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-'''Andre Beteille''',(born 30 September 1934) is an Indian [[sociologist]] and writer. He is well known for his studies of the [[Caste system in India|caste system]] in [[South India]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=André Beteille|url=https://elearning.lse.ac.uk/dart/interviews/beteille.html|access-date=2021-06-06|website=elearning.lse.ac.uk}}</ref>
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{{Infobox academic|name=Andre Beteille|honorific_suffix=FBA|awards=[[Padma Bhushan]]|alma_mater=|workplaces=[[Delhi School of Economics]]}}

'''Andre Beteille''',(born 30 September 1934) is an Indian [[sociologist]] and writer. He is well known for his studies of the [[Caste system in India|caste system]] in [[South India]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=André Beteille|url=https://elearning.lse.ac.uk/dart/interviews/beteille.html|access-date=2021-06-06|website=elearning.lse.ac.uk}}</ref>

== Early life ==
He was born on 30 September 1934.

== Career ==
[[File:The_well-known_Sociologist_Dr._Andre_Beteille_receives_the_Padma_Bhushan_award_from_the_President_Dr._A.P.J._Abdul_Kalam_in_New_Delhi_on_March_28,_2005.jpg|thumb|Dr. Beteille receives the [[Padma Bhushan]] from the [[President of India]] [[A. P. J. Abdul Kalam]], c. 2005.]]
He was a Professor of Sociology at the [[Delhi School of Economics]] at the [[University of Delhi]] where, since 2003, he remains [[Professor Emeritus]] of [[Sociology]].<ref>{{cite web|title=DU|url=http://sociology.du.ac.in/index.php/people/faculty?id=130|access-date=14 January 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140116071218/http://sociology.du.ac.in/index.php/people/faculty?id=130|archive-date=16 January 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> He was appointed National Research Professor by the Government of India in 2007.<ref>[http://pib.nic.in/newsite/erelease.aspx?relid=23756 Bipan Chandra and Andre Beteille Appointed as National Research Professors]</ref> He is a recipient of the Indian civilian honour of the [[Padma Bhushan]] and also [[Fellow of the British Academy|FBA]].<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web|url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |title=Padma Awards |publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India |date=2015 |access-date=July 21, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151015193758/http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |archive-date=15 October 2015 |df=dmy }}</ref> He also served on the Social Sciences jury for the [[Infosys Prize]] in 2010.

Presently he is the Chancellor of [[North Eastern Hill University]], [[Shillong]], Meghalaya <ref>{{cite web| title = Administrative Officials|publisher=NEHU Shillong| url = http://www.nehu.ac.in/Administration/officials.php | access-date = 2014-01-14 }}</ref> and prior to that he was the Chancellor of [[Ashoka University]].<ref>{{cite web | title = Chancellor |publisher=Ashoka University| url = http://www.ashoka.edu.in/About-Us/Chancellor-and-ViceChancellor | access-date = 2014-01-14 }}</ref>

==Bibliography==
*''Sociology: Essays on Approach and Method'', [[Oxford University Press]], 2002.
*''Antinomies of Society: Essays on Ideologies and Institutions'', Oxford University Press, 2000.
*''Chronicles of Our Time'', Penguin Books, 2000.
*''The Backward Classes in Contemporary India'', Oxford University Press, 1992.
*''Society and Politics in India: Essays in a Comparative Perspective'', Athlone Press, 1991 (L.S.E. Monographs in Social Anthropology, no. 63).
*''The Idea of Natural Inequality and Other Essays'', Oxford University Press, 1983 (new, enlarged edition, Oxford University Press, 1987).
*''Inequality Among Men'', Basil Blackwell, 1977 (Italian edition published as La diseguaglianza fra gli uomini, Il Mulino, 1981).
*''Studies in Agrarian Social Structure'', Oxford University Press, 1974.
*''Six Essays in Comparative Sociology'', Oxford University Press, 1974 (enlarged edition published as Essays in Comparative Sociology, Oxford University Press, 1987).
*''Inequality and Social Change'', Oxford University Press, 1972.
*''Castes: Old and New, Essays in Social Structure and Social Stratification'', Asia Publishing House, 1969.
*''Caste, Class and Power: Changing Patterns of Stratification in a Tanjore Village'', University of California Press, 1965.

===Essays===
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20081010113311/http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/2001/09/03/stories/05032523.htm Secularism Re-examined]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070323231251/http://wcar.alrc.net/mainfile2.php/For+the+negative/14/ Race & Caste]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20040602153858/http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/2001/11/01/stories/05012523.htm Teaching & Research]
* [http://www.india-seminar.com/2000/495/495%20andre%20beteille.htm Teaching and Research, Andre Beteille]
* [http://www.lib.virginia.edu/area-studies/SouthAsia/bihar/09mr99.html Government & NGOs] (scroll down)

==References==
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==External links==
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* [https://www.sms.cam.ac.uk/media/1113102 Interviewed by Alan Macfarlane 1st June 1986 (video)]
* [http://www.ibnlive.com/news/two-knowledge-panel-members-quit-over-quota/11136-3.html Andre quits the knowledge commission - CNN-IBN news report]
* [http://www.telegraphindia.com/1050917/asp/opinion/story_5243985.asp A long view of two Indian social scientists]

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