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DR. MANOJ SONI
Vice-Chancellor
Dr.
Babasaheb
Ambedkar
Open
University, Ahmedabad | |
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Former Responsibility
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Vice-Chancellor,
The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda,
Vadodara |
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Contact
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baouvc@gmail.com
dr.manojsoni@gmail.com |
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Birth
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17.02.1965,
Mumbai (Bombay) ,
Bhārat (India);
Male |
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Education
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Ph.D.,
1996
Post-Cold War International Systemic Transition and Indo-U.S. Relations;
Sardar Patel University, Vallabh Vidyanagar, Gujarat, India |
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M.A.,
1990
Political Science with Specialization in International Relations;
The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Gujarat, India |
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B.A.,
1988
Political Science
The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Gujarat, India |
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Disciplinary Specialization
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| International Relations and World Order Studies |
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Academic Distinctions
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April 2005 – April 2008
Served for one Term as the youngest ever Vice-Chancellor of
The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, India |
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2009
Member
Governing Body (The Supreme Authority of the University) Charotar University of Sciencece and Technology
Changa |
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2009
Founder Coordinator
Center for Excellence in Ethics in Politics and Public Administration,
Funded by the Government of Gujarat |
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2009
Member of the Committee
Constituted by His Excellency the Chancellor of the Krantiguru Shyamji Krishna Verma (KSKV) Kutchh University
(H.E. the Governor of Gujarat State) for the appointment of the
Vice-Chancellor of KSKV University |
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2008
Member
Justice R. J. Shah (Retd..)Fee Regulatory Committee,
Gujarat State, India |
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2008
Member
Board of Governors Sardar Patel Institute of Public Administration
Gujarat state, India |
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2008
Member
CII western Region Knowledge Ecosystem Committee
Mumbai, India |
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2008
Member of the Committee
Constituted by His Excellency the Chancellor of the VNSG University
(H.E. the Governor of Gujarat State) for the appointment of the
Vice-Chancellor of the Veer Narmad South Gujarat University, Surat |
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2003-2006
Member, Board of Management
Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Open University
Ahmedabad, India. |
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1999
Invited to the United States of America by the U.S. Government for the study of the U.S. Foreign
Policy under USIA’s
International Visitors’ Program |
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1995
Invited to the Center for the Study of American Culture and Language,
Salzburg Seminar
Salzburg, Austria. |
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1994
Olive I Reddick Award
For the best Seminar Paper on U.S. Foreign Policy awarded by the
American Studies Research Center, Hyderabad and the
Indian Association for American Studies |
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1993
Hari-Ohm Inter-University National Prize
For publishing the best research paper in International Relations awarded by the Sardar Patel University |
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1992
Outstanding Young Person Award
For exemplary National Service awarded by the
Indian Junior Chamber |
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1991
Ford Foundation Fellowship
For pursuing Ph.D. studies in International Relations at the
University of Bombay |
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1990
Qualified in the University Grants Commission, (UGC) New Delhi’s
National Eligibility Test for Lectureship |
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Qualified in the Civil Services Main Examination
Conducted by the Union Public Service Commission, New Delhi |
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1988-1990
UGC National Scholar
at the Department of Political Science
The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, India |
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Research Pursued
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1992-1995
Post-Cold War International Systemic Transition;
U.S. – India Relations in the Post-Cold War Era;
Understanding the Making of Foreign Policy: An Integral Analytical Framework;
The Marxist-Leninist Approach to International Politics |
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1996-1998
Eastern and Western Perspectives on International Relations Theory;
The Influence of Information Technology on International Politics |
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Research-in
Progress
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Sustainable Peace and Development in the Post-Cold War World Order |
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Publications |
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Books |
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2008
Post-Cold Water World Politics
(Published in Gujarati language: Sheet Yuddhottar Vishwa Rajkaran) by
Gujarat State University Granth Nirman Board, Ahmedabad., India |
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2004-05
Basnsuri
A study of Shuuddhadwait and Vishishtadwait Philosophy |
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2004
Vallabhbhai: The Sardar Whom India Misses the Most Today
Sardar Patel University
India./td>
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2002
In Search of A Third Space
Sardar Patel University, India |
