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'''Andre Beteille''' (born 30 September 1934) [[Fellow of the British Academy|FBA]] is one of India's leading<ref>{{cite web|title=SG|url=http://www.sociologyguide.com/indian-thinkers/andre-beteille.php}}</ref> [[sociologists]] and writers. He is particularly well known for his studies of the [[Caste system in India|caste system]] in [[South India]]. He is a Professor of Sociology at the [[Delhi School of Economics]] at the [[University of Delhi]] where he is [[Professor Emeritus]] of [[Sociology]] since 2003.<ref>{{cite web|title=DU|url=http://sociology.du.ac.in/index.php/people/faculty?id=130}}</ref> He was appointed National Research Professor by the Government of India in 2007.<ref>[http://pib.nic.in/newsite/erelease.aspx?relid=23756 Bipan Chandra and Andre Beteille Appointed as National Research Professors]</ref> He is a recipient of the Indian civilian honour of the [[Padma Bhushan]].<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web | url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf | title=Padma Awards | publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India | date=2015 | accessdate=July 21, 2015}}</ref>
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| name = Andre Beteille
| honorific_suffix = [[Fellow of the British Academy|FBA]]
| awards = {{ubl|[[Padma Bhushan]]|[[Fellow of the British Academy]]}}
| alma_mater = [[University of Calcutta]]
| workplaces = {{ubl|[[University of Oxford]]|[[University of Cambridge]]|[[University of Chicago]]|[[London School of Economics]]|[[Delhi School of Economics]]|[[Ashoka University]]}}
| image = File:The well-known Sociologist Dr. Andre Beteille receives the Padma Bhushan award from the President Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam in New Delhi on March 28, 2005.jpg
| caption = Beteille (left) receives the [[Padma Bhushan]] from the [[President of India]] [[A. P. J. Abdul Kalam]], {{circa}} 2005.
| honorific_prefix = [[Padma Bhushan]]
| nationality = Indian
| discipline = [[Sociology]]
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1934|9|30|df=yes}}
| influences = [[G. S. Ghurye]]
}}


'''André Beteille''' (born 30 September 1934), is an Indian [[sociologist]], writer, and academician. He is known for his studies of the caste system in [[South India]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=André Beteille|url=https://elearning.lse.ac.uk/dart/interviews/beteille.html|access-date=2021-06-06|website=elearning.lse.ac.uk}}</ref> He has served with educational institutions in India such as [[Delhi School of Economics]], [[North-Eastern Hill University|North Eastern Hill University]] (in Shillong), and [[Ashoka University]].
In the words of historian [[Ramachandra Guha]],&nbsp;<ref name = "wisest Indian">{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/mag/2005/12/04/stories/2005120400480300.htm |title=The wisest man in India |newspaper=The Hindu |date=2005-12-04 |accessdate=2012-12-31}}</ref>
{{quote|Béteille has written insightfully about all the major questions of the day: India's encounters with the West, the contest between religion and secularism, the relationship between caste and class, the links between poverty and inequality, the nurturing of public institutions, the role and responsibilities of the intellectual.}}


