Professor Nandu Ram (1949–2025): A pioneer of the ‘perspective from below’ in Indian sociology

Chaudhuri Maitrayee . 2011. ‘Looking Back: The Practice of Sociology in CSSS/JNU.’ In Doing Sociology in India: Genealogies, Locations, and Practices, edited by Patel Sujata , 158–87. New Delhi: Oxford University Press.

Dube S. C . 1988. ‘Preface.’ In Mobile Scheduled Caste: Rise of a New Middle Class, by Ram Nandu , ix. New Delhi: Hindustan Publishing Corporation.

Government of Madhya Pradesh. 2002. The Bhopal Document: Charting a New Course for Dalits for the 21st Century. Bhopal: Government of Madhya Pradesh.

Kumar Vivek . 2000. ‘Report on the Seminar on “Indian Society at the Turn of the Century: Perspective From Below”.’ Sociological Bulletin 49(1): 135–36.

Ram Nandu . 1995. Beyond Ambedkar: Essays on Dalits in India. Delhi: Har-Anand Publications.

Ram Nandu . ed. 2007–2023. Encyclopedia of Scheduled Castes in India (5 vols). New Delhi: Gyan Publishing House.

Ram Nandu . 2008a. Caste System and Untouchability in South India. New Delhi: Manak Publications.

Ram Nandu . ed. 2008b. Dalits in Contemporary India. New Delhi: Siddhant Publications.

Ram Nandu . ed. 2008c. Ambedkar, Dalits and Buddhism: Collection of Dr Ambedkar Memorial Annual Lectures. Delhi: Jawaharlal Nehru University and Manak Publications.

Ram Nandu . 2024. Ambedkar, Dalits and Social Change. New Delhi: Gyan Publishing House.