JVALA SINGH
ACADEMIC. AUTHOR. LAWYER.
Passionate about South Asian Studies with emphasis on the Sikh tradition. Currently lecturing Punjabi Studies at UC Berkeley. Concurrently completing PhD at the University of British Columbia in South Asian Studies. Trained under traditional scholarly lineages via mentor-protégé pedagogy in India.
Previous lifetime includes being a practicing lawyer with an emphasis on taxation and corporate governance. Holistic legal education provides innumerable transferable skills to scholarly analysis.
Part time author to promote cultural and philosophical works to an English audience with a focus on the Punjabi diaspora.
HIGHLIGHTS
2021
UC Berkeley
Berkeley, California
Lecturer, Institute for South Asian Studies
Lecture students in introductory and intermediate Punjabi classes with focus on language proficiency and classical poetry.
2020
CBC
Vancouver, Canada
54 Punjabi Proverbs and Community Outreach
Interview with Gloria Macarenko regarding a proverb from my book speaking to the tradition of "Langar" in Sikh Community.
2020
Suraj Podcast
All Streaming Platforms
Launched Podcast on all mediums
This podcast utilizes an English format to convey an unfiltered, uncensored, and authentic provision of Sikh history for the Sikh diaspora worldwide based on the famed Suraj Prakash written by Santokh Singh. The Podcast has a global audience with over 280,000 plays thus far.
2019
BBC
London, United Kingdom
54 Punjabi Proverbs London Launch
Guest on the Sunny and Shay Show (Aug 2019), where I discussed Punjabi proverbs and their relevance in a multi-cultural society.
2018-2019
Sikholars
Stanford University, Palo Alto CA
Annual Presenter at Sikholars
Presented on the story of headless heroics from the Dasam Granth (2018) and the Braj literature epic the Suraj Prakash (2019).
2021
Yogic Studies
Berkeley, California
Instructor, Sikh Studies and Yoga
Instructor on Sikh Studies and Yoga class YS116. Created entire course syllabus, materials, and pedagogy.
2019-2020
54 Punjabi Proverbs
54punjabiproverbs.com
Launched Podcast on all mediums
This podcast utilizes an English format to convey an unfiltered, uncensored, and authentic provision of Sikh history for the Sikh diaspora worldwide based on the famed Suraj Prakash written by Santokh Singh. The Podcast has a global audience with nearly 200,000 plays thus far.
2019
Esker Foundation
Calgary, Canada
Speaker at Nep Sidhu's: Divine Form Exhibition
My presentation focused on the Divine Feminine, exploring how the Sikh martial tradition was linked to seeing Divinity in the Feminine.
CREDENTIALS
SCALING THE MOUNTAIN
PhD Student, University of British Columbia
2017-2018
Toronto, Canada
Focus on Sanskrit, with final project focusing on Ramayana comparative analysis between Sanskrit and Braj manuscripts from varied literary canons
Participated in PANDiT project transliterating Sanskrit works
JD, University of Ottawa
2013-2016
Ottawa, Canada
Focus on litigation, oral advocacy, and comparative analysis
Specialized in taxation and corporate governance
Traditional Scholarly Studies
2010-2012
near Chandigarh, India
Focus on textual literacy of Sikh scripture
Study of Vedanta literature as per curriculum
Pedagogy via mentor-protégé model
BA, Carleton University
2006-2010
Ottawa, Canada
Major in Political Science
Minor in Religion, South Asian philosophy (Sanskrit Epics)
2018-Present
Vancouver, Canada
Focus on Braj literature (incorporating Sanskrit and Persian vocabulary, tropes, and devices) and precolonial historiography
MA, University of Toronto
LINK TREE
Jvala Singh
Suraj Podcast
54 Punjabi Proverbs
Manglacharan
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