CURRICULUM VITAE OF PROF. KAPIL KUMAR

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1 CURRICULUM VITAE OF PROF. KAPIL KUMAR Director, School of Tourism Hospitality Service Management Indira Gandhi National Open University & Director, Indira Gandhi Centre for Freedom Struggle Studies & Chairperson, Faculty of History Indira Gandhi National Open University Former Positions: Professors Chair, Contemporary Indian Studies UNIVERSITY OF WEST INDIES St. Augustine, Trinidad (On deputation through Indian Council of Cultural Relations) Visiting Professor, Monash University, Melborne, Australia Visiting Professor, Catania University, Italy Adjunct Professor and Programme Coordinator (Programmes and Research) SCHOOL OF TOURISM, HOSPITALITY SERVICES MANAGEMENT INDIRA GANDHI NATIONAL OPEN UNIVERSITY Room No. 119, Academic Block F School of Social Sciences Maidan Garhi, New Delhi , India Office: , Mobile: profkapilk@gmail.com Residence 818, Levy Pinto Block, Asian Games Village, New Delhi Phone;

2 TEACHING AND RESEARCH EXPERIENCE Thirty seven years out of which more than twenty five years are in distance learning at IGNOU. I have taught Post Graduate and Under Graduate classes and guided research and led research projects. Held the Professorial Chair on Contemporary Indian Studies, University of West Indies, St.Augustine, Trinidad & Tobago, 29 th October 2010 to 2 nd August, Visiting Professor, Monash University, Clayton, Melbourne, Australia as an Endeavour Fellow, 1 st May to 31 st October, 2008 Chairperson, Faculty of History and Tourism Studies, School of Social Sciences, IGNOU, June 1991 Dec 2008 Chairperson, Faculty of History, Jan, 2009 Oct-2010, and again from 3 rd September,2012 Professor of History since June 1991 Adjunct Professor, Tourism Research, School of Tourism and Hospitality Services, IGNOU, January 2009-January 2010 Reader in History, IGNOU, January 1988 June, 1991 Lecturer of History in Kirorimal College, Delhi University, August 1985 January, 1988 Lecturer of History SDPG College, Ghaziabad, Meerut University, January, 1976 July, 1985 Post-doctoral Fellow, Nehru Memorial Museum and Library, New Delhi, Feb Feb Programme Coordinator, Tourism Research, IGNOU, 2006-January 10, 2010 Programme Coordinator, Tourism Studies, IGNOU, Jan 1993 Dec 2008 Programme Coordinator, Hospitality Studies, IGNOU, AREAS OF SPECIALISATION Modern Indian History Applied History Tourism Studies and Management Heritage and Environmental Studies Gender Studies Distance Education Higher Education Inter-Community Relations 2

3 INTERNATIONAL: FELLOWSHIPS, ASSIGNMENTS AND CONFERENCES RECENT; 1) Presented a Paper on Indentured Labourer to Peasant Leader : Baba Ramchandra in Fiji and Oudh (India) at the International Conference on Labour and Slavery held at Paramibaro, Suriname, 6-10 June, ) Elected to the office bearers as a Treasurer for International Association of Studies in Indentured Labour and Migration (IASILM). 3) Delivered three lectures at the Krasnodar State University for Culture and Arts, Russia, June, ) Delivered two public lectures at the Krasnodar State Museum, Russia, 18 & 20 June, ) My Paper on Tourism to India from Russia was translated and presented in Russian, in absentia, at the International Conference on Tourism held in Krasnodar, Russia, 5-7 June, ) Presented a paper on Challenging Colonial Historiography :The Indian Scenario at an international symposium on Historiography at Institute of Graduates Studies and Research Anton de Kom University, Paramibaro,Suriname, th October ) Developed a unique course on Understanding Global Cultures for the students, staff and teachers of University of West Indies. Under this lead a group of teachers and students to Indian July-August ) Delivered a lecture on Science, Mythology and History : Some Reflections from India, at the Exhibition Lecture series on India: A Culture of Science in Trinidad on 3 rd July,2012 9) Presented a paper on Female Prisoners & Colonial Prisons: Case Studies from U.P. India at ICOPA,International conference, 13 th -15 th June,University of West Indies,Trinidad 1)Delivered two public lectures on Tourism to India and History Heritage and Marketing organised by the Anton de Kom University, Suriname and the Indian Culture Centre, Suriname, ( August,2011) 2) Designed the course on History and Theory of Suriname University at Masters level and delivered eight lectures at the Suriname University ( August,2011) 3) Delivered a lecture on India; Then and Now, at the Institute of International Relations, University of West Indies (February, 2011) 4) Taught, two papers on Social History of India and Economic History of India at the University of West Indies, besides guiding research (November 2010 August 2012). 