== Early life and education ==
In the words of Dr. Surajit C. Mukhopadhyay <ref>{{Cite journal|url = http://www.nujslawreview.org/pdf/articles/2012_3/09_surajit_mukhopadhyay.pdf|title = BOOK REVIEW - Democracy and its Institutions|last = Mukhopadhyay|first = Surajit C.|date = 1 October 2012|journal = NUJS Law Review|access-date = 3 January 2015}}</ref><blockquote>Béteille is also one among the few influential sociologists of our times and his writings bear testimony to this amalgamation of academic our times and his writings bear testimony to this amalgamation of academic.<sup>Somebody please review this - this quote does not make any sense</sup></blockquote>In 1992, he became a [[Fellow of the British Academy|Fellow]] of the [[British Academy]].<ref>{{cite web | title = Corresponding Fellows|publisher=British Academy | url = http://www.britac.ac.uk/fellowship/directory/cor.cfm?member=2831| accessdate = 2014-01-14 }}</ref> In 2005, Béteille received the [[Padma Bhushan]] from Government of India, as a mark of recognition for his work in the field of Sociology.<ref>{{cite web|title=ToI|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2005-01-25/india/27840883_1_padma-awards-affairs-pandit}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Padma Awards Directory (1954–2009)|publisher=[[Ministry of Home Affairs (India)|Ministry of Home Affairs]]|url=http://www.mha.nic.in/pdfs/LST-PDAWD.pdf}}</ref> The same year he was appointed a member of the Prime Minister's [[National Knowledge Commission]]. In 2006, following a proposal for increasing [[caste]]-based reservations, Beteille quit the Commission in protest. He is Professor Emeritus at Department of Sociology, University of Delhi.<ref>{{cite web | title = Andre Beteille |publisher=Department of Sociology, University of Delhi| url = http://sociology.du.ac.in/index.php/people/faculty?id=130
Beteille was born to a French father and an Indian mother.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Macfarlane|first=Alan|title=André Béteille and Alexis de Tocqueville|url=http://www.alanmacfarlane.com/FILES/Beteille_Tocqueville.htm|access-date=20 January 2022|website=Alanmacfarlane.com}}</ref> He received his undergraduate and graduate degrees in anthropology from the [[University of Calcutta]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Krishna|first=Nakul|date=2012-11-23|title=Sunlight On The Garden {{!}} André Béteille|url=https://www.livemint.com/Leisure/lRWX5LiTUB9PlRwhJOwwHN/Sunlight-On-The-Garden--Andr-Bteille.html|access-date=2021-09-15|website=mint|language=en}}</ref> Thereafter he received his doctorate from the [[University of Delhi]]. After a brief stint at the [[Indian Statistical Institute]] as a research fellow, he joined the faculty of sociology at the [[Delhi School of Economics]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Young India Fellowship {{!}} Postgraduate Diploma Programme in Liberal Studies|url=http://www.yifp.in/ChancellorViceChancellorDean.aspx|access-date=2021-09-15|website=www.yifp.in}}</ref>
| accessdate = 2014-01-14 }}</ref>


== Career ==
Presently he is the Chancellor of [[North Eastern Hill University]], [[Shillong]], Meghalaya <ref>{{cite web| title = Administrative Officials|publisher=NEHU Shillong| url = http://www.nehu.ac.in/Administration/officials.php | accessdate = 2014-01-14 }}</ref> and [[Ashoka University]], in India.<ref>{{cite web | title = Chancellor |publisher=Ashoka University| url = http://www.ashoka.edu.in/About-Us/Chancellor-and-ViceChancellor | accessdate = 2014-01-14 }}</ref>
He has taught at universities including [[University of Oxford|Oxford University]], [[University of Cambridge|Cambridge University]], the [[University of Chicago]], and the [[London School of Economics]]. He has also served as the Chairman of the [[Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta]] and of the [[Indian Council of Social Science Research]].<ref name=":0" />

He was a Professor of Sociology at the [[Delhi School of Economics]] at the [[University of Delhi]] where, since 2003, he remains [[Professor Emeritus]] of [[Sociology]].<ref>{{cite web|title=DU|url=http://sociology.du.ac.in/index.php/people/faculty?id=130|access-date=14 January 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140116071218/http://sociology.du.ac.in/index.php/people/faculty?id=130|archive-date=16 January 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> He was appointed National Research Professor by the [[Government of India]] in 2007.<ref>[http://pib.nic.in/newsite/erelease.aspx?relid=23756 Bipan Chandra and Andre Beteille Appointed as National Research Professors]</ref>

