Academic Life
Panikkar made his mark in many ways. After a brief stint at the Indian Institute of Public Administration (IIPA), associating with the project to prepare a source book on Modern Indian History, he taught at Delhi and Jawaharlal Nehru Universities.He has been the Dean of the School of Social Sciences and Chair, Centre for Historical Studies and the Archives on Contemporary History, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. He was a Visiting Professor at El Colegio De Mexico, Maison de sciences l'homme, Paris, Scholar in Residence at Rockfeller Study and Research Centre, Bellagio, Visiting Fellow at the Centre for Modern Oriental Studies, Berlin, Visiting Fellow of British Council at London, Senior Fellow of Nehru Memorial Museum and Library, New Delhi, and Senior Homi Bhabha Fellow.
In his long and distinguished career, he has been a member of several professional bodies like University Grants Commission (UGC), Indian Council for Social Science Research (ICSSR), Indian Council for Historical Research (ICHR), Indian Council for World Affairs, National Book Trust of India (NBT), President of Modern History section of the Indian History Congress in 1975, etc.
He holds prestigious visiting professorships in many universities around the world.Being an internationally acclaimed scholar, Panikkar has visited and lectured in many countries. In the last International Congress of Historians at Sydney, Australia, he was invited to speak in its inaugural session.
As a historian, he is widely known for his pioneering work on cultural and intellectual history. As a teacher he always upheld positive student-teacher pedagogical relationship as an important element for improving classroom atmosphere. He considers it as the most important skill a teacher should possess.As the Vice-Chairman of the Kerala State Higher Education Council, he initiated major structural reforms in the State’s higher education system during 2007-11 period.
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