Badri Narayan (writer)

Badri Narayan Tiwari (born 5 October 1965), is an Indian social historian and cultural anthropologist. ^[1] He serves as the Vice-Chancellor of the Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai. ^[2] and is a former head and director of the G.B. Pant Social Science Institute. ^[2] He has been recognized as a Fellow of the Maison des Sciences de L'Homme, Paris, and has received the Fulbright Senior Fellowship (2004-05) and the Smuts Fellowship, University of Cambridge (2007). ^[3] He was awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award (2022) for Hindi for his poetry collection Tumdi Ke Shabd. ^{[4] [5]}

Career

Badri Narayan Tiwari earned an MA and a PhD in Modern History from the University of Allahabad and later served as the head of the Govind Ballabh Pant Social Science Institute of the University. ^{[1] [2]} According to The Times of India, as a director of the G. B. Pant Social Science Institute in Prayagraj, Tiwari established a Kumbh study centre and an ethnographic museum. ^[6] He also served as a professor at the Centre for the Study of Discrimination and Exclusion at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU). ^{[1] [7]}

In July 2025, Prof. Tiwari was appointed as the Vice-Chancellor of the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), becoming the first to be appointed under the Ministry of Education's new regulations. ^{[2] [8]}

Selected bibliography

• Narayan, Badri (15 March 2021). Republic of Hindutva: How the Sangh Is Reshaping Indian Democracy. Penguin Random House India Private Limited. ISBN   978-81-950843-7-1. ^[9]
• Narayan, Badri (18 April 2014). Kanshiram: Leader of the Dalits. Penguin UK. ISBN   978-93-5118-670-0.
• Narayan, Badri (6 January 2009). Fascinating Hindutva: Saffron Politics and Dalit Mobilisation. SAGE Publications. ISBN   978-81-7829-906-8.
• Narayan, Badri (14 November 2006). Women Heroes and Dalit Assertion in North India: Culture, Identity and Politics. SAGE Publications. ISBN   978-0-7619-3537-7.
• Narayan, Badri (8 January 2018). Khandit Akhyan: Bharatiya Jantantra mein Adrishya Log (in Hindi). Oxford University Press. ISBN   978-0-19-909324-3.
• Narayan, Badri (2001). Documenting Dissent: Contesting Fables, Contested Memories, and Dalit Political Discourse. Indian Institute of Advanced Study. ISBN   978-81-85952-93-2.
• Narayan, Badri (11 May 2011). The Making of the Dalit Public in North India: Uttar Pradesh, 1950–Present. Oxford University Press. ISBN   978-0-19-908845-4.
• नारायण, बद्री (2019). तुमड़ी के शब्द (in Hindi). Rājakamala Prakāśana. ISBN   978-93-88933-83-4. ^[10]

References

1. "Social historian and cultural anthropologist Badri Narayan Tiwari takes over as TISS V-C". The Indian Express . 31 July 2025. Retrieved 1 August 2025.
2. Maitri Porecha (30 July 2025). "Badri Narayan Tiwari appointed Vice-Chancellor of TISS". The Hindu . Retrieved 1 August 2025.
3. "Badri Narayan". Penguin Random House India. Retrieved 27 January 2024.
4. "Badri Narayan". Kalinga Literary Festival. 14 October 2021. Retrieved 27 January 2024.
5. PTI (11 March 2023). "'Festival of Letters' begins with honouring 24 writers with Sahitya Akademi Award". The Hindu. ISSN   0971-751X . Retrieved 27 January 2024.
6. Hemali Chhapia (31 July 2025). "TISS gets full-time VC appointed for 5 yrs by Centre after 22 months". The Times of India . Retrieved 1 August 2025.
7. "Jurist Speaks – Eminent Scholar Lecture Series (April 6, 2024)" . Retrieved 1 August 2025.
8. "Professor Badri Narayan Tiwari takes charge as Vice Chancellor of TISS Mumbai". Deccan Herald . 31 July 2025. Retrieved 1 August 2025. Prof Tiwari is the first VC appointed at TISS under the University Grants Commission's (UGC) latest selection rules introduced in 2023.
9. Narayan, Badri (2 April 2021). "Chasing the Elephant's Shadow". Open The Magazine. Retrieved 27 January 2024.
10. "Book Review: जन और जनतंत्र के सबद को समेटने की सुन्दर कोशिश करते 'तुमड़ी के शब्द'". Amar Ujala. Retrieved 29 January 2024.