Ram Puniyani

Ram Puniyani (born 25 August 1945) is an Indian author and former professor of biomedical engineering. He worked at the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay as a senior medical officer. He began his medical career in 1973 and served at IIT in various capacities for 27 years, starting in 1977. He has been involved in human rights work and initiatives opposing Hindu fundamentalism in India. He is currently serving as the President of the Executive Council of the Centre for Study of Society and Secularism (CSSS). He is also an advisory board member of the Muslim Mirror.

Activism He has been associated with various secular initiatives and has participated in several investigations concerning human rights violations against minorities.

He also served on an Indian People's Tribunal that investigated the violation of the rights of minorities in the states of Odisha and Madhya Pradesh.

He gives seminars and workshops on topics such as communal politics, human rights, secularism and the Uniform Civil Code debate, the Partition of India, and the Kashmir conflict. His articles and essays regularly appear in various Indian magazines and newspapers.

He also runs a fortnightly e-bulletin, Issues in Secular Politics.

In March 2019, men in plain clothes, claiming to be from the CID, inquired about the whereabouts of his children.

In early June 2019, he reported receiving threatening phone calls from unknown individuals who demanded that he cease his activities and leave the country. After these incidents, Puniyani filed a report with the Mumbai Police.

Awards Maharashtra Foundation (US) award for Social Awareness about the threat of Communal Politics (2002) National Communal Harmony Award (2007) NCHRO's Mukundan C.Menon award (2015)

Works Clinical Hemorheology: New Horizons (New Age International, 1996), Applied Clinical Hemorheology (with Hideyuki Nimi, Quest Publications, 1998), The Other Cheek: Minorities under Threat (Media House, 2000), Second Assassination of Gandhi (University of Leicester, 2002), Communalism: What is False: What is True (with Khalid Azam, Bombay Sarvoda Friendship Center, 2002) Communal Politics: Facts Versus Myths (2003), Communalism: Illustrated Primer (Safdar Hashmi Memorial Trust and J&P Publications, 2004), Hindu Extreme Right-Wing Groups : Ideology and Consequences (Media House, 2004), Fascism of Sangh Parivar (Media House, 2004), Religion, Power and Violence: Expression Of Politics In Contemporary Times, (SAGE, 2005), Contours of Hindu Rashtra: Hindutva, Sangh Parivar And Contemporary Politics (Kalpaz, 2006), Indian Democracy, Pluralism and Minorities (Global Media, 2006), The Politics behind Anti-Christian Violence (compilation of investigation committee reports, Media House, 2006), Terrorism: Facts versus Myths (Pharos Media, 2007), Contemporary India: Overcoming Sectarianism: Terrorism (Hope India, 2008), Communalism: India's Nemesis? (eBook, IdeaIndia.com, 2009), ASIN B005INISXU Dalit and Social Justice (Mythri Books, 2009) Mumbai" Post 26/11 - An Alternative Perspective (with Shabnam Hashmi, SAGE, 2010), Deconstructing Communalism in India: Striving for Harmony (All India Secular Forum, 2010) Samajik Nyaya Ek Sachitra Parichay (in Hindi, Vani Prakashan, 2010), 9789350001479 Communal Threat to Secular Democracy (Kalpaz, 2010), Malegaon to Ajmer: The Trail of Terror (edited, All-India Secular Forum, 2010) Communalism Explained! A Graphic Account (with Sharad Sharma, Vani Prakashan, 2011) Making Sense of Ayodhya Verdict (co-edited with Dr. Asghar Ali Engineer, Vitasta Publishing, 2011). God Politics (Vitasta Pub, 2012), Sectarianism, Politics and Development (with Uday Mehta, Rawat, 2012), Muslims in Indian Democracy (Kalpaz, 2013),

Tribute Volume For Dr. Asghar Ali Engineer Striving For Peace And Harmony (Bhashya Prakashan 2014), Communalism & Anti Christian Violence (Mythri Books 2011), ASIN: B00HWWISMG Osama, America and Terrorism (Mythri Books 2012), ASIN: B00HWWIUP6 Making of a Nation (Mythri Books 2012), ASIN: B00HWWMHWI Saampradaayiktaa (2011), Aatankvaad Explained- A Graphics Account (Arth Prakashan 2013), Mathaveri (Uyirmmai Pathippagam 2009)