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