Subramanya Nagarajarao
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Subramanya Nagarajarao also known as N. Subramanya, is an Indian author, researcher specialised on refugees and translator. He is currently Director of Indian Research Institute, Mysore.
and as awarded his Ph.D. in 1999 by the University of Mysore
. He is post graduate in Political Science
. He held tenure UNHCR Chair at the National Law School of India University
, Bangalore
, during which he worked extensively on the refugee issue. He has guided many Master Degree Students in preparation of their dissertations. He is currently Director of Indian Research Institute, Mysore. He is also known as a translator from Kannada to English, a passion from his university days. He participated to translating the Sahitya Akademi Award
ed book Government Brahmana of Prof. Aravind Malagathi. He is an Hon. Professor with the Indian Institute of Human Rights, New Delhi
. In 2008, he published an article with Jan Magnusson and Geoff Childs in Journal of the International Association of Tibetan Studies
.
Biography
Subramanya Nagarajarao defended his thesis on Tibetan refugeesTibetan diaspora
The Tibetan diaspora is a term used to refer to the communities of Tibetan people living outside Tibet. Tibetan emigration happened in two waves: one in 1959 following the 14th Dalai Lama's self-exile in India, and the other in the 1980s when Tibet was opened to trade and tourism. The third wave...
and as awarded his Ph.D. in 1999 by the University of Mysore
University of Mysore
The University of Mysore , is a public university in India. The University founded during the reign of Krishnaraja Wodeyar IV, the Maharaja of Mysore, and was conceptualized on the basis of a report on educational progress in the United States and Australia, submitted by Messrs Thomas Denham and...
. He is post graduate in Political Science
Political science
Political Science is a social science discipline concerned with the study of the state, government and politics. Aristotle defined it as the study of the state. It deals extensively with the theory and practice of politics, and the analysis of political systems and political behavior...
. He held tenure UNHCR Chair at the National Law School of India University
National Law School of India University
The National Law School of India University is the leading institution for undergraduate and graduate legal education in India. By popular estimates, the school consistently ranks as the most prestigious law school in India...
, Bangalore
Bangalore
Bengaluru , formerly called Bengaluru is the capital of the Indian state of Karnataka. Bangalore is nicknamed the Garden City and was once called a pensioner's paradise. Located on the Deccan Plateau in the south-eastern part of Karnataka, Bangalore is India's third most populous city and...
, during which he worked extensively on the refugee issue. He has guided many Master Degree Students in preparation of their dissertations. He is currently Director of Indian Research Institute, Mysore. He is also known as a translator from Kannada to English, a passion from his university days. He participated to translating the Sahitya Akademi Award
Sahitya Akademi Award
Sahitya Akademi Award is a literary honor in India which Sahitya Akademi, India's National Academy of Letters, annually confers on writers of outstanding works in one of the following twenty-four major Indian languagesAssamese, Bengali, Bodo, Dogri, English, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Kashmiri,...
ed book Government Brahmana of Prof. Aravind Malagathi. He is an Hon. Professor with the Indian Institute of Human Rights, New Delhi
New Delhi
New Delhi is the capital city of India. It serves as the centre of the Government of India and the Government of the National Capital Territory of Delhi. New Delhi is situated within the metropolis of Delhi. It is one of the nine districts of Delhi Union Territory. The total area of the city is...
. In 2008, he published an article with Jan Magnusson and Geoff Childs in Journal of the International Association of Tibetan Studies
Journal of the International Association of Tibetan Studies
The Journal of the International Association of Tibetan Studies ISSN is a freely available online, peer-reviewed English language academic journal focusing on Tibetan studies...
.
Books
- Refugees: right to freedom of expression and communication - a legal handbook, WACCWorld Association for Christian CommunicationThe World Association for Christian Communication is an international NGO registered as a charity in both Canada and the United Kingdom. It is a worldwide network of ecumenical Christian communicators whose global office is based in Toronto...
, 2004, ISBN 8172147945 - Human rights and refugees, APH Publishing, 2004, ISBN 8176486833
Translations
- V. C. Keshava, Exploring Mysore: a complete data map in a special style, V.S.R. Prakashana, 2004
- Aravind Malagatti, Government Brahmana, Orient Longman, 2007 ISBN 8125032169, 9788125032168
Articles
- The politics of a refugee problem: a study of Tibetan refugee settlements in Mysore District, India, Tenth Seminar of the International Association for Tibetan Studies (IATS), University of Oxford, England, September 6 to 12, 2003
- Jan Magnusson, Subramanya Nagarajarao and Geoff Childs, South Indian Tibetans: Development Dynamics in the Early Stages of the Tibetan Refugee Settlement Lugs zung bsam grub gling, Bylakuppe, Journal of the International Association of Tibetan StudiesJournal of the International Association of Tibetan StudiesThe Journal of the International Association of Tibetan Studies ISSN is a freely available online, peer-reviewed English language academic journal focusing on Tibetan studies...
Issue 4, December 2008