Pratap Bhanu Mehta - Revision history

42.111.213.72 at 20:37, 5 January 2022

2022-01-05T20:37:24Z

← Older revision		Revision as of 02:07, 6 January 2022
Line 2:		Line 2:
	{{Use dmy dates\|date=January 2018}}		{{Use dmy dates\|date=January 2018}}
	{{Infobox scientist		{{Infobox scientist
	\| name = Pratap Bhanu Mehta		\| name = Pratap Bhanu Mehta
	\| image = Pratap Mehta at the India Economic Summit 2009 cropped.jpg		\| image = Pratap Mehta at the India Economic Summit 2009 cropped.jpg
	\| image_size =		\| image_size =
Line 10:		Line 10:
	\| death_date =		\| death_date =
	\| death_place =		\| death_place =
	\| residence = [[India]]		\| residence = [[India]]
	\| nationality = Indian		\| nationality = Indian
	\| field = [[Political Science]]		\| field = [[Political Science]]
	\| work_institution = [[Centre for Policy Research]]		\| work_institution = [[Centre for Policy Research]]
Line 45:		Line 45:
	Mr Mehta also believes that reading news from authentic sources is the need of the hour especially when the youth of the nation is using websites such as [[Wikipedia]] to gain information and form an opinion, especially when misinformation and disinformation is on the rise. <ref>{{cite web\|url=https://thewire.in/education/saying-no-cronyism-pratap-bhanu-mehtas-letter-resignation-nmml\|title='Political Pressure' Bad for Academics: Pratap Bhanu Mehta's Resignation Letter from NMML\|date=14 August 2016\|website=TheWire.in}}</ref>		Mr Mehta also believes that reading news from authentic sources is the need of the hour especially when the youth of the nation is using websites such as [[Wikipedia]] to gain information and form an opinion, especially when misinformation and disinformation is on the rise. <ref>{{cite web\|url=https://thewire.in/education/saying-no-cronyism-pratap-bhanu-mehtas-letter-resignation-nmml\|title='Political Pressure' Bad for Academics: Pratap Bhanu Mehta's Resignation Letter from NMML\|date=14 August 2016\|website=TheWire.in}}</ref>

	~~<br>~~
	From 2017 to 2019, he was the Vice-Chancellor of Ashoka University, a position from where he resigned citing academic reasons.<ref>{{cite news \|title=Pratap Bhanu Mehta Resigns as Ashoka University VC, Citing Academic Reasons \|url=https://thewire.in/education/pratap-bhanu-mehta-resigns-as-ashoka-university-vc-citing-academic-reasons \|access-date=20 March 2021 \|agency=The Wire \|date=20 Jul 2019}}</ref> He resigned from Ashoka University as a professor in March 2021, when trustees [[Pramath Raj Sinha]] and [[Ashish Dhawan]] are said to have told Mehta that "his intellectual interventions were something they could no longer protect."<ref>{{cite news \|last1=Chopra \|first1=Ritika \|title=Founders made clear I was political liability for Ashoka University: Pratap Bhanu Mehta \|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/pratap-bhanu-mehta-resignation-letter-ashoka-university-7234669/ \|access-date=19 March 2021 \|publisher=Indian Express \|date=19 March 2021}}</ref>. The circumstances of Mehta's resignation also led to protests across Ashoka University, which involved student-led class boycotts. The students also demanded the resignation of Vice-Chancellor [[Malabika Sarkar]] unless the administration offered Mehta his job back.<ref>{{Cite web\|date=2021-03-20\|title=Ashoka students call for class boycott next week, demand university reinstate Pratap Bhanu Mehta and Arvind Subramanian\|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/ashoka-university-pratap-bhanu-mehta-arvind-subramanian-7236385/\|access-date=2021-10-22\|website=The Indian Express\|language=en}}</ref>		From 2017 to 2019, he was the Vice-Chancellor of Ashoka University, a position from where he resigned citing academic reasons.<ref>{{cite news \|title=Pratap Bhanu Mehta Resigns as Ashoka University VC, Citing Academic Reasons \|url=https://thewire.in/education/pratap-bhanu-mehta-resigns-as-ashoka-university-vc-citing-academic-reasons \|access-date=20 March 2021 \|agency=The Wire \|date=20 Jul 2019}}</ref> He resigned from Ashoka University as a professor in March 2021, when trustees [[Pramath Raj Sinha]] and [[Ashish Dhawan]] are said to have told Mehta that "his intellectual interventions were something they could no longer protect."<ref>{{cite news \|last1=Chopra \|first1=Ritika \|title=Founders made clear I was political liability for Ashoka University: Pratap Bhanu Mehta \|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/pratap-bhanu-mehta-resignation-letter-ashoka-university-7234669/ \|access-date=19 March 2021 \|publisher=Indian Express \|date=19 March 2021}}</ref>. The circumstances of Mehta's resignation also led to protests across Ashoka University, which involved student-led class boycotts. The students also demanded the resignation of Vice-Chancellor [[Malabika Sarkar]] unless the administration offered Mehta his job back.<ref>{{Cite web\|date=2021-03-20\|title=Ashoka students call for class boycott next week, demand university reinstate Pratap Bhanu Mehta and Arvind Subramanian\|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/ashoka-university-pratap-bhanu-mehta-arvind-subramanian-7236385/\|access-date=2021-10-22\|website=The Indian Express\|language=en}}</ref>