5) Australian Endeavour Award Holder (2008) 6) Australia India Council Fellow (2007) EARLIER 1) Presented a paper titled Marketing World Heritage Sites: A Case Study of Product Rejuvenation and Promotion of World Heritage Sites in India at the conference World Heritage and Tourism: Managing for the Global and the Local, organised jointly by UNESCO and Laval University, Quebec, Canada from June 2 to 4, ) Delivered Keynote address at an international seminar on Trans Himalayan Tourism organised by Department of Tourism, Jammu University, India (March 2010). 3) Delivered Keynote address at an international seminar on 365 Days Destination, organised by Cochin University of Science and Technology (March,2010) 3

4 4) Delivered Keynote address at New-Age Tourism Marketing, international conference organised by Kerala Institute of Tourism and Travel Studies,(Feb-2010). 5) Presented a paper titled Strategic Interventions For Nature-Based Tourism In Himalayas at the Chief Minister Conclave on Climate Change, Glaciers and Himalayan livelihoods, organized by Ministry of Environment, H.P. Government, Shimla, October, ) Presented a paper titled High Intensity Measures Are Lacking Amongst Your Ailing Sensitivities (HIMALAYAS): Action Plan to Act And No Discussions at an International Conference organized by the Ministry of Forests, J&K Government at Srinagar, India October, ) Chaired and Organised a session on Mapping Out Cultural Resources, Tourism and Development with three panels for the International Conference of Anthropology and Ethnology Sciences (IUAES) held in Kunming, China in July, Also presented a paper in the conference on Showcasing Convict Heritage: The Emerging Trend in Australian Tourism. 8) Presented a paper on Study of Convict Heritage Tourism: A Case Fremantle Prison, Australia at the 4 th International Scientific Conference Planning for the Future Learning from the Past: Contemporary Developments in Tourism, Travel and Hospitality organised by University of the Aegean, Rhodes Island, Greece from April 3 to 5, ) Moderator and Chairperson for Rapid Fire Session on Sociology at Work, Asia Euro Conference on Transfer of Technology to Developing Countries in Tourism and Hospitality, November 20-22, 2008, Taylor College of Hospitality and Tourism, Penang Li, Singmore, Malaysia. 10) Awarded Australian Endeavour Research Fellowship 2008 for Post Doctoral Research on Convict Heritage Tourism undertaken from May 1, 2008 to 31 st October, Attached with Faculty of Arts, Monash University, Clayton, Australia. 11) Presented a paper on Dichotomy in Hindu Muslim Relations at Grass- root and Dominant Levels: Colonial and Post-Colonial India at Bob Hawk Prime Ministerial Centre, University of South Australia, Adelaide in a UNESCO seminar on Reconciliation studies, October 14-16, ) Presented a paper on Convict Heritage Tourism: Product, Perceptions and Marketing at National Centre for Australian Studies, Monash University, Australia, August 29, ) Presented a paper on History and Historians in the Age of Marketing: Some Reflections from India, at 17 th Biannual Asian Studies Association of Australia (ASAA) Conference held at Melbourne, 1-3 July Australia. 14) Presented a paper on Situating Tourism Research in India and the Asia Pacific Context at APac CHIRE International Conference held at Perth, Australia June ) Presented a paper on Heritage Tourism in Australia: Some Lessons for India to Learn at Indian Association of Study of Australia (IASA) Biannual International Conference, Kolkata, January ) Presented a paper on Situating Tourism Education in ODL System: Strengths, Limitations and Future at Association for Tourism in Higher Education Annual Conference on Shaping the Future of Tourism Education at St. Anne s College, Oxford University, UK. (December 5 to 7, 2007). 