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'''Ravindra Kumar''' (born 1959) is a [[political scientist]], [[peace worker|peace-worker]], educationalist and the former [[Vice-Chancellor]] of [[Meerut University]]. Currently he is the editor-in-chief of the 'Global Peace International Journal', and has more than a hundred books and four hundred articles/talks/lectures on great leaders of the Indian sub-continent, especially [[Mohandas Gandhi]], and on various social, religious, political, educational, cultural and academic issues.<ref>[http://www.upiasia.com/columnist/Ravindra_Kumar/ Clumnist:Ravindra Kumar] www.upiasia.com.</ref>
'''Ravindra Kumar''' (born 1959) is a [[political scientist|Political Scientist]], [[peace worker|Peace Educator]], an Indologist, a Humanist, Cultural Anthropologist and a former [[Vice-Chancellor]] of [[Meerut University|CCS]] University, Meerut (India).<ref>{{cite book |last1=Patel |first1=V.J. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nXxKI2Nd44AC |title=Selected Works of Vithalbhai J. Patel: 1924 |last2=Kumar |first2=R. |publisher=Mittal Publications |year=1995 |isbn=978-81-7099-419-0 |page=3 }}</ref>

He has worked an Ombudsman of Swami Vivekananda Subharati University, Meerut and the editor-in-chief of Global Peace International Journal. He has written more than one hundred books and four hundred articles on greatest personalities of the Indian sub-continent, especially [[Mohandas Gandhi|Gautama Buddha, Swami Vivekananda, Mahatma Gandhi]], Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel and on various social, political, educational, cultural and academic issues to his credit.<ref>[http://www.upiasia.com/columnist/Ravindra_Kumar/ Columnist:Ravindra Kumar] www.upiasia.com.</ref>


==Early life and education==
==Early life and education==
Born in 1959 at Kakrauli village of [[Muzaffarnagar district]] in Uttar Pradesh India, he is an M.A. in [[political science]] & Philosophy, PGD in [[Gandhian]] Studies and PhD.
Born in 1959 at Kakrauli village of [[Muzaffarnagar district]] in Uttar Pradesh, India, he is M. A. in [[political science|Political Science]] & Philosophy, PGD in [[Gandhian]] Studies, Ph. D. and D. Lit.


==Career==
==Career==
A well-known [[Indology|Indologist]] and the former [[Vice-Chancellor]] of [[Meerut University|CCS University]] [[Meerut]], India, Kumar has been associated with several national and international academic, cultural, educational, peace and social bodies/institutions/organisations. As a cultural ambassador of India, he has specially two hundred lectures/talks at various institutions and universities of the world on subjects related to Asian values, civilisation, culture, education, [[Gandhism]], international co-operation and understanding, leadership, religion, terrorism, way-of-life, world peace, youth affairs etc.
A well-known [[Indology|Indologist]] and the former [[Vice-Chancellor]] of [[Meerut University|CCS University]] [[Meerut]], India, Kumar has been associated with several national and international academic, cultural, educational, peace and social bodies/institutions/organizations. As an International Professor and a Cultural Ambassador of India, he has delivered more than four hundred lectures at various institutions and universities of the world on subjects related to Asian values, civilization, culture, [[Gandhism|Gandhian philosophy, Indology]], international co-operation and understanding, leadership, way of life, women's empowerment, world peace, youth affairs etc.


As a Peace Worker, Kumar started '''Peace Review''' – an international journal of peace studies in 1998 and worked as its Editor-in-Chief. In 2001 he has started '''Global Peace''' – another international journal of philosophy, peace, education, culture and civilisation. Besides, he has inspired hundred and thousands of people all over the world for their commitment towards non-violence by signing pledges.
As a Peace Worker, Kumar started '''Peace Review''' – an international journal of peace studies in 1998 and worked as its Editor-in-Chief. In 2001 he has started '''Global Peace''' –another international journal of philosophy, peace, education, culture and civilization. Besides, he has inspired hundred and thousands of people all over the world for their commitment towards non-violence by signing pledges.


He has organised seminars and symposiums at national and international level on subjects like religion and politics (at Meerut in July 1993), morality and ethics in public life (at Pune in January 1996), education, peace and development (at Meerut in November 2000), non-violence and democracy (at Meerut in April 2002), on human rights (at Meerut in January 2003) and on Mahatma Gandhi (in Mumbai in February 2004).
Between 1993 and 2015 Ravindra Kumar has organised a number of seminars, symposiums and workshops at national and international level on subjects related to value education, religion and politics, non-violence and democracy, morality and ethics in public life, human values and rights, education, peace and development, Gandhian philosophy.


