ABOUT ME
Education:
B. A., English Literature, 1970, Shrivaji University
M.A., English Literature, 1973, Shivaji University
Ph. D., English Literature, 1978, shivaji University
M. A., English Literature, 1979, Leeds University
Professional work
1980-1985, Lecturer, Department of English, Maharaja sayajirao University, Baroda
1985-1990, Reader, Department of English, Maharaja sayajirao University, Baroda 1991-1995, Professor, Department of English, Maharaja Sayajirao University, Baroda
2003-2015, Professor, Humanities, Dhirubhai Ambani Institute, Gandhinagar, India
2016-2018: Honorary Professor, Centre for Multidisciplinary Dev Research, Dharwad
2019- Honorary Senior Fellow, Asiatic society of Mumbai
2022—August-September--Khyentse Foundation India Visiting Professor, Department of Pali, Prikrit and Budhist studies, Savitribai Phule University, Pune
2022 October-2023 September--Obaid Siddiqi Chair Professor, National Centre for Biological sciences, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Bangalore
2023, August—Professor of Eminence & Director-School of Civilisation, Somaiya Vidyavihar University, Bombay
Honorary Work
1996- 2002, Founding-Director, Adivasi Academy, Tejgadh, Gujarat, India
1996-2002, Founder-Trustee, Bhasha Research and Publication Centre, Baroda, India
1996-2008: Founder-Secretary, Denotified and Nomadic Tribes Rights Action Group
2010—2018: Honorary, Chair, People’s Linguistic Survey of India
2020-2022: President, Bharat Rural Livelihoods Foundation, Delhi
