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Nandu Ram
Born
India
Died13 July 2025(2025-07-13) (aged 78)
Academic background
Academic work
DisciplineSociologist
InstitutionsJawaharlal Nehru University

Nandu Ram was an Indian sociologist and retired professor.[1] He was the former dean of school of social sciences at the Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi,[2] and was one of the founding professors of the Dr. Ambedkar Chair in Sociology at JNU.[3]

Books

Ram had published more than three dozen research articles and was the author of three books. His major works are as follows:

  • The Mobile Scheduled Castes: Rise of a New Middle Class (1988)[4]
  • Beyond Ambedkar: Essays on Dalits in India (1995)[5]
  • Ambedkar, Dalits and Buddhism, (ed.) Manak Publications, Delhi, 2008, Nandu Ram, CSSS.[6]
  • Dalits in Contemporary India, (ed.) Siddhant Publications, New Delhi, 2008, Nandu Ram, CSSS.[6]
  • Caste System and Untouchability in South India, Manak Publications, Delhi, 2008, Nandu Ram, CSSS.[6]
  • Encyclopedia of Scheduled Castes in India : In 5 Volumes.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "Faculty Profile". www.jnu.ac.in. Retrieved 2017-01-22.
  2. ↑ "New Appointments". www.jnu.ac.in. Retrieved 2017-01-22.
  3. ↑ "Jawaharlal Nehru University 2012-13 Annual Report, Part II" (PDF).
  4. ↑ Ram, Nandu (1988-01-01). The Mobile Scheduled Castes: Rise of a New Middle Class. Hindustan Publishing Corporation. ISBN 9788170750079.
  5. ↑ Ram, Nandu (2009-01-01). Beyond Ambedkar: Essays on Dalits in India. Har-Anand Publications. ISBN 9788124114193.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 "Our Publications". www.jnu.ac.in. Retrieved 2017-01-22.
  7. ↑ Ram, Nandu (2007). Encyclopaedia of Scheduled Castes in India: (in 5 Volumes). Gyan Publishing House. ISBN 9788121205887.