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1998
Understanding the Global Political Earthquake
Ashgate Publishing Limited, Hampshire, United Kingdom
ISBN 1 84014 4467 |
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1995
Gandhi Vichar Ane Paryavaran
A translation from English into Gujarati of Pravin Sheth’s Green Plus Gandhi (A
Comparative analysis of Green Movement and the Gandhian Thought on Environment)
Navjivan, Ahmedabad, India. |
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Research Papers/Articles/Monograph |
2008
Envisaging the South Asian Resurgence:
Systemic Imperatives for Regional Synergic
Management, in Reconstructing South Asia: An Agenda, Edited by A. Subramanyam Raju,
Gyan Publishing House, New Delhi, India
India and Sri Lanka: From Political Fissures to Economic Bridges, in India-Sri Lanka:
Partnership in the twenty First Century, Edited by A. Kalpaz Publications,
New Delhi, India |
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2006
Sardar Patel: Vastavdarshi Adarshvadi in Harbans Patel (ed.), Sardar Patel, Sardar Patel
University,
Vallabh Vidyanagar |
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2005
Determinants of Literary Discourse: Revisiting the Nationalist Critique of Selected Gujarat
Novels, in Discourse of Resistance, Edited by Avdhesh Kumar Singh, Creative Books, New
Delhi, India |
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2004
Rashtrasangh: Samyukta ke Vibbakta
Paraspar, Ahmedabad |
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2002
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
A Monograph on the thoughts concerning nation-building
Sardar Patel University
India |
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1997
U.S. – India Relations After the Cold War
Prajna, A Research Journal of Sardar Patel University, Vol. 4, Vallabh Vidyanagar, India. |
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International Political Economy: Mapping the contours of Systemic Transition
Third Concept, An International Journal of Ideas, Vol. 11, New Delhi, India |
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1995
Interdisciplinary Co-ordination: A case of Political Science and Psychology
Third Concept, Vol. 09, New Delhi, India |
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1995
The Marxist-Leninist Approach to International Politics
Socialist Perspective, Vol. 22
Council for Political Studies, Calcutta, India |
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1994
Rethinking the Superness of American Power
American Studies in India, Edited by P.M. Kamath
Prestige Books, New Delhi, India |
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1993
Imperatives of Bio-economics
Third concept, Vol. 07, New Delhi, India |
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Understanding the Post-Cold War American foreign Policy: An Integrated Conceptual
Framework,
Prajna – A Research Journal of Sardar Patel University, Vallabh Vidyanagar. |
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From Cold War to Hot Peace?
Third Concept, Vol. 7, No. 82
New Delhi, India |
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1992
India At the Threshold
H.M.Patel Memorial Volume
Charutar Vidya Mandal, Vallabh Vidyanagar, India |
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Mao-tse-Tung and the Chinese Socialist Transition
Third Concept, Vol. 6 No. 68, New Delhi, India |
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Imperatives of the Post-Cold War Era
Third Concept, Vol.6, No. 65
New Delhi, India |
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Centrifugal Modernization Poses Challenges
Kurukshetra, No.6, New Delhi, India |
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Iti Shri Vichardbarayugadhyaya
(The End of the Era of Ideology) a research note in Gujarati,
Vishwamanav, Vol. 373-374, Ahmedabad, India |
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Co-curricular and Social Services |
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Academic Counselor |
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Indira Gandhi National Open University, New Delhi, India |
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Founder Hon. Director (2002-2004) |
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Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Centre,
Sardar Patel University, Vallabh Vidyanagar, India |
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Hon. Director (1993-1994) |
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Information Technology Center
Anoopam Mission, India |
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Member, Editorial Board (1999-2003) |
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‘Sheel Shritam’, a monthly Newsletter of
Sardar Patel University, Vallabh Vidyanagar, India |
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‘Prajna’ an Annual Research Journal of
Sardar Patel University, Vallabh Vidyanagar, India. |
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Member, Editorial Board (2000-2003) |
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V’, a multi-disciplinary Journal of high literacy repute published by Charutar Vidya
Mandal, one of the largest educational organizations in Gujarat, India. |
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Voluntary Services |
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Actively supporting as a volunteer the academic, cultural and social upliftment activities of
Anoopam Mission, India, a unique spiritual organization offering multi-dimensional
community services across the world |
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Member
Governing Board
Information Technology Centre, a highly reputed IT education center recognized by the
Governments of Gujarat and India, with international accreditation and commendations. |
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Membership of Major Professional Institutions and Associations |
- American Center, Mumbai (Bombay)
- Indian Institute of Public Administration, New Delhi
- Inter-University Centre for International Studies, Hyderabad
- Indian Association for American Studies
- Indian Association for Canadian Studies
Gujarat Rajyashastra Mandal (Gujarat Political Association)
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Interests |
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Films, Chess, Travel, Literature, Solitude |
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