Curriculum Vitae

 

Name :
RAJENDRA VORA           

Qualifications:
M.A. (Economics and Politics) University of Pune, 1968,
Ph.D. (Politics) University of Pune, 1975

 

Date of Birth:
September 29, 1946

 

Date of Death:

February 24, 2008

 

Address :
Vijayshree Apartments, 15th Lane, Prabhat Road, Pune – 411 004. India.
Telephone : 91-020-25651476

 

Positions held :

• Lokmanya Tilak Professor, Department of Politics and Public Administration, University of Pune, Pune – 411 007. India. (1996-2006)
• Co-ordinator, Special Assistance Programme and the Assistance for Strengthening of the Infrastructure of the Humanities and Social Sciences Programme of the University Grants Commission at the Department of Politics and Public Administration, University of Pune. (1996-2005)
• Editor, Samaj Prabodhan Patrika (Humanities Quarterly in Marathi)  (1990-2005)
• Academic Advisor, India Study Programme of the  Associated Colleges of Mid-West (USA) Pune (1982-1993)

 

Teaching Experience :                     

1. Lecturer in Economics, Poona College, Pune (1972-73)
2. Lecturer in Politics, Modern College, Pune (1972-77)
3. Lecturer in Politics, University of Pune, Pune  (1977-86)
4. Reader in Politics, University of Pune, Pune (1986-91)
5. Professor in Politics, University of Pune, Pune (1992-95)
6. Reader in Politics, University of Pune, Pune (1995-96)
7. Lokmanya Tilak Professor in Politics and Public Administration, University of Pune, Pune (1996-2006)

 

Visiting Lecturer:

1. Carleton College, Northfield, MI, USA (Spring term 1991)
2. Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA (Spring term 2007)

 

Contributory Faculty:

1. India Study Programme of the Associated Colleges of the  Mid-West (USA) (Pune)       (1980-1993)
2. Term Abroad Programme of the Calgary University, Canada (University of Pune)           (1998-2005)

 

Awards :

1. Lokhitwadi G. H. Deshmukh Prize for the Best Book of the year 1995 in Social Sciences and Humanities awarded by Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad (Maharashtra Literary Council) for the book entitled Mulshi Satyagraha.
2. Principal V. K. Jog Best Teacher Award: (University of Pune). 1998          

 

 

Publications

 

Books

1. Rajendra Vora and Anne Feldhaus (eds), (2006) Region, Culture and Politics in India, Manohar Publishers & Distributors, New Delhi.

2. Rajendra Vora (ed) (2005), Socio-Economic Profile of Rural India : Vol. III : North-Central and Western India, Concept Publishing Co., New Delhi.

3. Rajendra Vora and Suhas Palshikar (eds), (2004) Indian Democracy : Meanings and Practices, Sage Publications, New Delhi.

4. Rajendra Vora (ed) (2000) Aadhunikta ani Parampara : Ekonisavya Shatakateel Maharashtra, (Modernity and Tradition in the 19th Century Maharashtra)  (Marathi) Pratima Prakashan, Pune.

5. Irina Glushkova and Rajendra Vora (eds) (1999). Home, Family and Kinship in Maharashtra, Oxford University Press, New Delhi.

6. Rajendra Vora and Suhas Palshikar (1996), Maharashtrateel Sattantar (Transfer of Power in Maharashtra State) (Marathi), Granthali, Mumbai.

7. Rajendra Vora (1994) Mulshi Satyagraha (Non- violent protest by Dam – affected villagers ) (Marathi), Pratima Prakashan, Pune.

8. Jayant Lele and Rajendra Vora (eds) (1990), State and Society in India, Chanakya Publications, New Delhi.

9. Santosh Dastane and Rajendra Vora (eds) (1989), Maharashtra 89 (Year – Book on Maharashtra State (Marathi), Dastane Ramchandra and Co., Pune.

10. Rajendra Vora and Suhas Palshikar (eds) (1987), Rajyashastra Kosha (Dictionary of Politics) (Marathi) Dastane Ramchandra and Co., Pune.

11. The Struggle Against the Mulshi Dam : A Non-Violent Movement in Colonial India, Permanent Black, New Delhi.

 

Monographs

1. V. B. Singh and Rajendra Vora (1999), Candidate Profile of Loksabha Elections : 1996, University Grants Commission, New Delhi.

