1. Project (Completed)
Project Title: “Enhancement of Livelihood Opportunities through Sustainable Development using Multifaceted Support Plans for Village Cluster around Patiya in Takula Block, Almora District, Uttarakhand”
1. Total Grant- 1.99 crores (Medium Grant)
2. Project Period- 2019-2023
3. Funding Agency: NMHS, under the Ministry of EF&CC, GOI
4. Status: Co-PI
5. Key Areas of Research:

•  Human-Wildlife Conflict (HWC) minimisation/mitigation

•  Development of a Geo-tourism model

•  Augmentation of agriculture and livelihood opportunities
2. Project (ongoing)
Project Title: “Development of Sustainable Geotourism and Global Geopark in Pithoragarh and Neighboring Districts of Kumaon Himalayas”
Total Grant: 1.85 Cr (Medium Grant)
Project Tenure-2024-2027
Funding Agency: NMHS, under Ministry of EF&CC, GOI
Status- PI
 
 

• Member (two terms)- GB, Ram Lal Anand College
• Member- Building Committee, GB, Ram Lal Anand College
• Secretary- Staff Council (two terms of 2 years each)
• Coordinator- Certificate Course in Hospitality and Tourism
• Coordinator- NAAC Accreditation Committee
• Bursar- two terms (2006-12, 2018-20)
• Convener- Fact Finding Committee
• Vice Principal- (2020- 2022)
• Convener- Building cum Infrastructure Committee
• Senior Faculty Member, ICC
 

• Medieval Indian History 

•  Ancient and Medieval World History 

• Tourism

• Social Formations and Cultural Patterns of the Ancient and Medieval World

•  History of India (c. 1500-1600)

•  History of India (c. 1600-1750)

•  History of India (c. 1550-1700)

•  Understanding Heritage

•  Cultures in the Indian Subcontinent

•  Medieval Societies

• Kumar, Rakesh (2017), Profiling a City through Regional Sources: A Study of the Khatapatras (sale deeds) of Medieval Ahmadabad, Research Review Journal, Vol 2 Issue 12, pp 236-239
• Kumar, Rakesh (2018), मध्यकालीन बंगाल की मंगलकाव्य परंपरा: एक प्रादेशिक ऐशिहाशिक स्रोि केरूप में, AMAR An Interdisciplinary Research Journal, Vol 4 Issue-3, pp 50-55
• Pande, Prabhas; Kumar, Rakesh and Sachdev, Rajesh (2018), Geo-Tourism in Kumaon Region of Uttarakhand, India- A Latent Catalyst for Business, Employment and Economic Growth, Research Review Journal, Vol 3 Issue 3, pp 383-94
• Kumar, Rakesh (2018), Ahmadabad and its Suburbs during the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries: A Study in Reciprocity and Urban Growth, EDU WORLD, Vol 12 No 4, pp 241-49
• Kumar, Rakesh (2018), Slavery in Ancient Rome: Recent Reflections, EDU WORLD, Vol 12 No 5, pp 149-53
• Kumar, Rakesh (2019), मध्यकालीन दशिण भारि केनायक राज्य: राज्य िंरचना केनवीन रूप, International Journal of Research And Analytical Reviews, Vol 6 Issue 1, pp 471-76
• Gupta, Seema; Mazumder, Mukta Dutta; Kumar, Rakesh; Sachdev, Rajesh; Pande, Prabhas; Chaudhary Pratishtha (2020), Migration from the Hills and Sustainable Remedial Measures: Case Study of Patiya Village Cluster in Almora District, International Journal of Multidisciplinary Educational Research, Vol 9 Issue-12(3), pp 171-194
• Kumar, Rakesh (2021), औरंगजेब की धाशमिक-िांस्कृशिक नीशियों का अध्ययन: िन्दभि- मंशदर, िंगीि और ब्रज िाशहत्य, Shodh Disha, Vol 53 No 2, pp 172-77
• Kumar, Rakesh (2021), मग़ुल शचत्रकला मेंरूपक एवं प्रिीकात्मकिा: जहााँगीरकालीन शचत्रकला केिन्दभिमे, Shodh Sarita, Vol 8 Issue 29, pp 142-45
• Kumar, Rakesh (2021), Articulating Authority and Ideology through Built Structures: A Study of the Monuments of Akbar and Shah Jahan, The Journal of Oriental Research, Madras, Vol XCH-XX, pp 39-48
• Kumar, Rakesh (2021), ब्रज िाशहशत्यक रचनाओंमेंइशिहािबोध: के िवदाि के‘ऐशिहाशिक’ काव्यों केिन्दभिमें, Shodh Disha, pp 61-66
• Pande, Prabhas; Kumar, Rakesh; Sachdev, Rajesh; Gupta, Seema; Mazumder, Mukta Dutta and Satpathy, Loveleen (2021), “Soil Nutrient Evaluation and Crop Management for Sustainable Growth of Patiya Village Cluster in Almora, Uttarakhand", Current World Environment, 16 (3), pp 818-835
• Kumar, Rakesh (2022), Labourers and Artisans in Seventeenth Century Ahmadabad, Studies in People’s History, Volume 9 Issue 1 pp 22-30