==Books==
==Books==
[[Image:ravindrakumar1.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Dr. Ravindra Kumar Receiving [[Padma Shri]] from The President Dr. K R Narayanan in 2001]]<br />
[[Image:ravindrakumar1.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Dr. Ravindra Kumar Receiving [[Padma Shri]] from The President Dr. K R Narayanan in 2001]]

Some of his books have been translated into [[Tamil language|Tamil]] and Thai languages, apart from Hindi and English languages.
*Religion and Word Peace (1993-2006)
* RELIGION AND WORLD PEACE in English, Hindi & Tamil [1993–2006]
*Morality and Ethics in Public Life (1999)
* MORALITY AND ETHICS IN PUBLIC LIFE in English [1999]
*Towards Peace, two-parts (2001-7)
* GANDHI AND GANDHISM in English [2001]
*Theory and Practice of Gandhian Non-Violence (2002-7)
* TOWARDS PEACE in English & Hindi [2001–2006]
*Non-Violence and Its Philosophy (2003)
* THEORY AND PRACTICE OF GANDHIAN NON-VIOLENCE in English & Hindi [2002–2007]
*Five Thousand Years of Indian Culture (2003)
* FROM CHAMPARAN TO QUIT INDIA MOVEMENT in English & Hindi [2002–2008]
*Fundamentals of Civilization (2006)
* NON-VIOLENCE AND ITS PHILOSOPHY in English [2003]
*Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel: Life, Works and Views (2005–12)
* FIVE THOUSAND YEARS OF INDIAN CULTURE in Hindi [2003]
*Towards Buddha (2007), Gandhian Thought: New World, New Dimensions (2008)
* MAHATMA GANDHI AT THE CLOSE OF TWENTIETH CENTURY in English [2004]
*India and Mahatma Gandhi (2009–10)
* GANDHIAN THOUGHTS: AN OVERVIEW in English [2006]
*Peace Philosophy in Action (2010)
* MAHATMA GANDHI IN THE BEGINNING OF TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY in English [2006]
*Resolving Conflicts: The Gandhian Way (2011)
* FUNDAMENTALS OF CIVILIZATION in Hindi [2006]
*Education, Peace and Development (2012)
* TOWARDS BUDDHA in Hindi [2007]
*Gandhi in Current Perspective (2012)
* SELECTED ESSAYS: MOSTLY ON BUDDHISM & GANDHISM in English [2007]
*The Indian Way (2013)
* FIVE THOUSAND YEARS' HISTORY OF JAMMU-KASHMIR in Hindi [2007]
*The Gandhian Way: A Universal Method of Resolving Conflicts (2013)
* GAUTAMA BUDDHA AND THE DHAMMAPADA in English & Hindi [2007]
*Non-Violence and Peace Education, two-parts (2013)
* GANDHIAN THOUGHT: NEW WORLD, NEW DIMENSIONS in English & Hindi [2008]
*Facets of Education in Global Perspective (2013-5)
* INDIA AND MAHATMA GANDHI in English & Hindi [2009]
*Unveiling the Universality of Indology and Indian Philosophy (2015)
* PEACE PHILOSOPHY IN ACTION in English [2010]
*Value and Peace Education (2016)
*Essays on Socio-Cultural Sensitization, Empowerment and Human Rights (2016)
*Sanatana Dharma –The Vedic-Hindu Jeevan Marg (2016)
*Gandhi Marg (2016)
*Gandhi's Vision of the World in the Light of Indian Philosophy (2018)
*Greatest Indians –a multi-volume series (2016-8).  