17) Delivered lectures at Strathclyde Business School, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow. U.K. on Culture and Tourism from November 28, 2007 to December 2, ) Australia-India Council Fellow for the year Visited Australia for three months and worked on a Project How Australia has converted its History and Heritage into Tourism Products? Also delivered lectures at the Universities in Melbourne (Monash), Canberra (ANU), Sydney (University of New South Wales) and Brisbane (University of Queensland).Australia 4

5 19) Visited South Africa for the assignment to conduct an International Peer Review of the Tourism Programmes of the University of South Africa (UNISA), Muckleneuk, South Africa from to ) Presented paper on Good Governance and Democracy: Promoting Happiness in SAARC Writers and Intellectuals Conference on Gross National Happiness and its Relevance in South Asia held at New Delhi, India, 14 to 15 December, ) Presented a paper on Advertising in Electronic Media: the Death of Socially Responsible Marketing at an international conference organised by Press Council of India, November 16-17, 2006 at New Delhi, India, on Journalism Ethics and Society in the Age of Globalisation. 22) Represented IGNOU in the Fourth Pan-Commonwealth Forum on Open Learning at Jamaica held from to and presented a paper on Collaborative Models in Course Design and Delivery: The IGNOU Experience. 23) Paper titled Tourism Trends and HRD in India: The Current and the Future presented at an international conference on Tourism and the New Asia: Implications for Research, Policy and Practice, hosted by the Centre for Recreation and Tourism Research (CRTR), Peking University, Beijing, China, August 9 12, ) Attended the trainers Workshop for Hospitality Education at Leysin organised by the Swiss Hospitality Education Group, Monteux, Switzerland, June, 15-30, ) Presented a paper titled Conventional and Open Learning Systems for Tourism Education in India at an international conference Cutting Edge Research in Tourism New Directions, Challenges and Applications hosted by School of Management, Surrey University, Guildford, U.K. from June 6-9, ) Visited U.K. Open University, Milton Keynes and University of Lancaster in June 2005 and interacted with senior faculty members on various issues of Higher Education. 27) Nominated by UGC and made a presentation on Higher Education in India at the U.K. India Education and Research Initiative Conference held at New Delhi on March 17 and 18, ) Provided a Fellowship by Maison Des Sciences De L homme, Paris, France to study the Conversion of Historical Sites into Tourism Products in Paris from December 5 to 14, ) Visiting Professor under Indo-Italian Cultural Exchange Programme (University Grants Commission) at University of Catania, Italy from November 24 to December 3, 2005 to study the Conversion of Historical Sites into Tourism Products and Related HRD Practices in Italy. During this period delivered lectures on Use and Misuse of History in Tourism and Terrorism and Tourism at the University. 30) Chaired a parallel session at the ICDE (International Council for Open and Distance Education) held at New Delhi, India, November 18-23, ) Presented a paper on Use and Misuse of History in Tourism: A Case Study of India in and international conference Recent Developments in Tourism Research organised by the Faculty of Economics, University of Algarve, Portugal from October 6 to 8, ) Presented a paper on Innovative Models in Course Development: Tourism and Hospitality at IGNOU in the 19 th All Asian Open Universities Conference held in Jakarta, Indonesia from September 15 to 17, ) Presented paper Marketing of Eco-fragile Areas at an International Seminar held at Mussorie, India from March 28 to 30,

