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Professor
A. D. Pant
Tenure - 03.04.1980 - 28.12.1990
Prof. A. D. Pant Born in Almora in October 1921, Prof. Pant
followed Prof. A. B. Lal as Head, Political Science Department,
University of Allahabad and left it to join as Director of the
Institute. It was his vision, commitment and labor that enabled
the Institute to become what it is today. Although a committed
Marxist, his compassion and concern for the members of the Institute
were unique to his Indianness. His knowledge of Greek tradition
and political philosophy was legendary. Similar was his command
over Sanskrit. Although he completed his term on 28th December
1990, the well being of the Institute has been uppermost in
his mind. He continues to live as one of the best political
thinkers and most admired Director of the Institute.
Professor
S. P. Nagendra
Tenure - 29.12.1990 - 30.04.1996
Prof. S. P. Nagendra followed Prof. A. D. Pant as Director of
the Institute. Prior to joining the Institute, he had held various
important academic offices in the Universities of Gorakhpur
and Lucknow. Born in a low middle class family in Gorakhpur
district, he always excelled in studies. A favourite student
of Prof. D.P. Mukherjee in Lucknow University, his interest
in other disciplines soon led him to the world of philosophy
and religion. Subsequently, he gained knowledge of all religions
and under the inspiration of Prof. Awadh Kishore Saran he became
an advocate of Hermeneutic Sociology. An ardent admirer of Rene
Guenon, Anand Coomarswamy and Fritjof Schoun, philosophia perrenis
became his favourite theme. During his tenure the Institute
added the museum and auditorium to its infrastructure. His death
in April 2000 was an immense loss not only to the Institute
but also to the entire academic community.
Professor
Janak Pandey
Tenure - 01.05.1996 - 07.02.2002
Prof. Janak Pandey joined the Institute as its Director on 1st
May 1996 to lead it for five and a half years. Before joining
the Institute, he was Professor in the Department of Psychology,
University of Allahabad where he went back again after his stint
in the institute. With his tremendous capacity to work, he successfully
organized the Institute both in terms of work culture and effective
use of its infrastructure and took it to a new level. Under
his stewardship, the Institute undertook teaching activity in
the form of MBA-Rural Development programme. He loved challenges
and confronted them till they got made. He would walk into any
member's house and have a cup of tea and that made people share
their problems with him in an informal manner. He forged important
linkages of the institute with other national and international
Institutes.
Professor R. C.
Tripathi
Tenure: 08.02.2000 - 26.07.2007
Prof. Tripathi got trained at the Sagar University, I.I.T.,
Kharagpur and University of Michigan, Ann
Arbor, U.S. from where he received his
doctoral degree in Organizational
Behaviour. Prior to joining the Institute
he served as Professor and Head,
Department of Psychology, University of
Allahabad (1977-2002). Under his
leadership it became a UGC Centre of
Excellence in Psychology in 1984. He
established the unique programme Masters
of Psychology in Human Resource
Development and Management (M.Psy. HRDM)
programme while at the University. Amongst
his various administrative assignments he
has been a Member, University Grants
Commission; Pro-Vice Chancellor, Allahabad
University, Hon. Director, Institute of
Interdisciplinary studies and Institute of
Professional studies and is presently a
Member, ICSSR. He has been a UGC national
lecturer and gone on visiting assignments
to Tilburg University, The Netherlands,
Wake Forest University, USA and the
University of Michigan. He has published
internationally in the areas of
Organizational Behaviour, Social Change &
Development and Intergroup Relations and
has co-edited four books, the most recent
being ‘Psychology of Human and Social
Development’ (Sage, 2003).
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