Presently, he is the Chancellor of [[North Eastern Hill University]], [[Shillong]], Meghalaya <ref>{{cite web| title = Administrative Officials|publisher=NEHU Shillong| url = http://www.nehu.ac.in/Administration/officials.php | access-date = 2014-01-14 }}</ref> and prior to that he served as the [[Chancellor (education)|Chancellor]] of [[Ashoka University]].<ref>{{cite web | title = Chancellor |publisher=Ashoka University| url = http://www.ashoka.edu.in/About-Us/Chancellor-and-ViceChancellor | access-date = 2014-01-14 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Ashoka and After: The Universities We Believe In|url=https://thewire.in/education/why-singling-out-ashoka-does-promoting-universities-in-india-no-good|access-date=2021-09-15|website=The Wire}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Puri|first=Anjali|date=2014-12-27|title=I haven't lost faith in democracy. It is here to stay...: Andre Beteille|work=Business Standard India|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/opinion/i-haven-t-lost-faith-in-democracy-it-is-here-to-stay-andre-beteille-114122700648_1.html|access-date=2021-09-15}}</ref>

== Awards and recognition ==
He is a recipient of the third highest civilian honour of India, the [[Padma Bhushan]], and was also made a [[Fellow of the British Academy|Fellow of the British Academy (FBA)]].<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web|url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |title=Padma Awards |publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India |date=2015 |access-date=21 July 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151015193758/http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |archive-date=15 October 2015 |df=dmy }}</ref> He also served on the Social Sciences jury for the [[Infosys Prize]] in 2010.{{citation needed|date=July 2022}}


==Bibliography==
==Bibliography==
*''Sociology: Essays on Approach and Method'', Oxford University Press, 2002.
*''Sociology: Essays on Approach and Method'', [[Oxford University Press]], 2002.
*''Antinomies of Society: Essays on Ideologies and Institutions'', Oxford University Press, 2000.
*''Antinomies of Society: Essays on Ideologies and Institutions'', Oxford University Press, 2000.
*''Chronicles of Our Time'', Penguin Books, 2000.
*''Chronicles of Our Time'', [[Penguin Books]], 2000.
*''The Backward Classes in Contemporary India'', Oxford University Press, 1992.
*''The Backward Classes in Contemporary India'', Oxford University Press, 1992.
*''Society and Politics in India: Essays in a Comparative Perspective'', Athlone Press, 1991 (L.S.E. Monographs in Social Anthropology, no. 63).
*''Social and Cultural Reproduction of Caste, Kinship and Occupation in India'', 1991.
*''Society and Politics in India: Essays in a Comparative Perspective'', [[Athlone Press]], 1991 (L.S.E. Monographs in Social Anthropology, no. 63).
*''The Idea of Natural Inequality and Other Essays'', Oxford University Press, 1983 (new, enlarged edition, Oxford University Press, 1987).
*''The Idea of Natural Inequality and Other Essays'', Oxford University Press, 1983 (new, enlarged edition, Oxford University Press, 1987).
*''Inequality Among Men'', Basil Blackwell, 1977 (Italian edition published as La diseguaglianza fra gli uomini, Il Mulino, 1981).
*''Inequality Among Men'', [[Wiley-Blackwell|Basil Blackwell]], 1977 (Italian edition published as La diseguaglianza fra gli uomini, Il Mulino, 1981).
*''Studies in Agrarian Social Structure'', Oxford University Press, 1974.
*''Studies in Agrarian Social Structure'', Oxford University Press, 1974.
*''Six Essays in Comparative Sociology'', Oxford University Press, 1974 (enlarged edition published as Essays in Comparative Sociology, Oxford University Press, 1987).
*''Six Essays in Comparative Sociology'', Oxford University Press, 1974 (enlarged edition published as Essays in Comparative Sociology, Oxford University Press, 1987).
*''Inequality and Social Change'', Oxford University Press, 1972.
*''Inequality and Social Change'', Oxford University Press, 1972.
*''Castes: Old and New, Essays in Social Structure and Social Stratification'', Asia Publishing House, 1969.
*''Castes: Old and New, Essays in Social Structure and Social Stratification'', Asia Publishing House, 1969.
*''Caste, Class and Power: Changing Patterns of Stratification in a Tanjore Village'', University of California Press, 1965.
*''Caste, Class and Power: Changing Patterns of Stratification in a Tanjore Village'', [[University of California Press]], 1965.


