Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Andre Beteille (born September 30, 1934) FBA is one of India's leading sociologists and writers. He is particularly well known for his studies of the caste system in South India. He is a Professor of Sociology at the Delhi School of Economics at the University of Delhi where he is Professor Emeritus of Sociology since 2003. He was appointed National Research Professor by the Government of India in 2007.He became a Fellow of the British Academy in 1992, and in 2005, he was the awarded the Padma Bhushan by Government of India.In the words of historian Ramachandra Guha Béteille has written insightfully about all the major questions of the day: India's encounters with the West, the contest between religion and secularism, the relationship between caste and class, the links between poverty and inequality, the nurturing of public institutions, the role and responsibilities of the intellectual.In 1992, he became a Fellow of the British Academy. In 2005, Béteille received the Padma Bhushan from Government of India, as a mark of recognition for his work in the field of Sociology. The same year he was appointed a member of the Prime Minister's National Knowledge Commission. In 2006, following a proposal for increasing caste-based reservations, Beteille quit the Commission in protest. He is Professor Emeritus at Department of Sociology, University of Delhi.Presently he is the Chancellor of North Eastern Hill University, Shillong, Meghalaya and also the Chairperson of the Academic Council of Ashoka University, in India.. }
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- Andre_Beteille abstract "Andre Beteille (born September 30, 1934) FBA is one of India's leading sociologists and writers. He is particularly well known for his studies of the caste system in South India. He is a Professor of Sociology at the Delhi School of Economics at the University of Delhi where he is Professor Emeritus of Sociology since 2003. He was appointed National Research Professor by the Government of India in 2007.He became a Fellow of the British Academy in 1992, and in 2005, he was the awarded the Padma Bhushan by Government of India.In the words of historian Ramachandra Guha Béteille has written insightfully about all the major questions of the day: India's encounters with the West, the contest between religion and secularism, the relationship between caste and class, the links between poverty and inequality, the nurturing of public institutions, the role and responsibilities of the intellectual.In 1992, he became a Fellow of the British Academy. In 2005, Béteille received the Padma Bhushan from Government of India, as a mark of recognition for his work in the field of Sociology. The same year he was appointed a member of the Prime Minister's National Knowledge Commission. In 2006, following a proposal for increasing caste-based reservations, Beteille quit the Commission in protest. He is Professor Emeritus at Department of Sociology, University of Delhi.Presently he is the Chancellor of North Eastern Hill University, Shillong, Meghalaya and also the Chairperson of the Academic Council of Ashoka University, in India.".