6 34) Was the Guest of Honour at the Seminar on the 59 th Anniversary of Great Patriotic War, held at The Russian Centre of Science and Culture, New Delhi, April 28, ) Member, Indian Delegation, representing Indian Council of Historical Research for Indo-French Cultural Exchange Dialogue, Paris, France, January ) Member, Indian Delegation (under Ministry of Tourism, Govt. of India), World Tourism Organisation Conference on Tourism Taxation, Cochin, ) Foreign Assignments Entrusted by Vice Chancellor, IGNOU a) Team Leader of IGNOU Team that participated in the Gulf Education and Training Exhibition (GETEX) held at Dubai in 2005 b) Member of Vice Chancellor s team for Asian Association of Open Universities Conference (AAOU), held at Shanghai, China in Interacted with Vice Chancellors and team delegations of other universities. Promoted IGNOU s programmes, answered prospective students queries and made efforts for building IGNOU s image in the Gulf region. Also submitted a report in terms of competitive analysis with other universities and IGNOU s strengths and weaknesses in this regards in the West Asia. c) Team leader of IGNOU s team for review of Mauritius Study Centres of IGNOU Presented a report to the University regarding the functioning of the Study Centre, viability of the programmes and future plans involving scope of improvement to establish IGNOU as a leader. NATIONAL ASSIGNMENTS 1. Awarded Major Research Project by the UNIVERSITY GRANTS COMMISSION, INDIA on the theme Use and Misuse of History in Tourism for a duration of three years starting January Advisor, Indian Tourism Congress, ; Working President Member, Press Council of India, New Delhi, Member, Board of Governors, Indian Institute of Tourism & Travel Management, Ministry of Tourism, Government of India, Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh Member, Board of Governors, National Council for Hotel Management and Catering Technology, Ministry of Tourism, Govt. of India, New Delhi, President, Professors Forum of India( an NGO ) 7. President, Federation of Central Universities Teachers Associations (FEDCUTA ) Members, Executive Committee, Indian History Congress

7 PUBLICATIONS A. Books Four books have been published in History: 1. Peasants in Revolt (Manohar: Delhi, 1984) 2. Congress and Classes (edited), (Manohar: Delhi, 1988) 3. Kisan Vidroh Congress Aur Angreji Raj (Manohar: Delhi 1989, Hindi) 4. Peasants Betrayed: Essays in Colonial History (Manohar: Delhi, 2011 ) Under Publication 1...Tourism: Issues and Challenges for India Currently working on two books: 1) Convict Heritage Tourism: A Case Study of Australia 2) Women, Crime and Colonial State: Uttar Pradesh B. Research Papers Published 30 research papers in reputed journals, edited volumes and electronic publications. Some of these were presented at international seminars organised at Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, Centre for Social Studies, Surat, Nehru Memorial Museum and Library, New Delhi and University of Surrey, UK, Peking University China, University of Algarve, Portugal and University of Indonesia, Jakarta. The titles of some of the very often-quoted papers are as follows: I) Publications in Tourism 1. Innovative Models in Course Development: Tourism and Hospitality at IGNOU, AAOU, University of Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia, September 13 to 15, 2005.(electronic) 2. Use and Misuse of History in Tourism: A Case Study of India, at Conference Recent Developments in Tourism Research, University of Algarve, Portugal, October 6 to 8, 2005.(electronic). 3. Conventional and Open Learning Systems for Tourism Education in India, Cutting Edge Research in Tourism Conference, University of Surrey, June 6 to 9, 2006 (electronic). 4. Tourism Trends and HRD in India: The Current and the Future Curriculum paper published in the conference proceedings Tourism and the New Asia: Implications for Research, Policy and Practice, held from August 9 12, 2006 at Peking University, Beijing, China. 5. Collaborative Models on Course Design and Delivery: The IGNOU Experience, PAN-4 Commonwealth of Open Learning, 2006, Vancouver, Canada (electronic). 6. When the Forecasts Fail: Terrorism and Tourism,- 7. Film Induced Tourism: Use of Films in Destination Marketing (co-authored with Shamima Akhtar), in Indian Journal of Tourism and Hospitality Management, KITTS, Thiruvanathpuram, vol. 1, no. 1,

