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Education
and Research Degrees
Tulane
University, New Orleans, Louisiana
Ph.D.,
Political Science [Minor: Latin American Studies], 1967
Dissertation: “An Indian State under British Influence: Hyderabad
under Salar Jang I, 1853-1883”
Georgetown University,
Washington D.C.
M.S., Foreign Service,
Specialisation in Latin America area. 1953.
Thesis: “Pacific Settlement and
Security Procedures in the Organization of American States (OAS)
Poona University,
Fergusson College, Poona
B.A.
,
Politics, Economics, Psychology. 1950
Academic and Official Career
1987-89:
Senior
Fellow, Indian Council of Historical Research, New Delhi.
1984-86:
Project Director, Research Project on An Integrated Approach to the Development of
Visakhapatnam and its Hinterland (Planning
Commission of India at the Institute of Development and Planning
Studies, Visakhapatnam).
1979-83:
Senior Fellow, Indian Council of Social Science Research, Planning and Organization of Metropolitan Government in India, with
particular reference to Bombay, Hyderabad and Pune at Gokhale Institute
of Politics and Economics, Pune, and Indian Institute of Management,
Bangalore.
1974-78: Founder Vice-Chairman and Chief Executive, Hyderabad Urban
Development Authority. Planning and development for a major
Indian city, following urban planning theory,
guidelines and directives of the state and central governments, and
the realities of the local situation.
1972-74: Secretary and
Joint Secretary to Government of Andhra Pradesh, Health,
Housing and Municipal Administration Department. Responsible for administration at the Secretariat level, state
policies in regard to Health and Medical Services, Family Planning,
Local Government in major and minor cities of Andhra Pradesh. Formulating state policies in regard to urban (city) services
(such as roads, water supply, master plan preparation, formulating
schemes for Urban Development Authorities), and legislation necessary
for their implementation.
1965-68: Director of the State Archives of Andhra Pradesh,
Hyderabad. Providing services in the newly constructed building to
research scholars, administering research fellowships to encourage
research, and related matters.
1962-63: Collector,
Hyderabad District.
Deputy Secretary to the Government of Andhra Pradesh,
in such areas as Education and Culture.
Sub-Collector in West Godavari and Hyderabad Districts.
Languages Spoken and Read
English, some Spanish and French, Urdu, Hindustani, and
some Telugu.
Awards
1960-61:
Invited by the French Government to study Archives and Public
Administration at the Archives National de France.
1950-54: Fulbright Scholar and Fellowship holder at Georgetown
and Tulane Universities.
Lectures
1968-67:Lectured on topics relating to Modern India at the Universities
of Freiburg, Heidelberg, Bochum, Kiel, Paris, Sussex and Oxford, and at
the Colegio de Mexico in Mexico City.
Some Publications
International
Affairs
Books
Latin American Integration : An Asian View, New
Delhi: Radiant Publishers, 1980 and Atlantic
Highlands, New Jersey: Humanities Press, 1981.
Articles
Gandhian and Peace Studies in Journals of World Affairs and Gandhi
Marg, published in Delhi from 1995-2000.
“Political
Ideology in the Third World: The Significance of Jose Marti and M.K.
Gandhi” 1848/1898
@1998: Transhistoric
Thresholds. Bilingual Press, Hispanic Research Center,
Arizona
State University, Tampa, Arizona, 2000.
“Foreign Policy in the Post-Cold War Era, Can
Nuclear Deterrence Work in South Asia?” published in World Affairs, The Journal of International Issues. Vol. IV No.2 April-June 2000, pp.22-31.
“Nuclear
Weapons in South Asia: A Gandhian Approach “ in Gandhi Marg : Quarterly Journal of the Gandhi Peace
Foundation. Vol 21, Number 3, October-December 1999, pp. 347-359.
“M.K. Gandhi – Man of the
Century: Gandhi and his Relevance to the World”
World Affairs, The Journal of
International Issues, Vol. II No.1 January-March 1998, pp.41-50.
“Jose Marti, the Third World and
the Cuban Revolution “ CIEFL Bulletin (New Series)
Vol.7, Nos. 1&2 Jun-Dec. 1995 (Pub. 1996) Central Institute of English and
Foreign Languages Hyderabad 500007, India.
Urban Development and Environment
Books
Gandhi in the 21st
Century: An Alternative Approach to Development
(Editor, V.K. Bawa).
Hyderabad : Prachee Publications,
1999.
Indian Metropolis :
Urbanisation, Planning and Management
New Delhi : Inter India Publications, 1987.
Articles
“What Kind of Development? –
Industrialisation, Technology and the Environment.” In John S.
Augustine Ed., Strategies for Third World Development (New Delhi : Sage Publications, 1989, pp.143-150)
Modern Indian History
Books
The Last Nizam – The Life and Times of
Mir Osman Ali Khan, New Delhi: Penguin-Viking, 1992 Hard cover and
1993 Paperback)
The Nizam Between
Mughals and British: Hyderabad Under Salar Jang I, 1853-83,
New Delhi:
S.Chand & Co., 1986 (reprinted, 1996 with a fresh
introduction under the title Hyderabad under Salar Jang I)
Articles
Modern Indian history and comparative aspects
of Indian and Latin American studies.
“Architecture in
the Deccan – The Kingdom of Golconda” Deccan
Studies Vol. I No.l
January-June 2002, pp 59-67.
“The Politics of
Architecture in Qutbshahi Hyderabad: A Preliminary Analysis” in M.A.
Nayeem et al, Eds. Studies in History of the Deccan: Medieval and
Modern: Professor A.R. Kulkarni Felicitation Volume. (Delhi:
Pragati Publications, 2002, pp.329-341.)
Administrative and
Political Modernisation in the Asaf Jahi State: Hyderabad under Salar
Jung I during 1853-83, and the Seventh Nizam during 1911-1945 in Islamic
Culture: An English Quarterly. Special 75th Anniversary
Issue. Vol. LXXVI, No.2, April 2002, pp. 47-114.
Association Memberships
History, Heritage and Related:
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INTACH
(Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage).
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Centre
for Deccan Studies, Hyderabad (President and Executive Director of
journal, Deccan Studies).
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Andhra
Pradesh History Congress.
Public and International Affairs:
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Ham
Sab Hindustani Trust (Managing Trustee)--seminars, workshops,
issues publications.
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Institute
for Defence Studies & Analysis, New Delhi
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LASA
(Latin American Studies Association), U.S.A.
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Institute
of Asian Studies, Hyderabad
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