Surendra Gupta

Surendra K. Gupta, is a retired Professor of Sociology from Punjabi University Patiala. Currently, he is associated with Indian Association of Social Science Institutions, New Delhi and is working as its Member Secretary. He also taught at University of Saugar and in USA. His first book Citizen in the Making (1975) was a pioneering study in India on Political Socialization. His other publications include India in the Year A.D. 2000 (1989), co-authored with Iqbal Narain; Conflict and Communication: Mass Upsurge in India (1990), co-authored with Indira B. Gupta; and Indians in Thailand (1999). He also has an edited book, Emerging Social Science Concerns: Festschrift in Honour of Yogesh Atal (2004). Besides, he has contributed a number of articles in many edited volumes and in professional journals of repute. He is a member of many professional bodies.