Name                 Professor Shyam Lal

Presently            Vice-Chancellor                 0612-2670352 (O)

                          Patna University                       0612-2660255 (R)

                          Patna 800 005                  09430588478

                          Bihar

Former

Professor & Head,

                         Department of Sociology, University of

                         Rajasthan, Jaipur

Vice-Chancellor,

                         Jai Narain Vyas University, Jodhpur

Director

                         Social Science Research Centre,

                         University of Rajasthan, Jaipur

Acting Vice-Chancellor

                          University of Rajasthan, Jaipur

Chairman

                          Drafting Committee, Dr. B.R. Ambedkar

                          Foundation, Department of Art,Literature      

                          and Culture, Government of Rajasthan,      

                          Jaipur

Permanent address

742-C, Lane No. 6 Devi Nagar

New Sanganer Road                     0141-2297617 (R)

Jaipur 302 019                            09460548956

Rajasthan

Date of birth 

December 20, 1944

Social status

Scheduled Castes

Academic 

M.A. Sociology

Qualifications

Ph.D. in 1980 on the topic ‘The Bhangis

Field of Specialization of the study

Social stratification and mobility    Asprashyeekaran - Dalitisation (untouchabilisation). Dalit Movement.

Mobilization and Socio-Political Development among  Dalits.

Dalit Politics

Sociology of Religion.

Tribal Leadership

Tribals and Christian Missionaries.

Teaching:

15 Years M. Phil,

26 Years Postgraduate,

18 Years Undergraduate

Research         

Research: 37 years and still continuing

Languages Known

English, Hindi and Rajasthani

POSITIONS HELD

1972-1985  1      Assistant Professor in Sociology

                        In Government Colleges of Rajasthan

1986-1989  2      Head

                        Postgraduate Department of  Sociology

                        Government College Banswara, Raajasthan

1989         3      Professor

                        Department of Sociology, University of Rajasthan

                        Jaipur

1991-1994  4      Professor and Head

                        Department of Sociology, University of Rajasthan

                        Jaipur

01.03.1996 5      Vice Chancellor

     to                Jai Narain Vyas University

28.02.1999                          Jodhpur

1999-2003  6      Director

                        Social Science Research Centre

                        University of Rajasthan, Jaipur

2002-2003  7      Officiating Vice Chancellor

                        University of Rajasthan, Jaipur

May 2007   8      Chairman

    To                 Drafting Committee

January 2008      Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Foundation

                        Department of Art Literature &  Culture

                        Government of Rajasthan, Jaipur

HONOURS, AWARDS & FOREIGN VISIT

1996         1      National Award

                        by

                        Bharatiya Dalit Sahitya Academy, New Delhi

                        for contributing in the Field of Dalit Literature

1997         2      Honoured

                        by

                        Nagar Nigam Jodhpur

                        for contributing in the field of education

                3      Honoured

                        by

                        Mahatma Jyoti Rao Phule Satya Sodhak Sansthan

                        Jodhpur

1999         4      Honoured

                        by

                        Social Welfare Department,

                        Government of Rajasthan, Jaipur

                        for contributing in the field of education

2003-2005  5      Dr. B.R. Ambedkar National Fellowship

                        by

                        Indian Council of Social Science Research

                        Ministry of Human Resource Development

                        Government of India, New Delhi

2007         6      Dr. AIM Literary Main Award

                        by

                        Dr. Ambedkar International Mission, Calgary, 

                        Canada,

                        Awarded on the book

                        ‘Untouchable Caste in India : The Raigar 

                         Movement –  1940-2004’

Carries a cash prize of Rs. 25,000/-

                         and a Memento.

FOREIGN VISIT

Participation in the Conference

1998                     Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU) General Conference held at OttawaHull, Canada, 16-21 August, 1998.

MEMBERSHIP OF VARIOUS BODIES

in  capacity of Life Member

1989                 Rajasthan Sociological Association

1990                 Dr. Ambedkar Memorial Welfare Society,

                        Rajasthan,   Jaipur

1995                 Institute of Social Research and Applied

                        Anthropology, West Bengal

1995                 Man in Asia, Ranchi, Bihar

Social Scientist   

1983                  Name appeared amongst the  reported ‘Social 

                   Scientists in India’ in the pages of National 

                   Register of Social Scientist in India, The Concept

                   Publishing Company, New Delhi. P. 854

Member

1985-86             Legal Aid Programme, Banswara

1986-89             Handicapped Rehabilitation Institute, Banswara 

1987-1989         Juvenile Court for BanswaraDungarpur District,

                        Rajasthan

1989                 Tribal Research Institute, Banswara

1992-1993                             Executive Committee of the Board of Directors of State Bank of Bikaner and Jaipur, Rajasthan

