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Dhruv Raina

Dhruv Raina

Dhruv Raina
Dhruv Raina
Professor
Centre/School/Special Centre
Zakir Husain Centre for Educational Studies,
School of Social Sciences
Room No
222
Off. Phone
011-26704418
Email
dhruv@mail.jnu.ac.in d_raina@yahoo.com
Personal Webpage
http://jnu.academia.edu/DRaina
Qualifications

M.Sc (Physics - IIT B), Ph.D (Philosophy of Science - Göteborgs Universitet) 

Areas of Interest/Specialization

History and Philosophy of Science; Science, technology and development policy;
Studies on science and social movements in India.
Research programmes on the institutionalisation of the modern scientific and technological research system in late nineteenth and twentieth century India.
Studies on the social epistemology of models and theories of the history of sciences: the historiography of sciences.
Historiography of mathematical proof.
Ongoing research programmes on the cultural reception of modern science and the dialogue with other knowledge systems.
Scientometric studies on the institutionalisation of physics research in India.
Preparation of archives and databases for the hisory of sciences and technology in India.
Social history of knowledge and higher education in Modern India 

Experience

Scientist, National Institute of Science Technology and Development Studies, New Delhi (1991-2002) 

Awards & Honours

* Heinrich Zimmer Chair for Indian Philosophy and Intellectual History, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Germany
* Adjunct Professor of History of Science, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Chandigarh, (2010- ).
* Fellow, Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin, Institute of Advanced Study, Berlin (2007-2008). 
* Member, Advisory Board and Research Council, National Commission for History of Science, Indian National Science Academy 2002-2004, 2004-2006, 2006-2008, …
* Member of the Advisory Board, National Book Trust of India.
* Editorial Board, Indian Journal for the History of Science, 2004 -2008, 2009 -.
* Editorial Board of VEST:Tidskrift for Vetenskapsstudier, Sweden.
* Visiting Professor, Maison de Sciences de l'Homme, Paris ; 2001 : 2002 ; 2003. 

International Collaboration/Consultancy

* Surinder Jodhka and Dhruv Raina, Learning Abroad: CSFP and Higher Education in India, Study Undertaken as part of Writing the History of the Commonwealth Scholarship and Fellowship Programme, 2007. * Member of the team on the International Project of Advanced Studies, Maison des Sciences de L’Homme, Paris on The Historiography of Mathematical Proof, 2002. * Co-editor for the module on Science in South and South-East Asia in the Twentieth Century, Volume 7 of UNESCO'S History of Mankind, Routledge, 2008. * Project Coordinator, for the American Institute of Physics Sponsored Project: International Catalog of Sources for History of Physical and Applied Sciences, 1st January -31st December 1994.

Best Peer Reviewed Publications

Dhruv Raina, "Ramchundra's Treatise Through the Unsentimentalised Light of Mathematics or the Mathematical Foundation of a Cultural Project", Historia Mathematica, 19, 1992, 371 384.
Dhruv Raina and S.Irfan Habib, "The Moral Legitimation of Science: Bhadralok Reflections on the Theory of Evolution", Social Studies of Science 26 (1996), 9-42.
Dhruv Raina, "Reconfiguring the Centre! On the Structure of Scientific Exchanges in Colonial India", Minerva, 34: 161 - 176, 1996.
Dhruv Raina, "Disciplinary Boundaries and Civilisational Encounter: the Mathematics and Astronomy of India in Delambre’s Histoire (1800-1820)", Studies in History , 17, 2, 2001, pp. 175-209.
Dhruv Raina, "Betwixt Jesuit and Enlightenment Historiography: The Context of Jean-Sylvain Bailly’s History of Indian Astronomy", Revue d’Histoire de Mathématiques, 2003, 9, p.101-153. 

Recent Peer Reviewed Journals/Books

Dhruv Raina, Images and Contexts: Studies in the Historiography of Science in India, Oxford University Press, 2003.
Dhruv Raina and S.Irfan Habib, Domesticating Modern Science: A Social History of Science and Culture in Colonial India, Tulika Books, 2004.
Edited Volumes
Feza Günnergun and Dhruv Raina (Eds.), Science between Europe and Asia: Historical Studies on the Transmission, Adoption and Adaptation of Knowledge, Boston Studies in the Philosophy of Science, Springer Dordrecht: 2011. 

A warm welcome to the modified and updated website of the Centre for East Asian Studies. The East Asian region has been at the forefront of several path-breaking changes since 1970s beginning with the redefining the development architecture with its State-led development model besides emerging as a major region in the global politics and a key hub of the sophisticated technologies. The Centre is one of the thirteen Centres of the School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi that provides a holistic understanding of the region.

Initially, established as a Centre for Chinese and Japanese Studies, it subsequently grew to include Korean Studies as well. At present there are eight faculty members in the Centre. Several distinguished faculty who have now retired include the late Prof. Gargi Dutt, Prof. P.A.N. Murthy, Prof. G.P. Deshpande, Dr. Nranarayan Das, Prof. R.R. Krishnan and Prof. K.V. Kesavan. Besides, Dr. Madhu Bhalla served at the Centre in Chinese Studies Programme during 1994-2006. In addition, Ms. Kamlesh Jain and Dr. M. M. Kunju served the Centre as the Documentation Officers in Chinese and Japanese Studies respectively.

The academic curriculum covers both modern and contemporary facets of East Asia as each scholar specializes in an area of his/her interest in the region. The integrated course involves two semesters of classes at the M. Phil programme and a dissertation for the M. Phil and a thesis for Ph. D programme respectively. The central objective is to impart an interdisciplinary knowledge and understanding of history, foreign policy, government and politics, society and culture and political economy of the respective areas. Students can explore new and emerging themes such as East Asian regionalism, the evolving East Asian Community, the rise of China, resurgence of Japan and the prospects for reunification of the Korean peninsula. Additionally, the Centre lays great emphasis on the building of language skills. The background of scholars includes mostly from the social science disciplines; History, Political Science, Economics, Sociology, International Relations and language.

Several students of the centre have been recipients of prestigious research fellowships awarded by Japan Foundation, Mombusho (Ministry of Education, Government of Japan), Saburo Okita Memorial Fellowship, Nippon Foundation, Korea Foundation, Nehru Memorial Fellowship, and Fellowship from the Chinese and Taiwanese Governments. Besides, students from Japan receive fellowship from the Indian Council of Cultural Relations.