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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1935|07|01}}
| birth_place = [[Haridwar]], India
| nationality = Indian
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| occupation = {{br separated entries|[[Socioanthropology|Socio–anthropologist]]|Litterateur|Poet}}
| known_for = Writings on [[tribals]] and [[nomads]]
| boards = Chairperson, International Institute of Nomadic Studies
| awards = [[Padma Shri]]
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| doctoral_advisor = R. N. Saksena
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| discipline = Anthropology
| sub_discipline = Social Anthropology
| workplaces = Former director of Publication Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India)
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'''Shyam Singh Shashi''' is an Indian [[Socioanthropology|socio–anthropologist]], litterateur and poet.<ref name="p. 180"/>

==Biography==
Shashi was born on 1 July 1935 at [[Haridwar]] in India.<ref name="PCHLS">{{cite book |title=Who's Who, Indian Personages |editor1-first=Purnendu |editor1-last=Chavda |editor2-first=H. L. |editor2-last=Sagar |volume=1 |year=1986 |page=376 |publisher=Crystal Ship |place=New Delhi, India |oclc=18909202 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nLYZAAAAYAAJ&q=%22Dr+Shashi%2C+Shyam+Singh%22 |quote=Dr Shashi, Shyam Singh; Director, Publication Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Govt of India, Patiala House, New Delhi 110 001; born July 1, 1935 at Hardwar (UP); Edu : M. A. (Sociology), Ph.D. (Socio-Anthropology) 1968 (Agra Univ); also passed Sahitya Ratan (Hindi Hons), Translation Course, Administrative Course ([[Indian Institute of Public Administration|Indian Inst of Public Admn, N Delhi]]), Manpower Management Study (Manchester Univ, UK and BBC, London), other short term courses (ISTM), Studied [[Vedas]] and [[Upnishads]] (at young age); Specialisation in Tribal literature, Children literature, and Poetry; as a Journalist, edited a number of journals both in public and private sector...}}</ref> He did a master's degree in Man Management and Manpower Planning from [[Manchester University]] and obtained a doctoral degree in sociology from [[Agra University]] for his thesis on ''Himalayan Nomads'' making him the first person to complete a Ph.D. from the university. Shashi's doctoral advisor was the social scientist R. N. Saksena.<ref name="Writer's profile">{{cite book |title=The World of Nomads |first=Shyam Singh |last=Shashi |section=Dr. Shyam Singh Shashi – A Profile and list of books by Dr. S. G. Hieremath |section-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Otppyf6MbxgC&pg=PA280 |publisher=[[Lotus Press]] |place=New Delhi, India |date=2006 |pages=280–283 |isbn=978-8183820516 |oclc=67393733}}</ref>

Starting his career as a government servant, he took voluntary retirement midway through his service and joined the International Institute of Culture and Languages as the chairman of their Media Research and Encyclopedia divisions where he is reported to have edited ''Encyclopedia of Humanities and Social Sciences'' (50 vols),<ref name="International Encyclopaedia of Social Science (20 Vols-Set)">{{cite book | url=http://www.abebooks.com/International-Encyclopaedia-Social-Science-20-Vols-Set/855988426/bd | title=International Encyclopaedia of Social Science (20 Vols-Set) | publisher=Anmol Publications | author=S. S. Shashi (Ed.) | year=2007 | isbn=9788126130955}}</ref> ''Encyclopedia of Indian Tribes'' (12 vols),<ref name="Encyclopedia of Indian Tribes">{{cite book | url=http://www.abebooks.com/9788170418368/Encyclopaedia-Indian-Tribes-Shashi-8170418364/plp | title=Encyclopedia of Indian Tribes | publisher=Anmol Publications | author=S. S. Shashi (Ed.) | year=1994 | isbn=9788170418368}}</ref> ''Encyclopedia of World Women'' (10 vols)<ref name="Encyclopedia of World Women">{{cite book | url=http://www.biblio.com/book/encyclopaedia-world-women-set-10-vols/d/688798371 | title=Encyclopedia of World Women | publisher=Sundeep Prakashan | author=Shashi S. S. (Ed.) | year=2002 | isbn=9788175741065}}</ref> and ''Encyclopedia Indica'' (150 vols).<ref name="Encyclopedia Indica">{{cite book | url=http://www.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=16611395988 | title=Encyclopedia Indica | publisher=Anmol Publications | author=S. S. Shashi (Ed.) | year=2002 | isbn=9788170418597}}</ref>