	==Selected works==		==Selected works==
	* ''Navigating the Labyrinth: Perspectives on India’s Higher Education'' (ed. with Devesh Kapur), Orient BlackSwan, 2017		* ''Navigating the Labyrinth: Perspectives on India’s Higher Education'' (ed. with Devesh Kapur), Orient BlackSwan, 2017

125.22.40.140: I added more details to the section on controversies, describing the controversy that surrounded pratap bhanu mehta's resignation from Ashoka University as a professor

2021-10-22T17:07:19Z

I added more details to the section on controversies, describing the controversy that surrounded pratap bhanu mehta's resignation from Ashoka University as a professor

← Older revision		Revision as of 22:37, 22 October 2021
Line 46:		Line 46:

	<br>		<br>
	From 2017 to 2019, he was the Vice-Chancellor of Ashoka University, a position from where he resigned citing academic reasons.<ref>{{cite news \|title=Pratap Bhanu Mehta Resigns as Ashoka University VC, Citing Academic Reasons \|url=https://thewire.in/education/pratap-bhanu-mehta-resigns-as-ashoka-university-vc-citing-academic-reasons \|access-date=20 March 2021 \|agency=The Wire \|date=20 Jul 2019}}</ref> He resigned from Ashoka University as a professor in March 2021, when trustees Pramath Raj Sinha and Ashish Dhawan are said to have told Mehta that " his intellectual interventions were something they could no longer protect."<ref>{{cite news \|last1=Chopra \|first1=Ritika \|title=Founders made clear I was political liability for Ashoka University: Pratap Bhanu Mehta \|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/pratap-bhanu-mehta-resignation-letter-ashoka-university-7234669/ \|access-date=19 March 2021 \|publisher=Indian Express \|date=19 March 2021}}</ref>.		From 2017 to 2019, he was the Vice-Chancellor of Ashoka University, a position from where he resigned citing academic reasons.<ref>{{cite news \|title=Pratap Bhanu Mehta Resigns as Ashoka University VC, Citing Academic Reasons \|url=https://thewire.in/education/pratap-bhanu-mehta-resigns-as-ashoka-university-vc-citing-academic-reasons \|access-date=20 March 2021 \|agency=The Wire \|date=20 Jul 2019}}</ref> He resigned from Ashoka University as a professor in March 2021, when trustees [[Pramath Raj Sinha]] and [[Ashish Dhawan]] are said to have told Mehta that "his intellectual interventions were something they could no longer protect."<ref>{{cite news \|last1=Chopra \|first1=Ritika \|title=Founders made clear I was political liability for Ashoka University: Pratap Bhanu Mehta \|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/pratap-bhanu-mehta-resignation-letter-ashoka-university-7234669/ \|access-date=19 March 2021 \|publisher=Indian Express \|date=19 March 2021}}</ref>. The circumstances of Mehta's resignation also led to protests across Ashoka University, which involved student-led class boycotts. The students also demanded the resignation of Vice-Chancellor [[Malabika Sarkar]] unless the administration offered Mehta his job back.<ref>{{Cite web\|date=2021-03-20\|title=Ashoka students call for class boycott next week, demand university reinstate Pratap Bhanu Mehta and Arvind Subramanian\|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/ashoka-university-pratap-bhanu-mehta-arvind-subramanian-7236385/\|access-date=2021-10-22\|website=The Indian Express\|language=en}}</ref>
	==Selected works==		==Selected works==
	* ''Navigating the Labyrinth: Perspectives on India’s Higher Education'' (ed. with Devesh Kapur), Orient BlackSwan, 2017		* ''Navigating the Labyrinth: Perspectives on India’s Higher Education'' (ed. with Devesh Kapur), Orient BlackSwan, 2017

