Krishna K. Tummala, Ph.D.
Professor & Director
Graduate Program in Public Administration
Kansas State University
Manhattan, Kansas 66506-4030
Phones: 785-532-0452 (O), 785-537-4819 (R)
Fax: 785-532-2339; Email: tummala@ksu.edu
Naturalized American Citizen; Married, with two children
EDUCATION
Ph. D. University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, 1975
M. P. A. State University of New York at Albany, NY, 1969
AREAS OF COMPETENCE
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION (Public Budgeting, Public Personnel Management, Organization Theory &
Behavior); COMPARATIVE ADMINISTRATIVE SYSTEMS; AMERICAN GOVERNMENT & PUBLIC
POLICY.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
1988-- : Professor, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS.
1979-1988: Professor, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT.
(Also, off-campus, State Capitol, Helena.)
1/77-5/79: Visiting Faculty, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY.
1975-12/76: Visiting Assistant Professor, Ball State University, Muncie, IN.
(Adjunct Faculty, Grissom Airforce Base, IN, and Pepperdine University, CA,
at the Marine Corps Base, Cherry Point, NC);
1974-1975: Visiting Assistant Professor, Murray State University, Murray, KY.
(Adjunct Faculty, Eagle University, Fort Campbell, KY.)
1970-1974: Graduate Teaching Assistant, Independent Instructor, University of Missouri, Columbia,
MO.
ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE
– 1988-- : Director, Graduate Program in Public Administration, Kansas State University,
Manhattan, KS.
– 1979-88: Director, Graduate Program in Public Administration, Montana State University,
Bozeman, MT, (also, off-campus, State Capitol, Helena).
– July 1984: Acting Affirmative Action Officer, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT.
– 1977-79: Director, Internship in Government Program, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY.
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PROFESSIONAL LEADERSHIP
–Member, Editorial Review Board, Journal of Business and Management Dynamics (Cape
Peninsula University of Technology, Cape Town, Republic of South Africa), 2008–
–President, Pi Alpha Alpha, 2005-2007.
–Vice President , Pi Alpha Alpha, 2003-2005.
–Member, Donald C. Stone Award Committee (ASPA), 2003-2004.
–Member, International Public Administration Award Committee (ASPA), 2003.
–Fulbright Senior Scholar (on their roster for the years 2002-2007).
–Member, Executive Council, National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and
Administration (NASPAA), 2001-2004.
–Member, National Council, American Society for Public Administration (ASPA), 2000-2004.
–Chair, ASPA Steering Group I (2003-2004).
–Member, Executive Council, Pi Alpha Alpha, 2001-2003.
–Member, Editorial Board, Public Administration Review (PAR), 1997-2000.
–Chair (1996), Member, Executive Committee (1997-99), Section on International and
Comparative Administration (SICA) of ASPA.
–Member, Campaign for International Relations, ASPA, 1996-1997.
–Member, Section Development Committee, ASPA, 1995-1997.
–President, Kansas Chapter, ASPA, 1994-1995.
–Member, Policy Issues Committee, Conference of Minority Public Administrators (COMPA
ASPA) 1988-1989.
–Member, SICA Publications Committee, ASPA; 1987-1988.
–Member, Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Sub-committee (Policy Issues Committee),
ASPA; 1986-1987.
–Chair, Nominating Committee, SICA (ASPA); 1985.
–Principal Representative, National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration
(NASPAA) (1979– ).
–Chair (1992-1994), and Member (1989-1990), Small Programs Committee, NASPAA.
–Member, International Editorial Advisory Board, Politics Administration and Change; 1982-
2005.
AWARDS/GRANTS
– Travel grant from Provost, Dean of College of Arts and Sciences, K-State, to present a paper at the Eight
Asian Forum on Public Management, National Chi Nan University, Pulin, Taiwan, December 12-14, 2008
($2500.00).
– Travel grant from Provost, and Dean of College of Arts and Sciences, K-State, to serve as keynote
speaker at “The Many Faces of Public Management Reform in Asia-Pacific,” Bangkok, Thailand, July 7-9,
2008 ($1750.00).
– Fred Riggs Award for “Lifetime Scholarly Achievement in the Field of Comparative and International
Administration, “ SICA/ASPA, March 9, 2008.
– “Professorial Performance Award” (addition of $5,235.00 to base pay), 2008.
– “Outstanding Leadership and Service,” Pi Alpha Alpha, October 2007.
