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RIMA HOOJA
Educated at Jaipur's Maharani Gayatri Devi Girls' Public School, Kanoria College and Rajasthan University, as well as at Wolfson College, Cambridge (Post-graduate Certificate in Archaeology), Rima Hooja taught History at Kanoria College, Jaipur, before winning a Commonwealth Scholarship in 1981 to return to Cambridge University, where she obtained a Ph.D. in Archaeology.
Books by her include - 'The Ahar Culture and Beyond', BAR, Oxford, 1988; 'Prince, Patriot, Parliamentarian : Biography of Dr. Karni Singh - Maharaja of Bikaner’, HarperCollins, New Delhi, 1997; 'Crusader for SelfRule : Tej Bahadur Sapru & the Indian National Movement - Life and Selected Letters', Rawat, Jaipur, 1999; and 'Environment Degradation : Strategies for Control, Aalekh, Jaipur, 1992. With several published research papers and articles, including presentations at international seminars, to her credit, she is currently working on a book about the history of Rajasthan.
She has been an Associate Editor of the 'Indian Book Chronicle', since 1987; Associate Professor (Reader), Indian Tradition & Culture, Kota Open University (Rajasthan), between January, 1990 and September, 1996; and a Visiting Fellow at the Institute of Development Studies, Jaipur during 1993-94 & 1995-96; and is currently an Honorary Senior Fellow of the Institute of Rajasthan Studies, Jaipur.
