Assignments
Administrative Assignments
A distinguished academic and administrator, the individual has played a key role at University of Delhi, serving in leadership positions including Chairman of Kirori Mal College’s Governing Body and Dean of Social Sciences. They have also contributed to national institutions such as the Ministry of Human Resource Development, University Grants Commission, and Indira Gandhi National Open University.
With active involvement in the Indian History Congress, their work spans diverse historical fields, alongside supervising numerous doctoral and M.Phil. scholars.
2015
Delhi University
✔ Chairman, Governing Body, Kirori Mal College since June 2015.
✔ Principal Investigator, EurIndia Project between the European Union and Delhi University,
2004 – 2007.
✔ Dean, Faculty of Social Sciences, 2001 – 2003.
✔ Director, Population Education Centre, 2001 – 2003.
✔ Chairman, Admission Advisory Committee, 2001 – 2003.
✔ Member, Academic Council, 2001 – 2004 and 2008 – 2010.
✔ Head, Department of History, 2001 – 2004.
✔ Head, Department of Adult Continuing Education and Extension, 2001 – 2003.
✔ Member, Executive Council, 2001 – 2003.
✔ Chairman, Review Committee of Colleges, 1999 – 2001.
2016
Ministry of Human Resources Development, Government of India (MHRD)
✔ Member, Joint Committee of UGC, AICTE and Distance Education Council,IGNOU, 2007 – 2009.
✔ Adjudicator, Satyen Mitra Awards, MHRD, 2002 – 2004.
✔ Member Secretary, Indian Council of Historical Research, 1998 – 1999
(A Cabinet Committee Appointment)
✔ Chairman, Senior Secondary History, National Institute of Open Schooling, 2004 – 2009.
✔ Member, Academic Council & Research Council, IGNOU, 2007 – 2009.
✔ Member, School Board of Social Sciences, IGNOU, 2014 – 2016.
2009
University Grants Commission (UGC)
✔ Helped prepare a model curriculum for History and Archaeology, 2000 – 2001.
✔ Member, X Plan Implementation Committee (2003 – 2004) and XI Plan Implementation Committee
(2008 – 2009).
✔ Member of Population Education Committee (2003 – 2004), Review Committees of CAS, SAP and
Foreign Travel Grant since 2000.
✔ Carried out a survey for UGC to evaluate the effectiveness of telephonic counseling in 17
universities during 2003 – 2004.
1992
Indian History Congress (IHC)
✔ Have made important contribution to Indian History Congress as Treasurer (1986 – 1989), Joint Secretary and Incharge, Permanent Office (1989 – 1992) and Local Secretary (1992).
Areas of Interest / Specialization
✔ Social and Economic History of Peninsular India.
✔ Social History of Performing Arts / Interdisciplinarity.
Subjects Taught
✔ Ancient and Medieval Peninsular Indian History.
✔ World Civilizations.
✔ Socio – political formations.
✔ European History.
✔ Interdisciplinarity Studies on Asian Culture.
Research Guidance
✔ Supervision of awarded Doctoral Thesis – Eleven (11)
✔ Supervision of awarded M.Phil dissertations – Twenty (20)