1995                Editorial Board of Man in Asia, Ranchi, Bihar                          

                        Editorial Board of Man & Life, Institute of Social      

                            Research and Applied Anthropology, West Bengal  

1996-1998                             The Award Jury for the Kunti Goyal International Award, Jodhpur

1996                The Indian Institute of Legal

                        Education and Research,  Jodhpur 

Director

1990-1993                        On the Board of Directors of the 

                       State Bank of Bikaner & Jaipur,   Rajasthan

Coordinator

1995-1996                             Remedial Coaching Centre for SC/ST students, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur

Chairman

1996-1998                             Institute of Social Research and Applied Anthropology, West Bengal

UNIVERSITY GRANTS COMMISSIONS’ COMMITTEE

1996                                                    Member, Expert Committee for selection of Commonwealth Academic Staff Fellowship.

1997                                                    Member, Subject Panel on Sociology

2006                  Member, Search Committee for the Selection of 

                        Vice-Chancellor 

                        Bharati Vidya Peeth(deemed university). Pune, Maharastra

                         Jain Vishwa Bharati Institute(deemed university) ,        

                         Ladnun, Rajasthan.   

                         Fakir Mohan University, Balasore,Orissa.

2006                  Member - Standing Committee on Colleges With

                         Potential for Excellence (CPE)

-Governing Body of R.R. College (autonomous college),  Alwar, for the period 2007 to 2013

2006-2008          Member 

                        Expert Committee for UGC Major RP Project / Minor RP  

                        Project & Seminar / Conference in the subject Sociology    

                        and Social Work:

                        UGC Western Regional Office, Pune University, Pune

                        UGC North Eastern Regional Office, Baltola-Basistha Road,

                        Dispur, Guwhati, Assam

2007                  Chairman, Review Committee of Colleges with Potential

                         for Excellence (CPE):

                        - Sacred Heart College, Thevara.  Cochin District, Kerala

                Mar Ivanios College, Subedare, Hanamkonda, Kerala

Convener, Visiting Committee to the universities to evaluate the performance of university during the Xth Plan and to evaluate their requirement for XIth Plan under the Head – General Development Grants

                        - Awadesh Pratap Singh  Vishwavidyalaya, Rewa (M.P.)

- MJP Rohilkh and University, Bareilly (U.P.)

2007                 Member, Expert Committee for selection of Commonwealth Academic Staff Fellowship and Commonwealth Split-site Doctoral Scholarship for the year 2008

2008                 Member, Visiting Committee to Evaluate the Performance of University during Xth Plan and Evaluate their requirement for XIth Plan under the Head- General Development Grants:

                        - North Maharashtra University,  Jalgaon, Maharastra 

                        - Tripura University, Suryamaninagar (West Tripura)  

2008                 Member, Advisory Committee on Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Chair on Social Change and Development, Indira Gandhi National Open University, New Delhi

2006=07            Chancellor & Governors’ Nominee

                        On the Selection Committee of the Mohan Lal Sukhadia

                         University, Udaipur for a period of one year w.e.f.

                         29.06.2006 and again re-nominate3d for further one year

                         w.e.f. 29.06.2007

BOOKS PUBLISHED

1981         1      Caste and Political Mobilization: The Bhangis, Jaipur,

                        Panchsheel    Prakashan

1984         2      The Bhangis in Transition, New Delhi, Inter-India 

                        Publications

1987         3      Education Among Tribals, Jaipur, Printwell Publishers

1992         4      The Bhangi: A Sweeper Caste and Its Socio-economic    

Portraits, Bombay, Popular Prakashan. The book was released by HE the Governor of Rajasthan, Dr. M. Chena Reddy in April, 1992.

The books have also been published in London (UK) by M/s Sangam Book Limited.

1994         5      Tribals and Christian Missionaries,

                        New Delhi, Manak Publications.     

1996         6      Maharshi Naval: A Great Bhangi  Saint, Calcutta,

                        Institute of Social Research and Applied  Anthropology.

1997         7      From Higher Caste to Lower Caste: The Process of

Asprashyeekaran and Myth of Sanskritisation, Jaipur, Rawat Publications.

1998         8      Ambedkar and Nation Building. Foreward by Justice O.

                        Chinnappa  Reddy, former Judge, Supreme Court of India.

                        Shyam Lal and K.S. Saxena (ed) Jaipur, Rawat Publication.

                        The book  was released  by HE the Governor of

                        Rajasthan,  Justice N.L. Tibrewal in December 20, 1998   

1999         9      The Changing Bhangis of India: A Study of Caste 

                        Association, Jaipur,  Sublime Publications.

2000         10     Tribal Leadership, Jaipur, Rawat Publications.