– Recognized as a “Leading Asia Specialist” by the Seattle based not-for-profit, non-partisan research
organization– the National Bureau of Asian Research (NBR), 2006, which is also the home for
“AccessAsia,” an eminent research resource.
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– “Eminent National Development Scholar” (“Rashtriya Vikas Shiromani”), annual award for
services in higher education in India and abroad, from the Delhi Telugu Academy, India, September
4, 2005.
– “Excellence award” in recognition of exceptional commitment and contribution to furthering the
global body of knowledge in respect of Public Management and Administration,” given by the Faculty
of Management, Cape Peninsula Technology University, Cape Town, South Africa, April 8, 2005.
– “Don Stone” award from the American Society for Public Administration, for “outstanding
services,” for the year 2205, ASPA annual conference, Milwaukee, April 4, 2005.
– Faculty Development Grant ($800.00) to travel to India to collect research material for the book, Politics
of Preference: Lessons from India, the United States and South Africa (in preparation), May 2005.
– Travel grant ($3,000) from the Provost, Office of International Programs and Deans of the College of Arts
and Sciences and the Graduate School, to travel to South Africa, November-December 2004, to organize
exchange programs, research issues on Affirmative Action, and present a paper at SAAPAM conference.
– Sabbatical leave, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, August-December 2004.
– KSU President‟s Faculty Development grant ($2,500), to present two papers, “Constitutional Corruption
in India,” and “Religious Fundamentalism versus Secular Democracy in India,” at the XIXth World
Congress of the International Political Science Association, Durban, South Africa, June 28-July 4, 2003.
– KSU President‟s Faculty Development grant ($1,000), to travel to Hong Kong to present a paper at the
“Governance in Asia” conference, City University of Hong Kong, December 5-7, 2002.
– “Mike Harder Public Administrator of the Year, 2001" award, Kansas Chapter of the American
Society for Public Administration, May 2001.
– KSU President‟s Faculty Development Grant ($1,400) and Dean College of Arts & Sciences ($500), to
travel to Cuba as part of a Public Administration delegation, February 11-18, 2001.
– Graduate School grant ($750) to produce a brochure on the Graduate Program in Public Administration
(with Susan Leland).
– Invitee: Lectured in South Africa on “Select topics in Human Resource Management” in the University of
Port Elizabeth, Port Elizabeth, and on the “Pros and Cons of „New Public Management‟ in the University of
Free State, Bloemfontein, July-August, 1999.
– KSU President‟s Faculty Development Grant ($500). Presented a paper on “Regime Corruption in
India,” Anniversary Conference of Public Administration and Development, Oxford, England, April 1999.
– Sabbatical leave, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, August-December 1997.
– KSU President‟s Faculty Development Grant ($2,500), to organize a panel on “Minorities in the South
African Public Service,” in Johannesburg, South Africa, at the International Working Conference on Public
Management and Development Administration; and to present a paper, “Politics of Decentralization in
India,” at the XVII World Congress of the International Political Science Association, Seoul, South Korea,
August 1997.
– Co-Director, USHUD Work Study Community Development Grant, $116,000 (with the Department of
Regional and Community Planning, KSU), 1996-1998..
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– KSU President's Faculty Development Grant ($1,600), to present a paper, “Decentralization of Power in
India: Its Costs and Consequences,” at the annual meeting of the International Association of
Administrative Sciences (IAAS), Beijing, China, October 1996.
– KSU President's Faculty Development Grant ($1,000), to present a paper at the International Association
of Schools and Institute of Administration (IASIA), Dubai, July 1995. Declined.
– Co-organizer and Trainer: Re-certification Program for Register of Deeds, Great Bend, KS, April 11-12,
1995.
– KSU President's Faculty Development Grant ($650), to present a paper, “Politics of Preference in Public
Service: The Case of Mandal in India,” at the XVI World Congress of the International Political Science
Association in Berlin, 23 August 1994.
– KSU President's Faculty Development Grant ($1,000), to present a paper, “Public Enterprises in India,”
at the International Association of Schools and Institutes of Administration (IASIA) meeting in Vienna,
Austria, July 7, 1992.
– First prize in an international competition held by the Indian Institute of Public Administration, New
Delhi, India, for the essay on "Reservations in the Indian Public Service, October 26, 1991.
– KSU President's Faculty Development Program Grant ($1,000), to present a paper, “Federalism Under
Stress in India,” at the XV World Congress of the International Political Science Association, Buenos
Aires, Argentina, Summer, 1991.
– Senior Fulbright Fellow (India), Summer, 1990.
– Director, US Dept of Education, Patricia Roberts Harris Fellowship, $32,000, 1989-90.
