Amman Madan

Amman Madan studied Anthropology at Panjab University, Chandigarh, and Sociology at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU). He works on the possibilities of an education for dialogue, fraternity and justice, and anchors a network of researchers and activists working toward that. His areas of research include how education helps in dealing with conflicts, how it transforms societies, and how it mediates social inequality. He has worked on the educational challenges posed by the existence of different civic cultures and political philosophies. He has been a research associate with Eklavya Foundation, and has taught at Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education and IIT Kanpur. Amman has been visiting faculty at Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), JNU, and Central University of Tezpur. He is currently Professor of Sociology at Azim Premji University, Bhopal.