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== Positions ==
== Positions ==
[[Image:ravindrakumar4.jpg|thumb|Speaking at Mahidol University, Thailand in 2008]]
[[Image:ravindrakumar4.jpg|thumb|Speaking at Mahidol University, Thailand in 2008]]
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* Part Time Teaching at the Department of Political Science, SDPG College, Muzaffar Nagar (Meerut University), 1982–83
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* Research Representative, SPNM, Ahmedabad, India, 1985–88
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* Member Secretary & Editor-in-Chief, VJP Works Committee, 1987–90
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* Vice-Chancellor, CCS University, Meerut India, 1994
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* Visiting Scholar/Professor, ADM University, Philippines, 1995
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* Visiting/Guest Scholar/Professor/Speaker, [[Thammasat University]], Bangkok, Thailand, between 1995 and 2006
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* Visiting Scholar/Professor, [[Chulalongkorn University]], Bangkok, Thailand, between 1996 and 2003
* 1996 and 2001
* Visiting Professor, [[Prince of Songkhla University]], Pattani, Thailand, between 1996 and 2001
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* Visiting Scholar, Institute Kern ([[Leiden University]]), The Netherlands, 1997
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* Visiting Scholar, NIAS [[University of Copenhagen]], Denmark, 1998
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* Editor-in-Chief, '''Peace Review''' – The International Journal of Peace Studies, between 1998 and 2000
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* Visiting Scholar, Mahachula Buddhist Rajavidyalaya University, Bangkok, Thailand 1998 and 2004
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* Visiting Professor/Scholar, [[Odense University]], Denmark, between 1998 and 1999
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* Visiting Professor/Scholar, [[Mahidol University]], Salaya, Nakorn Pathom, Thailand, between 1998 and 2008
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* Visiting Professor, [[St. Petersburg State University]], Russia, 1999
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* Visiting Scholar, Oriental Culture Academy, Bangkok, Thailand, between 2001 and 2004
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* Visiting Professor for a Peace and Development Studies Programme of [[UNESCO]] at University Jaume-I, Costello, Spain, 2001
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* Editor, '''Global Peace''' – An International Journal of Philosophy, Peace, Education, Culture and Civilization, since 2001
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* Visiting Professor/Scholar, [[Aarhus University]], Denmark, 2001
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* Visiting Professor/Scholar, Aalborg University, Denmark, 2001
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* Visiting Scholar, Mumbai Hindi Vidyapeeth, Mumbai, India, 2001
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* Visiting/Guest Professor/Scholar, Centro Studi Sereno Regis and the [[University of Torino]], Northern Italy, 2002
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* Visiting Scholar, Gandhi-Information-Zentrum, Berlin, Germany, 2003
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* Visiting/Guest Speaker/Professor/Scholar, [[University of Vienna]], Austria, 2003
* Visiting Scholar/Professor, [[Silpakorn University]], Bangkok, Thailand, 2003
*[[Silpakorn University|University]], Bangkok, Thailand, 2003
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* Visiting/Guest Speaker, Academy for World Watch, Shanghai, People's Republic of China, 2004
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* Visiting Professor, [[Malaya University]], Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 2005
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* Visiting/Guest Professor, Mahapanya Mahavidyalaya Buddhist College, Hat Yai, Songkhla, Southern Thailand 2005
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* Visiting/Guest Speaker for All India University Camp at the Institute of Gandhian Studies, Wardha, India, for 2005– 2006
* to be done soon
* Visiting/Guest Speaker/Professor, [[Khon Kaen University]], Khon Kaen, Thailand, 2006
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* Visiting Professor/Scholar, Suan Dusit Rajabhat University, Suphanburi, Suphanburi, Thailand, between 2006 and 2008
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* Visiting/Guest Professor/Speaker, [[Naresuan University]], Phitsanulok, Thailand, 2006
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* Columnist of '''Asian Equations''' for UPI-Asia Online of the [[United Press International]], Hong Kong (China) since May 2007
*m m, New Gandhi Centre (of the Andhra Pra
* Visiting Professor/Guest Speaker, Phranakhon Si Ayutthaya Rajabhat University, Si Ayutthaya, Thailand, 2007
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* Visiting/Guest Professor/Speaker, Siam University, Bangkok, Thailand, 2007
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* Visiting Professor, Udon Thani Rajabhat University, Udon Thani, Thailand, 2007
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* Visiting/Guest Speaker, [[University of North Florida]], Jacksonville, Florida, USA, 2007
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* Guest Speaker, [[Sardar Patel University]], Vallabh Vidyanagar, Gujarat, India, 2008
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* Chief and Guest Speaker, BVGM Arts & Commerce College [of the SNDT University], Bhavnagar, Gujarat India, 2008
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* Guest Speaker, [[Bhavnagar University]], Bhavnagar, Gujarat, India, 2008
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* 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
* ng Scholar, SNDT University, Mumba
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* Guest Speaker/Professor, The World Buddhist University, Bangkok, Thailand, 2008
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* Guest Speaker, Suan Dusit Rajabhat University, Bangkok, Thailand, 2008
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* Guest Speaker, North Bengal University, Raja Rammohunpur, Darjeeling, India, 2009
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* Visiting Professor/Guest Speaker, Srinakharinwirot University, Thailand, 2009
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* Guest Speaker/Visiting Scholar, Kasetsart University, Thailand, 2009
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* Visiting/Guest Professor/Speaker, Rambhai Barni Rajabhat University, Chanthaburi, Thailand, 2009
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* Guest Speaker/ Visiting Scholar, SNDT University, Mumbai, India, 2010
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* Guest Speaker/ Visiting Scholar, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai, India, 2010
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* Guest Speaker/Visiting Scholar, [[Jadavpur University]], Kolkata, India, 2010
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* Editor, Shanti Ke Pahlu, A Hindi Magazine, Published Occasionally by WPMT, since 2010
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* Guest Speaker, Assumption University, Bangkok, Thailand, 2010
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* Guest Speaker/Visiting Scholar, Rajamangala University, Salaya, Thailand, 2010
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* Guest Speaker/Visiting Scholar, The King Prajadhipok's Institute [KPI], Bangkok, Thailand, 2010
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* Guest Speaker/Visiting Scholar, Institute of Bunditpattanasilapa, Nokornpathom, Thailand, 2010
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* Guest Speaker/Visiting Scholar, Burapha University, Bangsaen,Chonburi, Thailand, 2010
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* Guest Speaker/Visiting Scholar, Mahidol Adulyadej Navy Dockyard of the Royal Thai Navy, Sattahip, Chonburi, Thailand, 2010
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* Guest Speaker, Swami Vivekananda Subharati University, Meerut [U.P.], India, 2010
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* Guest Speaker/Visiting Scholar, Calcutta University, Kolkata [West Bengal], India, 2011
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* 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 ==

