Faculty

Chief Promoter: Prof. S.N. Balagangadhara Rao, Ghent University

Position: Professor, Director of the Research Centre Vergelijkende Cultuurwetenschap, Ghent University.

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Local Promoter: Prof. J.S. Sadananda, Kuvempu University

Position: Professor and Chairman, Department of Political Science; Chairman, Department of Adult and Continuing Education Kuvempu University; Director, Sri Abdul Nazeersab Chair for the study of Panchayat Raj and Decentralisation; Director, Sri Shantaveri Gopala Gowda Chair for the Study of Parliamentary Studies; Director KASSH.

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Director: Prof. Rajaram Hegde, Kuvempu University

Position: Professor of Dept. of History and Archaeology and Director of the Centre for the Study of Local Cultures. Dr. Rajaram Hegde: PhD degree in History, Pune University, dissertation on the cultural study of Sunga art; 16 years of post-graduate teaching; guidance of 8 PhDs; research in Indian cultural history; at Kuvempu University since 1990: 1997-2000: Joint Director, Publications Division; 1999-2000: Public Relations Officer; 2002-2005: Coordinator of Post-Graduate Diploma in Tourism; 2003- : Reader and Chairman of History Department; 2004: invited to deliver 4 special lectures at Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, Sorbonne, Paris; 2005- : Director of caste research project with Ghent University; 2006-2008: core group participant in the EC Asia-Link project; co-investigator of a major University Grants Commission project; local expert for a major Ford Foundation project. 5 published research monographs; editor of 4 collections of articles;

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Research Coordinator: Mr. Dunkin Jalki, Kuvempu University

Position: Completed doctoral research at CSCS, Bangalore and presently working as Co-ordinator of the Centre for the Study of Local Cultures.

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Administrative Officer: Sri. Indudhara S.E.