2001         11     The Untold Story of Bhangi Vice- Chancellor,

                        Jaipur, University Book House

2002         12     Untouchable Movement in India, Jaipur, Sublime  

                        Publications.

2004         13     Samajik Nyaya Avam Dalit Rajniti, Jaipur, Sublime

                        Publications. (in Hindi)

14     Ek Bhangi Kulpati Ki Aankahi Kahani, Jaipur, University Book         House. (in Hindi)

2005         15     Untouchable Saints of India, Jaipur,Sublime    Publications.

2006         16     Untouchable Caste in India: The Raigar Movement   

                        (1940-2004) Jaipur, Rawat Publications.

2008         17     Ambedkar Movement Among Untouchables, Jaipur,

                        Rawat Publications

List of Articles published in Journals & Chapters Edited in the

BOOKS

1970         1      Educational Development Among the Bhangis of

                        Jodhpur  in  Tribe, Udaipur, Vol. 7

1972         2      Some Characteristics of Widows iRural India,     

                        Bombay, Vol    34, No. 1

3                   A Scheme for the Bhangi’s Welfare in Jodhpur in Harijan Sewa, New Delhi, Vol. 21,  No. 1

4      Jodhpur Key Bhangis in Harijan Sewa, New Delhi, Vol. 21  No. 1

1973         5      Pichdey Vargoo ki Samaji Avam Dashaye in Antodaya,    

                        Indore, Year 14, No. 9

6                   Harijano Aur Aadivashio mein Shiksha ka Prasar in Samaj    Kalyan, New Delhi, Year 14, No. 8

1973         7      Sanskritization and Social Change Among the Bhangis of

                        Jodhpur: A case study in the Indian Journal of Social Work,

                         Bombay, No. 34, No. 1

1974         8      Oochadi Gaun ka Kutir UdyogGur  Nirman ion Panchayat

                         Aur Insan, New Delhi, Year 13, No. 4

9                   Oochadi Gaun mein Jati Vyavasta aur Aarthik Parivartan in Panchayat Aur Insan, New Delhi, Year 13, No. 10

10              Oochadi Gaun ka Aarthim Sarvekshan in Rajasthan Vikas, Jaipur, Year 14, No. 10

1975         11     Caste and Occupational Mobiligy in a Jodhpur Bhangi

                        Bustee in Journal  of Social Research, Ranchi, Vol 18, No. 2

12     Some Aspects of Demographic Study of a Rajasthan Village in Prashnika, Jaipur, Vo. 23, No.1

13     Some Reform Movements Among the Bhangis of West Rajasthan in The Eastern Anthropologist, Lucknow, Vol 23, No. 2

14     Some Characteristics of Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Non-scheduled Population in Arid Zone of Rajasthan in journal of Social Research, Ranchi, Vol 18, No. 2

1980         15     Cremation and Purification Customs of the Bhangis of   

                        West Rajasthan in Journal of Social Sciences Jodhpur, Vol.

                        3, No. 1 & 2

16    Conversion to Jainism in Journal of Social Research, Ranchi,   Vol. 23 No. 1

1981         17     A Study of Bhangis Families in Harijan Sewa, New

                        Delhi, Vol. 28,  No. 2

18     Occupational Mobility Among Urban Bhangis in The Indian  Anthropologist, New Delhi, Vol. 11, No. 1

1982         19     The Christian Tribesmen of South Rajasthan: Problem of

                       Cultural Integration in Journal of Social  Sciences, Jodhpur,

                        Vol. 5, No. 1 & 2

20     The Bhangis and Religious Reform Movement in Jodhpur in the 19th Century: Naval Dharma in Journal of Indian History, Trivandrum. Diamond Jubilee Volume.

1982         21     Bhangiyo ki Daiyaniya Samajik, Aarthik tatha

                        Shaishanik  Dishaye: Jodhpur Shahar ka Adhyan in

                        Mool Prasana, Udaipur, Year 2, No. 13 & 15

1984         22     College and University Education Among the Tribals of

                         Banswara District, Rajasthan in Shodhak, Jaipur, Vol. 13,

                         No. 39

1985         23    Socio-Religious and Cultural Changes Among the Christian 

                         Tribesmen of Banswara in Shodhak, Jaipur, Vol 14, No. 42

1986         24     Socio-Religious and Political Movements Among the Bhils

                         of Banswara District, Rajasthan in Man and Life, Calcutta,

                         Vol. 12, No. 3 & 4

1989         25     Planting a Mission Among the Bhils of South Rajasthan in

                         M.K.  Raha (Ed) Tribal India Problem Development

                        Prospect, Vol. II, New Delhi, Gian  Publications, pp.          

