Hetukar Jha

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Hetukar Jha is an Indian author, professor, researcher, and Fulbright Scholar. At present he is Honorary Managing Trustee of the Maharajadhiraja Kameshwar Singh Kalyani Foundation, Kalyani Niwas, Darbhanga.[1]

Early life and family

Jha was born on 1 February 1944 in the village Sarisab-Pahi, Madhubani district, Bihar. His father was Babu Baldeo and his mother was Smt. Mohini Devi. He studied in the local village school at Sarisab Pahi.

Jha married Smt.Indira Jha in 1960 and they had three sons, Tejakar Jha, Shrutikar Jha, and Madhukar Jha, who were born in 1968, 1972, and 1975, respectively. He donated all of his family heirlooms to the Chandradhari Mithila State Museum, Darbhanga, to create a gallery on the name of his father late Baldeo Jha.

Education

He attended Patna Science College and went on to Post Graduate work at Patna University. He gained his B.A. Hons. in Sociology at Patna College in 1965, his M.A. in Sociology at Patna University in 1967, and his Ph.D. in Sociology at Patna University in 1980.[citation needed]

Career

He joined Patna University as a Lecturer on Sociology in 1968 and retired as Professor and Head of the Department of Sociology in January 2004.[2][3]

In 1984-85 he was on the interview-board of Fulbright Scholarship offered by USEFI. He also had a two year stint as Director of Shulabh Institute of Social Sciences.

He did research on the societies and cultures of Bihar since 1968. The list of research publications is enclosed.

He was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship in 1972 by the U.S. Educational Foundation in India.

Books

  • Man in Indian Tradition : Vidyapati’s Discourse on Purush, Aryan Books International, New Delhi, 2002.
  • Perspectives on Indian society and History, edited, Manohar, New Delhi, 2002.
  • Mithila in the Nineteenth Century : Aina-i-Tirhut of Biharilal ‘Fitrat’, edited, Kameshwar Singh Bihar Heritage Series - 5, M.K.S.K.Foundation, Darbhanga,2001.
  • Amaranatha Jha, Makers of Indian Literature Series, Sahitya Akademy, New Delhi, 1997.
  • A Glimpse of Tirhut in the second Half of the Nineteenth Century :Riaz-I-Tirhut of Ayhodhya Prasad ‘Bahar’, edited, Kameshwar Singh Bihar Heritage Series - 3, M.K.S.K.Foundation, Darbhanga,1997.
  • Ganganatha Jha, Makers of Indian Literature series, Sahitya Akademi, New Delhi, 1992.
  • Social Structures of Indian villages, A Study of Rural Bihar, Sage Publications India Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi, 1991.
  • Upnivesh Kalin Mithilaka Gam O Gamak Nimna Varga (in Mithilli), Maithili Academy, Government of Bihar, Patna, 1988. This book discusses the condition of the lower classes of the region of Mithila (north Bihar) during the colonial period.
  • Colonial Context of Higher Education in India, Usha Publications, New Delhi, 1985.
  • Social Structures and Alignments : A Study of Rural Bihar, (with J.B.P.Sinha, Surendra Gopal and K.M. Tiwary) Usha Publications, New Delhi, 1985.
  • Autobiographical Notes Of Mahamahopadhyaya Dr. Sir Ganganatha Jha (edited), Ganganatha Jha Kendriya Sanskrit Vidyapeetha, Allahabad, 1976.
  • Tirhut in Early Twentieth Century : Mithila Darpan of Ras Bihari Lal Das, edited, Kameshwar Singh Bihar Heritage Series - 8, M.K.S.K.Foundation, Darbhanga, 2005.
  • Courage and Benevolence : Maharajadhiraja Kameshwar Singh (1907–1962), (edited) Kameshwar Singh Bihar Heritage Series - 10, M.K.S.K.Foundation, Darbhanga, 2007.
  • India : Some Crucial Questions, (edited) Kameshwar Singh Bihar Heritage Series - 12, M.K.S.K.Foundation, Darbhanga, 2007.

Notes

  1. ↑ , www.kalyanifoundation.org, accessed on 1 April 2011
  2. ↑ , www.kalyanifoundation.org, accessed 27 March 2011
  3. ↑ , www.indiatoday.intoday.in, accessed on 1 April 2011

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