imported>Joshua Issac: /* top */ rm stale COI tag - no concerns listed on talk page, and promotional content removed.

2021-08-29T23:52:17Z

top: rm stale COI tag - no concerns listed on talk page, and promotional content removed.

New page

{{EngvarB|date=September 2014}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2018}}
{{Infobox scientist
| name = Pratap Bhanu Mehta
| image = Pratap Mehta at the India Economic Summit 2009 cropped.jpg
| image_size =
| caption = Mehta speaking at the [[World Economic Forum]]'s India Economic Summit 2009
| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1967}}
| birth_place = Jodhpur, Rajasthan
| death_date =
| death_place =
| residence = [[India]]
| nationality = Indian
| field = [[Political Science]]
| work_institution = [[Centre for Policy Research]]
| alma_mater = [[St John's College, Oxford]]<br>[[Princeton University]]
| doctoral_advisor =
| doctoral_students =
| known_for =
| prizes =
| footnotes =
| module = {{Infobox officeholder | embed = yes
| office1 = 2nd Vice Chancellor of [[Ashoka University]]
| term_start1 = 2017
| term_end1 = 2019
| predecessor1 = Prof. [[Rudrangshu Mukherjee]]
| successor1 = Prof. [[Malabika Sarkar]]
}}
}}

'''Pratap Bhanu Mehta''' (born 1967) is an Indian academician. He was the president of the [[Centre for Policy Research]], a New Delhi-based think tank<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.livemint.com/2010/06/01133052/Swaminathan-Anu-Aga-among-new.html|title=Swaminathan, Anu Aga among new NAC faces|date=1 June 2010|website=LiveMint}}</ref> and was the Vice-Chancellor of [[Ashoka University]] from July 2017 to July 2019.<ref>{{cite web|title=Pratap Bhanu Mehta to leave CPR, join Ashoka University as vice chancellor|url=http://www.livemint.com/Education/qGStfIK8i81MhiKAU8Dv6L/Pratap-Bhanu-Mehta-quits-CPR-to-join-Ashoka-University-as-v.html|website=Live Mint}}</ref>

==Early life==
Pratap was born in a [[Rajasthani people|Rajasthani]] [[Jainism|Jain]] family in [[Jodhpur]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.outlookindia.com/magazine/story/the-tyranny-of-identity-by-decree/289384|title=Tyranny of identity by decree}}</ref> His initial schooling was at the [[St. Edward's School, Shimla|St. Edwards School]] in [[Shimla]] and [[St. Xavier's College, Jaipur|St. Xaviers]], [[Jaipur]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://issuu.com/eduindia/docs/edu_issue-02_vol-03_february_2012/40|title=Eastward Bound|last=|first=|date=1 February 2012|website=Face to Face magazine|access-date=18 January 2018}}</ref> Mehta obtained a B.A. from [[St John's College, Oxford]] in [[Philosophy, Politics and Economics]] (PPE) and a Ph.D in Politics from [[Princeton University]].

