Ravindra Kumar (political scientist)
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| Born | 1 January 1959 Meerut, India |
| Occupation | Writer, columnist, political scientist |
| Spouse | Kamlesh (1981–present ) |
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Ravindra Kumar (born 1959) is a Political Scientist, Peace Educator, an Indologist, a Humanist, Cultural Anthropologist, Gandhian Thinker, and a Former Vice-Chancellor of CCS University, Meerut (India). Currently he is an Ombudsman of Swami Vivekananda Subharati University, Meerut and the editor-in-chief of Global Peace International Journal. He has 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.[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/organizations. As an International Professor and a Cultural Ambassador of India, he has delivered four 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
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) and Greatest Indians –a multi-volume series (2016-8).
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), VJ Patel Works Committee (1990-91), 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, 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.
Memberships
- Member, Executive Council, Meerut University, Meerut, India, between 1993 and 1994
- Member, Executive Council, MD University, Rohtak, India, between 1994 and 1996
- Vice-Chancellor, CCS University, India, 1994
- 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
- ^ Clumnist:Ravindra Kumar www.upiasia.com.
- ^ http://www.ilna.in
- ^ "Padma Awards" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
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- Indian columnists
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- Recipients of the Padma Shri in literature & education
- 20th-century Indian biographers
- Scientists from Uttar Pradesh
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