== Positions ==
== Positions ==
Teacher, Department of Political Science, SD College, Muzaffarnagar, Uttar Pradesh (1982-3), Research Representative/Senior Research Officer, Sardar Patel National Memorial, Ahmedabad/Sardar Patel Works Committee, New Delhi (1985–90), Member Secretary and Chief Editor of Vithalbhai Patel Works Committee (1990–92), Vice Chancellor, CCS University, Meerut, India (1994), Visiting Professor, Department of Philosophy and Religion, Prince of Songkla University, Pattani Campus, Thailand (1996-2001), Visiting Professor/Scholar at more than one hundred Universities/Institutions of higher studies and research around the world including Ateneo de Manila University (Philippines), Universities of Thammasat, Silpakorn, Mahidol, Kasetsart and Chulalongkorn (Thailand), Universities of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur and Malaysia Science, Penang (Malaysia), Universities of Mandalay and Yangon (Myanmar), Udayana University, Bali (Indonesia), Institute Kern, Leiden University (The Netherlands), Universities of Aalborg, Aarhus, NIAS Copenhagen and Odense (Denmark), St. Petersburg State University (Russia), Jaume-I University, Castellon (Spain), University of Torino (Italy), University of Vienna (Austria), North Florida University, Jacksonville, Florida (USA), Universities of Autonomic Latin-American, Antioquia, EAFIT, Pontificia Bolivariana and Externado de Colombia (Columbia), Universidad de Especialidades Espíritu Santo –the UEES, Guayaquil (Ecuador, South America), University of Kwazulu-Natal, Durban (South Africa)(1995-2019), Ombudsman, Swami Vivekananda Subharati University, Meerut, India (since 2013), Patron/Chairman, Director and Coordinator for international relations of many universities and institutions of higher studies and research in India and other countries of Asia.[[Image:ravindrakumar4.jpg|thumb|Speaking at Mahidol University, Thailand in 2008]]
[[Image:ravindrakumar4.jpg|thumb|Speaking at Mahidol University, Thailand in 2008]]
* Part Time Teaching at the Department of Political Science, SDPG College, Muzaffar Nagar (Meerut University), 1982–83
* Research Representative, SPNM, Ahmedabad, India, 1985–88
* Member Secretary & Editor-in-Chief, VJP Works Committee, 1987–90
* Vice-Chancellor, CCS University, Meerut India, 1994
* Visiting Scholar/Professor, ADM University, Philippines, 1995
* Visiting/Guest Scholar/Professor/Speaker, [[Thammasat University]], Bangkok, Thailand, between 1995 and 2006
* Visiting Scholar/Professor, [[Chulalongkorn University]], Bangkok, Thailand, between 1996 and 2003
* Visiting Professor, [[Prince of Songkhla University]], Pattani, Thailand, between 1996 and 2001
* Visiting Scholar, Institute Kern ([[Leiden University]]), The Netherlands, 1997
* Visiting Scholar, NIAS [[University of Copenhagen]], Denmark, 1998
* Editor-in-Chief, '''Peace Review''' – The International Journal of Peace Studies, between 1998 and 2000
* Visiting Scholar, Mahachula Buddhist Rajavidyalaya University, Bangkok, Thailand 1998 and 2004
* Visiting Professor/Scholar, [[Odense University]], Denmark, between 1998 and 1999
* Visiting Professor/Scholar, [[Mahidol University]], Salaya, Nakorn Pathom, Thailand, between 1998 and 2008
* Visiting Professor, [[St. Petersburg State University]], Russia, 1999
* Visiting Scholar, Oriental Culture Academy, Bangkok, Thailand, between 2001 and 2004
* Visiting Professor for a Peace and Development Studies Programme of [[UNESCO]] at University Jaume-I, Costello, Spain, 2001
* Editor, '''Global Peace''' – An International Journal of Philosophy, Peace, Education, Culture and Civilization, since 2001
* Visiting Professor/Scholar, [[Aarhus University]], Denmark, 2001
* Visiting Professor/Scholar, Aalborg University, Denmark, 2001
* Visiting Scholar, Mumbai Hindi Vidyapeeth, Mumbai, India, 2001
* Visiting/Guest Professor/Scholar, Centro Studi Sereno Regis and the [[University of Torino]], Northern Italy, 2002
* Visiting Scholar, Gandhi-Information-Zentrum, Berlin, Germany, 2003
* Visiting/Guest Speaker/Professor/Scholar, [[University of Vienna]], Austria, 2003
* Visiting Scholar/Professor, [[Silpakorn University]], Bangkok, Thailand, 2003
* Visiting/Guest Speaker, Academy for World Watch, Shanghai, People's Republic of China, 2004
* Visiting Professor, [[Malaya University]], Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 2005
* Visiting/Guest Professor, Mahapanya Mahavidyalaya Buddhist College, Hat Yai, Songkhla, Southern Thailand 2005
* Visiting/Guest Speaker for All India University Camp at the Institute of Gandhian Studies, Wardha, India, for 2005– 2006
* Visiting/Guest Speaker/Professor, [[Khon Kaen University]], Khon Kaen, Thailand, 2006
* Visiting Professor/Scholar, Suan Dusit Rajabhat University, Suphanburi, Suphanburi, Thailand, between 2006 and 2008
* Visiting/Guest Professor/Speaker, [[Naresuan University]], Phitsanulok, Thailand, 2006
* Columnist of '''Asian Equations''' for UPI-Asia Online of the [[United Press International]], Hong Kong (China) since May 2007
* Visiting Professor/Guest Speaker, Phranakhon Si Ayutthaya Rajabhat University, Si Ayutthaya, Thailand, 2007
* Visiting/Guest Professor/Speaker, Siam University, Bangkok, Thailand, 2007
* Visiting Professor, Udon Thani Rajabhat University, Udon Thani, Thailand, 2007
* Visiting/Guest Speaker, [[University of North Florida]], Jacksonville, Florida, USA, 2007
* Guest Speaker, [[Sardar Patel University]], Vallabh Vidyanagar, Gujarat, India, 2008
* Chief and Guest Speaker, BVGM Arts & Commerce College [of the SNDT University], Bhavnagar, Gujarat India, 2008
* Guest Speaker, [[Bhavnagar University]], Bhavnagar, Gujarat, India, 2008
* Guest/Visiting Speaker, Gandhi Centre, (Autonomous), Vishakhapatnam, New Gandhi Centre (of the Andhra Pradesh University) and Centre for the Study of Gandhian Philosophy and Human Development, GVPDC, Vishakhapatnam, AP, India, 2008
* Guest Speaker/Professor, Dhonburi Rajabhat University, Dhonburi, Thailand, 2008
* Guest Speaker/Professor, The World Buddhist University, Bangkok, Thailand, 2008
* Guest Speaker, Suan Dusit Rajabhat University, Bangkok, Thailand, 2008
* Guest Speaker, North Bengal University, Raja Rammohunpur, Darjeeling, India, 2009
* Visiting Professor/Guest Speaker, Srinakharinwirot University, Thailand, 2009
* Guest Speaker/Visiting Scholar, Kasetsart University, Thailand, 2009
* Visiting/Guest Professor/Speaker, Rambhai Barni Rajabhat University, Chanthaburi, Thailand, 2009
* Guest Speaker/ Visiting Scholar, SNDT University, Mumbai, India, 2010
* Guest Speaker/ Visiting Scholar, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai, India, 2010
* Guest Speaker/Visiting Scholar, [[Jadavpur University]], Kolkata, India, 2010
* Editor, Shanti Ke Pahlu, A Hindi Magazine, Published Occasionally by WPMT, since 2010
* Guest Speaker, Assumption University, Bangkok, Thailand, 2010
* Guest Speaker/Visiting Scholar, Rajamangala University, Salaya, Thailand, 2010
* Guest Speaker/Visiting Scholar, The King Prajadhipok's Institute [KPI], Bangkok, Thailand, 2010
* Guest Speaker/Visiting Scholar, Institute of Bunditpattanasilapa, Nokornpathom, Thailand, 2010
* Guest Speaker/Visiting Scholar, Burapha University, Bangsaen,Chonburi, Thailand, 2010
* Guest Speaker/Visiting Scholar, Mahidol Adulyadej Navy Dockyard of the Royal Thai Navy, Sattahip, Chonburi, Thailand, 2010
* Guest Speaker, Swami Vivekananda Subharati University, Meerut [U.P.], India, 2010
* Guest Speaker/Visiting Scholar, Calcutta University, Kolkata [West Bengal], India, 2011
* Visiting Scholar/Guest Speaker, Autonomic Latin-American University, Colombia [South America], 2011
* Visiting Scholar/Guest Speaker, University of Antioquia, Columbia [South America], 2011
* Visiting Scholar/Guest Speaker, EAFIT University, Columbia [South America], 2011
* Visiting Scholar/Guest Speaker, Faith and Cultures Center, Columbia [South America], 2011
* Visiting Scholar/Guest Speaker, Pontificia Bolivariana University, Columbia [South America], 2011
* Visiting Scholar/Guest Speaker, Mahamakut University, Salaya, Thailand, 2011
* Visiting Scholar, The Rajadhivas, Dusit, Thailand, 2011
* Visiting Scholar/Guest Speaker, Baise University CSN, Thailand, 2011


