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	'''Yukteshwar Kumar''' (born 7 August 1970) is an [[India]]n [[sinologist]], born and brought up in [[Jagdispur]]. An alumnus of [[Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi\|Jawaharlal Nehru University]], he taught from 1994 at [[Visva-Bharati University]], [[Santiniketan]], where he obtained his Ph.D. in 2002.<ref name="urlYukteshwar Kumar">{{cite web \|url=http://www.visva-bharati.ac.in/Faculty/faculties/vidya_bhavana/chinese_language_culture/yukteshwar_kumar.htm \|title=Yukteshwar Kumar \|access-date=2009-02-01 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719002937/http://www.visva-bharati.ac.in/Faculty/faculties/vidya_bhavana/chinese_language_culture/yukteshwar_kumar.htm \|archive-date=19 July 2011 \|url-status=dead }}</ref> Earlier, he also taught at [[Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi\|Jawaharlal Nehru University]],{{Citation needed\|date=February 2009}} [[New Delhi]], and worked at [[All India Radio]].{{Citation needed\|date=February 2009}}		'''Yukteshwar Kumar''' (born 7 August 1970) is an [[India]]n [[sinologist]], born and brought up in [[Jagdispur]]. An alumnus of [[Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi\|Jawaharlal Nehru University]], he taught from 1994 at [[Visva-Bharati University]], [[Santiniketan]], where he obtained his Ph.D. in 2002.<ref name="urlYukteshwar Kumar">{{cite web \|url=http://www.visva-bharati.ac.in/Faculty/faculties/vidya_bhavana/chinese_language_culture/yukteshwar_kumar.htm \|title=Yukteshwar Kumar \|access-date=2009-02-01 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719002937/http://www.visva-bharati.ac.in/Faculty/faculties/vidya_bhavana/chinese_language_culture/yukteshwar_kumar.htm \|archive-date=19 July 2011 \|url-status=dead }}</ref> Earlier, he also taught at [[Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi\|Jawaharlal Nehru University]],{{Citation needed\|date=February 2009}} [[New Delhi]], and worked at [[All India Radio]].{{Citation needed\|date=February 2009}}

