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Part 4 of History of science, philosophy and culture in Indian civilization. Ray, Bharati. Pearson Education India, 2009. {{ISBN|8131718182}},</ref> and [[Fellow|Senior Academic Fellow]] at the [[Indian Council of Historical Research]], New Delhi.<ref>[http://www.sagepub.com/authorDetails.nav?contribId=645165 Sage Publishing: Prem Chowdhry Affiliations]</ref> She is a feminist<ref name="prem">{{cite book|title=The Emergence of Feminism in India, 1850–1920|last=Anagol|first=Padma|author-link = Padma Anagol |publisher=Ashgate Publishing Company|year=2005|isbn=9780754634119}}</ref> and critic of violence against couples refusing [[arranged marriages]].<ref>[http://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?266072 ‘Khaps Have To Reform’, Sheela Reddy, Outlook India, July 2010]</ref>
Part 4 of History of science, philosophy and culture in Indian civilization. Ray, Bharati. Pearson Education India, 2009. {{ISBN|8131718182}},</ref> and [[Fellow|Senior Academic Fellow]] at the [[Indian Council of Historical Research]], New Delhi.<ref>[http://www.sagepub.com/authorDetails.nav?contribId=645165 Sage Publishing: Prem Chowdhry Affiliations]</ref> She is a feminist<ref name="prem">{{cite book|title=The Emergence of Feminism in India, 1850–1920|last=Anagol|first=Padma|author-link = Padma Anagol |publisher=Ashgate Publishing Company|year=2005|isbn=9780754634119}}</ref> and critic of violence against couples refusing [[arranged marriages]].<ref>[http://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?266072 ‘Khaps Have To Reform’, Sheela Reddy, Outlook India, July 2010]</ref>


She is a well-known scholar of gender studies, authority on the political economy and social history of [[Haryana]] state in [[India]].<ref>[http://global.oup.com/academic/product/political-economy-of-production-and-reproduction-9780198067702;jsessionid=76B4088195F4A55D75A4C5E8FB25BE5A?cc=gb&lang=en& Oxford University Press]</ref>
She is a well-known scholar of gender studies, authority on the political economy and social history of [[Haryana]] state in [[India]].<ref name="Geetha 2012">{{cite news |last1=Geetha |first1=V. |title=Power, violence and Dalit women |url=https://www.thehindu.com/books/power-violence-and-dalit-women/article3515761.ece |access-date=10 July 2021 |work=[[The Hindu]] |date=June 11, 2012 |quote=her study would have been richer had she placed it in the context of feminist scholarship — one thinks of Prem Chowdhry's fantastic work on changing gender relations in Haryana, for instance, and how she works with notions of caste, gender, labour and economic change.}}</ref><ref>[http://global.oup.com/academic/product/political-economy-of-production-and-reproduction-9780198067702;jsessionid=76B4088195F4A55D75A4C5E8FB25BE5A?cc=gb&lang=en& Oxford University Press]</ref>


