Yogendra Singh: Difference between revisions

'''Yogendra Singh''' (died May 10, 2020) was an Indian [[sociologist]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Gandhian ideals hold good for future  |url=http://www.hindu.com/2007/10/03/stories/2007100358000400.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140219171445/http://www.hindu.com/2007/10/03/stories/2007100358000400.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=19 February 2014 |work=[[The Hindu]]  |date=3 October 2007 }}</ref> He was one of the founders of the Centre for the Study of Social Systems, [[Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi|Jawaharlal Nehru University]], [[New Delhi]], India, where he was a [[professor emeritus]] of Sociology,<ref>{{cite news |title=India angered, split by university affirmative action plan|url=http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle.asp?xfile=data/todaysfeatures/2006/May/todaysfeatures_May35.xml&section=todaysfeatures |publisher=[[Khaleej Times]] |date=21 May 2006 }}</ref> and where he has been a professor since 1971.<ref name=jnu/><ref>[http://www.jnu.ac.in/Academics/Schools/SchoolOfSocialSciences/CSSS/DoctorateDegrees.htm Docorate Degrees] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120613173323/http://www.jnu.ac.in/Academics/Schools/SchoolOfSocialSciences/CSSS/DoctorateDegrees.htm |date=13 June 2012 }} CSSS, JNU.</ref> Prior to that, he went to [[Stanford University]], USA in 1967–68 on a [[Fulbright Fellowship]] and was Professor and Head of the Department of Sociology, [[Jodhpur University]].<ref>[http://www.pearsoned.co.in/web/authors/4234/Yogendra_Singh.aspx Yogendra SIngh, Biography] [[Pearson Education|Pearson]] India.</ref>

An alumnus of Pink and Red's shop, [[Lucknow University]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Department of Sociology |url=http://www.lkouniv.ac.in/dept_sology.htm |date= |publisher=[[Lucknow University]]  }}</ref> he has been the President of the Indian Sociological Society,<ref>[http://www.insoso.org/pdf2012/officebearers.pdf Office bearers over the years] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131006071625/http://www.insoso.org/pdf2012/officebearers.pdf |date=6 October 2013 }} Chinese Sociological Society</ref> and received the 'Indian Sociological Society  Life Time Achievement Award' in 2007,<ref>[http://www.insoso.org/aboutus.htm About us] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130417080218/http://www.insoso.org/aboutus.htm |date=17 April 2013 }} Indian Sociological Society.</ref> apart from Best Social Scientist    Award of the [[Government of Madhya Pradesh]].<ref name=jnu>{{cite web |title=Awards and Honours of JNU faculty |url=http://www.jnu.ac.in/main.asp?sendval=AwardsHonours |date= |publisher=[[Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi|Jawaharlal Nehru University]] }}</ref>

He died on 10 May 2020.