Arvind Kumar Agrawal

Arvind Kumar Agrawal (born 18 April 1954[1]) is the first Vice Chancellor of Mahatma Gandhi Central University Bihar (MGCUB) at Motihari.[2][3] He joined the university on 3 February 2016. He is a leading Indian sociologist and Vice-president of International Sociological Association's Research Committee on Sociology of Law.[4]

He did his doctoral research at Heidelberg University, Germany on “Max Weber and Modern Sociological Theory”.[5] Prior to joining MGCUB, he served as Dean, School of Fine Arts & Art Education & Controller of Examinations at Central University of Himachal Pradesh.[6]

Earlier he was Professor & Head, Department of Sociology, & Hony. Director, Centre for the Study of Social Exclusion and Inclusive Policy at University of Rajasthan, Jaipur.[7] His research interests include Social theory, Research Methodology, Globalization and Sociology of Law.[8]

Books, Book chapters and research articles:

  1. Max Weber and Modern Sociological Theories, Rawat Publications[9]
  2. Themes in Social Stratification and Mobility :Essays in Honour of Prof K.L. Sharma, Rawat Publications [10]
  3. Transnational Social Work and Social Welfare: Challenges for the Social Work, Routledge Advances in Social Work, Routledge, 2016 [11]
  4. Globalization, leisure and tourism:A critical analysis from third world perspective, The Eastern Anthropologist, 2012.[12]
  5. Inter-Generational Mobility among Civil Servants: A Sociological study in the city of Jaipur(India). Gender, Caste, and Power in South Asia: Social Status and Mobility in a Transitional Society, 8, 81.[13]

References

  1. ↑ "MAHATMA Gandhi CENTRAL UNIVERSITY, MOTIHARI (BIHAR)". mgcub.ac.in. Retrieved 2017-06-29.
  2. ↑ "MG Central University's first session likely from July – Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 2017-06-28.
  3. ↑ "MAHATMA Gandhi CENTRAL UNIVERSITY, MOTIHARI (BIHAR)". mgcub.ac.in. Retrieved 2017-06-28.
  4. ↑ "International Sociological Association Research Committee on Sociology of Law".
  5. ↑ Ltd., Powered by Cyberica Net Technologies Pvt. "CENTRAL UNIVERSITY OF HIMACHAL PRADESH". cuhimachal.ac.in. Retrieved 2017-07-17.
  6. ↑ "MAHATMA Gandhi CENTRAL UNIVERSITY, MOTIHARI (BIHAR)". mgcub.ac.in. Retrieved 2017-07-17.
  7. ↑ "CV of Prof Arvind Agrawal" (PDF).
  8. ↑ Schwarzer, Beatrix; Kämmerer-Rütten, Ursula; Schleyer-Lindenmann, Alexandra; Wang, Yafang (2016-08-05). Transnational Social Work and Social Welfare: Challenges for the Social Work Profession. Routledge. ISBN 9781317431183.
  9. ↑ "MAX WEBER AND MODERN SOCIOLOGICAL THEORIES". rawatbooks.com. Retrieved 2017-07-17.
  10. ↑ "THEMES IN SOCIAL STRATIFICATION AND MOBILITY". rawatbooks.com. Retrieved 2017-07-17.
  11. ↑ Schwarzer, Beatrix; Kämmerer-Rütten, Ursula; Schleyer-Lindenmann, Alexandra; Wang, Yafang (2016-08-05). Transnational Social Work and Social Welfare: Challenges for the Social Work Profession. Routledge. ISBN 9781317431183.
  12. ↑ "Globalization, leisure and tourism" (PDF).
  13. ↑ "Inter-generational mobility among civil servants".



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