===Essays===
===Essays===
* [http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/2001/09/03/stories/05032523.htm Secularism Re-examined]
* Secularism Re-examined<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/2001/09/03/stories/05032523.htm |title=The Hindu : Secularism re-examined |website=www.hinduonnet.com |access-date=11 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081010113311/http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/2001/09/03/stories/05032523.htm |archive-date=10 October 2008 |url-status=usurped}}</ref>
* Race & Caste<ref>{{cite web |url=http://wcar.alrc.net/mainfile2.php/For+the+negative/14/ |title=Race and caste |website=wcar.alrc.net |access-date=11 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070323231251/http://wcar.alrc.net/mainfile2.php/For+the+negative/14/ |archive-date=23 March 2007 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [http://wcar.alrc.net/mainfile2.php/For+the+negative/14/ Race & Caste]
* [http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/2001/11/01/stories/05012523.htm Teaching & Research]
* Teaching & Research<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/2001/11/01/stories/05012523.htm |title=The Hindu : Teaching and research |website=www.hindu.com |access-date=11 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040602153858/http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/2001/11/01/stories/05012523.htm |archive-date=2 June 2004 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [http://www.india-seminar.com/2000/495/495%20andre%20beteille.htm Teaching and Research, Andre Beteille]
* Teaching and Research, Andre Beteille<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.india-seminar.com/2000/495/495%20andre%20beteille.htm|title=495 Andre Beteille, Teaching and research}}</ref>
* [http://www.lib.virginia.edu/area-studies/SouthAsia/bihar/09mr99.html Government & NGOs] (scroll down)
* Government & NGOs<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.lib.virginia.edu/area-studies/SouthAsia/bihar/09mr99.html|title = Times of India / Telegraph. 9-12 March 1999}}</ref>


==References==
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* [http://www.alanmacfarlane.com/ancestors/Beteille.html Andre Béteille interviewed by Alan Macfarlane 1 June 1986 (film)]
* [https://www.sms.cam.ac.uk/media/1113102 Interviewed by Alan Macfarlane 1 June 1986 (video)]
* [http://www.ibnlive.com/news/two-knowledge-panel-members-quit-over-quota/11136-3.html Andre quits the knowledge commission - CNN-IBN news report]
* [http://www.ibnlive.com/news/two-knowledge-panel-members-quit-over-quota/11136-3.html Andre quits the knowledge commission - CNN-IBN news report]
* [http://www.telegraphindia.com/1050917/asp/opinion/story_5243985.asp A long view of two Indian social scientists]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20051211145105/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1050917/asp/opinion/story_5243985.asp A long view of two Indian social scientists]


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Latest revision as of 16:25, 20 October 2024

Padma Bhushan
Andre Beteille
FBA
Beteille (left) receives the Padma Bhushan from the President of India A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, c. 2005.
Born (1934-09-30) 30 September 1934 (age 90)
NationalityIndian
Awards
Academic background
Alma materUniversity of Calcutta
InfluencesG. S. Ghurye
Academic work
DisciplineSociology
Institutions

André Beteille (born 30 September 1934), is an Indian sociologist, writer, and academician. He is known for his studies of the caste system in South India.[1] He has served with educational institutions in India such as Delhi School of Economics, North Eastern Hill University (in Shillong), and Ashoka University.