== Memberships ==
== Memberships ==
[[Image:ravindrakumar6.jpg|thumb|Receiving Sardar Patel Award in 2006]]
[[Image:ravindrakumar6.jpg|thumb|Receiving Sardar Patel National Award in 2006 from Lt. General S.K. Sinha, Governor of J&K]]
* Member, Executive Council, [[Meerut University]], Meerut, India, between 1993 and 1994
* Member, Executive Council, [[Meerut University]], Meerut, India, between 1993 and 1994
* Member, Executive Council, [https://web.archive.org/web/20081107083653/http://www.mdurohtak.com/index.aspx MD University], Rohtak, India, between 1994 and 1996
* Member, Executive Council, [https://web.archive.org/web/20081107083653/http://www.mdurohtak.com/index.aspx MD University], Rohtak, India, between 1994 and 1996
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[[File:ravindrakumar51.jpg|thumb|With Former Prime Minister of India Morarji Desai in 1984]]
[[File:ravindrakumar51.jpg|thumb|With Former Prime Minister of India Morarji Desai in 1984]]
* Member, Senate, [[Gandhigram Rural Institute]] [[Deemed University]], Tamil Nadu, India, between 1994 and 1997
* Member, Senate, [[Gandhigram Rural Institute]] [[Deemed University]], Tamil Nadu, India, between 1994 and 1997
* Life Fellow, [United Writers’ Association], Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India since 1997
* Life Fellow, (United Writers’ Association), Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India since 1997
* Consultant to UNUP, CR., CA. for Gandhian Studies 2000
* Consultant to UNUP, CR., CA. for Gandhian Studies 2000
* Founder and Secretary General, World Peace Movement Trust since 2001
* Founder and Secretary General, World Peace Movement Trust since 2001
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* Honorary Advisor, Institute For Inspiration & Self Development, Kolkata, India since 2006
* Honorary Advisor, Institute For Inspiration & Self Development, Kolkata, India since 2006
* Member, Advisory Board, Media For Freedom, USA since 2007
* Member, Advisory Board, Media For Freedom, USA since 2007
* Member, Indian Language Newspapers Association [ILNA], India since 2009<ref>www.ilna.in</ref>
* Member, Indian Language Newspapers Association (ILNA), India since 2009<ref>http://www.ilna.in {{bare URL inline|date=April 2023}}</ref>
* Member, Asia-Pacific Peace Research Association, Since 2009
* Member, Asia-Pacific Peace Research Association, since 2009
* Member, Action Asia, since 2009
* Member, Action Asia, since 2009
* Patron, Stallion College for Engineering and Technology, Chhutmalpur, Saharanpur, India since 2010
* Patron, Stallion College for Engineering and Technology, Chhutmalpur, Saharanpur, India since 2010
* Member, Gandhi Serve Foundation, Germany since 2010
* Member, Gandhi Serve Foundation, Germany since 2010
* Member, National Executive, Indian Language Newspapers Association [ILNA], India 2010
* Member, National Executive, Indian Language Newspapers Association (ILNA), India, between 2010 and 2012
* Patron, Ruminations –a bi-annual international journal for analysis and research in humanities and social sciences {{ISSN|2229-6751}}, India since 2010
* Member, Executive Council, Uttarakhand Sanskrit University, Haridwar (Uttarakhand), India, between 2011 and 2013
* Patron, The EDUQUEST –a bi-annually international-refereed journal in Education {{ISSN|2277-3614}}, JKC, Purulia, West Bengal, India since 2012
* Member, Advisory Board to Techno LEARN –a bi-annually international journal of educational technology {{ISSN|2231-4105}}, New Delhi, India since 2012
* Patron, LM Institute of Technology and Management, Lucknow, India since 2012
* Member Academic Council and the Coordinator for international affairs, Shridhar University (Rajasthan), India, between 2012 and 2017
* Founder Director, Institute of Indology and Oriental Studies, Shridhar University (Rajasthan), India since 2012
* Coordinator for international relations for the universities and institutions of higher studies and research under the Baise-Chumphon and Krabi Sister's Cities Projects, between 2012 and 2017
* The Ombudsman, Swami Vivekananda Subharati University, Meerut (UP), India and 17 other institutions along, since 2013
* Chairman of the Committee for Classification of Affiliated Colleges with the Uttrakhand Sanskrit University, Haridwar, 2013
* Patron, International Centre of Nonviolence (ICON), Sydney, Australia since 2013
* Patron, The Ashram Gandhi Puri, Bali, Indonesia since 2014
* Patron, Adi Shankara Vedanta Pratishthanam, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India since 2015
* Advisor/Council Head and Convener, Gandhi Peace Foundation, Kathmandu, Nepal since 2018
* Member Advisory Board of Acid Survivors & Women Welfare Foundation –ASWWF, India since 2019


