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Umesh Ashok Kadam

Umesh Ashok Kadam

Umesh Ashok Kadam
Umesh Ashok Kadam
Professor
Centre/School/Special Centre
Centre for Historical Studies,
School of Social Sciences
Room No
424, SSS-III
Off. Phone
011-26704487
Email
uakadam@mail.jnu.ac.in, umeshkadam1@gmail.com, uakadam@jnu.ac.in
Personal Webpage
https://jnu.ac.in/Faculty/uakadam/cv.pdf
Qualifications

* Ph. D. (History), Shivaji University, Kolhapur 2005
* M.A. (History), Shivaji University, Kolhapur 1998
* B.A. (History), D.D. Shinde Sarkar College, Shivaji University, Kolhapur, 1996

Areas of Interest/Specialization
  • History of the Marathas and European powers
  • Socio-economic and Cultural History of the Deccan
  • Trade and Commerce in the 17th and 18th century Konkan coast
  • Bhakti movement 10th to 17th century
  • Maritime History of Western India
  • Urbanization in the Medieval Maratha country

Experience

23 Years of Post Graduate Teaching
* Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, Professor since December 2013
* Shivaji University, Kolhapur, Maharashtra, Professor, Feb.2013 to Dec.2013
* University of Pune, Pune, Maharashtra, Assistant Professor, 2003 to 2013
* Shivaji University, Kolhapur, Maharashtra, Lecturer, 1999 to 2003 

Awards & Honours

Awards:

  • Prestigious Mahamahopadhya Datto Waman Potdar Award, Maharashtra State Literature Board, Pune for bringing out excellent literature in History, (Marathi), entitled ‘French-Maratha Sambandh’1668-1818’, 2012
  • State Level Best Teacher Award, Aaviskar Social and Educational Foundation, Kolhapur, Maharashtra, 2011
  • Visiting Scholar, Charles Wallace India Trust, London, U.K., 2009
  • Visiting Scholar, Indo-French Social Scientist Exchange Programme, Fondation Maison des Sciences de l’Homme, Paris, 2007 
  • Best Thesis Award, Prestigious Late Smt. Sitabai Kulkarni Research Prize, Shivaji University, Kolhapur, 2007
  • Visiting Scholar, Maison des Sciences de l’Homme, Paris, 2004
  • Visiting Scholar, Charles Wallace India Trust, London, U.K., 2004 
  • FTG- Indian Council of Historical Research, New Delhi, 2004 

 

Honours:

  • Visitors Nominee (President of India) on the Executive Council of Aligarh Muslim University,  Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, from 2022 to 2025
  • Visitors Nominee (President of India) on the Executive Council of Aligarh Muslim University,  Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, from 2017 to 2020.
  • Vice-Chancellors Nominee (JNU) on the Academic Council of National Defence Academy, Khadakwasala, Pune, Maharashtra from 2017 to 2019
  • Nominated as Member of the Executive Council, Academic Council and Court of Jawaharlal Nehru University as Dean of Students from May 2017 to May 2020.
  • Nominated as Member of the Indian Historical Records Committee, National Archives of India, Ministry of Culture, Government of India from December 2017 to December 2022.
  • Nominated as Member of the Indian Council of Historical Research, Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India from December 2018-2021.
  • Nominated as Visitors Nominee on Selection Committees for Statutory Post in Aligarh Muslim University by Ministry of HRD, Government of India on 23rd April 2018 for a period of three years
  • Nominated by Vice-Chancellor of Solapur University under Maharashtra State University Act 2016 Clause 42(2)(g) as a Member of Board of University Departments and Interdisciplinary  Studies for a period of five years from December 2018 to promote Interdisciplinary Education and Research on campus and also network with National and International Institutes and create an academic and research environment to allow free flow of ideas amongst several disciplines
  • Appointed as Deputy Coordinator of National Resource Centres (NRCs) for Annual Refresher Programme in Teaching (ARPIT) of Higher Education Faculty through SWAYAM on 26th  December 2018 by Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India, New Delhi
  • Appointed as Deputy Coordinator UGC-CAS Programme Centre for Historical Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi by University Grants Commission, New Delhi.
  • Appointed as committee member to review NCERT history syllabus class VIII to XII February 2021.
  • Nominated by Hon’ble Minister of Education as Member on the 14th Educational Research and Innovations Committee (ERIC) of the NCERT to advise on planning, identifying and supporting basic research as well as research and innovations in the field of school education and teacher education for three years 2021- 2024.
  • Nominated by the Indian Council for Historical Research on the three-member committee for Medieval History part of ICHR’s Special Research Project ‘Comprehensive History of Bharat’ 2021.
  • Nominated by the Indian Council for Historical Research as Coordinator for the Seminars / Conferences / Special Lectures dedicated to Veer Vinayak Damodar Savarkar 2021-2022.
  • Nominated by the Indian Council for Historical Research as Member In-Charge -Coordinator to conduct 05 Special One Day Seminars in Jawaharlal Nehru University to commemorate the ‘Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav’ of Government of India during 2021-2022
  • Editor, Indian Historical Review, Peer Reviewed Journal of Indian Council for Historical Research, New Delhi, Sage Publications, http://jurnals.sagepub.com/home/ihr#
  • Editor, Studies In History, Journal of Centre for Historical Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Sage Publications, Los Angeles, London, New Delhi, Singapore, Washington DC and Melbourne,http://jurnals.sagepub.com/home/sih#
Best Peer Reviewed Publications
  • “Deccan in Transition: Conflicts, Challenges, Collaborations – European Companies in Relation to Marathas”, in Medieval Deccan: An Era of Transition, LAP Lambert Academic Publishing, Mauritius, ISBN-978-620-0-50053-3, 2020, pp- 15-29.
  • The Maratha Court and the Embassies of Saint Lubin and M.Montigny: A Truce towards Cordial Relations in The Indian Ocean in the Making of Early Modern India, Manohar Publishers and Distributors,Delhi,2016 & online reprint by Routledge, United Kingdom, 2016, pp.375-408.
  •  The Whole Universe is my Home': Bhakti in Medieval Maharashtra in Essays in Memory of Nandita Prasad Sahai - 'Looking Within Looking Without: Exploring Households in the Subcontinent Through Time, Primus Books, Delhi, 2015.
  •  Fragments of Maratha History Lusso-Dutch presence in the Deccan, Akhil Maharashtra Itihas Parishad, 21th Session National Proceedings, Bhusawal, Maharashtra, 2013.
  • Impact of Local Values on Development of Tourism in Iran, Proceedings of the First International Conference on Tourism and Management Studies, Algarve Faro, Portugal, 2011.
  •  Madhyayugin Bharathatil Rajya Va Samaj: Samasya Ani Sambhavyat, (Marathi), proceedings of the Akhil Maharashtra Itihas Parishad, Baramati, Pune, 2008.
  • “Franco-Maratha Relations: The 18th Century Re-Investigated” paper published in the “ICFAI - Journal of History & Culture” Vol.1. No.2. (IJHC), July 2007, Hyderabad, ISSN-0973-8517 pp.47-76.
Recent Peer Reviewed Journals/Books

