Badri Narayan Tiwari (born 5 October 1965), is an Indian social historian and cultural anthropologist.[1] He serves as the Vice-Chancellor of the Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai.[2] and is a former head and director of the G.B. Pant Social Science Institute.[2] He has been recognized as a Fellow of the Maison des Sciences de L'Homme, Paris, and has received the Fulbright Senior Fellowship (2004-05) and the Smuts Fellowship, University of Cambridge (2007).[3] He was awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award (2022) for Hindi for his poetry collection Tumdi Ke Shabd.[4][5]
Career[edit | edit source]
Badri Narayan Tiwari earned an MA and a PhD in Modern History from the University of Allahabad and later served as the head of the Govind Ballabh Pant Social Science Institute of the University.[1][2] According to The Times of India, as a director of the G. B. Pant Social Science Institute in Prayagraj, Tiwari established a Kumbh study centre and an ethnographic museum.[6] He also served as a professor at the Centre for the Study of Discrimination and Exclusion at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU).[1][7]
In July 2025, Prof. Tiwari was appointed as the Vice-Chancellor of the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), becoming the first to be appointed under the Ministry of Education's new regulations.[2][8]
Selected bibliography[edit | edit source]
- Narayan, Badri (15 March 2021). Republic of Hindutva: How the Sangh Is Reshaping Indian Democracy. Penguin Random House India Private Limited. ISBN 978-81-950843-7-1.[9]
- Narayan, Badri (18 April 2014). Kanshiram: Leader of the Dalits. Penguin UK. ISBN 978-93-5118-670-0.
- Narayan, Badri (6 January 2009). Fascinating Hindutva: Saffron Politics and Dalit Mobilisation. SAGE Publications. ISBN 978-81-7829-906-8.
- Narayan, Badri (14 November 2006). Women Heroes and Dalit Assertion in North India: Culture, Identity and Politics. SAGE Publications. ISBN 978-0-7619-3537-7.
- Narayan, Badri (8 January 2018). Khandit Akhyan: Bharatiya Jantantra mein Adrishya Log (in हिन्दी). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-909324-3.
- Narayan, Badri (2001). Documenting Dissent: Contesting Fables, Contested Memories, and Dalit Political Discourse. Indian Institute of Advanced Study. ISBN 978-81-85952-93-2.
- Narayan, Badri (11 May 2011). The Making of the Dalit Public in North India: Uttar Pradesh, 1950–Present. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-908845-4.
- नारायण, बद्री (2019). तुमड़ी के शब्द (in हिन्दी). Rājakamala Prakāśana. ISBN 978-93-88933-83-4.[10]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Social historian and cultural anthropologist Badri Narayan Tiwari takes over as TISS V-C". The Indian Express. 31 July 2025. Retrieved 1 August 2025.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Maitri Porecha (30 July 2025). "Badri Narayan Tiwari appointed Vice-Chancellor of TISS". The Hindu. Retrieved 1 August 2025.
- ↑ "Badri Narayan". Penguin Random House India. Retrieved 27 January 2024.
- ↑ "Badri Narayan". Kalinga Literary Festival. 14 October 2021. Retrieved 27 January 2024.
- ↑ PTI (11 March 2023). "'Festival of Letters' begins with honouring 24 writers with Sahitya Akademi Award". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 27 January 2024.
- ↑ Hemali Chhapia (31 July 2025). "TISS gets full-time VC appointed for 5 yrs by Centre after 22 months". The Times of India. Retrieved 1 August 2025.
- ↑ Master, Web (5 April 2024). "Jurist Speaks – Eminent Scholar Lecture Series (April 6, 2024)". National Law University Delhi. Retrieved 1 August 2025.
- ↑ "Professor Badri Narayan Tiwari takes charge as Vice Chancellor of TISS Mumbai". Deccan Herald. 31 July 2025. Retrieved 1 August 2025.
Prof Tiwari is the first VC appointed at TISS under the University Grants Commission's (UGC) latest selection rules introduced in 2023.
- ↑ Narayan, Badri (2 April 2021). "Chasing the Elephant's Shadow". Open The Magazine. Retrieved 27 January 2024.
- ↑ "Book Review: जन और जनतंत्र के सबद को समेटने की सुन्दर कोशिश करते 'तुमड़ी के शब्द'". Amar Ujala. Retrieved 29 January 2024.