Apoorvanand is professor at the Hindi Department, Faculty of Arts,

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. He is also a regular columnist and political commentator. He is known for his frequent interventions in day-to-day politics. He claimed in his video that Delhi riots should be seen by lens of communal with all responsibility on Hindus criticizing Delhi CM over calling names of Hindu victims.

Early life and education

Apoorvanand was born in Muzaffarpur, Bihar, grew up in Siwan and received his undergraduate education from Bihar University. He earned his Masters and Ph.D. from

Patna University Patna University is a public state university in Patna, Bihar, India. It was established on 1 October 1917 during the British Raj. It is the first university in Bihar and the seventh oldest university in the Indian subcontinent in the modern er ...

. He currently teaches Hindi at

Academic career

Prof. Apoorvanand started his teaching career at T.P.S. College, Patna, a constituent unit of

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. In 1999, he was invited to join

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, a Central University set up by the

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, and was instrumental in developing the University's vision plan and first academic programs. In 2004, he joined the Hindi Department at the

where he was instrumental in redesigning the department's academic program.

Published works

He had authored or edited the following books: *''Sundar Ka Swapna'' (

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: Vani Prakashan, 2001) *''Sahitya Ka Ekant'' (New Delhi: Vani Prakashan, 2008) *''The Idea of a University'' (

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: Context, 2018) *''Education at the Crossroads'' (New Delhi: Niyogi Books, 2018)

Political commentator

His critical essays have appeared in all major Hindi journals. Apart from his academic and literary writings, he also contributes columns in Indian Newspapers and magazines on the issues of education, culture, communalism, violence and human rights both in

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and also in English. He is a regular columnist at ''

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'' and ''

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.'' He also frequently writes on other platforms such as ''

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, Satya Hindi,

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, The Kochi Post.'' He at times also appears on Indian television as a panelist on issues concerning Higher Education, language and communal-ism.

Role in 2020 Delhi riots

On 12 September 2020, he along with Sitaram Yechuri,

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and others was named in the supplementary chargesheet by

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for his alleged role in 2020 Delhi riots.

Early life and education

Academic career

Published works

Political commentator

Role in 2020 Delhi riots

References

Further reading