1. “Medieval Deccan: An Era of Transition” (Maratha State and the Age of Conflicts, Challenges and Collaboration (English)
      Published by LAP – Lambert Academic Publishing, imprint of SIA OmniScriptum
      Publishing, Brivibas gatve 197, LV-1039, Riga Latvia, European Union
      Year of Publication: 2020, ISBN 13: 978-620-0-50053-3
      Edition: 1st Edition, Place: Mauritius
2. “Fragments of History”- (Some Aspects of Maratha History). (English)
      Published by Paradigm Publication, Pune, 2012.
      Year of Publication: 2012, ISBN 13: 978-81-922348-0-9
      Edition: 1st Edition, Place: Pune    
3. “French-Maratha Sambandha, 1668-1818”. (Marathi)
      Published by Pushpananda Prakashan, Pune, April 2011.
     Year of Publication: 2011, ISBN 13: 978-81-907033-7-6
     Edition: 1st Edition, Place: Pune
4. “History of the Marathas: French- Maratha Relations, 1668-1818”. (English)
      Published by Sundeep Prakashan, New Delhi, October 2008.
      Year of Publication: 2008, ISBN 13: 978-81-7574-190-4 & ISBN 10: 81-7574-190-2.
      Edition: 1st Edition, Place: New Delhi

5. “French on the Coromandel Coast” French In India Series- Vol-I.
      Published by LAP – Lambert Academic Publishing, imprint of KS OmniScriptum
      Publishing, Brivibas gatve 197, LV-1039, Riga Latvia, European Union
      Year of Publication: 2022, ISBN: 978-613-9-47563-3
      Edition: 1st Edition, Place: Republic of Moldova, Europe
      Book Details: 190 pages.

6. “French on the Konkan Coast” French In India Series- Vol-II.
      Published by LAP – Lambert Academic Publishing, imprint of KS OmniScriptum
      Publishing, Brivibas gatve 197, LV-1039, Riga Latvia, European Union
      Year of Publication: 2022, ISBN: 978-613-9-47586-5
      Edition: 1st Edition, Place: Republic of Moldova, Europe
      Book Details: 179 pages.

7. “French on the Malabar Coast” French In India Series- Vol-III.
      Published by LAP – Lambert Academic Publishing, imprint of KS OmniScriptum
      Publishing, Brivibas gatve 197, LV-1039, Riga Latvia, European Union
      Year of Publication: 2022, ISBN: 978-613-9-47654-1
      Edition: 1st Edition, Place: Republic of Moldova, Europe
      Book Details: 168 pages.

8. “Political Negotiations between the English, the French, Nizam & Tipu”
      French In India Series- Vol-IV.
      Published by LAP – Lambert Academic Publishing, imprint of KS OmniScriptum
      Publishing, Brivibas gatve 197, LV-1039, Riga Latvia, European Union
      Year of Publication: 2022, ISBN: 978-620-0-00037-8
      Edition: 1st Edition, Place: Republic of Moldova, Europe
      Book Details: 173 pages.

9. “Claims of the French, Dutch and Danes” French In India Series- Vol-V.
      Published by LAP – Lambert Academic Publishing, imprint of KS OmniScriptum
      Publishing, Brivibas gatve 197, LV-1039, Riga Latvia, European Union
      Year of Publication: 2022, ISBN: 978-620-0-00013-2
      Edition: 1st Edition, Place: Republic of Moldova, Europe
      Book Details: 168 pages.

10. “French Complaints about Interruption to their Commerce” French In India Series- Vol-VI.
      Published by LAP – Lambert Academic Publishing, imprint of KS OmniScriptum
      Publishing, Brivibas gatve 197, LV-1039, Riga Latvia, European Union
      Year of Publication: 2022, ISBN: 978-613-9-48718-9
      Edition: 1st Edition, Place: Republic of Moldova, Europe
      Book Details: 176 pages.

Monographs :

  1. R.P. Vyas Lecture Memorial Lecture Series – VIII, “Locating Historical Transitions in Medieval Deccan: Marathas, Precarious Powers and European Companies”, July 25, 2021.
  2. Medieval India: Problems and Possibilities, a monograph in Marathi published by the Maharashtra History Conference on 14th and 15th December, 2007.

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