Shashi is a visiting professor at the [[Indira Gandhi National Open University]] (IGNOU), the president of the International Academy of Children's Literature and chairs International Institute of Nomadic Studies.<ref name="Writer's profile" /> He served as the director of [[Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India)|Indian Ministry of Information and Broadcasting]]'s Publication Division,<ref name="PCHLS"/> and as the honorary editor of ''Collected Works of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar'' which was published in eight Indian languages by the Indian government.<ref name="Writer's profile" /> He is a member of the jury for the ''Delhi Gaurav'' Awards.<ref name="Delhi Gaurav' Awards">{{cite web | url=http://www.delhigauravaward.org/jury/ | title=Delhi Gaurav' Awards | publisher=Delhi Gaurav' Award.org | date=2015 | access-date=7 September 2015}}</ref>

==Honours and awards==
The [[University of Colombo]] honoured Shashi with [[D.Litt.]] (honoris causa) for his "pioneering work on [[Romani diaspora|Roma]] of Europe and America", making him the first recipient of D.Litt. from the university in [[anthropology]].<ref>{{cite book |title=Gandamula to Sumeru |first=Weer Rajendra |last=Rishi |year=1992 |publisher=Roma |place=Chandigarh, India |oclc=28710084 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RqpiAAAAMAAJ&q=%22D.+Litt.+in+Anthropology%22 |quote=First in many fields, Dr. Shashi is also the first scholar to get his Doctorate in Sociology on Himalayan nomads. He is again the first scholar to be conferred with a D. Litt. in Anthropology for his pioneering work on the Roma of Europe and America by the International University, Colombo, Sri Lanka.}}</ref> In 1990, the [[Government of India]] awarded him [[Padma Shri]] for his "multifaceted achievements in the field of literature".<ref name="p. 180">{{cite book |title=Gandamula to Sumeru |first=Weer Rajendra |last=Rishi |author-link=Weer Rajendra Rishi |year=1992 |page=180 |publisher=Roma |place=Chandigarh, India |oclc=28710084 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RqpiAAAAMAAJ&q=%22awarded+PADMASHRI+in+1990%22 |quote=Dr. Shyam Singh Shashi, an eminent poet and litterateur was awarded PADMASHRI in 1990 for his multifaceted achievements in the field of literature. He has written over 100 books in English and Hindi. A socio-anthropologist of long standing...}}</ref>

==Selected bibliography==
Shashi has also written several poem anthologies, travelogues, children's books and anthropological books,<ref name="S. S. Shashi Books on Amazon 1">{{cite web | url=https://www.amazon.com/-/e/B001ICN8OE | title=S. S. Shashi Books on Amazon 1 | publisher=Amazon | date=2015 | access-date=7 September 2015}}</ref><ref name="S. S. Shashi Books on Amazon 2">{{cite web | url=https://www.amazon.in/Books-DR-SHYAM-SINGH-SHASHI/s?rh=n%3A976389031%2Cp_27%3ADR.%20SHYAM%20SINGH%20SHASHI | title=S. S. Shashi Books on Amazon 2 | publisher=Amazon | date=2015 | access-date=7 September 2015}}</ref> over 300 publications in total.<ref name="Shyam Singh Shashi">{{cite web | url=https://www.mlbd.com/AuthorDecription.aspx?id=12564 | title=Shyam Singh Shashi | publisher=MLBD | date=2015 | access-date=7 September 2015}}</ref>

* {{cite book | title=International Encyclopaedia of Social Science (20 Vols-Set) | publisher=Anmol Publications | author=S. S. Shashi (Ed.) | year=2007 | isbn=9788126130955}}
* {{cite book | title=Encyclopedia of Indian Tribes | publisher=Anmol Publications | author=S. S. Shashi (Ed.) | year=1994 | isbn=9788170418368}}
* {{cite book | title=Encyclopedia of World Women | publisher=Sundeep Prakashan | author=Shashi S. S. (Ed.) | year=2002 | isbn=9788175741065}}
* {{cite book | title=Encyclopedia Indica | publisher=Anmol Publications | author=S. S. Shashi (Ed.) | year=2002 | isbn=9788170418597}}
* {{cite book | title=The World of Nomads | publisher=Lotus Press | author=Shyam Singh Shashi | year=2006 | pages=297 | isbn=9788183820516}}
* {{cite book | title=Ekla Chalo RE | publisher=Shilalekh | author=Shyam Singh Shashi | year=2014 | pages=304 | isbn=978-8173293382}}
* {{cite book | title=Roma: The Gypsy World | publisher=Sandeep Prakashan | author=S. S. Shahshi | year=1990 | pages=253 | isbn=978-8185067445}}
* {{cite book | title=Socio-History of Ex-Criminal Communities OBC's | publisher=Sandeep Prakashan | author=S. S. Shashi, P. S. Varma | year=1991 | pages=321 | isbn=978-8185067698}}

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==References==
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==External links==
* {{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5CAmMoj_Rk0 | title=Book Review : Dr. Shyam Singh Shashi's Book | publisher=Consortium for Educational Communication | work=CEC Edusat Lecture - [[YouTube]] video | date=13 September 2012 | access-date=7 September 2015}}

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