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{{Short description|Indian historian}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Vikram Sampath
| image = The Vice President, Shri Mohd. Hamid Ansari releasing a book entitled “My Name is Gauhar Jaan! – The Life and Times of a Musician”, written by Shri Vikram Sampath, in New Delhi on April 08, 2010.jpg
| caption = Vikram Sampath (First person from right)
| birth_place = [[Bangalore]]
| alma_mater = *[[Birla Institute of Technology and Science|BITS Pilani]] ([[Master of Mathematics]])
*[[University of Queensland]] ([[Doctor of Musical Arts]])(Doctorate in history)
| occupation = [[Historian]], [[columnist]], former Senior Research Fellow at the [[Nehru Memorial Museum and Library]]<ref>https://theprint.in/author/vikram-sampath/page/2/</ref>
| notable_works = [[Savarkar (book)|Savarkar]]
}}
'''Vikram Sampath''' is an [[Indian people|Indian]] [[Popular_history#Popular_historians|popular historian]], noted for authoring biography of [[Vinayak Damodar Savarkar|V. D. Savarkar]]. He is a Fellow of [[Royal Historical Society]].

In February 2022,three academics[[Audrey Truschke|-Audrey Truschke]], Rohit Chopra and Ananya Chakravarti accused Sampath of plagiarism; Sampath denies the charges and has responded with a lawsuit resulting in [[Delhi High Court]] passing an interim order restraining Truschke and other persons from publishing any defamatory material against Sampath till April 1.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Thapliyal |first=Nupur |date=2022-02-18 |title=Delhi High Court Restrains Historian Audrey Truschke & Others From Publishing Defamatory Material Against Vikram Sampath |url=https://www.livelaw.in/news-updates/delhi-high-court-restrain-historian-audrey-truschke-defamation-vikram-sampath-192240 |access-date=2022-02-28 |website=www.livelaw.in |language=en}}</ref>

== Early Life ==
Born and raised in [[Bangalore]], he completed his schooling in Bangalore at . the [[Sri Aurobindo Memorial School, Bengaluru|Sri Aurobindo Memorial School]] and [[Bishop Cotton Boys' School]]. He obtained a Bachelors in Engineering in Electronics and a Masters in Mathematics from [[Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani|BITS Pilani]]. He obtained an MBA in Finance from [[S. P. Jain Institute of Management and Research|S P Jain Institute of Management and Research]], Mumbai.<ref name="Blog">{{Cite web|title=Vikram Sampath ~ Author {{!}} Voice of the Veena {{!}} My Name is Gauhar Jaan! {{!}} Splendours of Royal Mysore|url=https://vikramsampath.com/about.html|access-date=2021-08-01|website=vikramsampath.com}}</ref>

Sampath has a doctorate (October 2017) in [[ethnomusicology]] from the School of Music at [[University of Queensland]], Australia.{{efn|The thesis was titled "[[doi:10.14264/uql.2017.1010|Indian classical music and the gramophone (c. 1900-1930): A socio-cultural, historical, and musical analysis of the Gramophone Company’s Indian recording expeditions]]."}}

==Career==
Sampath is a former senior fellow at the [[Nehru Memorial Museum & Library|Nehru Memorial Museum and Library]], New Delhi. He is also the founder-director of the Bangalore Lit Fest and the [[Essel Group|ZEE Group]]'s ARTH: A Culture Fest.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Founders – Bangalore Literature Festival|url=http://bangaloreliteraturefestival.org/about/founders/|access-date=2021-08-15|website=bangaloreliteraturefestival.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Savarkar (Part 1)|url=https://penguin.co.in/book/savarkar/|access-date=2021-08-01|website=Penguin Random House India|language=en-US}}</ref>

=== Works ===
His first book, ''Splendours of Royal Mysore: The Untold Story of the Wodeyars'' was a history on [[Wadiyar dynasty|Wadiyar Dynasty]] of Mysore. His second work—''My Name Is Gauhar Jaan: The Life and Times of a Musician''—is the biography of [[Gauhar Jaan]], India's first classical musician to record on the gramophone.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Ganesh|first=Deepa|date=2012-03-05|title=It's more than the melody|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/its-more-than-the-melody/article2961608.ece|access-date=2021-10-21|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>

