Doctor of Philosophy (PhD): School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, UK
Master of Philosophy (MPhil): Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India
Master of Arts (MA): Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India
Bachelor of Arts (BA) (Honours): The M. S. University, Vadodara, India
Politics of development and identity; critical governance studies (including governance indicators); conflict, governance and the state; democratic political process in India; policing in India; and, global governance.
25 years (approx.)
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Senior Visiting Fellowship, Cluster of Excellence “Contestations of the Liberal Script” (SCRIPTS), Berlin International College of Research and Training (BIRT), Freie Universität Berlin, Germany – 01 October 2022 – 31 January 2023.
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Adjunct Professor, Centre for Public Policy and Governance, Tezpur University, Tezpur, Assam – 2020-23.
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Visiting Professor, Otto-Suhr-Institut für Politikwissenschaft, Freie Universität Berlin – 16 April 2o18 – 15 September 2018.
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Appointed ICCR Chair of Indian Studies at the University of Uppsala, Uppsala, Sweden by the Indian Council of Cultural Relations, New Delhi, India and University of Uppsala, Sweden– 22 February 2016-31 July 2016.
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Visiting Professor, University of Oslo, Norway – October 2015.
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Visiting Professor, University of Oldenburg, Germany – October 2015.
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Invited as DAAD Guest Professor, Südasien Institut, Ruprecht Karls Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany – 15 April 2015-13 July 2015.
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Invited as Visiting Professor, University of Stockholm, Stockholm, Sweden – 13 May-01 June 2013.
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Invited as UGC Visiting Professor, Centre for South & South East Asian Studies, University of Calcutta, Kolkata – 18-22 March 2013.
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Invited as UGC-SAP Visiting Fellow, Department of Political Science, Panjab University, Chandigarh − 13-18 December 2011.
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Invited as Visiting Professor, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark – November 2008.
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Invited as Visiting Professor, Institut d'études politiques de Bordeaux (Sciences Po Bordeaux), France – October-December 2008.
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Invited as Directeur d’Etudes Associé (Visiting Professor) at the Fondation de la Maison Des Sciences De L’homme, Paris, France – September 2008.
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Invited as Directeur d’Etudes Associé (Visiting Professor) at the Fondation de la Maison Des Sciences De L’homme, Paris, France – June 2007.
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Principal Investigator of a research project titled Health, Opportunities, and Poverty Eradication: India’s Democracy-Healthcare Paradox and Global Impact (HOPE) – a collaborative research project with University of Oslo with Universities of Pretoria and Malawi as partners – funded by the Research Council of Norway – 2026-2030.
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UGC-DAAD-PPP project (in collaboration with Prof. Markus Pohlmann, Professor of Sociology, Max Weber Institute of Sociology, Heidelberg University,) on Business and Governance in India: Top Managers, Career Patterns and Action Orientations in a Changing Political Economy – 2014-16.
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The Role of Governance in the Resolution of Socioeconomic and Political Conflict in India and Europe (CORE) funded by the European Commission – 2011-13.
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Invited by the Mahbub-ul-Haq Centre for Human Development to contribute the India chapter to South Asia Human Development Report, 2012 – 2012.
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Mapping Indicators of Governance in India funded by the Ford Foundation – 2003-2007.
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Tribal Rights in Jharkhand funded by the United Nations Development Programme, India − January-April 2006.
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Group Discrimination and Elections in India funded by the International Centre for Ethnic Studies, Kandy, Sri Lanka, 2002
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Amit Prakash, Jharkhand: Politics of Development and Identity, New Delhi: Orient-Longman, 2001.
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‘Contested Discourses: Politics of Ethnic Identity and Autonomy in the Jharkhand Region of India’ in Alternatives: Global, Local, Political, vol. 24 no. 4, 1999, pp. 461-96.
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‘The Idea of Jharkhand: The Politics of Identity and the Question of Autonomy’ in Paula Banerjee & Samir Kumar Das, eds., Autonomy: Beyond Kant and Hermeneutics, New Delhi: Anthem Press, 2007, pp. 111-147.
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(co-authored with Jean-Louis Halpérin), ‘Fundamental Rights, Meaning, Content and Discrimination: A Franco-Indian Comparison’ in Revue Internationale
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‘The Democratic Story of Twin Challenges to Governance: Identity Needs and Developmental Needs’ in Ranabir Samaddar and Suhit K. Sen, eds., New Subjects and New Governance in India, New Delhi: Routledge, 2012, pp. 13-68.
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‘Political Economy of Conflict and Peace: Governmentality of Participation and Strategic Veto in Bihar and Jharkhand, India’ in Richmond, Oliver P., Burgess, J. Peter & Samaddar, Ranabir, Cultures Of Governance and Peace: A Comparison of EU and Indian Theoretical and Policy Approaches, Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2016, pp. 68-87.
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(with Jayati Srivastava) ‘Theorising Transitions in World Order: Ideational Consensus and its Contestations’, Global Studies Quarterly, vol., no. 1, January 2026, ksaf119, https://doi.org/10.1093/isagsq/ksaf119.
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‘Liberal Script and New Marginalities: The Case of Tribals in Jharkhand’ in Bochkovskaya, Anna, DasGupta Sanjukta & Prakash, Amit, eds., Interrogating Marginalities Across Disciplinary Boundaries: Colonial and Post-Colonial India, New Delhi: Routledge, 2025, pp. 247-268.
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(with Anna Bochkovskaya & Sanjukta Das Gupta) ‘Introduction: Multiple Dimensions of Marginalities’ in Bochkovskaya, Anna, DasGupta Sanjukta & Prakash, Amit, eds., Interrogating Marginalities Across Disciplinary Boundaries: Colonial and Post-Colonial India, New Delhi: Routledge, 2025, pp. 1-12.
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‘Liberal Script and Its Populist Contestations in India’ in Tanja A. Börzel, Johannes Gerschewski and Michael Zürn, eds., The Liberal Script at the Beginning of the 21st Century: Concepts, Components, Tensions, London: Oxford University Press, 2024, pp. 357-376, DOI: 10.1093/oso/9780198924241.003. 0018.
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‘Autocratic Legalism and Juridical Veto: Reflections on Politics and Law in India’, Social & Legal Studies, Vol. 33, No. 5, October 2024, pp. 808–824, DOI: 10.1177/ 09646639241266241.