                         192-212

1990         26     Tribal Development in Bhukhia Block Through the Crash

                        Scheme in Man & Life, Calcutta, Vol. 16, No. 3 & 4

27     Some Demographic Aspects of Christian Tribesmen of Banswara District, Rajasthan in Shodhak, Jaipur, Vol. 19, Nos. 56

1991         28     Maharshi Naval – A Bhangi Saint – Reformer of  Rajasthan

                        in H.C. Upadhyay (Ed) Scheduled Castes and Scheduled

                        Tribes in India – A Socio-economic Profile, New Delhi,

                        Anmol Publications, pp. 311-322

1992         29     The 1970 Bhangi-Jat Conflict in Jodhpur City in  Ambedkar

                        Journal of Social Development and Justice, Mhow, Vol. 2.

30     De-sanskritisation and High Caste Converts into Bhangis in The Indian Journal of Social Work, Bombay, Vol. LIII, No. 2

31     The Jain Movement and Socio-religious Transformation of the Bhangis of Jodhpur, Rajasthan: A Study in Sociology of Religion in The Indian Journal of Social Work, Bombay, Vol. LIII, No. 1

32     Upliftment of the Bhangis: A National Challenge in National Seminar on Action Sociology and Liberation of Scavengers, New Delhi, February 8-10, 1992, sponsored by Indian Association of Action Sociologists and Sulabh International.

1993         33     Genesis and Development of Socialist Movement in  

Pre-independent Period in Tribal Banswara in Political Science Review, Jaipur, Vol. 29 Nos. 1-4, Jan-Dec. 1990

1994        34      Educating the Bhangis in Rajasthan during the Twentieth

                        Century in The Eastern AnthropologistLucknow, Vol. 47,

                         No. 2

35     Socio-religious Movement and Tribal Leadership in          P.K. Bhowmick and H.M. Roy (Ed) Sparks from Bidisa, Vol. 1, Tribal Unrest and Tribal Movement, Calcutta, Institute of Social Research and Applied Anthroplogy.

1995         36     Social and Religious Reform Movement Among the

                        Bhangis In Rajasthan in the Twentieth Century in

                        Ambedkar Journal of Social Development and Justice

                        (Mhow), Vol. III.

37     Mehtar Samaj ki Vartaman Istithi avam Disha Bodh, Dalit Liberation Today, Lucknow, Year 1, No. 1

38     Acquiring a Dalit Identity: Downward Mobility of Some Upper Castes of Rajasthan in Sociological Bulletin, New Delhi, Vol No. 1

39     Tribal Development Programme in Rajasthan: A Case Study from Banswara Distri8ct in R.G. Singh and R.D. Gadkar (Ed) Social Development and Justice in India, New Delhi, Radiant Publishers.

1996         40     Socio-political Agitation and Tribal People of Rajasthan: A

                        Study of the Bhils of Banswara District in Journal of 

                        Human and   Environmental Science, Calcutta, Vol. 1, No. 2

41     Reservation in the Universities and in Government Services: Policy and Practice: Case of Rajasthan in Ambedkar Journal of Social Development and Justice, Mhow, Vol. IV

42     Conversion of Upper Castes into Lower Castes: A process of Asprashyeekaran (Encompassing Untouchability) in The Indian Journal of Social Work, Mumbai, Vol 57, Issue 2

1997         43     Praja Mandal Agitation in Erstwhile Princely State of

                        Banswara and Tribal Leadership in Rajasthan in Makhan

                        Jha and Binod Kumar Choudhary (Ed) Man and Society,

                        New Delhi, Inter India Publications.

1997         44     Separate Reservation: A must for Sweepers’ in/   

Bindeshwar Pathak (Ed) Social Justice and Development of Weaker Sections, New Delhi, Inter India Publications.

1998         45     Social Mobility Among India’s Bhangis:  Report  of a Caste

                        Conference in V.K. Pachouri (Ed) Social  Panorama, Agra, 

                        Y.K. Publishers.

1999         46     AsprashyeekaranDalitisation in S.M. Michae (Ed)  Dalits

                        in Modern India: Vision and  Values, New Delhi, Vistaar

                       Publications.                        .

2003         47     The Akhil Bharatiya Safai Mazdoor Congress: Formation

                       and Organisation in A.K. Lal (Ed)  Social Exclusion: Essays 

                       in Honour of Dr. Bindeshwar Pathak, New Delhi, Concept    

                       Publishing Company.

2004         48    Ek Bhangi Upkulpati ka Bachpan in  Hindi, Literary    

                       Magazine Hans, entitled Satta Vimarsh aur Dalit,  New

                       Delhi, Year 19, No. 1, August 2004

2008         49     Participation of Untouchables in Freedom Movement : The

                       Case of Bairwas in Northern India in Nandu Ram (Ed)

                       Dalits  in India, New Delhi, Siddhant Publications, p. 92

                       104.