Yogendra Singh (November 2, 1932 – May 10, 2020) was an Indian sociologist. He was one of the founders of the Centre for the Study of Social Systems,

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, India, where he was a

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of Sociology, and where he has been a professor since 1971. Prior to that, he went to

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, USA in 1967–68 on a

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and was Professor and Head of the Department of Sociology,

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. He obtained his master's and PhD degrees from,

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, he has been the President of the Indian Sociological Society, and received the 'Indian Sociological Society Life Time Achievement Award' in 2007, apart from Best Social Scientist Award of the

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. Singh was born in Chaukhara, Siddharth Nagar, India. Singh died on 10 May 2020. He is famous for his work on critically analyzing the process of modernisation of India, the limitation of Sanskritisation, Westernisation and Little and Great Tradition in explaining Social Change in India, and he had an integrated approach in analyzing social change in India by considering all factors of social change.

Bibliography

* ''Modernization of Indian tradition: a systemic study of social change'', by Yogendra Singh. Thomson Press (India), Publication Division, 1973. * ''Traditions of non-violence'', T K K Narayanan Unnithan and Yogendra Singh. Arnold-Heinemann India, 1973. * ''Essays on modernization in India'', by Yogendra Singh. Manohar, 1978. * ''Indian Sociology: Social Conditioning and Emerging Concerns, Part 1'', by Yogendra Singh. Vistaar Publications, 1986. . * ''Social Change in India: Crisis and Resilience'', by Yogendra Singh. Har-Anand Publications, 1993. . * ''Social stratification and change in India'', by Yogendra Singh. 2nd. revised edition. Manohar, 1997. . * ''Culture change in India: identity and globalization'', by Yogendra Singh. Rawat Publications, 2000. * ''Ideology and theory in Indian sociology'', by Yogendra Singh. Rawat Publications, 2004. . * ''Theory and ideology in Indian sociology: essays in honour of Professor Yogendra Singh'', ed. Narendra Kumar Singhi. Rawat Publications, 1996. * ''Science and Modern India: An Institutional History, C. 1784-1947''. Yogendra Singh and D. P. Chattopadhyaya. Pearson Education India, 2011. .

References

External links

Centre for the Study of Social Systems, website
Indian sociologists Academic staff of Jawaharlal Nehru University 1932 births 2020 deaths University of Lucknow alumni Sociology educators Indian social sciences writers {{Asia-sociologist-stub