	After this he taught at [[Delhi University]] as Reader/Associate Professor in Chinese.<ref name="urlPhone Directory - University of Delhi">{{cite web \|url=http://www.du.ac.in/lname.html?lname=Kumar+ \|title=Phone Directory - University of Delhi \|access-date=2009-02-01}} {{Dead link\|date=October 2010\|bot=H3llBot}}</ref> He currently is Course Director of the Chinese Stream at the [[University of Bath]].<ref name="urlUBath">{{cite web \|url=http://www.bath.ac.uk/esml/people/profiles.html \|title=Department of European Studies and Modern Languages - University of Bath \|access-date=2009-02-01}}</ref><ref name="urlsass">{{cite web \|url=http://www.sass.org.cn/ws.jsp?sortid=1164&artid=23703 \|title=上海社会科学院 \|access-date=2009-02-01}} {{Dead link\|date=October 2010\|bot=H3llBot}}</ref> Kumar has authored several articles and books.<ref name="urlArticles">{{cite web\|url=http://members.rediff.com/cheenabhavana/Cheena-Bhavana/articles.htm\|title=Articles of Yukteshwar Kumar\|access-date=2009-01-24\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080224190945/http://members.rediff.com/cheenabhavana/Cheena-Bhavana/articles.htm\|archive-date=24 February 2008\|url-status=dead}}</ref> He has provided opinion pieces and news items for Indian,<ref name="urlCrouching dragon">{{cite web \|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?id=defd513a-1953-4539-9d64-b9630fbde8d1 \|title=Crouching dragon, ''Hindustan Times'' \|access-date=2009-02-01}}</ref><ref name="urlEconomic lessons from the East - Sify.com">{{cite web \|url=http://sify.com/finance/mf/fullstory.php?id=14707949&ctid= \|title=Economic lessons from the East, ''Sify.com'' \|access-date=2009-02-01}}{{dead link\|date=April 2021\|bot=medic}}{{cbignore\|bot=medic}}</ref><ref name="urlChina’s first Padma Bhushan">{{cite web \|url=http://sify.com/news/imagegallery/galleryDetail.php?hcategory=14693398&hgallery=14692610 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080614134514/http://sify.com/news/imagegallery/galleryDetail.php?hcategory=14693398&hgallery=14692610 \|url-status=dead \|archive-date=2008-06-14 \|title=China's first Padma Bhushan \|access-date=2009-02-01}}</ref> Chinese, and British media including the [[BBC]].<ref name="urlBBC China">{{cite news \|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/chinese/simp/hi/newsid_7350000/newsid_7352500/7352581.stm \|title=BBC 中文网 \| 中国报道 \| 印度想与中国竞争非洲资源？ \|work= BBC News\|access-date=2009-02-01 \| date=2008-04-18}}</ref><ref name="urlHome">{{cite web \|url=http://www.yukteshwar.com \|title=Home Page Yukteshwar Kumar \|access-date=2009-01-24}}</ref>		After this he taught at [[Delhi University]] as Reader/Associate Professor in Chinese.<ref name="urlPhone Directory - University of Delhi">{{cite web \|url=http://www.du.ac.in/lname.html?lname=Kumar+ \|title=Phone Directory - University of Delhi \|access-date=2009-02-01}} {{Dead link\|date=October 2010\|bot=H3llBot}}</ref> He currently is Course Director of the Chinese Stream at the [[University of Bath]].<ref name="urlUBath">{{cite web \|url=http://www.bath.ac.uk/esml/people/profiles.html \|title=Department of European Studies and Modern Languages - University of Bath \|access-date=2009-02-01}}</ref><ref name="urlsass">{{cite web \|url=http://www.sass.org.cn/ws.jsp?sortid=1164&artid=23703 \|title=上海社会科学院 \|access-date=2009-02-01}} {{Dead link\|date=October 2010\|bot=H3llBot}}</ref> Kumar has authored several articles and books.<ref name="urlArticles">{{cite web\|url=http://members.rediff.com/cheenabhavana/Cheena-Bhavana/articles.htm\|title=Articles of Yukteshwar Kumar\|access-date=2009-01-24\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080224190945/http://members.rediff.com/cheenabhavana/Cheena-Bhavana/articles.htm\|archive-date=24 February 2008\|url-status=dead}}</ref> He has provided opinion pieces and news items for Indian,<ref name="urlCrouching dragon">{{cite web \|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?id=defd513a-1953-4539-9d64-b9630fbde8d1 \|title=Crouching dragon, ''Hindustan Times'' \|access-date=2009-02-01}}{{dead link\|date=August 2021\|bot=medic}}{{cbignore\|bot=medic}}</ref><ref name="urlEconomic lessons from the East - Sify.com">{{cite web \|url=http://sify.com/finance/mf/fullstory.php?id=14707949&ctid= \|title=Economic lessons from the East, ''Sify.com'' \|access-date=2009-02-01}}{{dead link\|date=April 2021\|bot=medic}}{{cbignore\|bot=medic}}</ref><ref name="urlChina’s first Padma Bhushan">{{cite web \|url=http://sify.com/news/imagegallery/galleryDetail.php?hcategory=14693398&hgallery=14692610 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080614134514/http://sify.com/news/imagegallery/galleryDetail.php?hcategory=14693398&hgallery=14692610 \|url-status=dead \|archive-date=2008-06-14 \|title=China's first Padma Bhushan \|access-date=2009-02-01}}</ref> Chinese, and British media including the [[BBC]].<ref name="urlBBC China">{{cite news \|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/chinese/simp/hi/newsid_7350000/newsid_7352500/7352581.stm \|title=BBC 中文网 \| 中国报道 \| 印度想与中国竞争非洲资源？ \|work= BBC News\|access-date=2009-02-01 \| date=2008-04-18}}</ref><ref name="urlHome">{{cite web \|url=http://www.yukteshwar.com \|title=Home Page Yukteshwar Kumar \|access-date=2009-01-24}}</ref>

	==Politics==		==Politics==

			In May 2021, Kumar was appointed as the Deputy Mayor of the city of Bath. He is the first person of Asian heritage to take the role of the Deputy Mayor of the City of Bath.<ref>{{cite web\|last1=Team \|first1=Bath Echo News \|title=Councillor June Player “delighted and honoured” to be next Mayor of Bath \|url=https://www.bathecho.co.uk/news/community/cllr-june-player-next-mayor-bath-94468\|website=Bath Echo\|access-date=18 May 2021}}</ref>

			In September 2020, Kumar was voted as the most influential person in Bath through an online voting system.<ref>{{cite web \|last1=Elgee \|first=Emma \|title=Bath power list 2020: The winners revealed - who did you vote for? \|url=https://www.somersetlive.co.uk/news/somerset-news/bath-power-list-2020-winners-4492701 \|website=Somerset Live \|access-date=25 October 2020}}</ref>

	In the [[2019 United Kingdom local elections]], Kumar was elected a member of [[2019 Bath and North East Somerset Council election\| Bath and North East Somerset Council]], representing Bathwick Ward for the [[Liberal Democrats (UK)\|Liberal Democrats]].<ref>{{cite web \|last1=Britten \|first1=Elise \|title=Local elections 2019: From racial abuse victim to the first ever Indian councillor in Bath \|url=https://www.somersetlive.co.uk/news/local-news/local-elections-2019-racial-abuse-2831137 \|website=Somerset Live \|access-date=25 February 2020}}</ref>		In the [[2019 United Kingdom local elections]], Kumar was elected a member of [[2019 Bath and North East Somerset Council election\| Bath and North East Somerset Council]], representing Bathwick Ward for the [[Liberal Democrats (UK)\|Liberal Democrats]].<ref>{{cite web \|last1=Britten \|first1=Elise \|title=Local elections 2019: From racial abuse victim to the first ever Indian councillor in Bath \|url=https://www.somersetlive.co.uk/news/local-news/local-elections-2019-racial-abuse-2831137 \|website=Somerset Live \|access-date=25 February 2020}}</ref>