8 8. Convict Heritage Tourism: A Case Study of Fremantle Prison, Australia, in Tourismos (An International Multidisciplinary Journal of Tourism), Paris, France Marketing World Heritage Sites: A Case Study of Product Rejuvenation and Promotion of World Heritage Sites in India, published jointly by UNESCO and Laval University, Quebec, Canada Under Publication 1) Heritage Tourism in Australia: Some Lessons for India to Learn, under publication in my own collection of essays. 2) Marketing of Eco-fragile Areas, (under publication in my own collection of essays) II) Some of the Papers Published in Journals and Books (History) 1) Using the Ramcharitmanas as a Radical Text Baba Ramchandra in Oudh in , in a book Social Transformation and Creative Imagination, edited by Prof. Sudhir Chandra, a Nehru Memorial Museum and Library publication, Allied Publishers, New Delhi, ) Congress Peasants Relationship in 1930 s in a book Society, Economy & Polity in Modern India - edited by D N Panigrahi, a Nehru Memorial Museum and Library Publication, Vikas, New Delhi, ) Big Business and Peasantry a paper published in Prof. Dwijendra Tripathi edited Business and Politics, a publication of Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, Manohar Publications, New Delhi ) Baba Ramchandra and Rural Women in Oudh in a book Recasting Women essays edited by Kumkum Sangari and Sudesh Vaidh, a Kali for Women publication (also published in the US), New Delhi, ) Four papers in Social Scientist titled: i) Baba Ramchandra & Peasants Upsurge in Oudh, (1978) ii) Anti-Feudal and Anti-Colonial Struggle of the Oudh Peasantry (1980) iii) Peasants Perception of Gandhi and his Programmes, (1982) iv) Peasants, Congress and Nationalism - Class Struggle or Class Submission? (1985) 6) Two papers published in Saacha, a Hindi journal (1988). 7) The following papers are under publication: i) Dominant Grassroots Dichotomy in Hindu-Muslim Relations: A Study of Political Mobilisation in Colonial and Post-Colonial India (presented in UNESCO Seminar at International Centre for Muslim and Non-Muslim Understanding, Hawke Research Institute, University of South Australia in 2008). ii) Ritualism to Radicalism: Innovative use of Vedic Literature on the Eve of 1942 (the paper was presented in an International Seminar organised by Centre for Social Studies, Surat, Gujarat) iii) Women & Property Rights: A Case Study of U.P. (the paper was presented in a Seminar organised by Delhi University) 8

9 III) Published Articles a) Tourism Marketing Intelligence Unit (Published by Asian Travellers, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, Vol.1, No.2, November 2007) b) Beware Higher Education: You are About to be Robbed (Published by NIEPA, New Delhi) c) Teachers Role in Higher Education: Accountability or Responsibility (Presented at Central University s Vice Chancellor Conference organised at IGNOU, 2002 and published by NIEPA, New Delhi), d) Student Loan Scheme, University Today, 2001 e) Foreign Universities in India, University Today, 2000 f) Agenda for Historians, Pioneer 2004 C. Courses Conceptualised, Developed, Edited and Taught at IGNOU 1) TOURISM, HOSPITALITY and ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES a) MASTER S IN TOURISM MANAGEMENT (MTM) b) CERTIFICATE, DIPLOMA & BACHELORS IN TOURISM STUDIES and B.SC in HOSPITALITY and HOTEL ADMINISTRATION and CERTIFICATE IN ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES D. Script writing and Screenplay i) Two T.V.serials: Kisan Jaaag Utha and Jeeti Jaagti Paramparaien for Doordarshan (Indian National Television) ii) One film documentary: Freedom Struggle in Rajasthan for Films Division of India iii) Four education films on History, Six in Tourism and Twelve audios in History. E. Have reviewed numerous books in the Journal of Indian Council of Cultural Relations, India Quarterly (A journal of Indian Council of World Affairs).India Quarterly and Social Scientist. MEMBERSHIP OF THE COMMITTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY GRANTS COMMISSION OF INDIA I have been associated as an expert with various Committees of the UGC, prominent among them are the following: Member, Committee for award of Special Assistance Programmes for History Member, Review of Advance Centres in History (Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, U.P.; Patna University, Patna, Bihar and Hyderabad Central University, Hyderabad, A.P.) Member, Commonwealth Fellowships Selection Committee Member, Committees for Major and Minor Projects in Tourism Member, Committee for Review of Private Universities in Chhattisgarh Member, History Syllabus Revision Committee 9

10 Member, 10 th Plan Review Committee for Calcutta University Member, Career Award Fellowship Selection Committee Member, Committee for Grants for Innovative Courses Expert for granting Professor Emeritus in History Associated with work of NET in History and Tourism UGC s nominee at UK-India Education Initiative meeting MEMBERSHIP OF NATIONAL PROFESSIONAL BODIES 1) Life Member, Indian History Congress 2) Advisor and Life Member, All India Tourism Congress 3) Member, Indian Association of Tour Operators (IATO) 4) Life Member, Indian Association for the Study of Australia (IASA) 5) Member, Board of Governors,Indian Institute of Tourism and Travel (Under Tourism Dept. Government of India ) ) Member, Academic-cum-Executive Committee, Indian Institute of Travel and Tourism Management, Ministry of Tourism, Government of India, New Delhi, ) Member, Academic Council of National Museum Institute of History of Art, Conservation and Museology, New Delhi from 2003 to ) Member, Australia Endeavour Award Holders Alumini,( Since 2008 ) 9) Member, Academic Committee, V.V. Giri National Labour Institute, Government of India, NOIDA, ) Member, Advisory Board, Commission of the History of Science, Indian National Science Academy (INSA), New Delhi, ) Member, Indian Council for Historical Research (ICHR), New Delhi, Also held the additional charge of Member Secretary (October 2003 June 2004). 12) Academic Expert, Education Consultants India (An autonomous body under Govt. of India). 13) Member, Board of Governors, National Council of Hotel Management and Catering Technology (under Ministry of Tourism, Govt..Of India) ) Member, Secretary, Indian Council of Historical Research October 2003 to July MEMBERSHIP OF NATIONAL AND UNIVERSITY LEVEL BODIES 1) Member, Board of Governors, Tourism Institute, Lucknow University, Lucknow since ) Member, Board of Distance Education of Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, ) Member, Tourism Committee, ASSOCHAM, New Delhi, ) Member, Tourism Committee, Confederation of Indian Industries (CII), New Delhi,

11 5) Twice member of the Selection Committees of the Ministry of Human Resources Development for the award of Commonwealth Fellowships, 1991 and ) Member of the Selection Committee constituted by Indian Council of Cultural Relations, New Delhi for selecting visiting Professors from India for posting in foreign countries, 1999 and ) Member, Task Force, Department of Tourism, Govt. of India, New Delhi for HRD to assist in the development of the National Policy on Tourism, ) Member, SAP Advisory Board, Department of History, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, West Bengal March ) Member, SAP Advisory Board, Department of History, Calicut University, Calicut, Kerala March ) Member, Board of Studies (Tourism), RTM Nagpur University, Nagpur, Maharashtra since ) Member, Academic Council, Vardhman Mahaveer Open University, Kota, Rajasthan, ) Member, Planning Board, Raj Rishi Tandon U.P. Open University, Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, ) Member, Board of Studies (History), M.D. University, Ajmer, Rajasthan, ) Member, Board of Studies, R.D. University, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, ) Member, Executive Committee, Indian History Congress, ) Member of Selection Committee in various Central and State Universities. MEMBER OF EDITORIAL BOARD OF JOURNALS i) Journal of Tourism Consumption and Practice A journal of University of Plymouth, UK