VIVEK KUMAR is a Professor of Sociology and a former Chairperson of the Centre for the Study of Social Systems (2018-2023), School of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, where he earned his doctorate. He is also the Ambedkar Chair Professor in Sociology (I/C), instituted by the Ministry of Empowerment and Social Justice, Government of India.
Prof. Kumar has also been the Convener of the Global Studies Program in collaboration with four international institutions. As a Fulbright Teacher's Fellowship recipient, he has been a visiting Associate Professor at Columbia University, New York. As a DAAD-UGC Fellow, he has also been a visiting faculty at Humboldt University, Berlin. His publications include Caste and Democracy in India, India's Roaring Revolution, and Dalit Leadership in India. His seminal articles include 'How Egalitarian is Indian Sociology?', and 'Indispensability of Interdisciplinarity in Studying Society: On Philosophy, Science in Sociology'.