Sanjay Kumar (professor)
Sanjay Kumar | |
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| File:Professor Sanjay Kumar.jpg | |
| Director, CSDS | |
| In office 2014–2020 | |
| Succeeded by | Rajeev Bhargava |
| Personal details | |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Residence | New Delhi |
| Education | University of Delhi |
| Profession | Political Analyst and Psephologist |
Sanjay Kumar is an Indian political analyst and psephologist. He served as the director of Centre for the Study of Developing Societies from January 2014 to January 2020.[1] His primarily areas of interest lies are electoral politics, political mobilization, Indian youth and Indian democracy. He has conducted research on a wide range of themes, including state of democracy in South Asia, state of Indian farmers, electoral violence and slums of Delhi.[2][3]
Education
[edit | edit source]He graduated with B.A in Political Science from Ramjas College, University of Delhi in 1988.[4] He completed his Masters and M. Phil from University of Delhi. He studied survey research at the University of Michigan Survey Research Center.[citation needed]
Career
[edit | edit source]He succeeded Rajeev Bhargava as Director of Centre for the Study of Developing Societies in 2014. He serves as co-director of Lokniti Programme. He has published widely, written and edited books, contributed chapters for edited volumes and published articles in national and international research journals.[5]
He writes regularly for national and regional newspapers, in English and Hindi. His articles are published regularly in The Hindu,[6] The Indian Express, The Asian Age,[7] Deccan Chronicle,[8] Dainik Bhaskar, Rajasthan Patrika and The Mint.[9][10] He frequently appears on Indian television as a psephologist and political commentator.[11][12] He has also served as an international election observer in many countries.[13]
Publications
[edit | edit source]Books
[edit | edit source]- Youth in India: Aspirations, Attitudes, Anxieties Routledge, New Delhi, 2019[14]
- Post Mandal Politics in Bihar: Changing Electoral Patterns, SAGE, New Delhi, 2018[15]
- Electoral Politics in India: Resurgence of the Bharatiya Janata Party (With Suhas Palshikar and Sanjay Lodha) Routledge, New Delhi, 2017[16]
- Changing Electoral Politics in Delhi: From Caste to Class SAGE, New Delhi, 2013[17]
- Measuring Voting Behaviour in India (With Praveen Rai), SAGE, New Delhi, 2013[18]
- Rise of the Plebeians? The Changing Face of Indian Legislative Assemblies (With Christophe Jaffrelot), Routledge, New Delhi, 2009[19]
- Indian Youth in a Transforming World: Attitudes and Perceptions (With Peter R de Souza and Sandeep Shastri), SAGE, New Delhi, 2009[20]
References
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