Padma Shri Awarded Dr. Ravindra Kumar is a universally renowned Gandhian scholar, Indologist, eminent Writer, Thinker, Scholar, Political Scientist, Peace Worker and Educationist. He is the Former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Meerut, India. He has authored/edited more than 100 works on great personalities of the Indian Sub-Continent including Mahatma Gandhi, and on various social, religious, political, historical, educational and cultural issues. Many of his works are of international repute and have been translated into Marathi, Tamil, Thai, Hindi and English languages.
These books include ‘MORALITY & ETHICS IN PUBLIC LIFE’ (1999, ‘RELIGION AND WORLD PEACE’ (1999-2006), ‘GANDHI AND GANDHISM’, PART-FIRST (2001), ‘CHAMPARAN TO QUIT INDIA MOVEMENT’ (2002), ‘THEORY AND PRACTICE OF GANDHIAN NON-VIOLENCE’ (2002), ‘NON-VIOLENCE AND ITS PHILOSOPHY’ (2003), ‘FIVE THOUSAND YEARS OF INDIAN CULTURE’ (2003), ‘TOWARDS PEACE’ (2003), ‘MAHATMA GANDHI AT THE CLOSE OF TWENTIETH CENTURY’ (2004) ‘GANDHIAN THOUGHTS: AN OVERVIEW’ (2006), ‘MAHATMA GANDHI IN THE BEGINNING OF TWENTY- FIRST CENTURY’ (2006) etc.
Dr. Ravindra Kumar has been associated with a number of national and international academic, cultural, educational, social and peace organizations / institutions. His numerous works contribute significantly towards bringing about reconciliation among social groups, religious communities and sects. They focus on equality, humanism, integration, international understanding, non-violence, social change, unity and global peace. He is the Editor of Global Peace International Journal.
* Dr. Ravindra is also an honoured Columnist of Anjuman.