Prof. (Dr.) S K Thorat

Professor Emeritus, Jawaharlal Nehru University, since August 2014

Distinguished Professor, Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune, Maharashtra

K.R. Narayanan Chair for Human Rights and Social Justice, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala

Managing Trustee, Indian Institute of Dalit Studies, New Delhi

Chairman, Indian Council of Social Science Research, New Delhi, 1 April 2011 - 1 May 2017

Chairman, University Grant Commission, 2006-2011

Professor in Jawaharlal Nehru University, 1973-2014

Director, Indian Institute of Dalit Studies, 2003-2006

Visiting Faculty, Iowa State University, Amas, USA, 1989-1991

President, Indian Economic Association since 2010

President, Conference, Indian Society of Agricultural Economics, 2009

President, Conference, Indian Society of Labour Economics, 2010

Place Of Origin :

Born on 12 July 1949, in a small farmers family in Village Mahimapur, Taluk, Daryapur, Distt. Amravati, Maharashtra.

Education And Academic Achievement :

Ph.D., M.Phil. D.Litt (Honorary Causa) - D.Litt (Honorary Causa) – 12 Universities from India and 1 University from Outside India have Awarded Honorary D.Litt, D.Sc., D.Sc. (Doctor of Education) and LLD

Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) 1986 in Economics, Farm Size, Resources use Pattern and Productivity Level : A Comparative Study of Dry and Irrigated Agriculture in Maharashtra, India, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, INDIA

Diploma in Advanced Course in National Economic Planning 1985, Research Institute for Developing Countries, Centre School of Planning and Statistics, Warsaw (Poland).

Master of Philosophy (M.Phil) in Economics 1978, Inter-Districts Variations in Agricultural Productivity and its Determinants in Maharashtra State, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, INDIA.

Master of Arts (MA) in Economic 1972, Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University, Aurangabad, Maharashtra, INDIA.

Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Economics with Geography, Sociology, English and Hindi as other subjects from Milind College of Arts, Aurangabad, Maharashtra, INDIA.

Foreign University: The University Technology, Mauritius conferred D.Litt. (Honoris Causa) at a Special Convocation on 1 August 2009.

Areas of Research: Agricultural Development, Rural Poverty, Institution and Economic Growth, Problems of Marginalized Groups, Economics of Caste System, Caste Discrimination and Poverty, Human Development, Human Rights Issue, Thoughts of Ambedkar, Slums, Education, etc.

Teaching and Research Experience :More than forty years of teaching and research beginning with July 1973

From 1973 to 1980 - Lectures Deliveredr at Vasantrao Naik College, Aurangabad, Maharashtra

From May 1980 onwards - Professor at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.

From February 1989 to 1991 - Visiting faculty at Iowa State University, Ames Iowa (USA).