Dr. Karanbir Singh
Assistant Professor
Dr. Karanbir Singh did his Masters degree in History from Guru Nanak Dev University and Doctorate in History from Panjab University, Chandigarh on the topic Ghadar and Left Movements: Role of Sohan Singh Bhakna. He has 10 years of teaching experience.
10 Years in Teaching
Modern India
M.A , Ph.D.
Publication Details
PROJECT COMPLETION:
Completed two Projects on “Unsung Heroes of Freedom Struggle of India”
granted by Ministry of Culture, Government of India as part of the Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav
as Principal Researcher from 16 May to 31 July, 2022 & from 1 November 2022 to 31
January 2023.
PARTITION ARCHIVE 1947 STORY SCHOLAR:
Completed/documented 18 interviews of Partition survivors as a Story-Scholar of Partition Archive 1947.
RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS:
1. Sketching the formative years of Sohan Singh Bhakna’s life in Punjab, Journal of
Punjab and Sikh Studies, Santa Barbara University, USA, 2019.
2. Socio-Religious and Political Changes in Punjab During the Second Half of
Nineteenth Century, International Journal of Management and Social Sciences, 2016.
3. The Ghadar: Role in Revolutionary Propaganda published in the Panjab University
Research Journal of Arts, Panjab University, Chandigarh in 2016.
4. Role of Sohan Singh Bhakna in the Foundation of the Ghadar Party, Diviner, DAV
College, Chandigarh, 2015.
5. Nationalistic Response of Punjabi Immigrations to the British Policy of Exclusion –
Birth of the Ghadar Movement, Contextualizing Forms of Discrimination: Gender,
Minority and Identity Concerns, Ed. Roopam Jasmeet Kaur, Twenty First Century
Publications, Patiala, 2015.
6. Question of Indian Immigration and the Ghadar Party, Panjab Past and Present,
Publication Bureau, Panjabi University, Patiala, April 2014.
7. Status of Women in India – in a Historical Outline, Ancient India – an Introduction to
Social History, Ed. Rajesh Chandra, Chandigarh, New Era Publications, 2013.
8. Bhagat Singh – A Resolute Revolutionary, Panjab History Conference Proceedings,
Punjabi University, Patiala, 2013.
9. Ghadar Movement: Ideological Moorings of Sohan Singh Bhakna, History
Perspectives II, ed. Devi Sirohi, Unistar Publications, Chandigarh, 2011.
10. 10 articles published in English, Punjabi newspapers.
NATIONAL CADET CORPS ASSOCIATE OFFICER:
Received Director General NCC COMMENDATION CARD IN 2024
Completed 3-month training at Officers Training Academy, Kamptee, Nagpur from 8 February to 8 May 2021.
Received Appreciation Certificates from ADG NCC Directorate for 26 January, 2021 and 15 August 2022 events.
INVITED LECTURES
10 invited lectures in different colleges, including Panjab University, Chandigarh;
Dyal Singh Majithia College, New Delhi & at Shikshan Maharshi Dnyandeo Mohekar
Mahavidyalaya, Maharashtra.
RADIO AND TELEVISION TALKS
Four-time participation on DD Punjabi Jalandhar as subject expert in different programmes.