Revision as of 11:29, 10 May 2019

For editor of The Statesman, see Ravindra Kumar (editor).

Ravindra Kumar
Born (1959-01-01) 1 January 1959 (age 65)
Meerut, India
Occupationwriter,political scientist, peace educator, Indologist, humanist and cultural anthropologist
SpouseKamlesh (1981–present )
Website
ravindrakumar.org

Ravindra Kumar (born 1959) is a political scientist, peace educator, Indologist, humanist, cultural anthropologist and the former Vice-Chancellor of Meerut University. Currently he is the editor-in-chief of the Global Peace International Journal. He has more than a hundred books and five hundred articles/talks/lectures on great personalities of the Indian sub-continent, especially Gautama Buddha, Mohandas Gandhi, Sardar Patel and on various social, religious, political, educational, cultural and academic issues.[1]

Early life and education

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

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/organisations. As an International Professor and a Cultural Ambassador of India, he has delivered more than four hundred lectures/talks at various institutions and universities of the world on subjects related to Asian values, civilisation and civil society, culture, education, Gandhian thought, international co-operation and understanding, leadership, way of life, women's empowerment, world peace and youth affairs.

As a peace educator, 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.

Between 1993 and 2015, he has organised a number of seminars, symposiums and workshops at national and international levels on subjects like value education, religion and politics, non-violence and democracy, morality and ethics in public life, human rights, education, peace and development, and Mahatma Gandhi and his philosophy.

Books

Dr. Ravindra Kumar Receiving Padma Shri from The President Dr. K R Narayanan in 2001

Religion and World Peace, Towards Buddha, Theory and Practice of Gandhian Non-Violence, The Indian Way, Swami Vivekananda: His Life and Mission, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel: Life, Work and Views, Peace Philosophy in Action, Non-Violence and Its Philosophy, India and Mahatma Gandhi, Gandhian Thought: New World, New Dimension, Fundamentals of Civilization, Five Thousand Years of Indian Culture, Essays on Social-Cultural Sensitization.

Positions

Speaking at Mahidol University, Thailand in 2008
  • 1996 and 2001
  • University, Bangkok, Thailand, 2003
  • to be done soon
  • m m, New Gandhi Centre (of the Andhra Pra
  • B
  • B
  • ng Scholar, SNDT University, Mumba

Memberships

Receiving Sardar Patel Award in 2006
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[2]
  • 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 2010

Awards

  • 1993: Meerut Ratna
  • 1998: Nirala Smriti Samman
  • 2001: Padma Shri for Literature and Education[3]
  • 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

References

  1. ^ Clumnist:Ravindra Kumar www.upiasia.com.
  2. ^ http://www.ilna.in
  3. ^ "Padma Awards" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
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