Ram Puniyani (born 25 August 1945) is a former professor of biomedical engineering and former senior medical officer affiliated with the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay. He began his medical career in 1973 and served IIT in various capacities for 27 years, beginning 1977. In December 2004, he took voluntary retirement to work full-time for what has been stated by some as “communal harmony” in India. He is involved with human rights activities and initiatives to oppose something which some see as “the rising tide of fundamentalism in India”

Awards

• Maharashtra Foundation (US) award for Social awareness about threat of Communal Politics 2002
• Fr. Machio Memorial Foundation Humanitarian Award 2005
• 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), 
• Fundamentalism: Threat to Secular Democracy (eBook, IdeaIndia.com, 2007), ASIN B005D7FCYY
• 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), I
• 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 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), 
• Quest for Social Justice: An Illustrated Primer (Arth Prakashan, 2013), ASIN B00J6AN412
• Tribute Volume For Dr. Asghar Ali Engineer Striving For Peace And Harmony (Bhashya Prakashan 2014),
• Caste and Communalism (Mythri Books 2011), ASIN: B00HR1PB04
• Communalism & Anti Christian Violence (Mythri Books 2011), ASIN: B00HWWISMG
• Osama, America and Terrorism (Mythri Books 2012), ASIN: B00HWWIUP6
• Religion and Politics (Mythri Books 2009), ASIN: B00HWWMF7U
• Making of a Nation (Mythri Books 2012), ASIN: B00HWWMHWI
• Saampradaayiktaa (2011), 
• Aatankvaad Explained- A Graphics Account (Arth Prakashan 2013), 
• Manthaveri (Uyirmmai Pathippagam 2009)