Harish S. Wankhede | Welcome to Jawaharlal Nehru University

Harish S. Wankhede

Assistant Professor

Centre/School/Special Centre

Centre for Political Studies,

School of Social Sciences

Room No

126

Residence

House no 22, Old Transit House, JNU

hswankhede@jnu.ac.in

Personal Webpage

http://www.jnu.ac.in

Qualifications

PhD/Post-Doctorate

Areas of Interest/Specialization

Political Theory, Public Institutions, Secularism and Social Justice, Cinema

Experience

10 years

Awards & Honours

Raman Fellowship for Post Doctoral Research at the Stanford University, California, United States for the year 2013-14 (awarded by University Grants Commission)

International Collaboration/Consultancy

Collaborated with Center for South Asia, Stanford University under the consultancy of Professor Thomas Hansen Blom for the Post-Doctoral project.

Best Peer Reviewed Publications

1. "Inequalities, Democracy and Globalization in India: the Next Superpower?" LSE Ideas Report- SR 010), London School of Economics, UK, March 6, 2012 pp: 39-44

2. "The Social and the Political in the Dalit Movement Today", Economic and Political Weekly, Feb. 9-15, 2008 (ISSN 0012-9976) pp: 50-57

3. "The Political Context of Religious Conversion in Orissa" Economic and Political Weekly, April 11-17, 2009 (ISSN 0012-9976) pp.

4. "Dalit Perspective: Claiming Space in New Social Theory Discourse", Third Frame: Literature Culture and Society, Academy of Third World Studies, Jamia Millia Islamia, Cambridge University Press, Delhi, Vol. II, No. 4, Oct-Dec 2009 [ISSN: 0974-1542]

Recent Peer Reviewed Journals/Books

1. "Understanding the Dalits’ Critic of Anna Hazare’s Movement" in Democracy on the Move? Reflections on Moments, Promises and Contradictions , in Manindra Nath Thakur, Dhananjay Rai (Eds), Aakar Publications, New Delhi, 2013 (ISBN: 9789350022184) pp. 113-125

2. "Secular State in India: A Modernist Dalit Perspective", in The Dynamics of Change and Continuity in the Era of Globalization- Murlidhar, Kumar, Vivek Kumar, T. Hari, (Eds) Sunrise Publications, New Delhi, 2009. ISBN 9788187365884