==Career==
Mehta has held several teaching positions. He was a Professor at [[NYU]] School of Law, a Visiting Professor of Government at [[Harvard University]], Associate Professor of Government and of Social Studies at Harvard, and for a brief period, Professor of Philosophy and of Law and Governance at [[Jawaharlal Nehru University]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/opinion/lunch-with-bs-pratap-bhanu-mehta-112022100057_1.html|title=Lunch with BS: Pratap Bhanu Mehta|date=20 January 2013|website=Business Standard}}</ref> He was Member-Convenor of the Prime Minister of India's [[National Knowledge Commission]], Member of the Supreme Court appointed Lyngdoh Committee on elections in Indian Universities, and has contributed to a number of reports for leading Government of India and International Agencies. He was on the Board of Governors of [[International Development Research Centre]]. He was Vice-Chair of the World Economic Forum's Council on Global Governance. He has also served on the Board of NIPFP, NCAER and NIID. He is on the editorial board of journals such as the American Political Science Review and Journal of Democracy.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nujs.edu/news/pratap-bhanu-mehta.pdf|title=Pratap Bhanu Mehta|accessdate=27 December 2018|website=NUJS India}}</ref> He received the 2010 [[Malcolm Adiseshiah]] Award<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/ldquoPolitics-of-social-justice-at-deep-impasserdquo/article15712461.ece|title="Politics of social justice at deep impasse"|date=23 November 2010|website=The Hindu}}</ref> and the 2011 Infosys Prize for Social Sciences (Political Science and International Relations).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.infosys-science-foundation.com/prize/laureates/2011/pratap-bhanu-mehta.asp|title=Infosys Prize Laureates|accessdate=27 December 2018|website=Infosys Science Foundation}}</ref> He also served on the Social Sciences jury for the [[Infosys Prize]] in 2017.

Mehta has published widely in the fields of political theory, intellectual history, constitutional law,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/supreme-court-verdict-on-triple-talaq-small-step-no-giant-leap-4808945/|title=Small step, no giant leap|date=23 August 2017|website=Indian Express}}</ref> politics and society in India and international politics.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/lingayat-leap-of-faith-demand-for-religious-minority-status-4871688/|title=Lingayat leap of faith|date=3 October 2017|website=Indian Express}}</ref> His scholarly articles have appeared in leading international referred journals in the field, as well as numerous edited volumes. His early work was on eighteenth century thought, particularly on Adam Smith and the Making of the Enlightenment.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://catalog.princeton.edu/catalog/891924|title=The natural career of the imagination : themes in Adam Smith's moral and political philosophy / Pratap Bhanu Mehta|accessdate=27 December 2018|website=Princeton University Library Catalog}}</ref> Mehta is an editorial consultant to leading national daily [[Indian Express]], and his columns have appeared in dailies including the Financial Times, the Telegraph, the International Herald Tribune, and the Hindu. He is also on the editorial boards of many academic journals, including the [[American Political Science Review]], the [[Journal of Democracy]], and India and Global Affairs.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/scholar-pratap-bhanu-mehta-is-new-ashoka-university-v-c-4641049/|title=Scholar Pratap Bhanu Mehta is new Ashoka University V-C|date=5 May 2017|website=Indian Express}}</ref>

== Controversies ==
Mehta resigned from the [[National Knowledge Commission]] in 2006 in protest against the UPA government's Higher Education Policies.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/dear-prime-minister/4916/|title=Dear Prime Minister|date=22 May 2006|website=Indian Express}}</ref>

