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Deepak Kumar was born on 15 August, 1952 in India, is an Indian historian. Discover Deepak Kumar's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 71 years old?
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Historian |
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71 years old |
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Leo |
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15 August, 1952 |
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15 August |
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India |
| Nationality |
India
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Deepak Kumar Height, Weight & Measurements
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Dating & Relationship status
He is currently single. He is not dating anyone. We don't have much information about He's past relationship and any previous engaged. According to our Database, He has no children.
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Deepak Kumar Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Deepak Kumar worth at the age of 71 years old? Deepak Kumar’s income source is mostly from being a successful Historian. He is from India. We have estimated Deepak Kumar's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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Timeline
Kumar lectured at numerous universities within India and abroad, held visiting fellowships at the universities of Cambridge, London, Leiden, The Smithsonian Institution, etc. and has also taught at Wisconsin University, Madison, USA, and York University in Toronto, Canada.
Kumar argues that British colonial rule in India played a major role in how European scientific fields developed.
One of his major works is Science and the Raj: A study of British India is in the field of history of science in India.
Medical Encounters in British India, 1820-1920
Kumar, Deepak, Science and Society in Modern India, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2023.
Lecturer, Department of History, Kurukshetra University, 1976-1983.
Lecturer, Department of History, Kurukshetra University, 1976-1983.
Scientist, History and Philosophy of Science Division, NISTADS, 1983-1997.
Technology and the Raj, jointly edited with Professor Roy MacLeod of Sydney University, SAGE, New Delhi, 1995.
President, International Commission on Science & Empire, IUHPS/DHS, 1997-2001.
Associate Professor, Zakir Husain Centre for Educational Studies, JNU, 1998-1999
(Earlier Hindi version published by Granthsilpi, Delhi, in 1998. Urdu version published by NCPUL, New Delhi in 2009).
President of the Modern India Section, Indian History Congress, 60th Session, Calicut, December 1999.
Professor, Zakir Husain Centre for Educational Studies, JNU, 2000 to date.
Professor R.C.Gupta Endowment History of Science Lecture Award given by the National Academy of Science, Allahabad, July 2001.
Enlarged Hindi version was published by Granthshilpi, Delhi in 2002.
Edited with Vinita Damodaran and Rohan D’Souza, eds.
President, South Asia Section, Indian Association of Asian and Pacific Studies, Second Biennial Conference, Sambalpur University, 29–31 January 2004.
Vice-President, International Association of Historians of Asia, 2004–06, elected at the 18th IAHA Conf.
Member, Academie Internationale D’Histoire des Sciences, Paris.
Vice-President, Association of South Asian Environmental Historians, 2007- 2009, reelected 2010.
Selected Peer Reviewed Publications
Bengali translation titled British Bharter Vijnan, Sujan Pub., Kolkata, 2007.
President and Convenor, 20th International Association of Historians of Asia Conference, held at JNU, New Delhi, on 14–17 November 2008.
The British Empire and the Natural World: Environmental Encounters in South Asia, OUP, Delhi, 2010.
Paperback in Sept.06, reprint 2011.
"Reason, Science and Religion: Gleanings from the Colonial Past", Studies in People’s History, vol.1, issue 2, December 2014, pp. 181–198.
"Science Administration: A Historical Outline", Social Scientist, vol. 43, nos.
1-2, January 2015, pp. 31–42.
"HISTEM and the Making of Modern India – Some Questions and Explanations", Indian Journal of History of Science, vol.50, 4, 2015, pp. 616–628.
The Trishanku Nation: Memory, Self and Society in Contemporary India, OUP, Delhi, 2016.
Science and the Raj, Enlarged Second Edition by OUP, Delhi, in Jan.06.
A 2017 work is The Trishanku Nation reviewed in Sage Publications
In describing medical encounters in colonial India, Kumar argues that Western medical discourse occupied an important place in the process of colonization and it worked towards a scientific hegemony.
"Indigenous systems were so marginalised that their practitioners often sought survival in resistance rather than collaboration."
A number of his publications are cataloged at WorldCat: These include, as of August 2021, publications in English (983), German (6), Arabic (2), and Hindi (2).