== Awards ==
== Awards ==
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* 1993: Meerut Ratna
* 1993: Meerut Ratna
* 1998: Nirala Smriti Samman
* 1998: Nirala Smriti Samman
* 2001: [[Padma Shri]] for Literature and Education<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>
* 2001: [[Padma Shri]] for Literature and Education<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=July 21, 2015}}</ref>
* 2003: Shan-I-Kaum
* 2003: Shan-I-Kaum
* 2004: Shantidoot
* 2004: Shantidoot
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* 2008: Master of Wisdom
* 2008: Master of Wisdom
* 2010: Peace Messenger
* 2010: Peace Messenger
* 2010: Peace Envoy
* 2010: Peace Envoy
* 2012: Soham Smarkam Award of Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan
* 2012: The Buddha Ratna
* 2013: Uttar Pradesh Ratna
* 2013: D. LIT. (Honoris Causa)
* 2013: Samaj Ratna
* 2014: The Gandhi Ratna
* 2014: Shiksha Ratna
* 2014: Gandhi Shiksha Ratna
* 2015: Sardar Patel Ratna
* 2015: SREIT Lifetime Achievement Award
* 2016: Vidyavachaspati
* 2017: Shivkumar Shastri Smriti Samman along with Hindi Bhasha Bhushan
* 2017: Madyanirodhan Samman –the highest honour of Kerala Hindi Sahitya Academy
* 2018: Gandhi Peace Honour
* 2018: Bharat Gaurav * 2020: Buddhist Humanitarian Award. * 2020: Gandhi Nobel Peace Award. * 2021: Country's Pride


