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Professor (2006 onwards) and Head (2010-2013), Department of Political Science; andDirector, Gandhian Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies, UGC sponsored, University of Jammu,Jammu.

About twenty-eight years experience in university teaching, academics, educationalexcellence/quality assurance, management and planning. Engaged in various higher educationaladministrative works as Editor, Director, Head, Professor, Inspector, Expert, Examiner, InquiryCommittee Member and Superintendent for more than ten years now.

Visiting professor and resource person in quite a few universities. Special invitee inUniversity Grants Commission for eleventh plan policy making. Member of Advisory Board to theJury for Mahatma Gandhi International Peace Prize for three years. Special invitee to highest policy

planning bodies of Gandhi Smriti and Darshan Samiti, New Delhi and Indira Gandhi National OpenUniversity.

Member of Academic Council, Governing Bodies, Board of Studies, Editorial AdvisoryBoards; and selection committees and screening committees in institutions of higher learning.

Also worked in collaboration with national and international experts from Banaras HinduUniversity, University of Madras, University of Calcutta and Punjab University in India; Universityof Bradford, United Kingdom; University of Notre Dame, University of Boston, Fletcher School ofLaw, University of Tuft; and United Nations, United States; University of McMaster, Canada. Alsocollaborating with civil society, police officers and institutions, Indian military and bureaucrats indifferent ways for peace and conflict resolution and training in the application of nonviolent values incollaboration with Peace Centre, University of Rhode Island, United States.

Recently awarded Gandhi Youth Gold Medal by Radha Bhatt, President, Gandhi Peace

Foundation, New Delhi on 27 April 2010.Authored four books and over two dozen research articles in national and international

journals and edited volumes. Published over hundred topical articles in national and internationalnewspapers and periodicals including online academic publications. Edited four research journals.Articles and presentations accepted in international conferences as well. International reviewer ininternational research journals. Organised national and international conferences.

Associate Editor and Referee/Reviewer, The International Journal of Interdisciplinary SocialSciences, Common Ground Publishers, Illinois, United States.

Completed UGC project on Cooperation and Conflict in South Asia: An Analysis in the

Gandhian Framework.

Supervising research at various levels in M.A.; M.Phil. and Ph.D. not only in University ofJammu but also in other institutions. Launched quite a few innovative courses at M.A. and M.Phil.levels.

Main areas of interest and research within the larger fold of international politics are peaceand conflict studies including conflict management, conflict resolution and conflict transformation;human security; world order studies; Indian foreign policy; South Asia and South Asian Associationfor Regional Cooperation (SAARC); United States foreign policy; contemporary global problems;

political philosophy of Mahatma Gandhi and its relevance to concurrent national, international andglobal perspectives; quest for a new political, economic and educational order; Indian Constitution;and Western political thought.

Different methods of teaching used from time to time such as Interactive method, Lecture

method, Power Point slides, Internet videos, field work etc.

Studied at Delhi and University of Delhi, Delhi. Also obtained post-graduate Diploma in

Journalism in from YMCA, New Delhi and was trained at various established national newspapers inNew Delhi and Hyderabad.

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Anurag Gangal, Ph.D.

Professor and Head, Departmentof Political Science; and Director,Gandhian Centre for Peace andConflict Studies, University ofJammu, Jammu-180006,Jammu and Kashmir, India.

Rsum / Curriculum Vitae Mobile phone: +919419116171Office phone: 0191-2439601Home phone: 0191-2435532FAX: 912266459276 and0191-2435532E-mail:[email protected]@jammuuniversity.in

Personal Details

Birth 18 August 1959; Age: 52.Father: Professor S. C. Gangal, JNU, New Delhi, 1964to 1995. My Mother Mrs Saroj Gangal and Father are nomore in flesh and blood. They passed away in 1997 and2001.
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Opted for a career in university teaching out of my own choice and not due to anycompulsion. This profession has always been, as it were, my first love. Began my teaching career as aLecturer in political science in ARSD College at University of Delhi form 1984 1985. ServingUniversity of Jammu then onwards.

Education:

Ph.D. (1990), Gandhi and the Establishment of a Peaceful World Order,Department of Political Science, Agra College, Agra University. Expertsregarded it as a real contribution to knowledge.

M.Phil. (1984), Department of Political Science, Delhi University, Delhi (onNIEO). Dissertation writing 75%.

Post-graduate Diploma in Journalism, Centre for Mass Media, YMCA, NewDelhi, 1985. 67%.

M.A., Political Science (1981), Department of Political Science, DelhiUniversity, Delhi. Grade B.

B.A. (Honours, 1979), Political Science, Kirori Mal College, Delhi University,

Delhi. About 47% Higher Secondary (1976), New Delhi, CBSE, Arts/Social Science. 59.1%

Major Publications:

Published Books

Gandhi and Terrorism, I-Proclaim Publishers, Pittsburgh, 2009.

Major Contemporary Issues: Gandhian Relevance, I-Proclaim Publishers,Pittsburgh, 2008. Indian Edition, Pothi Publishers, Hyderabad, 2010.

