John Bosco Lourdusamy

Associate Professor
Room No.: HSB 338
Phone : +91 (44) 2257 4511
Email : jblsamy@iitm.ac.in, jbl.hss@gmail.com
Academic Background:
- D.Phil from Oxford University – 1999
- M.Phil from Pondicherry University – 1995
- M.A from Pondicherry University – 1993
- B.A from Loyola College – 1991
- Queen Elizabeth visiting Scholar at University of Pennsylvania – 1996-97
Courses and Teaching Interests:
- History of Science
- Science and Religion
- Science, Technology and Rural Development
- Modern Science in India (IVil)
Projects:
- Technology, Innovation and Rural Participation
- Gandhian Knowledge Economy
Professional Membership:
- Member, Editorial Committee, Journal of Science, Education and Technology
- Life Member, Indian Science Congress Association
- Life Member, Indian History Congress
- Life Member, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science
- Life Member, Goethe Society of India
- Life Member, The Goethals Indian Library and Research Society
Co-Curricular Responsibilities:
- Member, Governing Council, National Centre for History of Science, Mysore
- Member, NSS Committee, IIT Madras 2003-06
- Member, Institutional Ethical Committee, IIT Madras
Departmental Responsibilities:
- Library Incharge 2004
- Examinations Incharge 2005
- Time Table Committee 2006-07
- Faculty Advisor to the first batch of the Five Year Integrated M.A. Programme 2006-11