Assistant Professor

Dr Vivek Kumar Yadav

Department of Liberal Arts

Interests

  1. Social and Political Philosophy
  2. Contemporary Indian Thought
  3. Ethics and Society

Education

2013

University of Delhi
B.A. (Hons.)

2015

University of Delhi
M.A.

2022

Indian Institute of Technology, Indore
Ph.D

Experience

  • March 2023-July 2023-Guest Faculty- Birla Institute of Technology & Science (BITS), Pilani
  • August 2023- October 2023- Visiting Faculty- Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Ranchi

Research Interest

  • Modern Indian Thought
  • Ethics and Society
  • Constitutional Values and Democracy

Awards & Fellowships

  • 2018-Commonwealth Split-Site Scholarship- Commonwealth Scholarship Commission UK, Brunel University London, UK
  • 2018- Full Travel Grants to present research paper in 10th Annual Seminar of the Bielefeld Graduate School in History and Sociology (BGHS)- Bielefeld University, Germany
  • 2019- Full Summer School Scholarship- Central European University, Budapest, Hungary
  • 2015-UGC NET-JRF – The University Grants Commission of India (UGC)

Memberships

  • Member of Commonwealth Scholar Alumni

Publications

  • Yadav, V. K., Dasgupta, S., and Kumar, B., (2023). “B. R. Ambedkar on the Practice Public Conscience: A Critical Reappraisal.” Journal of Human Values, SAGE Publication, Vol. 29, no. 1, pp. 24–32. doi.org/10/09716858221109318 Index: Scopus
  • 2. Yadav, V. K., Dasgupta, S., and Kumar, B., (2020). “All Human Beings are of Equal Status Since Birth”: Caste, Inequality and B. R. Ambedkar’s Universal Claim for Human Equality.” Indian Journal of Human Development, SAGE Publication, Vol. 14, no. 3, pp. 481-492. doi:10.1177/0973703020974442. Index: Scopus
  • 3. Yadav, V. K., Dasgupta, S., and Kumar, B., (2021). “The Institution of the Caste system and its Practices: An Ethical Critique by B. R. Ambedkar”, IASSI Quarterly: Contributions to Indian Social Science, Vol. 40, no. 3, pp. 567-580
  • 4. Yadav, V. K. and Kumar, B., Book Review Article: Aakash Singh Rathore, Indian Political Theory: Laying the Groundwork for Svaraj, Contemporary Voice of Dalit, SAGE Publication, pp. Vol. 12, no.1, pp. 121- 123, doi: 10.1177/2455328X19898453.
  • 5. Yadav, V. K. and Kumar, B., Book Review Article: Ramachandra Guha, Democrats and Dissenters, Indian Journal of Human Development, Vol. 11, no.2, pp. 268-270, SAGE Publication. doi:10.1177/0973703017734721.

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