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Dr. M.A. Kalam is Visiting Professor, Centre for Economic and Social Studies, Hyderabad. He was Dean, School of Liberal Arts Social Sciences, and Professor of Anthropology, SRM University, Amaravati, Andhra Pradesh. Also, he was founding Dean, Administration and Regulatory Affairs, and Professor of Anthropology, at Krea University, Sri City, Andhra Pradesh. Prior to that he was Professor of Applied Social Sciences (Adjunct Faculty) at Loyola Institute of Business Administration; Professor of Eminence and the founding Head of the Department of Social Work at Tezpur Central University, Assam; Professor and Head of Department of Anthropology, and Chairperson (Dean) School of Social Sciences, University of Madras.
Dr. Kalam was
- Rockefeller Resident Fellow at Duke University
- Human Rights Fellow at Harvard University
- Commonwealth Academic Staff Fellow at the London School of Economics.
- Besides, he was Visiting Professor at Universities in France, as also at the Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla.
Dr. Kalam’s doctoral research was on Family and Land Tenure among the Coorgs (Kodavas) in Karnataka. He has undertaken anthropological fieldwork among South Asians in England, the USA and France, as also in Sri Lanka and Thailand. He continues to pursue his work among Indians overseas.
Dr. Kalam has been a consultant to ministries of the government of India, DANIDA, and NACO Currently he is on the Board of Bharat Rural Livelihood Foundation.
He was Governing Council Member of the Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR). He also served as a Member of the Expert Group on Diversity Index, Ministry of Minority Affairs, Government of India.
Dr. Kalam continues to publish extensively, not just academically, but also in newspapers / news portals and periodicals.
Extracurricular Activities
Dr. Kalam has been a keen sportsman and has represented his college, university and state in Football, Hockey, Cricket and Athletics. He has also served as a qualified cricket umpire for the Tamil Nadu Cricket Association (TNCA).
Dr. Kalam was President of the Gwyer Hall Students Union in Delhi University.
He has participated in the TV rounds of the BBC Mastermind Quiz.
Dr. Kalam has won the UNESCO Photography Prize for Asia and the Pacific.