==References==
==References==
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* [http://www.worldpeacemovement.page.tl World Peace Movement]
* [http://www.worldpeacemovement.page.tl World Peace Movement]
* [http://www.fredsakademiet.dk/library/kumar/index.htm The Danish Peace Academy]
* [http://www.fredsakademiet.dk/library/kumar/index.htm The Danish Peace Academy]
* [http://worldpeacemovement.blogspot.com/ Articles By Dr. Kumar]
* [http://worldpeacemovement.blogspot.com/ Articles By Dr. Kumar]
* [https://www.ravinderkumar.in https://ravindrakumar.org]
* [https://www.ravinderkumar.in Ravinder Kumar] Website for india Free Article Publish


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Ravindra Kumar
Born (1959-01-01) 1 January 1959 (age 65)
Meerut, India
OccupationWriter, columnist, political scientist
SpouseKamlesh (1981–2020)
Website
ravindrakumar.org

Ravindra Kumar (born 1959) is a Political Scientist, Peace Educator, an Indologist, a Humanist, Cultural Anthropologist and a former Vice-Chancellor of CCS University, Meerut (India).[1]

He has worked an Ombudsman of Swami Vivekananda Subharati University, Meerut and the editor-in-chief of Global Peace International Journal. He has written more than one hundred books and four hundred articles on greatest personalities of the Indian sub-continent, especially Gautama Buddha, Swami Vivekananda, Mahatma Gandhi, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel and on various social, political, educational, cultural and academic issues to his credit.[2]

Early life and education

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Born in 1959 at Kakrauli village of Muzaffarnagar district in Uttar Pradesh, India, he is M. A. in Political Science & Philosophy, PGD in Gandhian Studies, Ph. D. and D. Lit.

Career

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A well-known Indologist and the former Vice-Chancellor of CCS University Meerut, India, Kumar has been associated with several national and international academic, cultural, educational, peace and social bodies/institutions/organizations. As an International Professor and a Cultural Ambassador of India, he has delivered more than four hundred lectures at various institutions and universities of the world on subjects related to Asian values, civilization, culture, Gandhian philosophy, Indology, international co-operation and understanding, leadership, way of life, women's empowerment, world peace, youth affairs etc.

As a Peace Worker, Kumar started Peace Review – an international journal of peace studies in 1998 and worked as its Editor-in-Chief. In 2001 he has started Global Peace –another international journal of philosophy, peace, education, culture and civilization. Besides, he has inspired hundred and thousands of people all over the world for their commitment towards non-violence by signing pledges.

