Prof. Sukhadeo Thorat, Chairman, University Grants Commission, New Delhi

A brief on his career-sketch

  Prof. Sukhadeo Thorat was born on July 12, 1949 in village Mahimapur, District Amravati (Maharashtra), India. He did B.A from Milind College of Arts, Aurangabad (Maharashtra), M.A. in Economics from Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University, Aurangabad Maharashtra, and M.Phil/Ph.D in Economics from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi and Diploma in Economic Planning, Main School of Planning Warsaw, Poland. The University of Kalyani, Kalyani (W.B.), Avinashilingam University for Women, Coimbatore (T.N.), Fakir Mohan University, Balasore (Orissa) and Gulbarga University, Gulbara (Karnataka), Rani Durgawati University, Jabalpur, Karnataka State Open University, Mysore honoured him by conferring D.Litt on 26.04.2007 and 01.09.2007, 23.02.2008, 06.07.2008, 14.10.2008 and 06.3.2009 respectively. .

Academic Positions:

• Chairman, UGC since February, 2006.
• Faculty Member, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi w.e.f. 1980 onwards.
• Visiting Faculty at Department of Economics, Iowa State University, AMES, USA during 1989-1991.
• Director, Indian Institute of Dalit Studies, New Delhi w.e.f. January, 2003 to February, 2006.
• Lecturer, Vasantrao Naik College, Aurangabad during 1973-80.
• Research Associate of International Food Policy Research Institute, Washington DC, U.S.A. since 1992.

Areas of Research: Agricultural Development, Rural Poverty, Institution and Economic Growth, Problems of Marginalized Groups, Economics of Caste System, Caste Discrimination and Poverty, Human Development, Human Rights Issue, Thoughts of Ambedkar, Slums, Education etc.

Publications