• Kumar, Rakesh (1993), मग़ुल िाम्राज्य: एक अवधारणात्मक िंरचना, in Verma, H C (ed.), मध्य कालीन भारत, खंड 2, Hindi Madhyam Karyanvan Nideshalay, University of Delhi, pp 284-301

•  Kumar, Rakesh (1993), मग़ुलकालीन मद्रुा प्रणाली, in Verma, H C (ed.), मध्य कालीन भारत, खंड 2, Hindi Madhyam Karyanvan Nideshalay, University of Delhi, pp 406-416

• Kumar, Rakesh (1993), मग़ुलकालीन भारि मेंरंगिाज़ी की कला, in Verma, H C (ed.), मध्य कालीन भारत, खंड 2, Hindi Madhyam Karyanvan Nideshalay, University of Delhi, pp 512-520

• Kumar, Rakesh (2009), Indo-Persian Literature: Amir Khusrau’s Works, School of Open Learning, University of Delhi, pp 40-49

• Kumar, Rakesh (2009), Urdu Poetry and Prose: Mirza Ghalib, School of Open Learning, University of Delhi, pp 50-60

• Kumar, Rakesh (2013), शहन्द-फ़ारिी िाशहत्य: अमीर खिुरो की कृशियां, in Thakran, RC, Shivdutt and Kumar, Sanjay(eds) भारतीय उपमहाद्वीप की संस्कृततयां, भाग1, Hindi Madhyam Karyanvan Nideshalay, University of Delhi, pp 122-138

•  Kumar, Rakesh (2013), उदिदपद्य एवं गद्य: शमज़ािग़ाशलब, in Thakran, RC; Shivdutt and Kumar, Sanjay (eds) भारतीय उपमहाद्वीप की संस्कृततयां, भाग1, Hindi Madhyam Karyanvan Nideshalay, University of Delhi, pp 139-160

•  Kumar, Rakesh (2014), Ahmadabad: Its Market and Urban Linkages in the Seventeenth Century, in Sharma, Yogesh and Malekandathil, Pius (eds) Cities in Medieval India, Primus, New Delhi, pp 279-296

• Kumar, Rakesh (2015), Mirza Ghalib- His Contributions to Urdu Literature, in Kumar, Nirmal (ed), Essays in Medieval Delhi, Research India Press, New Delhi, pp 379-391

•  Kumar, Rakesh (2020), Mansabdari and Jagirdari System Under the Mughals, in School of Open Learning- Study Material, University of Delhi, pp 113-128

•  Kumar, Rakesh and Kumar, Sarbani (2020), Imperial Ideology of the Mughals, in School of Open Learning- Study Material, University of Delhi, pp 128-138

• Kumar, Rakesh (2018), Ancient and Medieval World: From Evolution of Humans to the Crisis of Feudalism, Sage Publications, New Delhi

•  Kumar Rakesh (2024), Social Formations in the Ancient World. From Evolution of Humans to the Greek Civilisation, Routledge Publications, New York

•  Kumar Rakesh (2024), Social Formations in the Medieval World. From Roman Civilisation till the Crisis of Feudalism, Routledge Publications, New York

• Orientation Programme for History Teachers – On Indian History and Culture (FC) – FYUP (2013–14), University of Delhi.

• Workshop on History of Mughal India (c 1500–1600) and (c 1600–1750) – Department of History, University of Delhi.

• National Conference on Natural and Cultural Eco Systems – 2021, organised by Maharaja Agrasen College, University of Delhi.

• Invited Lecture – 'Sources for Mughal Indian History', Aryabhatta College, University of Delhi (2016).

• Invited Lecture (2) – 'Nomadic Pastoralists in the Ancient World', Lady Shri Ram College for Women, University of Delhi (2019).

• Invited Lecture / Webinar – 'Mughal Painting', Satyawati Co-educational College, University of Delhi (2020).

• Invited Lecture – 'Neolithic Cultures', Aryabhatta College, University of Delhi (2024).

• Teaching Excellence Award- University of Delhi- 2014