His third book—''Voice of the Veena: S. Balachander, A Biography''—narrates the story of [[Veena]] maestro [[S. Balachander|Dr. S Balachander]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Voice Of The Veena S Balachander|url=https://www.goodreads.com/work/best_book/21542587-voice-of-the-veena-s-balachander-a-biography|access-date=2021-08-01|website=www.goodreads.com}}</ref> His fourth work is the biography of Savarkar in two parts – ''[[Savarkar (book)|Savarkar: Echoes From A Forgotten Past, 1883–1924]]'' and ''[[Savarkar (book)|Savarkar: A Contested Legacy 1924–1966]]''.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Parashar |first1=Swati |title='Savarkar: A Contested Legacy, 1924–1966' review: Hindutva's biggest ideologue |url=https://www.thehindu.com/books/books-reviews/savarkar-a-contested-legacy-1924-1966-review-hindutvas-biggest-ideologue/article36135057.ece |work=The Hindu |date=28 August 2021 |language=en-IN}}</ref>

== Awards ==
He was awarded the first [[Sahitya Akademi]]’s Yuva Puraskar in English literature<ref>{{cite web |title=..:: SAHITYA Akademi – Yuva Puraskar ::.. |url=http://sahitya-akademi.gov.in/awards/yuva_samman_suchi.jsp |website=sahitya-akademi.gov.in |access-date=18 September 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last1=Feb 15|first1=Shrabonti Bagchi / TNN /|last2=2012|last3=Ist|first3=06:45|title=Yuva Puraskar for Bangalore author {{!}} Bengaluru News – Times of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bengaluru/yuva-puraskar-for-bangalore-author/articleshow/11894120.cms|access-date=2021-10-21|website=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref> and the ARSC International Award for Excellence in Historical Research in New York for his book on Gauhar Jaan.<ref name="penguin Bio">{{Cite web|title=Vikram Sampath|url=https://penguin.co.in/book_author/vikram-sampath/|access-date=2021-08-01|website=Penguin Random House India|language=en-US}}</ref> In 2021, he was elected as a Fellow of Royal Historical Society.<ref>{{Cite web|title=281 new Fellows & Members elected to the Society {{!}} RHS|url=https://royalhistsoc.org/281-new-fellows-members-elected-to-the-society/|access-date=2021-10-18|website=royalhistsoc.org}}</ref>{{efn|Apart from historians in academia, members include "government historians, broadcasters, film-makers, creative writers, biographers, public historians, curators, publishers, journalists and editors, and academic librarians."}}

== Plagiarism allegations ==

In a letter to the president of the [[Royal Historical Society]], dated 11 February 2022, [[Audrey Truschke]], Rohit Chopra,{{Efn|Chopra is an Associate Professor in the Department of Communication at [[Santa Clara University]]. He has published on the intersections of [[Hindu Nationalism]] and media.}} and Ananya Chakravarti{{Efn|Chakravarti is an Associate Professor of History at [[Georgetown University]]. She has published on the histories of religion in S. Asia.}} accused Sampath of [[plagiarism]] and requested that Sampath's membership be revisited and his scholarship—that has been largely ignored due to publication in non-peer-reviewed media—be meticulously probed.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-02-27 |title=Vikram Sampath: The literary start of the right-wing |url=https://www.deccanherald.com/national/national-politics/vikram-sampath-the-literary-start-of-the-right-wing-1085544.html |access-date=2022-02-27 |website=Deccan Herald |language=en}}</ref> In evidence, were attached multiple lines (incl. footnotes) from a 2017 publication which were reproduced in toto or minimally paraphrased from works of Vinayak Chaturvedi and [[Nicholas Dirks#Personal|Janaki Bakhle]] absent inline citations or explicit attributions.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Savarkar Biographer Vikram Sampath Accused of Plagiarism, Historians Say Others' Work Not Cited Fairly|url=https://thewire.in/history/vikram-sampath-savarkar-accused-plagiarism|access-date=2022-02-18|work=The Wire|date=14 February 2022}}</ref> Another example was cited from the first volume of his biography of Savarkar — a paragraph ran near-identical to that in an undergraduate student thesis.<ref name=":0" /> They also claimed to have come across other similar instances in Sampath's corpus of work.<ref name=":0" />{{efn|A couple of days later, Truschke would publish an "appendix" highlighting similar issues from his [[Savarkar (book)|two-volume biography of Savarkar]] (2019; 2021).<ref name="tweetappendix">{{Cite tweet|number=1494309299115470854|user=AudreyTruschke|title=Additional examples of Vikram Sampath’s plagiarism|author=[[Audrey Truschke]]}}</ref> Passages were minimally paraphrased from works of S. Kamra, I. J. Catanch, M. Malgonkar, [[R. C. Majumdar]], and K. Maclean.<ref name="tweetappendix" />}} Chaturvedi expressed his disappointment at Sampath's lack of ethical standards;<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web|last=Chaturvedi|first=Vinayak|title=Would VD Savarkar have condoned plagiarism?|url=https://scroll.in/article/1018067/would-vd-savarkar-have-condoned-plagiarism|access-date=2022-02-24|website=Scroll.in|language=en-US}}</ref> Bakhle requested that Sampath offer a public apology for what was unequivocal plagiarism and retract the publication.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title='Vikram Sampath Is Claiming My Ideas, Words as His Own': Historian Janaki Bakhle on Savarkar Author|url=https://thewire.in/books/vikram-sampath-is-claiming-my-ideas-words-as-his-own-historian-janaki-bakhle-on-savarkar-author|access-date=2022-02-22|website=The Wire}}</ref>{{Efn|Bakhle's support came about a week after the publication of the accusations.<ref name=":1" /> In the meanwhile, Sampath had argued (including in the Delhi High Court; see ''infra'') that Bakhle's having reviewed his biography of Savarkar without any adverse comments about plagiarism implied that she did not share the concerns of the letter.<ref name=":1" />}}

