Updated on 20 Nov, 2019
Dr. Shashi Bhushan Upadhyay
Professor
Dr. Shashi Bhushan Upadhyay is Professor with the Faculty of History. His research interests are mainly in the fields of Labour History, Dalit Studies and Literary studies. His publications include a book titled Historiography in the Modern World (2016), Existence, Identity and Mobilization: The Cotton Millworkers of Bombay, 1890-1919 (2004), two co-edited volumes Dalit Assertion in Society, Literature and History (2010) and School Education, Pluralism and Marginality (2012) and about 20 articles on Labour, Dalits and Premchand.
He has been involved for many years in all aspects of preparation of study material for distance learners. He has written about 20 units for Post-Graduate and Under-Graduate distance learners on Historiography, Labour Movement, and Tourism Studies. Presently he is the coordinator for an M.A. course on Indian National Movemnet and supervising some Ph.D. students. His current research engagement is in the field of Historiography.
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Name of the University: Jawaharlal Nehru University
Discipline: History
Doctoral Research Topic: Cotton Textile Workers in Bombay, 1890-1918
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Name of the university: Jawaharlal Nehru University
Discipline: History
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Name of the university: Allahabad University
Academic Achievement: First Class
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WORK EXPERIENCE: Working in IGNOU since 1992.
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Member, Board of Studies, School of Liberal Studies
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Ambedkar University, Delhi
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from 2014 to 2017
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Member, Board of Studies, School of Liberal Studies
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Ambedkar University, Delhi
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from 2017 for three years
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Member, Board of Studies, School of Social Sciences
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Jawaharlal Nehru University
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from 2014 to 2016
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Member, Board of Studies, Department of History and Culture
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Jamia Millia Islamia
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since 2017 for three years
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President, Andhra Pradesh History Congress
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Andhra Pradesh History Congress
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2017
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Official Address:School of Social Sciences ,
Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU),
Maidan Garhi,
New Delhi -
110068
New Delhi, India
+91-011-29533845, 29572739
sbupadhyay@ignou.ac.in
