USA, and 310:, SAGE, New Delhi, 1995 (Enlarged Hindi version was published by Granthshilpi, Delhi in 2002, 2nd edition with a new Preface, published by Aakar Books, Delhi, 2022) 262:
A number of his publications are cataloged at WorldCat: These include, as of August 2021, publications in English (983), German (6), Arabic (2), and Hindi (2).
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Kumar, Deepak, J.Bara, N.Khadria and R. Gayathri (eds.), Education in Colonial India: Historical Insights, Manohar Books, Delhi, 2013.
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Research Unit, JNU, 2004 - 2010 Founder Chairman, Media Research Centre, SSS, JNU, June 2010 – 2014
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Kumar, Deepak, Science and Society in Modern India, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2023.
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Kumar, Deepak, Aatam Khabar: Sanskriti, Samaj aur Hum, (in Hindi), Aakar Books, Delhi, 2022.
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Kumar, Deepak, 'Culture' of Science and the Making of India, Primus, Delhi, 2022.
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The British Empire and the Natural World: Environmental Encounters in South Asia
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The British Empire and the Natural World: Environmental Encounters in South Asia
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Kumar, Deepak, Trishanku Rashtra, (in Hindi), Rajkamal Prakashan, Delhi, 2018.
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Currently Hon. Professor, Maulana Azad National Urdu University, Hyderabad
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Tilling the Land: Agricultural Knowledge and Practices in Colonial India
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The Trishanku Nation: Memory, Self, and Society in Contemporary India
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The Trishanku Nation: Memory, Self and Society in Contemporary India
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Prof. Deepak Kumar's Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) Faculty Page
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Kumar, Deepak, Vinita Damodaran, Rohan D'Souza (eds.),
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Science and Empire: Essays in Indian Context, 1700-1947
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scientific fields developed. One of his major works is
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Edited with Vinita Damodaran and Rohan D’Souza, eds.
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Disease and Medicine in India: A Historical Overview
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Medical Encounters in British India, 1820-1920
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