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K. RAMAN PILLAI
VINAYAKA,T.C. 4/268-1,
Kaudiar P. O., Trivandrum – 695 005,
Kerala
Ph : 0471-436198

Date of Birth : 1st March, 1929

Academic Qualification
B.Sc. Madras University
M. A. (Politics) University of Kerala, 1963,
First Class (II Rank)
Ph.D. Indian School of International Studies, New Delhi, 1968.
 
Academic Positions Held
1. U.G.C. Visiting Professor, School of International Relations,
Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottyam

2. Director, State Resource Centre, Kerala

3. Director, Academic Staff College, University of Kerala

4. Professor and Head, Department of Political Science and Dean Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kerala

5. Senior Lecturer in Political Science, Ramyas College, University of Kerala

6. Research Officer, Nehru Museum & Library, New Delhi

7. Research Fellow, Indian School of International Studies, New Delhi

Research Guidance : Successfully guided 12 Ph.D. Scholars and 17 M.Phil Students. Currently guiding 6 Ph.D. Scholars.
 
Publications/Papers:
I. Books

1. India’s Foreign Policy: Basic Issues and Political Attitudes (Meenakshi Prakashan, Meerut, 1969).

2. Political Triangle: Pakistan, India and Britain (Y.I.P. New Delhi, 1970).

3. Comparative Government and Politics: A Study of the Government and Politics of U. K., U.S.A., USSR and P.R.C. (Datta, Delhi, 1976).

4. Indian Foreign Policy in the 90’s (Radiant Publishers, New Delhi, 1995.

5. Kerala Rashtriyathinte Antherdharakal (Mal.), ed.; State Language Institute, (Trivandrum, 2000).

II. Contributions to Compendiums

1. ‘Ambedkar and the Constitution Making’ in Dr. B. Gopal, ed; Dr. B. R. Ambedkar the Visionary (Sterling Publishers, New Delhi, 1993).

2. ‘Tensions within Regional Organisations: A Study of SAARC in Rama S. Melkote ed; Regional Organisations – A Third World Perspective (Sterling, New Delhi, 1989).

3. ‘Electoral Reforms in India’ in K. C. George Memorial Volume (Trivandrum, 1988).

4. ‘The Star Wars’ in Youth for Peace (Trivandrum, 1988)

5. ‘Three decades of Kerala Politics’ in Three decades of Kerala (M) (State Language Institute, Trivandrum, 1988).

6. ‘The Democratic Process in India: Some Reflections in T. P. Sankarankutty Nair ed; Modern India : Society and Politics in Transition (Inter-India Publications, New Delhi, 1988).

7. ‘Nehru and the Hindu Muslim Question’ in Studies on Nehtru, ed; V. T. Patel (Sterling, New Delhi, 1987).

8. ‘Totalitarianism in 1984 – A Critique’ in George Orwell and 1984 (Trivandrum, 1985).

9. ‘The Pith of Kerala History’ in Kelappan Smaraka Grandham (Calicut, 1982).

10. Coalition Government in Retrospect in FOR AN INDIAN MODEL (Achutha Menon Foundation, Trivandrum, 1993).

11. Human Rights in India: An Overview in Society and Politics: Issues and Perspectives, ed; T.P. S. Nair (Trivandrum, 1998).

12. Politics in Post Independent Kerala in Fifty years of Independence; P.R.D. (Kerala, 1998).

13. Coalition Politics: The Kerala Experience in M.A.; Oommen ed; Kerala’s Development Experience I, ISS (New Delhi, 1999).

14. Administration and Politics in Kerala in Keralam 2000 (Mal.), ed; T. N. Jayachandran (Trivandrum, 2000).

III. Articles

Published more than ninety articles on International Relations, Indian Politics and Kerala Politics in Foreign and Indian Journals.

IV. Membership of Academic and Professional Bodies

Life Member, Indian Political Association, Indian Institute of Public Administration International Association of World Educations for Peace and Institute for the Study of Developing Areas.

Member of several academic and professional bodies including the Board of Studies of several Universities, NCERT and U.G.C. Expert panel in Political Science and Public Administration.

V. Extension Lectures

Delivered extension lectures on a range of topics relating to regional national and international affairs in various universities in India.

VI. AIR, D.D. Talks/ Discussion

Participated in more than two dozen talks / discussions on AIR and more than ten discussions in D.D.

VII. Visits abroad

Visited France under the Cultural Exchange Programme of the Government of India. Visited West Germany, Switzerland, Belgium, Netherland and United Kingdom.

VIII. Organised and directed a number of seminars and courses and participated in more than 100 seminars and conferences at the international, national and regional level.

IX. Worked on various expert committees constituted by UPSC, U.G.C., ICSSR, NCERT, KPSC, Universities of Mysore, Madurai, Madras, Kerala and Kottaya

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