Between 1993 and 2015 Ravindra Kumar has organised a number of seminars, symposiums and workshops at national and international level on subjects related to value education, religion and politics, non-violence and democracy, morality and ethics in public life, human values and rights, education, peace and development, Gandhian philosophy.

Books

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Dr. Ravindra Kumar Receiving Padma Shri from The President Dr. K R Narayanan in 2001
  • Religion and Word Peace (1993-2006)
  • Morality and Ethics in Public Life (1999)
  • Towards Peace, two-parts (2001-7)
  • Theory and Practice of Gandhian Non-Violence (2002-7)
  • Non-Violence and Its Philosophy (2003)
  • Five Thousand Years of Indian Culture (2003)
  • Fundamentals of Civilization (2006)
  • Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel: Life, Works and Views (2005–12)
  • Towards Buddha (2007), Gandhian Thought: New World, New Dimensions (2008)
  • India and Mahatma Gandhi (2009–10)
  • Peace Philosophy in Action (2010)
  • Resolving Conflicts: The Gandhian Way (2011)
  • Education, Peace and Development (2012)
  • Gandhi in Current Perspective (2012)
  • The Indian Way (2013)
  • The Gandhian Way: A Universal Method of Resolving Conflicts (2013)
  • Non-Violence and Peace Education, two-parts (2013)
  • Facets of Education in Global Perspective (2013-5)
  • Unveiling the Universality of Indology and Indian Philosophy (2015)
  • Value and Peace Education (2016)
  • Essays on Socio-Cultural Sensitization, Empowerment and Human Rights (2016)
  • Sanatana Dharma –The Vedic-Hindu Jeevan Marg (2016)
  • Gandhi Marg (2016)
  • Gandhi's Vision of the World in the Light of Indian Philosophy (2018)
  • Greatest Indians –a multi-volume series (2016-8).  

Positions

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Teacher, Department of Political Science, SD College, Muzaffarnagar, Uttar Pradesh (1982-3), Research Representative/Senior Research Officer, Sardar Patel National Memorial, Ahmedabad/Sardar Patel Works Committee, New Delhi (1985–90), Member Secretary and Chief Editor of Vithalbhai Patel Works Committee (1990–92), Vice Chancellor, CCS University, Meerut, India (1994), Visiting Professor, Department of Philosophy and Religion, Prince of Songkla University, Pattani Campus, Thailand (1996-2001), Visiting Professor/Scholar at more than one hundred Universities/Institutions of higher studies and research around the world including Ateneo de Manila University (Philippines), Universities of Thammasat, Silpakorn, Mahidol, Kasetsart and Chulalongkorn (Thailand), Universities of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur and Malaysia Science, Penang (Malaysia), Universities of Mandalay and Yangon (Myanmar), Udayana University, Bali (Indonesia), Institute Kern, Leiden University (The Netherlands), Universities of Aalborg, Aarhus, NIAS Copenhagen and Odense (Denmark), St. Petersburg State University (Russia), Jaume-I University, Castellon (Spain), University of Torino (Italy), University of Vienna (Austria), North Florida University, Jacksonville, Florida (USA), Universities of Autonomic Latin-American, Antioquia, EAFIT, Pontificia Bolivariana and Externado de Colombia (Columbia), Universidad de Especialidades Espíritu Santo –the UEES, Guayaquil (Ecuador, South America), University of Kwazulu-Natal, Durban (South Africa)(1995-2019), Ombudsman, Swami Vivekananda Subharati University, Meerut, India (since 2013), Patron/Chairman, Director and Coordinator for international relations of many universities and institutions of higher studies and research in India and other countries of Asia.