– Co-Director, US HUD, Community Development Work-study Grant, $115,000 (with the Dept of
Regional and Community Planning, KSU), 1989-90.
– Senior Research Fellow, Indian Council of Social Science Research, New Delhi, India. "Preference
in Public Employment in India.” Lectured on "Aspects of Comparative Administrative Systems: India and
the United States," Indian Institute of Public Administration, New Delhi; Kakatiya University, Warangal;
Nagarjuna University, Guntur; Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupathi – all in India, Summer, 1989.
– Faculty Research/Creativity Grant. Montana State University, Bozeman. "The Politics and Administration
of Preference: Lessons to Learn from India," Summer, 1987.
– Sabbatical Leave, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT, January-August 1987.
– MONTS Speakers' Grant. M. S. U., Autumn 1986.
– M. S. U. Travel Grant to present a paper, “Equity in Public Service in the United States: An Agenda for
Public Policymakers,” at the XIIIth World Congress of the International Political Science Association,
Paris, France, July 15-20, 1985.
– M. S. U. Research Grant to travel to Singapore, Malaysia and India. "Minorities in Public Service,"
August- September 1984.
– M. S. U. Faculty Research/Creativity Grant. "The Impact and Implications of Absolute Veterans'
Preference in Public Service in the State of Montana," November 1983.
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– Montana Committee for Humanities Grant; MONTS-NSF; and M. S. U. Speakers' Grant.
Organized and Chaired an International Forum. "Social and Administrative Consequences of Equal
Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action: A Cross-national Experience." MSU, April 1983.
– MONTS-NSF Research Grant. "The Impact of Affirmative Action Program and Reservations on
Administrative Efficiency in the U. S. and India," November 1981.
– Basic Research Grant. University of Wyoming, Laramie. "Teaching of Public Budgeting in the Member
Institutions of NASPAA," Winter 1979.
– Book Award (cash). Indian Council of Social Science Research, New Delhi, India. The Ambiguity of
Ideology and Administrative Reform, 1979.
– Research Grant-in-Aid. University of Wyoming, Laramie; Senior Research Fellow, Indian Council of
Social Science Research, New Delhi, India. "Committed Bureaucracy: An Attempted Mutation of the
Weberian Neutral Construct in India," Summer 1978.
– Doctoral Fellow. Indian Council of Social Science Research, New Delhi, India, Summer 1973.
MAJOR PUBLICATIONS
BOOKS
1. Public Administration/Policy, ed., (Paris: UNESCO/EOLSS, 2005).
2. Comparative Bureaucratic Systems, ed., paper back (New York: Lexington Books, 2005), pp.
476.
Comparative Bureaucratic Systems, Hardback edition, (New York: Lexington Books, 2003),
pp. 476.
3. Public Administration India (Public Administration in Asia Series, Singapore: Times
Academic
Publications, 1994), 359pp.
Public Administration India, Indian Edition (New Delhi: Allied Publishers, 1996), 359 pp.
4. Equity in Public Employment Across Nations, ed., (Lanham, MD: University Press of
America, 1989), 245pp.
5. Administrative Systems Abroad, ed., (Lanham, MD: University Press of America,1983),
378pp.
6. The Ambiguity of Ideology And Administrative Reform (New Delhi: Allied Publishers Private
Limited, 1979), 367pp.
7. Elements of Public Administration (Tenali, India: Kaviraja Publishers, 1962), 215pp.
Edited two symposia on behalf of SICA (Section on International and Comparative Administration,
ASPA, for PAR (January-February 1998), pp. 21-50, and November-December 1999), pp.482-522.
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ARTICLES/CHAPTERS/MONOGRAPHS
– “Coalition Dharma: Political corruption in India,” Conference Proceedings, The Eighth Asian Forum on
Public Management, National Chi Nan University, Pulin, Taiwan, December 12-14, 2008.
– “Combating corruption: Lessons out of India,” International Public Management Review 10, No. 1
(2009), pp. 34-57, at http//www.ipmr.net
– “An Ode to Fred Riggs,” PAR 68, No. 6 (November-December, 2008), pp. 973-976. Also in Journal of
Business and Management Dynamics 2 (June 2008), pp. 9-13.
– “Corruption: The Indian Saga,” Keynote address, Conference Proceedings, The Many Faces of Public
Management Reform in Asia-Pacific: Moving Ahead Amidst Challenges and Opportunities in Emerging
Markets, Asia-Pacific Governance Institute, International Public Management Network, Thailand
Democracy Watch and Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand, July 7-9, 2008, pp. 1-27.