Contemporary Global Problems: A Gandhian Perspective, Vinod Book

Publishers, Jammu, 1995. New International Economic Order: A Gandhian Perspective, Chanakya

Publications, Delhi, 1985.

Contributions in Edited Books

Corporate and Business Ethics in Hind Swaraj, Kanhaiya Tripathi and K. N.Patil (Eds), Hind Swaraj: A Charter for Human Development from Within,Academic Excellence, Delhi, 2010.

Gandhian Philosophy of Education in Twenty-first Century, DistanceEducation Study Material, Political Science, Jammu University, 2010.

Gandhian Critique of Western Civilisation, Distance Education Study Material,

Political Science, Jammu University, 2010. Relevance of Gandhian Values in Twenty-first Century, Yoginder Verma (Ed.),

Education in Human Values for Human Excellence, Kanishka, New Delhi, 2007(first author).

Contemporary South Asian Problems: A Gandhian Perspective, Ramjee Singhand others (Eds), Gandhi, Kasturba and Vinoba A Continuum, ArianaPublishing House, New Delhi, (December) 1997.

Forms of Terrorism, B. P. Singh Sehgal (Ed.), Global Terrorism: Political andLegal Dimensions, Deep and Deep, New Delhi, 1995.

Edited Refereed Research Journal

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Gandhi Ganga, Gandhian Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies, University ofJammu, Jammu, Vol. 1., No. 1 and 2., 2004 2006. Other issues of the journalare also on the anvil.

Publications in International Refereed Journals

"Diverse Challenges to Conflict Resolution: A Gandhian Perspective", Conflict,Conflict Management & Development, International Journal of Malviya Centre forPeace Research, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi. Accepted in May 2010 forPublication.

Above mentioned full length research paper on Diverse Challenges to ConflictResolution: A Gandhian Perspective is accepted for presentation at the

International Journal of Arts & Sciences ( IJAS) Conference for AcademicDisciplines held at Ryerson University, Toronto, Canada (May 24 27, 2010).Publishedin the CD-ROM.

Book Review: The Myth of Shrinking State: Globalization and The State in India,Baldev Raj Nayar, Oxford University Press, New Delhi, 2009,IJPS, September,

2010. Impact and Prospects of Globalisation: A Gandhian Perspective, Anasakti An

International Journal of Nonviolence-in-Action, New Delhi, Volume II, No. I,January-June, 2004.

Book Review (full length) ICFAI Journal of International Relations, ICFAIUniversity, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India - 500 082, Volume III, No. 1,January 2009 (Book review of Jimmy Carter, Palestine: Peace not Apartheid,Simon & Schuster, New York, 2006, pp. 288, Price: $ 14.85).

A Gandhian Perspective on the Kashmir Question, Gandhi Marg, October December, 2002, New Delhi.

The World into the Twenty-first Century: A Gandhian Perspective, a research

article in Gandhi Marg, New Delhi, January-February 2001. "Gandhi and the Third World : Quest for Development" , Gandhi Marg,

May 1986.

"Sanyukta Rashtra Sangh : Gandhi Darshan ki Kasauti Per" , Gandhi Marg,October 1985.

"Gandhi and the Global Problems - A Vision for The Twenty-first Century", Foreign Affairs Reports, New Delhi, November -- December, 1984.

International Academic Refereed Web Publications

India as Superpower, Peace and Conflict Monitor, University of Peace, NewYork, 12 June 2006. An international topical publication on the Web.

Wither World Peace in the Twenty-first Century: A Gandhian View,http://www.mcpr-bhu.org/Conflict%20Resolution.htm, in Jan. 2002. Aninternational research publication on the Web. Malviya Centre for PeaceResearch, BHU, Varanasi.

Publications in National Academic Refereed Research Journals

Crisis of Democracy in Britain: Citizens Political Disengagement and Trust,Kashi Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 1, No. 2, Varanasi, December 2011 May2012.

Serialised Research Article in Newspaper

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Gandhian Relevance and Governance in J&K, State Times, Jammu, 10, 11, 12February 2008, serialised full length research article as centre piece edit page

presentation.

Major Outreach Activities / Field Action:

Course Director of Twenty-one days Interdisciplinary social sciencerefresher course of ASC, Jammu University organised at the Department ofPolitical Science from 06 26 March 2012.

One national and one international seminar organised on 21 - 22 and 27 28February 2012 respectively at University of Jammu.

One field trip of about 10 teachers and faculty and 60 postgraduate studentsand researchers to Border areas of Poonch and Rajouri organised from 14 17March 2012.

Participated and presented research paper in Australia-India InstituteInternational Seminar on Emerging India, 5-6 December 2011 at CalcuttaUniversity, Kolkata.

Organised two international workshops in January and May 2011 withProfessor Paul Buneo from Peace Centre, Rhode Island University, United States;and with Ms Lydia from US Education Foundation.

Launching soon a three months certificate course on Gandhian Corporateand Business Ethics at the Gandhian Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies,University of Jammu, Jammu in 2011-2012 academic session.