Sampath rejects the allegations as part of a "motivated smear-campaign" and has filed a defamation suit in [[Delhi High Court]] seeking costs of 2 Crore INR ({{Convert currency|20000000|IND|year=2021}} USD).<ref name=":0" /> He claims the 2017 publication to be transcript of a speech—where he had indeed attributed all of the scholars in a proper fashion—and highlights how the sources remain cited in the bibliography section at the end; the biography-paragraph appeared to be similar due to common dependence on a particular source.<ref name=":0" /> In response, the authors emphasize that referencing a publication is not a free pass to reproduce content;<ref name=":0" /> Bakhle also points to the implausibility of numerous footnotes in any speech.<ref name=":1" /> On the first hearing, an [[interim order]] was passed restraining Truschke and others from publishing the letter or any other defamatory material;<ref>{{Cite web|last=Thapliyal|first=Nupur|date=2022-02-18|title=Delhi High Court Restrains Historian Audrey Truschke & Others From Publishing Defamatory Material Against Vikram Sampath|url=https://www.livelaw.in/news-updates/delhi-high-court-restrain-historian-audrey-truschke-defamation-vikram-sampath-192240|access-date=2022-02-18|website=www.livelaw.in|language=en}}</ref> multiple tweets to such effect, that were published despite the order, were asked to be pulled down a week later.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Jha|first=Prashant|title=Delhi High Court directs Twitter to take down five tweets of Audrey Truschke against Vikram Sampath|url=https://www.barandbench.com/news/delhi-high-court-directs-twitter-take-down-five-tweets-audrey-truschke-against-vikram-sampath|access-date=2022-02-24|website=Bar and Bench - Indian Legal news|language=en}}</ref>

After the defamation suit by Vikram Sampath, a open letter began circulated in social media in support of the three academics claiming support of some 135 Academics <ref>{{Cite web |last=Writer |first=Staff |date=2022-02-25 |title=Over 75 North American Academics Write Open Letter Supporting Scholars Who Accused V.D. Savarkar’s Biographer of Plagiarism |url=https://americankahani.com/lead-stories/over-75-north-american-academics-write-open-letter-supporting-scholars-who-accused-v-d-savarkars-biographer-of-plagiarism/ |access-date=2022-02-28 |website=American Kahani |language=en-US}}</ref>which was shared by [[Audrey Truschke]] ended up in controversy with many academics like [[Ramachandra Guha|Ramachandra Guha,]][[Pratap Bhanu Mehta]] saying they never signed the letter. <ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-02-27 |title=Didn’t sign open letter to condemn Vikram Sampath’s defamation suit, Guha & Mehta say amid row |url=https://theprint.in/india/didnt-sign-open-letter-to-condemn-vikram-sampaths-defamation-suit-guha-mehta-say-amid-row/850788/ |access-date=2022-02-28 |website=ThePrint |language=en-US}}</ref>
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