– “Equal Employment, Affirmative Action and Diversity,” Journal of Business and Management Dynamics
1 (December 2007), pp. 77-80
– “Developments in Indian Federalism: 2005-2007" Asian Journal of Political Science 15, No. 2 (August
2007), pp. 139-160.
– “Innovation and Development: India as an Example”- Note from the Field in Comparative Technology
Transfer and Society (August 2007), pp.
– “Regime Corruption in India,” Asian Journal of Political Science 14, No. 1 (September 2006), pp. 1-22.
– “The 2004 Indian General Elections, and Their Aftermath,” Asian Journal of Political Science 12, No. 2
(December 2004), pp. 31-58.
– “Paul H. Appleby and Indian Administration,” in P L. Sanjiva Reddy et al, eds., Democracy, Governance
and Globalization: Essays in Honor of Paul H. Appleby (New Delhi: Indian Institute of Public
Administration, 2004), pp. 209-228.
– “Democracy v. Fundamentalism: Religious Politics of the Bharatiya Janata Party in India,” in Santosh
Saha,
ed., Religious Fundamentalism in the Contemporary World: Critical Social and Political Issues (Lanham:
Lexington Books, 2004), pp. 207-234.
– “Corruption in India: Control Measures and Consequences,” Asian Journal of Political Science 10, No.
2 (December 2002), pp.43-69.
– “Administrative Reforms in India,” Chapter in Ali Farazmand, ed., Administrative Reforms in Developing
Nations (West Port, CT: Praeger, 2001), pp. 29-48.
– “The Indian Administrator in the New Millennium,” Asian Journal of Political Science 9, No. 1 (June
2001), pp. 49-65.
– “A Decade of Public Administration and Political Flux in India: 1987-1998,” Chapter in Ali Farzmand,
ed., Handbook of Comparative and Development Administration (New York: Marcel Dekker Inc., 2000),
pp. 473-486.
– “An Essay on Comparative Administration: A Book Review of John A. Rohr, Founding Republics in
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France and America: A Study in Constitutional Governance,” PAR 60. No. 1 (January-February 2000),
pp. 75-80.
– “Policy of Preference: Lessons from India, United States and South Africa,” PAR 59, No. 6 (November-
December 1999), pp. 495-508.
– “Introduction,” SICA Silver-jubilee anniversary Symposium, PAR 58, No. 6 (November-December
1999),
p. 482.
– “Constitutional Government and Politics in India: The Case of Uttar Pradesh,” Asian Journal of Political
Science 6, No. 2 (December 1998), pp. 79-97.
– “India”s Experiment with Coalitions: The 1996 General Elections and Since,” Asian Profile 26, No. 6
(December 1998), pp. 497-510.
– Editor, SICA Silver-jubilee anniversary Symposium, PAR 58, No. 1 (January-February 1998), pp.
21-50.
– “Politics of Decentralization in India: An Analysis of Recent Developments,” Asian Journal of Political
Science 5, No. 2 (December 1997), pp. 49-64.
– “The Indian Union and Emergency Powers,” International Journal of Political Science 17, No. 4
(October
1996), pp. 373-384.
– "Preferential Treatment of Minorities: A Dialogue," International Issues 39, No. 2 (April 1996), pp.
82-93.
– “Politics and Administration in Changing Societies,” Review essay, Administrative Change: A Journal of
Political and Administrative Development XXIII, Nos. 1-2 (July- 1995-June 1996), pp.138-144.
– "Fred W. Riggs and Comparative Administration," Review essay, PAR 55, No. 6. (November-December
1995), pp. 581-582.
– "The Politics of Preference in Public Service: The Case of Mandal," Indian Political Science Journal LV,
No. 4 (October-December 1994), pp. 353-370.
– "Religion and Politics in India," Asian Journal of Political Science 1, No. 2 (December 1993), pp.
57-76.
– "The Deficit Conundrum," Public Budgeting & Financial Management 4, No. 3 (Fall 1992), pp.
465-490.
– "India's Federalism Under Stress," Asian Survey XXXII, No. 6 (June 1992), pp. 538-553.
– "Small Programs and NASPAA Accreditation," PAR 51, No. 5 (September-October, 1991), pp. 466-467.
– "Public Administration Agenda for the 1990s in the United States," in K. Murali Manohar, et al, eds.
Administrative Theory: Trends and Perspectives (Warangal, AP: Book Bird, 1991), pp. 121-137.
– "Affirmative Action, 1986-89: A Status Report," International Journal of Public Administration XIV,
No.