2. Rajendra Vora and Suhas Palshikar (1996), Assembly Elections in Maharashtra : 1995, Indian Council of Social Science Research, New Delhi.

3. Rajendra Vora, Suhas Palshikar and Y. M. Sumant (1981), A Study of the Sixth Loksabha Election : Maharashtra, Indian Council of Social Science Research, New Delhi.

4. Rajendra Vora (1977), A Study in Political Socialisation : Impact of College Upon Political Knowledge, Participation and values of students, University of Pune, Pune.

 

Papers

1. Village Panchayats in Maharashtra (2007) Manoranjan Mohanty, Richard Baum, Rong Ma and George Mathew (eds.) Grass-Roots Democracy in India and China : The Right to Participate, Sage Publications, New Delhi.

2. The Hindi Heartland : A Region Sacred to Hindus and Muslims (2006), in Rajendra Vora and Anne Feldhaus (eds), Region, Culture and Politics in India, Manohar Publishers & Distributors, New Delhi .

3. Village Panchayats in Maharashtra (2004) in Social Science Probings, Vol. 16. No. 1 June.

4. Decline of Caste Majoritarianism in Indian Politics (2004) in Rajendra Vora and Suhas Palshikar (eds). Indian Democracy: Meanings and Practices, Sage Publications, New Delhi.

5. Politics of Locality, Community and Marginalisation (2003), (Co-author), in Sujata Patel and Jim Masselos (eds), Bombay and Mumbai : The City in Transition, Oxford University Press, New Delhi.

6. Land Grabbing and Struggles of the Displaced in Maharashtra (2002), in Ghanshyam Shah and D. C. Sah, Land Reforms in India : Performance and Challenges in Gujarat and Maharashtra, Sage Publications, New Delhi.

7. Maharashtra Dharma and the Nationalist Movement in Maharashtra (1999), in N. K. Wagle (ed), Writers, Editors and Reformers : Social and Political Transformations of Maharashtra : 1830-1930, Manohar Publishers & Distributors, New Delhi.

8. Dominant Lineages and Political Power in Maharashtra (1999), in Irina Glushkova and Rajendra Vora (eds), Home, Family and Kinship in Maharashtra, Oxford University Press, New Delhi.

9. Liberal Politics of Pherozeshah Mehta (1997) in Nawaz Mody (ed), Pherozeshah Mehta : Maker of Modern India, Allied Publishers Ltd., Mumbai.

10. Maharashtra : Shift of Power from Rural to Urban Sector (1996), Economic and Political Weekly, Vol. XXXI Nos. 2 and 3, January 13-20.

11. Class, Caste and Ideology in Maharashtra (co-author) (1994), in K. L. Sharma (ed), Caste and Class in India, Rawat, Jaipur.

12. Wages of Groupism : The Congress (I) Defeat in Maharashtra (1995), Frontline, May 5, 1995.

13. Neo-Hinduism : A Case of Distorted Consciousness (1990) (Co-author), in Jayant Lele and Rajendra Vora (eds), State and Society in India, Chanakya Publications, Delhi.

14. Jyotiba Phule (1827-1890), (1991) in K. N. Panikkar (ed), Colonialism, Caste Order and The Tribal Societies, Indira Gandhi National Open University, New Delhi.

15. Two strands of Indian Liberalism : Ideas of Ranade and Phule (1986), in Thomas Pantham and Kenneth Deutsch (eds), Political Thought in Modern India, Sage Publications, New Delhi.

16. Regionalism in Maharashtra (1984) (Co-author), in Akhtar Majeed (ed), Regionalism : Developmental Tensions in India, Cosmo Publications, New Delhi.

17. Sixth Lok Sabha Election :  Maharashtra (1983), (Co-author), ICSSR Research Abstracts Quarterly, Vol. XII, No. 1 and 2, Jan-June.

18. Decline of Liberal Thought and Movement in Maharashtra (1975), Journal of University of Pune, Humanities Section,  No. 41.

 

Occasional Papers

1. Muslim factor in 2004 Elections (2006) Occasional Paper Series III : Special Assistance Programme, Department of Politics and Public Administration, University of Pune,  Pune.

2. Devolution of Power : Facilitating Withdrawal of the State : A Critique of Seventy Third Amendment (2003), Occasional Paper Series III No. 2, Special Assistance Programme, Department of Politics and Public Administration, University of Pune,  Pune.

