Heeraman Tiwari (born 1 November 1961) is a Professor of Centre for Historical Studies, School of Social Sciences,[1]  at the Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi and his core areas of study include Sanskrit Language, Literature, Intellectual History and Philosophy.

Heeraman Tiwari
Born (1961-11-01) 1 November 1961 (age 63)
NationalityIndian
OccupationProfessor
SpouseAnu Khanna

Early life

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Heeraman Tiwari was born on 1 November 1961. Tiwari attended Lucknow University  for his B.A and M.A. He joined the University of Delhi for his Ph.D and The University of Oxford for his D.Phil.  His 1994 D.Phil thesis at Oxford University was entitled "From Form to Universal: The Evolution of a Theory of Universals in Early Brahmanical Philosophy" [2] under the supervision of Professor Bimal Krishna Matilal, and Professor Richard Gombrich.[citation needed]

Books

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  • Matilal, Bimal Krishna. (1998). The character of logic in India. Ganeri, Jonardon., Tiwari, Heeraman. Albany: State University of New York Press. ISBN 0-585-05930-6. OCLC 42855334.

Career

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  1. Heeraman Tiwari worked at the BBC World Service in London as research analyst and broadcaster.[3]
  2. Working in Centre for Historical Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi and presently working as Professor.
  3. Former interim dean of the Atal Bihari Vajpayee School of Management and Entrepreneurship (ABVSME),  Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi from January 2019 to July 2020[4]
  4. He was appointed as a National Instructor of ARPIT (Online Refresher Course in History).[5]
  5. Heeraman Tiwari was the Heinrich Zimmer (Chaired) Professor of Indian Philosophy and Intellectual History, at Ruprecht-Karls University, Heidelberg, Germany (2011-2012).[6][7]
  6. Heeraman Tiwari served as a Senior (Professorial) Fellow (2014-2015), Israel Institute for Advanced Studies, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel.[8]
  7. He is a member of the Foundation Committee, Raja Rammohun Roy Library Foundation, Ministry of Culture, Government of India[9]
  8. Stand-in Finance Officer (2017-2019), Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU),[10][11][12]

Personal life

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He is married to Dr. Anu Khanna, who has done her Ph.D in Immunochemistry from the Oxford University, Oxford, England.

References

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  1. ^ "Heeraman Tiwari". jnu.ac.in. Retrieved 2 June 2020.
  2. ^ Tiwari, H. (1993). "From form to universal The evolution of a theory of universals in early Brahmanical philosophy". www.opengrey.eu. Retrieved 2 June 2020.
  3. ^ Congress, The Library of. "LC Linked Data Service: Authorities and Vocabularies (Library of Congress)". id.loc.gov. Retrieved 2 June 2020.
  4. ^ "Faculty". www.jnu.ac.in. Retrieved 2 June 2020.
  5. ^ "Online Refresher Course in History - Course". swayam.gov.in. Retrieved 2 June 2020.
  6. ^ Heidelberg, Uni. "Cluster Asia and Europe - Uni Heidelberg: Heinrich Zimmer Chair for Heeraman Tiwari". www.asia-europe.uni-heidelberg.de (in German). Retrieved 2 June 2020.
  7. ^ "Senior Assistant Professor Heeraman Tiwari". SAI South Asia Institute. Universität Heidelberg.
  8. ^ "Heeraman Tiwari | European Institutes for Advanced Study (EURIAS) Fellowship Programme | 2018-2019". www.2018-2019.eurias-fp.eu. Retrieved 2 June 2020.
  9. ^ "About Us - Governance". rrrlf.nic.in. Raja Rammohun Roy Library Foundation - Ministry of Culture, Government of India. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
  10. ^ "No fund cut for library, says JNU". The Indian Express. 23 November 2018. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
  11. ^ IANS (10 February 2019). "Students Union's RTI on JNU Vivekanand statue draws a blank". Business Standard India. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
  12. ^ "3 Days Training Programme Schedule for Staff and officials of all Institutions/ organizations/ autonomous organizations under control of MHRD-regarding" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 April 2019.