Early life and education

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Beteille was born to a French father and an Indian mother.[2] He received his undergraduate and graduate degrees in anthropology from the University of Calcutta.[3] Thereafter he received his doctorate from the University of Delhi. After a brief stint at the Indian Statistical Institute as a research fellow, he joined the faculty of sociology at the Delhi School of Economics.[4]

Career

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He has taught at universities including Oxford University, Cambridge University, the University of Chicago, and the London School of Economics. He has also served as the Chairman of the Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta and of the Indian Council of Social Science Research.[4]

He was a Professor of Sociology at the Delhi School of Economics at the University of Delhi where, since 2003, he remains Professor Emeritus of Sociology.[5] He was appointed National Research Professor by the Government of India in 2007.[6]

Presently, he is the Chancellor of North Eastern Hill University, Shillong, Meghalaya [7] and prior to that he served as the Chancellor of Ashoka University.[8][9][10]

Awards and recognition

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He is a recipient of the third highest civilian honour of India, the Padma Bhushan, and was also made a Fellow of the British Academy (FBA).[11] He also served on the Social Sciences jury for the Infosys Prize in 2010.[citation needed]

Bibliography

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  • Sociology: Essays on Approach and Method, Oxford University Press, 2002.
  • Antinomies of Society: Essays on Ideologies and Institutions, Oxford University Press, 2000.
  • Chronicles of Our Time, Penguin Books, 2000.
  • The Backward Classes in Contemporary India, Oxford University Press, 1992.
  • Social and Cultural Reproduction of Caste, Kinship and Occupation in India, 1991.
  • Society and Politics in India: Essays in a Comparative Perspective, Athlone Press, 1991 (L.S.E. Monographs in Social Anthropology, no. 63).
  • The Idea of Natural Inequality and Other Essays, Oxford University Press, 1983 (new, enlarged edition, Oxford University Press, 1987).
  • Inequality Among Men, Basil Blackwell, 1977 (Italian edition published as La diseguaglianza fra gli uomini, Il Mulino, 1981).
  • Studies in Agrarian Social Structure, Oxford University Press, 1974.
  • Six Essays in Comparative Sociology, Oxford University Press, 1974 (enlarged edition published as Essays in Comparative Sociology, Oxford University Press, 1987).
  • Inequality and Social Change, Oxford University Press, 1972.
  • Castes: Old and New, Essays in Social Structure and Social Stratification, Asia Publishing House, 1969.
  • Caste, Class and Power: Changing Patterns of Stratification in a Tanjore Village, University of California Press, 1965.

Essays

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  • Secularism Re-examined[12]
  • Race & Caste[13]
  • Teaching & Research[14]
  • Teaching and Research, Andre Beteille[15]
  • Government & NGOs[16]

References

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  1. ^ "André Beteille". elearning.lse.ac.uk. Retrieved 6 June 2021.
  2. ^ Macfarlane, Alan. "André Béteille and Alexis de Tocqueville". Alanmacfarlane.com. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
  3. ^ Krishna, Nakul (23 November 2012). "Sunlight On The Garden | André Béteille". mint. Retrieved 15 September 2021.
  4. ^ a b "Young India Fellowship | Postgraduate Diploma Programme in Liberal Studies". www.yifp.in. Retrieved 15 September 2021.
  5. ^ "DU". Archived from the original on 16 January 2014. Retrieved 14 January 2014.
  6. ^ Bipan Chandra and Andre Beteille Appointed as National Research Professors
  7. ^ "Administrative Officials". NEHU Shillong. Retrieved 14 January 2014.
  8. ^ "Chancellor". Ashoka University. Retrieved 14 January 2014.
  9. ^ "Ashoka and After: The Universities We Believe In". The Wire. Retrieved 15 September 2021.
  10. ^ Puri, Anjali (27 December 2014). "I haven't lost faith in democracy. It is here to stay...: Andre Beteille". Business Standard India. Retrieved 15 September 2021.
  11. ^ "Padma Awards" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 October 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
  12. ^ "The Hindu : Secularism re-examined". www.hinduonnet.com. Archived from the original on 10 October 2008. Retrieved 11 January 2022.
  13. ^ "Race and caste". wcar.alrc.net. Archived from the original on 23 March 2007. Retrieved 11 January 2022.
  14. ^ "The Hindu : Teaching and research". www.hindu.com. Archived from the original on 2 June 2004. Retrieved 11 January 2022.
  15. ^ "495 Andre Beteille, Teaching and research".
  16. ^ "Times of India / Telegraph. 9-12 March 1999".
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