3. Maharashtra : Virtual Reservations for Marathas (2003), Occasional Paper Series III No. 3, Special Assistance Programme, Department of Politics and Public Administration, University of Pune, Pune

4. Agenda for the study of Political Economy of Maharashtra (1994), Occasional Paper No. 1, Special Assistance Programme, UGC, Department of Politics and Public Administration, University of Pune.

5. Nature and Forms of Political Participation of Peasants in Maharashtra (1987), Occasional Paper No. 5, DCRP, University of Pune, Pune.

 

Book Reviews

1. Dalits and the Democratic Revolution by Gail Omvedt, (Sage, New Delhi, 1995) in New Quest. March-April 1996.

2. ‘Democracy : The Unfinished Journey’ edited by John Dunn (Oxford, New Delhi  1992), in New Quest, Sept. Oct. 1993.

3. Socialist-Communist Interaction in India’ by Madhu Limaye (Delhi, 1991) in Journal of Indian School of Political Economy, Oct. Dec. 1992.

4. ‘Urban Political Behaviour’ by S.A.H. Haqqi in Indian Journal of Politics, Vol. XVI Nos. 1-2, 1982.

 

Papers in Marathi

About 50 in edited books, Journals and Periodicals.

 

Papers accepted for Publication

1. Multiple identities of Backward Caste Muslims in Munu Bhagwan and Anne Feldhaus (eds) Claiming Power from below : Dalits and The Sub-Altern Question in South Asia, Oxford University Press, New Delhi .
2. Taking the Non-Violent path : A story of the protest by the dam affected villagers in Hiroyuki Kotani (ed.) Marg in Maharashtra, Manohar New Delhi.
3. Social Profile of MLAs : Maharashtra in Christophe Jaffrelot (ed), Social Profile of MLAs in Indian States, Routledge India, New Delhi.
4. Marathi Community and Industrial Scene in Pune Metropolitan Region (Co-author) in Suhas Palshikar (ed) Pune : From City to Metropolis.

 

International Conferences

1. The Eleventh International Conference on Maharashtra’s Culture and Society, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Tokyo (22-24 August, 2005)

2. International Conference on State Politics in India in the 1990's: Political Mobilization and Political Competition: Jointly organized by DCRC, University of Delhi and London School of Economics: New Delhi (13-17-Dec. 2004).

3. International Symposium on Region and Regional Consciousness in India, Department of Religious Studies, Arizona State University, Tempe USA (March 7-9, 2004).

4. The Tenth International Conference on Maharashtra Culture and Society, Department of Politics and Public Administration, University of Pune, Pune (August 16-18, 2003).

5. International Seminar on Local Governance in India and China, Kolkata (6-8 January, 2003).

6. International Symposium on Region in India, Department of Politics and Public Administration, University of Pune, Pune (21-23 December, 2001).

7. The Ninth International Conference on Maharashtra Culture and Society : Macalester College, St. Paul, MN, USA (June 6-10, 2001).

8. The Eighth International Conference on Maharashtra : Culture and Society, Sydney University, Sydney (January 6-10, 1999)

9. International Conference on Reconstructing the World : Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar’s Understanding of Buddhism, Department of Politics and Public Aministration, University of Pune (October 7-9, 1998).

10. The Seventh International Conference on Maharashtra : (Culture and Society, TMV, Pune. (January 2-6, 1997).

11. The Sixth International Conference on ‘Maharashtra : Culture and Society, Institute of Orientology, Moscow (18-20 May 1995).

12. International Conference on ‘Evolving Cultural Identity of Bombay : Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries’, Department of Sociology, SNDT Women’s University (December 14-17, 1993)

13. The Fourth International Conference on Maharashtra Culture and Society : Arizona State University, USA (April 6-8, 1991).

14. The Third International Conference on Maharashtra Culture and Society, Heidelberg University, Germany (June 20-25, 1988).

15. The Ninth European Conference on Modern South Asian Studies, Heidelberg University, Germany (July 8-12, 1986).

16. International Round Table on Political Philosophy under the auspices of the International Political Science Association, The M. S. University, Baroda (March 19-22, 1984).

 

National and Regional Seminars     :    About 50.

 

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As on  January 11, 2007