dkverma

Dr. D.K. Verma

Professor & Head, SC, ST & OBC Development,

Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar National Institute of Social Sciences, Mhow, INDIA

Mobile: 9926015814, Fax: 07324 273645; email : [email protected]

Current International Assignments: :

Session Chair (2): Religion and Sociology Research Committee’s (RC22) Session on ‘Religious Pluralism and Struggle for Justice in Secular Democracies’, and Social Psychology Research Committee’s (RC 42) on ‘Social justice and Democratization’ at the Second ISA Forum of Sociology of International Sociological Association (ISA) at Buenos Aires, Argentina, August 1-4, 2012

Asian Regional Member of Research Committee (Social Psychology, RC 42) of ISA, 2010-2014.

Recent National Assignments :

Chairman- Sub-committee (GOI, MoSJE) and Member of Working Group on OBC, EBC, Nomadic & Denotified Tribes for XII Five Year Plan for Planning Commission.

Consultant- National Commission for Economically Backward Classes.

Principle Investigator of a Research Study for National religious & Linguistic Minorities.

Research, Teaching, Training & Administrative Experience: 25 Years, Accomplishments:

18 major projects as Consultant/ Research Project Director/ Principal Investigator on Policy, Welfare and Development related research studies conducted for Central Ministries/ National Commissions of Government of India, Institutional and for State Government. .

10 Ph.D. Theses Supervised in Sociology, Environmental Education & Research, Applied Social Science and 70 M.Phil. Dissertations Guided in Environmental Studies / Social Sciences.
120 Extension & Training programmes conducted/organized for Government Functionaries, NGOs and Social Activists, Social Scientists and Research Scholars.
210 Guest Lectures delivered as Resource Person at Academy Staff Colleges of Central and State Universities, Government Colleges and Intl & National Institutes on Philosophy, Concept, Dimensions, Values and Ethics for Sustainable Development, Social Justice and Equality.
Participated in 132 academic events including 14 international level, 48 National Seminars/Workshops/Symposia convened as Convenor/Org. Secretary, 72 National Level events attended as Key-note Speaker, Chief Guest, Session Chair, Resource Person, Paper Presenter.
Total publications and writings (110) including 4 edited Books; 48 Research Papers including papers published in ISSN journals in Great Britain, France, Germany (4), South Africa and the Netherlands ; 58 other research based articles. 40 Reprint Requests of published papers received from 12 countries. Editor of 2 Interdisciplinary Research Journals in Social Sciences since 2001.
Session Chair: “Globalization, Social Inequality and Status Characteristics I & II” at ISA XVII World Congress of Sociology (Two Sessions), Goteborg, Sweden, 2010.

Innovations & Curriculum Development :

Conceptualizations : Social Devolution, Affirmed Status, Theory of Social Relativity, Theory of Synthetic Origin of Caste, Social Environment Dimensions for Sustainable Development.
Curriculum Development : SC, ST & OBC Development, Environmental Studies and Sustainable Development for NCERT, UGC; Research Methodology, Environment Studies at M.Phil. Level.

Membership & Association:

Member: International Sociological Association, Spain (2006-2014); Life member- Indian Association of Social Sciences; Indian Science Congress; Fellow-International Academy of Environmental Biology; Founder Chairman: Association for Sustainable Research and Action (ASRA); Member and Referee - Editorial Board of Research Journal, Member- MP Sociological Association; MP Economics Association, AWID, Canada; NTAS, Philippines.
Member : Governing Body, Madhya Pradesh Institute of Social Science Research (Ujjain); Governing Body of BANISS, nominated by H.E. the Governor of Madhya Pradesh (2006-2010).

Academic Visits : The Netherlands, South Africa, Kenya, Turkey, Norway, Germany, France,

Belgium, Denmark and Sweden and visited 48 National Institutes/Central & State Universities.