Ashok Kaul

Ashok Kaul is Emeritus Professor of Sociology at Banaras Hindu University, where he has taught for forty years. An acclaimed sociologist, thinker and writer, Kaul has to his credit five books, three on Kashmir, including a fiction Nativity Reclaimed (2017). In addition, he enjoys wide respect and recognition in academic circles thanks to his research papers and popular articles. He was bestowed with three major international fellowships, North-South Dialogue fellowship (Austria), Shastri -Indo Canadian Fellowship and ICCR Chair Abroad at University of Gothenburg, Sweden. Kaul has been visiting fellow at reputed universities of India and overseas, including IIAS Fellow at Baden-Baden, Germany since August 2018.