T.K. Oommen studied for his M.A. (Sociology) at the University of Pune during 1958-60 and obtained his Ph.D in 1966 from the same university. He taught in Delhi University from 1964-71 and joined Jawaharlal Nehru University as Associate Professor in 1971 and retired in 2002 after being a Professor for 26 years, where he is Professor Emeritus at present.
He has served as President of the International Sociological Association as well as the President of the Indian Sociological society. During his distinguished career, Professor Oommen has been a visiting Professor at the University of California, Berkeley; the Maison des Sciences de I’Homme, Paris; the Wissenshaftszentrum, Berlin; and Senior Fellow at the Australian National University, Canberra, the Institute of Advanced Studies in Budapest and the Institute of Advanced Studies, Uppsala. He is the recipient of the V.K.R.V Rao Prize in Sociology (1981), the G.S. Ghurye Prize in Sociology and Anthropology (1985), and the Swami Pranavananda Award in Sociology (1997) was conferred the Padma Bhushan award by the Government of India in 2008, for his contribution to the field of higher Education.
Professor Oommen is the author/co-author of 20 and editor/co-editor of six books. Books he authored include Citizenship, Nationality and Ethnicity: Reconciling Competing Identities, Polity Professor Oommen was/is editorially associated with 15 professional journals; seven Indian and eight foreign. He has delivered a large number of distinguished lectures including Tagore Chair Lectures (M.S. University Baroda), Annie Besant Lecture (Banaras Hindu University), Gandhi Peace Foundation Annual Lecture, Ambedkar Memorial Lecture, J.P. Narain Memorial Lecture, M.N. Srinivas Memorial Lecture to list a few. Professor Oommen was a member of the Prime Minister’s High Level Committee (2004-6) for the study of Social, Economic and Educational Status of the Muslim Community in India.
Venue-Staff room
Date-Wednesday ,16th September
Time- 1.45 pm.
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