Harish Puri

Harish K. Puri (born 4 April 1938) is a Punjabi political scientist and historian. He retired as a professor of political science and the chairman of Dr. B. R. Ambedkar Chair from Guru Nanak Dev University. His areas of focus are the Dalit issues of Punjab, Mahatma Gandhi, and the Ghadar Movement.

Biography Puri received a Fulbright scholarship in 1990-91, during which he researched on Ghadar Movement: Ideology Organization Strategy at the University of California, Berkeley. He received Shastri Indo-Canadian Senior Fellowship from the University of British Columbia.