Valerian Rodrigues

Rodrigues was born in Loretto, Bantwal Taluk, Karnataka.{{Cite web |title=Vice-President Ansari Releases Book by Mangalore's Prof V Rodrigues |url=http://www.daijiworld.com/news/newsDisplay.aspx?newsID=93769 |website=www.daijiworld.com}} He received his MA from the University of Pune, and his M.Phil. and Ph.D. from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. As a political activist in the 1970s, he was influential in securing land titles for landless farmers and farm workers of Coastal Karnataka under the Karnataka Land Reforms (Amendment) Act, 1974.

Before joining JNU, Rodrigues taught at the Department of Political Science at Mangalore University, Karnataka, India. He has held the first Ambedkar Chair at the Ambedkar University Delhi, has been ICCR (Indian Council of Cultural Relations) Visiting Professor at the University of Erfurt Germany, Visiting Professor at the University of Würzburg Germany, Visiting Professor at [https://www.sfu.ca/ Simon Fraser University], Canada and Fellow at the [https://www.uni-erfurt.de/en/max-weber-kolleg/ Max Weber Center for Advanced Studies], Germany.{{Cite web |title=Democracy and Religious Minorities in India |url=https://www.uni-erfurt.de/fileadmin/public-docs/Max-Weber-Kolleg/6-pdfs/vortraege/2012-06-20_guest_lecture_rodrigues.pdf}}{{Cite journal |last=Rodrigues |first=Valerian |year=2014 |title=Elections and Civil Society in India |url=https://opus.bibliothek.uni-wuerzburg.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/10500 |journal=Würzburger Arbeitspapiere zur Politikwissenschaft und Soziologie (Waps); 4 |doi=10.25972/OPUS-10500 |via=opus.bibliothek.uni-wuerzburg.de}} Rodrigues is a regular political columnist and commentator with [https://www.thehindu.com/ The Hindu] and [https://indianexpress.com/ The Indian Express].

After receiving his MA from the University of Pune, Rodrigues first taught at Sri Dharmasthala Manjunatheshwara College, Ujire, Karnataka. He received his PhD from the Centre for Political Studies, JNU, India, in 1986, and was Agatha Harrison Fellow at St. Anthony’s College, Oxford from 1989–1991.{{cite news|last1=Garimella|first1=Subramanium|title=Untouched..By Change|url=http://www.thehindu.com/2001/09/02/stories/1302129c.htm|work=The Hindu|date=2001}}{{dead link|date=April 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} He was also a senior fellow at the Indian Institute of Advanced Studies, Shimla, from 1999–2001.{{Cite web|url=http://iias.ac.in/oldwebsite/earchive_fellows_1.html|title=IIAS Fellow Archive}} Rodrigues taught Political Science at Mangalore University, Karnataka from 1982 to 2003 before moving to Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, where he was Professor of Political Studies from 2003 to 2015. He is also National Fellow of the Indian Council for Social Science Research (ICSSR).{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/reclaiming-a-space-for-the-church/article7474638.ece|title=Reclaiming a space for the Church|first=Valerian|last=Rodrigues|newspaper=The Hindu |date=29 July 2015|via=www.thehindu.com}}

• [https://books.google.com/books?id=zGPtAAAAMAAJ "Making a Tradition Critical: Ambedkar's Reading of Buddhism", in Peter Robb, ed., Dalit Movements and the Meanings of Labour in India, Oxford University Press, 1993]]
• [https://books.google.com/books?id=pmcMAQAAMAAJ The Essential Writings of B.R Ambedkar (Oxford University Press) 2002]
• [https://books.google.com/books?id=KJejtAaonsEC "Dalit-Bahujan Discourse in Modern India" in V.R. Mehta and Thomas Pantham eds. Political Thought in Modern India, Sage, 2005]
• [https://books.google.com/books?id=L8xqKQEACAAJ "Untouchability, Filth and the Public Domain", in Gopal Guru eds.,Humiliation: Claims and Context, Oxford University Press, 2009]
• [https://books.google.com/books?id=Gtz2RAAACAAJ The Indian Parliament: A Democracy at Work, (Oxford University Press], 2010]
• [http://www.epw.in/journal/2011/02/special-articles/reading-texts-and-traditions-ambedkar-gandhi-debate.html Reading Texts and Traditions: The Ambedkar-Gandhi Debate, Economic and Political Weekly, 2011]
• [http://www.ihdindia.org/ihdjournal/search.aspx?uname=130&Title= "Justice as the Lens: Interrogating Rawls through Sen and Ambedkar", Indian Journal of Human Development, Jan-June 2011]
• [http://www.epw.in/journal/2011/49/special-articles/search-anchor-muslim-thought-modern-india.html In Search of an Anchor: Muslim Thought in Modern India, Economic and Political Weekly, 2011]
• [http://www.epw.in/journal/2014/25/special-articles/political-power-and-democratic-enablement.html "Political Power and Democratic Enablement: Devraj Urs and Lower Caste Mobilisation in Karnataka", Economic and Political Weekly, 2014]
• [http://www.epw.in/journal/2017/15/special-articles/ambedkar-political-philosopher.html "Ambedkar as a Political Philosopher", Economic and Political Weekly, 2017]
• [https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007%2F978-3-319-60904-1 "Parliamentary Opposition and Government Backbenchers in India" in Nizam Ahmed ed., Inclusive Governance in South Asia, Springer, 2017].
• [https://www.telegraphindia.com/opinion/pressing-concerns/cid/1465555 Speaking for Karnataka, co-authored with Rajendra Chenni, Nataraj Huliyar and S.Japhet, Bengaluru University Press,2018]
• [https://cup.columbia.edu/book/conversations-with-ambedkar/9788193732953 Conversations with Ambedkar: 10 Ambedkar Memorial Lectures,] Tulika Books, 2019

• Mangalorean Catholics

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