A distinguished professor joins this university
Professor Aditya Malik has recently joined KR Mangalam University
(KRMU) as the vicechancellor. He has travelled extensively to give scholarly lectures in the fields of humanities and social sciences in India, USA, Europe, and New Zealand. He recently became the founding professor and dean of the School of Historical Studies at the newly established Nalanda University in Rajgir, Bihar.
Malik studied philosophy, archaeology and history at St. Stephen’s College (Delhi) and Deccan College (Pune). He also studied social anthropology and religious studies from South Asia Institute of the University of Heidelberg (Germany) from where he received his Ph.D. and Habilitation (professorial degree).
He is the recipient of several highly competitive international and national research grants and has taught social anthropology, history, and religious studies to undergraduate and postgraduate students in India (Nalanda University, Delhi University), Germany (University of Heidelberg, University of Bamberg), and New Zealand (University of Canterbury).
Malik’s publications, including individually authored books, edited volumes, articles, and book chapters have been published by Oxford University Press (New York), Cambridge University Press (Cambridge, UK), Routledge (London), Sage (Delhi), Manohar (Delhi), and DK Publishers (Delhi). His newest publications include Tales of Justice and Rituals of Divine Embodiment: Oral Narratives from the Central Himalayas (New York/Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2016/18, pp. 320) and Hinduism in India: Modern and Contemporary Movements (co-editor with Will Sweetman, New Delhi: Sage, 2016, pp. 356).
Malik was also honoured as an Inspired Teacher — the highest civilian recognition for university teachers in India — by the former President of India, Pranab Mukherjee, in 2016. He, thus, brings national and international experience as an outstanding scholar, researcher, adminstrator, and teacher to KRMU.
PROFESSOR ADITYA MALIK HAS JOINED KR MANGALAM UNIVERSITY AS THE VICE-CHANCELLOR