Mehta also resigned from the Executive Committee of the prestigious [[Nehru Memorial Museum & Library]] in 2016 to protest the appointment of a politically-connected bureaucrat as director. He cited discomfort at being complicit in what he considered was the marginalisation of academic considerations by the government in making the appointment.
Mr Mehta also believes that reading news from authentic sources is the need of the hour especially when the youth of the nation is using websites such as [[Wikipedia]] to gain information and form an opinion, especially when misinformation and disinformation is on the rise. <ref>{{cite web|url=https://thewire.in/education/saying-no-cronyism-pratap-bhanu-mehtas-letter-resignation-nmml|title='Political Pressure' Bad for Academics: Pratap Bhanu Mehta's Resignation Letter from NMML|date=14 August 2016|website=TheWire.in}}</ref>

<br>
From 2017 to 2019, he was the Vice-Chancellor of Ashoka University, a position from where he resigned citing academic reasons.<ref>{{cite news |title=Pratap Bhanu Mehta Resigns as Ashoka University VC, Citing Academic Reasons |url=https://thewire.in/education/pratap-bhanu-mehta-resigns-as-ashoka-university-vc-citing-academic-reasons |access-date=20 March 2021 |agency=The Wire |date=20 Jul 2019}}</ref> He resigned from Ashoka University as a professor in March 2021, when trustees Pramath Raj Sinha and Ashish Dhawan are said to have told Mehta that " his intellectual interventions were something they could no longer protect."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Chopra |first1=Ritika |title=Founders made clear I was political liability for Ashoka University: Pratap Bhanu Mehta |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/pratap-bhanu-mehta-resignation-letter-ashoka-university-7234669/ |access-date=19 March 2021 |publisher=Indian Express |date=19 March 2021}}</ref>.
==Selected works==
* ''Navigating the Labyrinth: Perspectives on India’s Higher Education'' (ed. with Devesh Kapur), Orient BlackSwan, 2017
* ''Rethinking Public Institutions in India'' (ed. with Devesh Kapur and Milan Vaishnav), Oxford University Press, 2017<ref>{{cite web|url=https://global.oup.com/academic/product/rethinking-public-institutions-in-india-9780199474370?cc=gb&lang=en&|title=Rethinking Public Institutions in India|accessdate=27 December 2018|website=Global OUP}}</ref>
* ''The Oxford Companion to Indian Constitution'' (ed. with Madhav Khosla and Sujit Choudhary), Oxford University Press, 2016
* ''Shaping the Emerging World: India and the Multilateral Order'' (ed. with W. P. Sidhu and Bruce Jones) Brookings, 2013<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.brookings.edu/book/shaping-the-emerging-world/|title=Shaping the Emerging World: India and the Multilateral Order|date=6 August 2013|website=Brookings.edu}}</ref>
* ''Non Alignment 2.0: A Foreign and Strategic Policy for India in the 21st Century'' (with Sunil Khilnani et al.) Penguin, 2013
* ''The Oxford Companion to Politics in India'' (ed. with Niraja Jayal), Oxford University Press, 2010
* ''Public Institutions in India: Performance and Design'' (ed. with Devesh Kapur), Oxford University Press, 2005
* ''The Burden of Democracy'' Penguin, 2003

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
{{commons category}}
* [http://www.cprindia.org/users/pratap-bhanu-mehta Biography of Pratap Bhanu Mehta from the webpage of ''Centre for Policy Research'']
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120512131500/http://cprindia.org/user/18/posts The Centre For Policy Research: List of Dr. Mehta's papers and articles]
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hiDcd2GiDA Interview with Karan Thapar]

{{Authority control}}

{{s-start}}
{{s-aca}}
{{s-bef|before = [[Rudrangshu Mukherjee]]}}
{{s-ttl|title = [[Ashoka University|Vice-Chancellor of Ashoka University]]|years = 2017-2019}}
{{s-aft|after= [[Malabika Sarkar]]}}
{{s-end}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mehta, Pratap Bhanu}}
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Indian political philosophers]]
[[Category:Indian political scientists]]
[[Category:Indian institute directors]]
[[Category:Harvard University staff]]
[[Category:Alumni of St John's College, Oxford]]
[[Category:1967 births]]
[[Category:21st-century Indian Jains]]