Dr. Arun Kumar Sinha retired as an Associate Professor from the Matru Sewa Sangh Institute of Social Work, Nagpur. He has over 34 years of teaching experience, at the graduate and post-graduate levels, including research guidance at the doctoral and M.Phil. levels. In the course of his teaching career he has served as a member of the UGC Panel on Social Work Education and as a member of the Advisory Panel of the Social Work Education & Practice Cell of the Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai. The Bhaskar Karve Award (2009) for outstanding contribution to social work education was given to him by the Karve Institute of Social Service, Pune. He is an alumnus of St. Xavier’s High School, Patna; Hans Raj College, Delhi; and the Delhi School of Social Work (Department of Social Work, University of Delhi). Post-retirement, he has continued ─ as a responsible citizen and social thinker ─ to reflect upon and write about the role of citizens and citizenhood.
Email: citizenhood.aks@ gmail.com