Speaking at Mahidol University, Thailand in 2008

Memberships

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Receiving Sardar Patel National Award in 2006 from Lt. General S.K. Sinha, Governor of J&K
With Former Prime Minister of India Morarji Desai in 1984
  • Member, Senate, Gandhigram Rural Institute Deemed University, Tamil Nadu, India, between 1994 and 1997
  • Life Fellow, (United Writers’ Association), Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India since 1997
  • Consultant to UNUP, CR., CA. for Gandhian Studies 2000
  • Founder and Secretary General, World Peace Movement Trust since 2001
  • Member, Gandhi-Information-Zentrum, Berlin, Germany since 2001
  • Life Member, International Film & Television Research Centre, Noida, India since 2006
  • Honorary Advisor, Peace Education Academy of Nepal, Kathmandu, Nepal since 2006
  • Member, Global Initiative to End All Corporal Punishment of Children, London, UK since 2006
  • Honorary Advisor, Institute For Inspiration & Self Development, Kolkata, India since 2006
  • Member, Advisory Board, Media For Freedom, USA since 2007
  • Member, Indian Language Newspapers Association (ILNA), India since 2009[3]
  • Member, Asia-Pacific Peace Research Association, since 2009
  • Member, Action Asia, since 2009
  • Patron, Stallion College for Engineering and Technology, Chhutmalpur, Saharanpur, India since 2010
  • Member, Gandhi Serve Foundation, Germany since 2010
  • Member, National Executive, Indian Language Newspapers Association (ILNA), India, between 2010 and 2012
  • Patron, Ruminations –a bi-annual international journal for analysis and research in humanities and social sciences ISSN 2229-6751, India since 2010
  • Member, Executive Council, Uttarakhand Sanskrit University, Haridwar (Uttarakhand), India, between 2011 and 2013
  • Patron, The EDUQUEST –a bi-annually international-refereed journal in Education ISSN 2277-3614, JKC, Purulia, West Bengal, India since 2012
  • Member, Advisory Board to Techno LEARN –a bi-annually international journal of educational technology ISSN 2231-4105, New Delhi, India since 2012
  • Patron, LM Institute of Technology and Management, Lucknow, India since 2012
  • Member Academic Council and the Coordinator for international affairs, Shridhar University (Rajasthan), India, between 2012 and 2017
  • Founder Director, Institute of Indology and Oriental Studies, Shridhar University (Rajasthan), India since 2012
  • Coordinator for international relations for the universities and institutions of higher studies and research under the Baise-Chumphon and Krabi Sister's Cities Projects, between 2012 and 2017
  • The Ombudsman, Swami Vivekananda Subharati University, Meerut (UP), India and 17 other institutions along, since 2013
  • Chairman of the Committee for Classification of Affiliated Colleges with the Uttrakhand Sanskrit University, Haridwar, 2013
  • Patron, International Centre of Nonviolence (ICON), Sydney, Australia since 2013
  • Patron, The Ashram Gandhi Puri, Bali, Indonesia since 2014
  • Patron, Adi Shankara Vedanta Pratishthanam, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India since 2015
  • Advisor/Council Head and Convener, Gandhi Peace Foundation, Kathmandu, Nepal since 2018
  • Member Advisory Board of Acid Survivors & Women Welfare Foundation –ASWWF, India since 2019

Awards

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  • 1993: Meerut Ratna
  • 1998: Nirala Smriti Samman
  • 2001: Padma Shri for Literature and Education[4]
  • 2003: Shan-I-Kaum
  • 2004: Shantidoot
  • 2005: Ambassador for Peace
  • 2006: Sardar Patel National Award
  • 2008: Master of Wisdom
  • 2010: Peace Messenger
  • 2010: Peace Envoy
  • 2012: Soham Smarkam Award of Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan
  • 2012: The Buddha Ratna
  • 2013: Uttar Pradesh Ratna
  • 2013: D. LIT. (Honoris Causa)
  • 2013: Samaj Ratna
  • 2014: The Gandhi Ratna
  • 2014: Shiksha Ratna
  • 2014: Gandhi Shiksha Ratna
  • 2015: Sardar Patel Ratna
  • 2015: SREIT Lifetime Achievement Award
  • 2016: Vidyavachaspati
  • 2017: Shivkumar Shastri Smriti Samman along with Hindi Bhasha Bhushan
  • 2017: Madyanirodhan Samman –the highest honour of Kerala Hindi Sahitya Academy
  • 2018: Gandhi Peace Honour
  • 2018: Bharat Gaurav * 2020: Buddhist Humanitarian Award. * 2020: Gandhi Nobel Peace Award. * 2021: Country's Pride

References

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  1. ^ Patel, V.J.; Kumar, R. (1995). Selected Works of Vithalbhai J. Patel: 1924. Mittal Publications. p. 3. ISBN 978-81-7099-419-0.
  2. ^ Columnist:Ravindra Kumar www.upiasia.com.
  3. ^ http://www.ilna.in [bare URL]
  4. ^ "Padma Awards" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
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