Dipankar Gupta

Dipankar Gupta(born 11 October 1946) is anIndiansociologistand public intellectual. He was formerly Professor in the Centre for the Study of Social Systems,Jawaharlal Nehru University,New Delhi. For a brief period from 1993 to 1994, he was also associated with theDelhi School of Economicsas Professor in the Department of Sociology. His current research interests include rural-urban transformation, labour laws in the informal sector, modernity, ethnicity, caste and stratification. He is a regular columnist withThe Times of India,The Hinduand occasionally inThe Indian ExpressandAnandbazar Patrikain Bengali. He serves on the board of institutions like theReserve Bank of India,theNational Bank for Agricultural and Rural Development(NABARD) and Max India.

Early life and education

Gupta was born and raised inDelhi,MumbaiandKanpur.He completed his MA in Sociology from theUniversity of Delhiin 1971, before doing his PhD fromJawaharlal Nehru Universityin 1977.

Career

Gupta has had a diverse career in academics, the corporate world and in government agencies. Between 1980 and 2009 Gupta was a professor at theJawaharlal Nehru University's Centre for the Study of Social Systems. Between 1990 and 2007 he was co-editor ofContributions to Indian Sociology

He started and ledKPMG's Business Ethics and Integrity Division, New Delhi; was a member of the National Security Advisory Board and theNews Broadcasting Standards Authority.In 2010, he served on the Social Sciences jury for theInfosys Prize. He has also been on the Board of Governors of theDoon School.

Awards

• 2013 D.Litt. Honoris Causa,University of Burdwan,West Bengal
• 2010Chevalier D'Ordre Des Arts et Des Lettres,(Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters) French Government Award
• 2004Malcolm Adeseshiah Award

Bibliography

• Gupta, Dipankar (2022) Checkpoint Sociology: A Cultural Reading of Policies and Politics, Delhi: Aakar Books
• Gupta, Dipankar (2018) Talking Sociology (Conversations with Ramin Jahanbegloo), New Delhi: Oxford University Press
• Gupta, Dipankar (2017) From 'People' to 'Citizens': Democracy's Must take Road, Social Science Press.ISBN978-93-83166-23-7.
• Gupta, Dipankar (2017) QED: India Tests Social Theory, 2017, Oxford University Press.ISBN978-0-19947651-0
• Gupta, Dipankar (2013).Revolution from Above: India's Future and the Citizen Elite.Rainlight.ISBN978-8129124609.
• Gupta, Dipankar (2011).Justice before Reconciliation: Negotiating a 'New Normal' in Post-riot Mumbai and Ahmedabad.Routledge.ISBN978-1136196867.
• Gupta, Dipankar (2011).The caged phoenix: can India fly?.Stanford University Press.ISBN978-0804771894.
• Gupta, Dipankar (2005).Learning to Forget: The Anti-Memoirs of Modernity.Oxford University Press India.ISBN0195674332.
• Béteille, André (2005). Gupta, Dipankar (ed.).Anti-utopia: Essential Writings of André Béteille.Oxford University Press India.ISBN0198075979.
• Gupta, Dipankar (2004).Ethics Incorporated: Top Priority and Bottom Line.Sage.ISBN0761934715.
• Gupta, Dipankar (2004). Gupta, Dipankar (ed.).Caste in question: identity or hierarchy?.Sage.ISBN0761933247.
• Gupta, Dipankar (2000).Interrogating Caste: Understanding Hierarchy and Difference in Indian Society.Penguin Books India.ISBN0140297065.
• Gupta, Dipankar (2000).Mistaken Modernity: India Between Worlds.HarperCollins Publishers.ISBN8172234155.
• Gupta, Dipankar (2000).Culture, Space and the Nation-State: From Sentiment to Structure.Sage.ISBN0761994998.
• Das, Veena; Gupta, Dipankar; Uberoi, Patricia, eds. (1999).Tradition, pluralism and identity: in honour of T.N. Madan.Contributions to Indian Sociology: Occasional studies. Vol. 8. Sage.ISBN0761993819.
• Gupta, Dipankar (1997).Rivalry and brotherhood: politics in the life of farmers in northern India.Oxford University Press.ISBN0195641019.
• Gupta, Dipankar (1996).The Context of Ethnicity: Sikh Identity in a Comparative Perspective.Oxford University Press.ISBN0195636945.
• Gupta, Dipankar (1996).Political Sociology in India: Contemporary Trends.Orient Blackswan.ISBN8125006656.
• Gupta, Dipankar, ed. (1992).Social stratification.Oxford University Press.ISBN978-0-19-563088-6.
• Sharma, Kanhaiya Lal; Gupta, Dipankar, eds. (1991).Country-town nexus: studies in social transformation in contemporary India.Rawat Publications.ISBN8170330998.
• Gupta, Dipankar (1982).Nativism in a Metropolis: The Shiv Sena in Bombay.Manohar.