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Rustam Singh (born 16 May 1955) is an Indian poet, philosopher, translator and editor.〔 He writes poetry in Hindi (under the name Rustam) and theoretical and philosophical papers and essays in English. ==Life and career== Rustam Singh was born in Jadla, a small town in the state of Punjab, India. In his teens, he was a mechanic, lathe operator and welder for a short period.〔 Later, in his twenties, he was an army officer for a few years before he resigned from the army and got back to the academics.〔 He holds an M.Phil. and a Ph.D. degree in political science and political philosophy, respectively, from Panjab University, Chandigarh. He was awarded the University Grants Commission (UGC) Junior Research Fellowship (October 1986-September 1988) and then a Senior Research Fellowship (October 1988-September 1991) to carry out work for his M.Phil. and Ph.D. degrees. The title of his Ph.D. thesis was "Status of Violence in the Marxist Theory of Revolution: From Marx to Mao".〔Rustam Singh, "Status of Violence in the Marxist Theory of Revolution: From Marx to Mao", unpublished Ph.D. thesis, Department of Political Science, Panjab University, Chandigarh, 1991.〕 Over the years, Rustam Singh has held the following research and editorial positions, among others: * Assistant editor of Economic and Political Weekly, Bombay (1993–94);〔 * Research associate at Centre for the Study of Developing Societies, Delhi (1995–96); * Fellow at Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla (1996-1999);〔 * Editor of ''Summerhill IIAS Review'', a journal of Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla (1998-1999);〔''Summerhill IIAS Review'', Vol. IV, No. 2 (December 1998) and Vol. V, No. 1 (June 1999).〕 * Member of the editorial board of ''Studies in Humanities and Social Sciences'', a journal of Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla (1998-1999) * Founder editor of ''Hindi: Language, Discourse, Writing'' (along with Ashok Vajpeyi who was its general editor), a journal of Mahatma Gandhi Antarrashtriya Hindi Vishwavidyalaya (Mahatma Gandhi International Hindi University), then located partly at New Delhi and partly at Wardha (1999-2003);〔〔''Hindi: Language, Discourse, Writing'', Vol. 1, No. 1 (April–June 2000) to Vol. 3, No. 1 (April–June 2002), New Delhi.〕 and * Visiting scholar at Centre for Philosophy, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi (2007). He is currently a senior fellow and a senior editor at Eklavya, an NGO working in the field of school education in Madhya Pradesh, India.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Rustam Singh」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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