Organise every year 10 to 20 academic outreach activities at local, nationaland international level.

Publishing Gandhi Ganga research and activities journal of the GandhianCentre, University of Jammu.

Invited as Guest of Honour for special Lecture at Meerut University on theoccasion of release of the Indian Journal of Political Science Association inDecember 2008.

Organised an International Conference in April 2009 in collaboration withMcMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada on the theme of ParticipatoryDemocracy and Foreign Policy sponsored by DAFIT Canada.

The proposed post of a Reader / Assistant Director / Associate Professor hasalso been sanctioned by the Government of Jammu and Kashmir in favour of theGandhian Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies at Jammu University which alsostands approved in the 2008 meeting of the Council of the University of Jammu,Jammu.

Degree imparting full Gandhian Studies Department is soon likely to beestablished at University of Jammu from 2013 onwards.

Introducing Post Graduate Diploma in Gandhian Philosophy and ConflictResolution through distance education -- stands approved in principle by theAcademic Council of University of Jammu proposed by the Gandhian Centre forPeace and Conflict Studies at Jammu University (likely to be launched from 2013

2014 academic session soon).

Organised one week long International Workshop on Displaced Persons atGandhian Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies, University of Jammu, Jammuwith 12 participants from University of Tuft and University of Boston, UnitedStates and 1 from United Nations alongwith 10 participants from national and J&Kmedia and academic community (workshop was held from 08 Aug 17 Aug 2007.

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Conducted an Environment Protection Programme of two days at MataVaishno Devi Shrine with about 70 students and teachers from Jammu schools,colleges and university (form 30 31 January 2007).

Member of the Advisory Board to the Jury of Mahatma Gandhi InternationalPeace Prize, Department of Culture, Ministry of Human Resource, Government of

India, New Delhi, 2002-2003, 2003-2004, 2004-2005. Involved in dissemination of information and awareness through mass mediaas a columnist, author, editor and special invitee to discussions etc.

Offered consultancy services for Gandhi Smriti and Darshan Samiti, New Delhiand UGC, New Delhi from 2005 to 2008.

Organised Special Lectures by Magsaysay Awardee and Special PoliceCommissioner of Delhi Dr Kiran Bedi, Mahatma Gandhis great grandson ShriTushar Gandhi, Professors Yunus Ahmad (Bradford University), David Cortright(Notre Dame University) and Priyankar Upadhyaya (MCPR, BHU) on the broadthemes of Crime and Civil Society, Relevance of Gandhi, India PakistanPeace Process, Gandhi and the West and Gandhi and Conflict Resolution

during April 2005 May 2006. Presented a research Paper on Wither World Peace during a three days GlobalConvention on Gandhi and World Peace at Vigyan Bhavan, New Delhi in January2005 at GSDS.

Presented a research paper on Gandhi and Conflict Resolution at anInternational Seminar at MCPR, Banaras Hindu University August 2004.

Invited as Visiting Professor/Faculty at Calcutta University in October 2005for special Lectures on Gandhian Philosophy and its Relevance and later atBanaras Hindu University and Madras University also.

Presented a research paper on Gandhian Conception of Human Security at anational workshop in May 2004 organised by Delhi Policy Group at JammuUniversity.

Organised a 15 Days Gandhi Festival at Jammu University and in villagesaround Jammu from 17 September 02 October 2004.

Organised one week long Summer Camp at GSDS in August 2006 at NewDelhi with more than hundred youth from schools, colleges, Jammu Universityand civil society of Jammu including quite a few teachers and faculty membersfrom Jammu University and Colleges.

Organised Two Days National Workshop on Managing Conflicts Peacefully:Gandhi and Beyond at Jammu University, 17 18 November 2006.

Organised National Seminar on"India's Educational Priorities: Continuity andChange in National Curriculum" from 17 to 19 February 2002 at Udhampur, J&K.

M.Phil. and Ph.D. internal / external Examiner in University of Jammu andother Universities.

Attended about 03 international seminars / conferences; 15 national seminars /conferences at Bombay, Delhi, Jammu. Presented 10 research papers at suchseminars / conferences.

Output as Research Supervisor: Five Ph.Ds and ten M.Phils awarded. Five Ph.Ds are being

currently supervised.Five M.Phils are being currently supervised. One M.Phil. lately submitted. One

Ph. D. at submission stage.

Outreach Activities and Interaction with Civil Society: Engaged in about ten to twenty such

activities every year involving youth, civil society and academics not only from India but also from

abroad.

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Academic Reach and Impact: This is available on Google Books and Google Search on the Internet.

About 79 results appear on Google Books anent use of this authors research work as references and

several results are also seen on Google search.

Membership:

1. Founder Trustee (for life), Sarvodaya International Trust, J&K, 2007 onwards.2. Life Member, Indian Political Science Association.3. Life Member, Jammu Club4. Member, Editorial Advisory Board,Kashi Journal of Social Sciences, Varanasi,India.

Pay Band 4 / Pay Scale: 37400 67000 with Grade Pay 10000; Gross Pay-91,000 p.m.

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