==Career==
==Career==
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Chowdhry is an alumna of [[Jawaharlal Nehru University]],<ref>[http://www.jnu.ac.in/aaj/AlumniMember.asp?searchStr=P JNU Alumni Association] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130303044856/http://www.jnu.ac.in/AAJ/AlumniMember.asp?searchStr=P |date=3 March 2013 }}</ref> and professorial fellow of the [[University Grants Commission (India)|University Grants Commission]].
Chowdhry is an alumna of [[Jawaharlal Nehru University]],<ref>[http://www.jnu.ac.in/aaj/AlumniMember.asp?searchStr=P JNU Alumni Association] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130303044856/http://www.jnu.ac.in/AAJ/AlumniMember.asp?searchStr=P |date=3 March 2013 }}</ref> and professorial fellow of the [[University Grants Commission (India)|University Grants Commission]].
She has provided expert commentary to news media, including to ''[[The Guardian]]'' about the impact of prejudice against having a daughter in India;<ref name="Ramesh 2007">{{cite news |last1=Ramesh |first1=Randeep |title=Foetuses aborted and dumped secretly as India shuns baby girls |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2007/jul/28/india.randeepramesh |access-date=10 July 2021 |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=July 28, 2007}}</ref> to ''The Guardian'',<ref name="Burke 2010">{{cite news |last1=Burke |first1=Jason |title=Triple murder in India highlights increase in 'honour killings' |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/jun/25/triple-murder-india-honour-killings |access-date=10 July 2021 |work=The Guardian |date=June 25, 2010}}</ref> ''[[Associated Press]]'',<ref name="George 2010">{{cite news |last1=George |first1=Nirmala |title=Divorce or die -- old rules clash with new India |url=https://archive.boston.com/news/world/asia/articles/2010/07/12/divorce_or_die____old_rules_clash_with_new_india/?page=2 |access-date=10 July 2021 |work=Boston.com |agency=[[Associated Press]] |date=July 12, 2010}}</ref> ''[[Time (magazine)|TIME]]'',<ref name="Singh 2010">{{cite news |last1=Singh |first1=Madhur |title=Why Are Hindu Honor Killings Rising in India? |url=https://content.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1991195,00.html |access-date=10 July 2021 |work=[[Time (magazine)|TIME]] |date=May 25, 2010}}</ref> and ''[[Reuters]]''<ref name="Denyer 2008">{{cite news |last1=Denyer |first1=Simon |title=Indian village proud after double "honor killing" |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-india-honourkilling-idUSDEL29449420080516 |access-date=10 July 2021 |work=[[Reuters]] |date=May 15, 2008}}</ref> about "honour killings"; to ''[[The Statesman (India)|The Statesman]]'' about the [[Haryana]] social structure;<ref name="Gursoy 2020">{{cite news |last1=Gursoy |first1=Rabia |last2=Jalali |first2=Falah |title=Black and white selfies on social media bring awareness to violence against women |url=https://www.sbstatesman.com/2020/08/24/black-and-white-selfies-on-social-media-bring-awareness-to-violence-against-women/ |access-date=10 July 2021 |work=[[The Statesman (India)|The Statesman]] |date=August 24, 2020}}</ref> to ''[[NPR]]'' about the Haryana social structure and how it relates to the rape of [[Dalit]] women;<ref name="McCarthy 2013">{{cite news |last1=McCarthy |first1=Julie |title=Outside The Big City, A Harrowing Sexual Assault In Rural India |url=https://www.npr.org/2013/02/08/171372687/outside-the-big-city-a-harrowing-sexual-assault-in-rural-india |access-date=10 July 2021 |work=[[NPR]] |date=February 8, 2013}}</ref> to ''[[The Indian Express]]'' about the political history of Indian cinema;<ref name="Rathi 2017">{{cite news |last1=Rathi |first1=Nandini |title=1930s imperial propaganda: How star-studded western films justified British colonialism |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/research/1930s-imperial-propaganda-how-star-studded-western-films-justified-british-colonialism-4783908/ |access-date=10 July 2021 |work=[[The Indian Express]] |date=August 11, 2017}}</ref> and to ''Reuters'' about inheritance rights for women in India.<ref>{{cite news |title=As property prices rise, more Indian women claim inheritance |url=https://www.livemint.com/news/india/as-property-prices-rise-more-indian-women-claim-inheritance-1552462132830.html |access-date=10 July 2021 |work=Mint |agency=[[Reuters]] |date=March 13, 2019}}</ref> Her 2004 ''[[Modern Asian Studies]]'' article "Private Lives, State Intervention: Cases of Runaway Marriage in Rural North India" was cited by the [[Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada]] in 2006.<ref>{{cite news |title=RESPONSES TO INFORMATION REQUESTS (RIRs) |url=https://www.justice.gov/sites/default/files/eoir/legacy/2014/02/04/IND100661.EX.pdf |access-date=10 July 2021 |work=www.justice.gov |agency=Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |date=January 9, 2006}}</ref>
She has also written commentary in ''[[The Tribune (Chandigarh)|The Tribune]]'', including about violence related to inter-caste marriages,<ref name="Chowdhry 2019">{{cite news |last1=Chowdhry |first1=Prem |title=Violence around inter-caste marriages |url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/archive/comment/violence-around-inter-caste-marriages-803140 |access-date=10 July 2021 |work=[[The Tribune (Chandigarh)|The Tribune]] |date=July 19, 2019}}</ref> and advocacy for an investment in the education of girls to reduce poverty.<ref name="Chowdhry 2020">{{cite news |last1=Chowdhry |first1=Prem |title=Invest in education for girls to reduce poverty |url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/comment/invest-in-education-for-girls-to-reduce-poverty-39014 |access-date=10 July 2021 |work=[[The Tribune (Chandigarh)|The Tribune]] |date=February 11, 2020}}</ref>


