Sukhadeo Thorat | |
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 Sukhadeo Thorat speaking atSymbiosis International University, Lavale, Pune | |
| Born | (1949-07-12)12 July 1949 (age 76) Mahimapur, AmravatiMaharashtra, India |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | Jawaharlal Nehru University(PhD) |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Economics |
| Institutions | University Grants Commission [Institute for Social and Economic Change] |
| Awards | Padmashree (2008) Vidyalankara (2008) P.K. Patil Purushottam Award (2007) Bharat Shiromani (2006) Ambedkar Chetna (2001)[1] Dr. Ambedkar National Award (2011) Rajiv Gandhi Outstanding Leadership National Award (2014) by the Academy of Grassroots Studies and Research of India, Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh. |
Sukhadeo Thorat (born 12 July 1949[2]) is an Indianeconomist,educationist,professor andwriter. He is the former chairman of theUniversity Grants Commission. He is professor emeritus in Centre for the Study of Regional Development,Jawaharlal Nehru University.[3] He is an expert onB. R. Ambedkar.
Thorat hails from Buddhist community of Maharashta.[4] Thorat graduated with a B.A. fromMilind College of Arts,Aurangabad, Maharashtra. He obtained an M.A. in Economics fromDr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University, M.Phil/PhD in Economics fromJawaharlal Nehru University, and Diploma in Economic Planning,Main School of Planning,Warsaw,Poland.
Thorat was lecturer atVasantrao Naik Mahavidyalaya, Aurangabad from 1973 to 1980. He was Faculty Member atJawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi from 1980 onwards, and visiting faculty at Department of Economics,Iowa State University, Ames, USA during 1989–1991.
He has been a research associate of the International Food Policy Research Institute, Washington, DC since 1992. He was director, Indian Institute of Dalit Studies, New Delhi from January 2003 to February 2006. He served as the chairman of UGC from 2006 to 2011.
Thorat has been a member of bodies like Council for Advancement of People's Action and Rural Technology (CAPART), Social Justice Division of Planning Commission, Academic Council ofBabasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University,Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University, Centre of Buddhist Studies,University of Hyderabad,Himachal Pradesh University and in the governing bodies of many more institutions. Thorat was also chairman of Indian Council of Social Science & Research.[5]
In 1956, due to the influence ofmass conversion ofBabasaheb Ambedkar, Thorat's family converted toBuddhism. Thorat is a Buddhist.[6]
He has also authored 70 research papers published in national and international journals. He has worked on more than 25 research projects and has presented papers at national and international seminars and conferences.
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