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'''Yukteshwar Kumar''' (born 7 August 1970) is an [[India]]n [[sinologist]], born and brought up in [[Jagdispur]]. An alumnus of [[Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi|Jawaharlal Nehru University]], he taught from 1994 at [[Visva-Bharati University]], [[Santiniketan]], where he obtained his Ph.D. in 2002.<ref name="urlYukteshwar Kumar">{{cite web |url=http://www.visva-bharati.ac.in/Faculty/faculties/vidya_bhavana/chinese_language_culture/yukteshwar_kumar.htm |title=Yukteshwar Kumar |access-date=2009-02-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719002937/http://www.visva-bharati.ac.in/Faculty/faculties/vidya_bhavana/chinese_language_culture/yukteshwar_kumar.htm |archive-date=19 July 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Earlier, he also taught at [[Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi|Jawaharlal Nehru University]],{{Citation needed|date=February 2009}} [[New Delhi]], and worked at [[All India Radio]].{{Citation needed|date=February 2009}}

After this he taught at [[Delhi University]] as Reader/Associate Professor in Chinese.<ref name="urlPhone Directory - University of Delhi">{{cite web |url=http://www.du.ac.in/lname.html?lname=Kumar+ |title=Phone Directory - University of Delhi |access-date=2009-02-01}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref> He currently is Course Director of the Chinese Stream at the [[University of Bath]].<ref name="urlUBath">{{cite web |url=http://www.bath.ac.uk/esml/people/profiles.html |title=Department of European Studies and Modern Languages - University of Bath |access-date=2009-02-01}}</ref><ref name="urlsass">{{cite web |url=http://www.sass.org.cn/ws.jsp?sortid=1164&artid=23703 |title=上海社会科学院 |access-date=2009-02-01}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref> Kumar has authored several articles and books.<ref name="urlArticles">{{cite web|url=http://members.rediff.com/cheenabhavana/Cheena-Bhavana/articles.htm|title=Articles of Yukteshwar Kumar|access-date=2009-01-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080224190945/http://members.rediff.com/cheenabhavana/Cheena-Bhavana/articles.htm|archive-date=24 February 2008|url-status=dead}}</ref> He has provided opinion pieces and news items for Indian,<ref name="urlCrouching dragon">{{cite web |url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?id=defd513a-1953-4539-9d64-b9630fbde8d1 |title=Crouching dragon, ''Hindustan Times'' |access-date=2009-02-01}}</ref><ref name="urlEconomic lessons from the East - Sify.com">{{cite web |url=http://sify.com/finance/mf/fullstory.php?id=14707949&ctid= |title=Economic lessons from the East, ''Sify.com'' |access-date=2009-02-01}}{{dead link|date=April 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref><ref name="urlChina’s first Padma Bhushan">{{cite web |url=http://sify.com/news/imagegallery/galleryDetail.php?hcategory=14693398&hgallery=14692610 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080614134514/http://sify.com/news/imagegallery/galleryDetail.php?hcategory=14693398&hgallery=14692610 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2008-06-14 |title=China's first Padma Bhushan |access-date=2009-02-01}}</ref> Chinese, and British media including the [[BBC]].<ref name="urlBBC China">{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/chinese/simp/hi/newsid_7350000/newsid_7352500/7352581.stm |title=BBC 中文网 | 中国报道 | 印度想与中国竞争非洲资源？ |work= BBC News|access-date=2009-02-01 | date=2008-04-18}}</ref><ref name="urlHome">{{cite web |url=http://www.yukteshwar.com |title=Home Page Yukteshwar Kumar |access-date=2009-01-24}}</ref>

==Politics==

In the [[2019 United Kingdom local elections]], Kumar was elected a member of [[2019 Bath and North East Somerset Council election| Bath and North East Somerset Council]], representing Bathwick Ward for the [[Liberal Democrats (UK)|Liberal Democrats]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Britten |first1=Elise |title=Local elections 2019: From racial abuse victim to the first ever Indian councillor in Bath |url=https://www.somersetlive.co.uk/news/local-news/local-elections-2019-racial-abuse-2831137 |website=Somerset Live |access-date=25 February 2020}}</ref>

==Media commentator==

Yukteshwar Kumar is often called by the Indian, British and Chinese media to appear on Television and provide opinion on matters related with [[China]] and Chinese culture.<ref>{{cite web|last1=News |first=ABP| title=Dr Yukteshwar Talks About China's Negligence & India's Alertness In Handling The Coronavirus |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-w9u1gjAAY |website=ABP NEWS |access-date=27 June 2020}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110208224050/http://yukteshwar.com/ Yukteshwar Kumar website]

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[[Category:Jawaharlal Nehru University faculty]]
[[Category:University of Delhi faculty]]
[[Category:Academics of the University of Bath]]
[[Category:Liberal Democrats (UK) councillors]]
[[Category:Councillors in Somerset]]

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