ii) Journal of Hospitality Application and Research (JOHAR) A journal of Department of Hotel Management and Catering Technology, BIT, Ranchi, Jharkhand, India iii) Journal of Hospitality and Tourism A journal of Culture and Environment Conservation Society, Bundelkhand University Campus, Jhansi, India TRAINING PROGRAMMES AND PRESENTATIONS IN THE AREAS OF TOURISM, HISTORY AND HIGHER EDUCATION 1) Resource Person Tourism Guides Training Programme conducted by IITTM, at Delhi and Gwalior: UP State Tourism Department as Lucknow in the year ) Conducted training programmes for capacity building of local population in Tourism entrepreneurship at Joshimath, Leh and Keylong (eco-fragile regions of Indian Himalayan Mountains) organised by Pragya, An NGO (2009). 3) Delivered keynote addresses and made presentations on various issues related to Higher Education in India in various Seminars organised by National Institute of Education, Planning and Administration (under Government of India, New Delhi),various universities and NGO s. These included themes like Students fee structure, Accreditation of Academic Institutions, GATS and Higher Education, Qualifications for Vice Chancellors, etc. ( ). 11

12 4) Conceptualised and Developed training programme for tourist guides for the Entrepreneurial Board, Govt. of Jammu and Kashmir, Srinagar, India, ) More than 23 years of experience of developing multi-media educational packages in Distance Learning System. 6) Trainer for Wild Life Tourism Guides in the workshops held at Kanha and Bandhavgarh Wildlife National Parks, Madhya Pradesh, Keoladev National Park, Bharatpur, India (1996, 1998 and 2005). 7) Provided consultancy to Uttaranchal Vikas Mandal for tourism development in the Kumaon Region (eco-fragile Himalayan \mountain region) r ) Resource person for Orientation Programmes and Refresher Programmes for History and Tourism Studies organised at various universities like Guwahati, Amritsar, Kurukshetra, Rohtak, Aurangabad, Allahabad, Ajmer, Jaipur, Shimla, Meerut, Aligarh, IITTM Bhubaneshwar and Gwalior, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, etc. 9) Made a presentation on Teachers Accountability or Responsibility in the Central Universities Vice Chancellor s Conference held at IGNOU, New Delhi in ) Made a presentation on GATs and Higher Education at a conference called by MHRD at India International Centre, New Delhi in ) Have delivered Academic Lectures and Keynote Addresses in a number of seminars on themes related both with History and Tourism Studies. These include universities at Lucknow, Udaipur, Hyderabad, Meerut, Jaipur, Aligarh, Kurukshetra, Chandigarh, Amritsar, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, etc. 12) Have addressed the Teachers Associations, on themes related to Higher Education, of Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh; NEHU, Shillong; Central University, Silchar, Assam; Central University, Tezpur, Assam; Central University, Kohima, Nagaland; JNU, New Delhi; NCERT, New Delhi; Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi; Osmania University, Hyderabad; Rajiv Gandhi University, Itanagar, Arunanchal Pradesh; etc. 13) Resource person at various sessions of Indian Association of Tour Operators (IATO) Annual Conferences since (Particularly in the field of HRD and Tourism Marketing). 14) Have delivered lectures to the trainees at UP Police Training College, Moradabad on Communalism and Secularism. 15) Have been a resource person for Ministry of External Affairs familiarisation workshop for foreign diplomats to lecture on Indian culture. 16) Delivered keynote addresses at National Seminars organised by Kerala Institute of Tourism and Travel Studies (KITTS), Trivandrum ( 2006,2008,2010); at IITTM, Gwalior (2002, 2005) and Himachal University, Shimla ( 2005,2009) and Jammu Museum (2004). 17) Resource Person for tourism guides training programmes organised by Archaeological Survey of India and Ministry of Tourism, Government of India. 18) Resource Person for Earn while you Learn training programme for youth launched by Ministry of Tourism, Government of India. Dt. : (Prof. KAPIL KUMAR)