Indian Sociology: Theories, Domains and Emerging Concerns

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B. K. Nagla is former Professor of Sociology M.D. University Rohtak Haryana. He obtained his masters degree from Udaipur University Udaipur and M.Phil. and Ph.D. from Jawaharlal Nehru University New Delhi. Before joining at M.D. University Rohtak in 1978 he taught at M.S. University Baroda and Institute of Criminology and Forensic Science New Delhi. After retirement in 2006 he worked as Consultant at Kota Open University and also at Banaras Hindu University as Professor Babu Jagjivan Ram Chair. Professor Nagla has published 12 books in areas like political sociology Indian sociological thought and social stratication. His main books are: Factionalism Politics and Social Structure; Political Sociology; Development and Transformation; Social Stratication and Social Mobility; and Indian Sociological Thought. He has about 70 research papers in national and international journals. He received an ISC Fellow Award for the growth anddevelopment of the Indian Society of Criminology given by the Council of the Indian Society of Criminology afliated with the International Society of Criminology Paris. In 2017 Sulabh International Social Organization conferred upon him Sulabh Swachhata Samman with Gold Medal for authoring an outstanding book Sociology of Sanitation. He is awarded Lifetime Achievement Award by Rajasthan Sociological Society and also by the Indian Sociological Society. He was also the editor of the Indian Sociological Society Journal (Hindi) Bhartiya Samajshastra Sameeksha (published by Sage).Kameshwar Choudhary is former Professor of Sociology Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar (Central) University Lucknow India. Earlier he was Professor of Sociology at Banaras Hindu University Varanasi; Associate Professor at Institute of Rural Management Anand (Gujarat); and Lecturer in Sociology at Institute of Social Sciences Agra. He was Visiting Fellow at CSSS Jawaharlal Nehru University New Delhi and Associate at the Indian Institute of Advanced Study Shimla. He completed his M.A. M.Phil. and Ph.D. studies at CSSS Jawaharlal Nehru University New Delhi. He has completed as Coordinator/Team Member about a dozen projects sponsored by National Dairy Development Board Gujarat Ecology Commission Ministry of Rural Development Government of India; Forest Department Government of Gujarat; UNDP India; etc. His books have been published by reputed national and international publishers which include Globalisation Governance Reforms and Development in India (ed. Sage Publications New Delhi); Intellectuals and Society: A Study of Teachers in India (Popular Prakashan Bombay). He has also published several papers in reputed journals edited books and articles in newspapers like The Times of India and The Hindustan Times. He was Head Department of Sociology and Dean Ambedkar School of Social Sciences (formerly SAS) B. B. Ambedkar (Central) University Lucknow. He was Member of the Twelfth Plan Working Group on Empowerment of OBCs DNTs and EBCs constituted by the Planning Commission Government of India. He was honored with Prof. L. P. Vidyarthi Memorial Award 2017 by the Indian Social Science Association (Email: kames.c@gmail.com).