Anand Teltumbde
| Anand Teltumbde | |
|---|---|
| Born | Rajur, Yavatmal district, Maharashtra, India |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Occupation | writer, columnist, social activist, educationist |
Anand Teltumbde is a management professional,[1] writer,[2] civil rights activist,[3] and political analyst. He has authored many books (translated widely in most Indian languages) on various issues relating to Peoples' movement with particular emphasis on Left and Dalits and is a noted scholar on the subject.[4] He has extensively written in English and Marathi in popular newspapers and magazines commenting on contemporary issues. He is a regular contributor to magazines like Outlook India,[5] Tehelka,[6] Mainstream,[7] Seminar,[8] Frontier, and Economic & Political Weekly in which he writes a regular column 'Margin Speak'.[9]
Life
Born in a family of landless labourers, he had a brilliant academic career throughout his education.
He has BE (Mechanical) from VNIT, Nagpur;[10] PGDM (IIM, Ahmeddabad),[11] FEI (I), Ph D (Management). He held responsible position in corporate sector such as Executive Director, Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd. and Managing Director and CEO, Petronet India Ltd. He also handled important assignments in Nigeria, Kenya, Tanzania and China.
Worked on many important industry and government committees and was a member of the study group on Petroleum Deregulation in 1995.
He has taught at various management institutes to post graduates and doctoral students and has been a Ph D examiner for various universities. Published more than 20 research papers in reputed international journals in the areas of Production Research, Ergonomics, Information Technology and Business Strategy.
Had a parallel career as an activist since student days during which he held many elected positions. He has actively participated in movements of unorganised and workers in informal sectors, slum dwellers, and Dalits and has been a noted activist in civil rights movement as a member of Committee for Protection of Democratic Rights (CPDR). He has participated more than 100 fact-finding missions in the incidents of civil rights violations and communal crimes.
As a noted public intellectual, he has delivered scores of public speeches on issues of public interests and education. He has delvered more than 100 memorial lectures and key note speeches in academic conferences in India and abroad.
He edited Marathi working class monthly – Thinagi (The Spark)and worked on the editorial boards of Samaj Prabodhan Patrika, Vidrohi and other progressive magazines. He has pioneered a critique of neoliberal globalisation in India from a viewpoint of downtrodden people with a book (Marathi) published in 1995 and thereafter numerous papers, pamphlets and articles.
He received many prestigious awards and recognitions such as Vikas Ratna, Ambedkar Centenary Award (UK), Ram Manohar Lohia Centenary Award, Maharashtra Foundation (USA) Award for Social Work (2008) and Maharashtra Foundation (USA) Award (2010) for the book- Samrajyavadvirodh ani Jati Vinash.[12]
He teaches Management at Vinod Gupta School of Management IIT Kharagpur.[13]
Bibliography
The Khairlanji Murders and India's Hidden Apartheid [14]
perspectives for understanding communal praxis[17]
- Anti-imperialism & annihilation of castes[18]
- Ambedkar in and for the Post-Ambedkar Dalit Movement[19]
- Globalisation and the Dalits[20]
- Ambedkar on Muslims[21]
- Capitalism and the Caste Question[22]
- Impact of New Economic Reforms on Dalits in India[23]
References
- ↑ http://www.indiaclub.com/Shop/AuthorSelect.asp?Author=Anand+Teltumbde
- ↑ http://www.hindu.com/2009/09/16/stories/2009091652101200.htm
- ↑ http://www.hardnewsmedia.com/2011/08/4087
- ↑ http://news.oneindia.in/feature/2012/baba-ramdevs-mahakranti-will-be-a-non-starter-1053028.html
- ↑ http://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?281944
- ↑ http://www.tehelka.com/story_main49.asp?filename=Fw240511TheFalseDalit.asp
- ↑ http://www.india-seminar.com/2012/633/633_anand_teltumbde.htm
- ↑ http://www.india-seminar.com/2011/625/625_anand_teltumbde.htm
- ↑ http://www.epw.in/ejournal/term/1/_/taxonomy%3Aterm%3A10598
- ↑ http://www.vnit.ac.in/
- ↑ http://www.iimaalumni.org/scripts/reading/archives/jan-feb2002/Tribute.asp?link=lnk4
- ↑ http://www.indiancharity.org/documents/MF_%20Newsletter_March_11.pdf
- ↑ http://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?281954
- ↑ http://zedbooks.co.uk/paperback/the-persistence-of-caste
- ↑ http://www.thehindu.com/arts/books/article3704557.ece
- ↑ http://www.thehindu.com/arts/books/article17939.ece
- ↑ http://books.google.co.in/books/about/Hindutva_and_Dalits.html?id=Ajd9AAAAMAAJ&redir_esc=y
- ↑ http://books.google.co.in/books/about/Anti_imperialism_annihilation_of_castes.html?id=X4O3AAAAIAAJ&redir_esc=y
- ↑ http://books.google.co.in/books/about/Ambedkar_in_and_for_the_Post_Ambedkar_Da.html?id=--WyZwEACAAJ&redir_esc=y
- ↑ http://books.google.co.in/books/about/Globalisation_and_the_Dalits.html?id=9eIDHQAACAAJ&redir_esc=y
- ↑ http://books.google.co.in/books/about/Ambedkar_on_Muslims.html?id=U3BuAAAAMAAJ&redir_esc=y
- ↑ http://books.google.co.in/books/about/Capitalism_and_the_Caste_Question.html?id=Y1fGPgAACAAJ&redir_esc=y
- ↑ http://www.unipune.ac.in/dept/mental_moral_and_social_science/sociology/soc_webfiles/academic.htm
External links
- It’s Not Red Vs Blue – Column by Anand Teltumbde
- Review of Khailanji, The Hindu
- Teltumbde in Fourth Arvind Memorial Seminar on ‘The Caste Question and Marxism’, Chandigarh
- The Self-Obsessed Marxists and the Pseudo Ambedkarites" Anand Teltumbde explains his stand against the motivated canard against him.