Anand Kumar (sociologist)

Anand Kumar
Born15 September 1950
Varanasi
EducationM.A., M.Phil, PhD
Alma materBanaras Hindu University, Jawaharlal Nehru University, University of Chicago

Anand Kumar is a retired professor of sociology at Jawaharlal Nehru University, an ex-member of the Aam Aadmi Party, he contested for Lok Sabha (India's lower house of parliament) from the North East Delhi parliamentary constituency in the 2014 Indian general election but lost to BJP candidate Manoj Tiwari.