==Art career==
==Art career==
Chowdhry is a self-taught artist<ref>{{cite AV media | last = Chowdhry | first = Prem (artist) | year = 2008 | title =Scarlet Woman | medium = Painting: oil on canvas, for use on front cover of academic journal ''[[Signs (journal)|Signs]]'', autumn 2010 | url = http://signsjournal.org/prem-chowdhry-scarlet-woman-2008/ | access-date = 21 February 2015 | publisher = [[University of Chicago Press|Chicago Journals]] }}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal | last = Chowdhry | first = Prem | title = Illustration | journal = [[Signs (journal)|Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society]] | volume = 36 | issue = 1 | pages = Front cover| doi = 10.1086/651184 | date = Autumn 2010 | jstor = 10.1086/651184 }}</ref> whose painting are held by the [[National Gallery of Modern Art, Mumbai|National Gallery, India]]{{citation needed|date=February 2020}} and the [[Lalit Kala Akademi]], India's National Academy of Fine Arts. She started exhibiting in 1970 and her paintings often reflect on the status of women in India.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Salwat|first1=Ali|title=The Art of Dialogue | work= [[Newsline (magazine)|Newsline Magazine]] |date=1 February 2008  }} Retrieved 21 February 2015.</ref>
Chowdhry is a self-taught artist<ref>{{cite AV media | last = Chowdhry | first = Prem (artist) | year = 2008 | title =Scarlet Woman | medium = Painting: oil on canvas, for use on front cover of academic journal ''[[Signs (journal)|Signs]]'', autumn 2010 | url = http://signsjournal.org/prem-chowdhry-scarlet-woman-2008/ | access-date = 21 February 2015 | publisher = [[University of Chicago Press|Chicago Journals]] }}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal | last = Chowdhry | first = Prem | title = Illustration | journal = [[Signs (journal)|Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society]] | volume = 36 | issue = 1 | pages = Front cover| doi = 10.1086/651184 | date = Autumn 2010 | jstor = 10.1086/651184 }}</ref> whose painting are held by the [[National Gallery of Modern Art, Mumbai|National Gallery, India]]{{citation needed|date=February 2020}} and the [[Lalit Kala Akademi]], India's National Academy of Fine Arts. She started exhibiting in 1970 and her paintings often reflect on the status of women in India.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Salwat|first1=Ali|title=The Art of Dialogue|url=https://newslinemagazine.com/magazine/the-art-of-dialogue-2/ | work= [[Newsline (magazine)|Newsline Magazine]] |date=1 February 2008  }} Retrieved 21 February 2015.</ref><ref name="Jayetilleke 2004">{{cite news |last1=Jayetilleke |first1=Rohan |title=Prem Chowdry explores life |url=http://archives.dailynews.lk/2004/06/02/artscop06.html |access-date=10 July 2021 |work=Daily News |date=June 2, 2004}}</ref>


==Works==
==Works==


===Books===
===Books===
* {{cite book
| last = Chowdhry
| first = Prem
| title = Punjab politics: the role of Sir Chhotu Ram
| publisher = Vikas/University of Michigan
| year = 1984
| pages = 364
| isbn  = 978-0706924732
}}
* {{cite book
* {{cite book
| last = Chowdhry
| last = Chowdhry
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| pages = 294
| pages = 294
| isbn  = 978-0719057922
| isbn  = 978-0719057922
}}
* {{cite book
| last = Chowdhry
| first = Prem
| title = Gender Discrimination in Land Ownership
| publisher = Sage Publications
| year = 2010
| pages = 314
| isbn  = 978-8178299426
}}
}}
* {{cite book
* {{cite book
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| last = Chowdhry
| last = Chowdhry
| first = Prem
| first = Prem
| title = Punjab politics: the role of Sir Chhotu Ram
| title = Gender Discrimination in Land Ownership
| publisher = Vikas/University of Michigan
| publisher = Sage Publications
| year = 1984
| year = 2010
| pages = 364
| pages = 314
| isbn  = 978-0706924732
| isbn  = 978-8178299426
}}
* {{cite book
| last = Chowdhry
| first = Prem
| title = Political Economy of Production and Reproduction
| publisher = Oxford University Press
| year = 2011
| pages = 464
| isbn  = 9780198067702
}}
}}
* {{cite book
* {{cite book
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