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3 (1991), pp. 383-411.
– "Public Administration and Political Flux in India: 1987-1988," Chapter in Ali Farazmand, ed.,
Handbook of Comparative and Development Public Administration (New York: Marcel Dekker, 1991),
pp. 227-237.
– "Unique Problems and Concerns of Small MPA Programs within NASPAA." Report submitted to the
President of NASPAA; distributed among member institutions of NASPAA, February 1990.
– "India at Cross Roads in 1989," Asian Profile 18, No. 4 (August 1990), pp. 353-363.
– "Prologue," and "`Reservations' in the Indian Public Service," Chapter in his own edited, Equity in Public
Employment Across Nations, Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 1989), pp. 1-14; 49-78.
– "Equity in Public Service: A Public Policy Agenda," Administrative Change XV, No.1 (July-December
1988), pp. 34-51.
Also in, Ramesh K. Arora and R.M. Khandelwal, eds. Administration of Human Resources: Comparative
Foci (Jaipur, India: Ajantha Publishers, 1992), pp. 52-74.
– "Veterans' Preference in the State of Montana: Equal Employment or Affirmative Action?," Public
Personnel Management 16, No. 2 (Summer, 1987), pp. 159-171.
– "Democracy Triumphant: The Case of Andhra Pradesh, India," Asian Survey XXVI, No. 3 (March 1986),
pp. 378-395.
– “Merit and/or Equity in Public Service," in David Rosenbloom. ed., Public Personnel Policy: The
Politics
of Civil Service (Port Washington, NY: Associated Faculty Press, 1985), pp. 81-95.
– "Prologue," and "Higher Civil Service in India," in his own edited, Administrative Systems Abroad, Rev.
Ed. (Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 1983), pp.1-7, and 96-126.
– "Civil Service Reform a la Carter, and Its Aftermath," Indian Journal of Public Administration XVIII,
No.
4 (October-December 1982), pp. 840-862.
– "Teaching Public Budgeting," Southern Review of Public Administration 6, No. 3 (Fall 1982), pp.
295-306.
– "New Federalism," Congressional Record- Senate, (March 1, 1982), pp. S1294-S1295.
– "Administrative Reform," in Mohammad Mohabbat Khan, ed., Administrative Reform: A Theoretical
Perspective (Dhaka: Center for Administrative Studies, 1981), pp. 69-106.
– "More on Senior Executive Service," Communications, PAR 41, No. 6 (November-December 1981), pp.
711-712.
– "Higher Civil Service in India: `Commitment' or `Establishment'" Politics, Administration and Change
VI,
No. 2 (July-December 1981), pp. 17-40.
– "Collective Bargaining in the American Public Service," Indian Journal of Public Administration XXVI,
No. 2 (April-June 1980), pp. 320-335.
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– "Teaching Finance/Budgeting Course in the Member Institutions of NASPAA," Conference Proceedings,
Olympia, WA: Third National Conference on the Teaching of Public Administration, (May 1979), pp.
407-412.
– Committed Bureaucracy: An Attempted Mutation of the Weberian Neutral Construct in India, (Laramie,
WY: University of Wyoming, Institute of Policy Research Publication # 284, April 1979), 33pp.
– Dynamics of the Politics of Confrontation: The Case of India, (Laramie, WY: University of Wyoming,
Institute of Policy Research # 226, October 1977), 48pp.
– "Problems of Medical Benefits Under the Employees' State Insurance Scheme," Indian Journal of Social
Work XXII, No. 3 (October 1963), pp. 297-300.
– "The Role of a Labour Welfare Officer," Indian Journal of Social Work XXI, No. 1 (June 1960), pp. 1-7.
WORK IN PROGRESS
– Politics of Preference: India, the United States and South Africa (Book).
– Public Budgeting in the United States (Book ).
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS/ ACTIVITIES
– Panel organizer, chair and paper presenter: “Politics of Preference: A Comparative Perspective,” annual
conference of ASPA,, Miami, March 22, 2009.
– Speaker, paper presenter, 8th Asian Forum on Public Management. The National Chi Nan University in
Puli, Taiwan (December 11-14, 2008).
– Keynote speaker and Paper presenter, “Corruption: The Indian Saga,” at the “The Many Faces of Public
Management Reform in Asia-Pacific” conference organized by the Asia-Pacific Governance Institute,
International Public Management Network, Thailand Democracy Watch and the Chulalongkorn University,
in Bangkok, Thailand, July 7-9, 2008.
– Chair, Ferrel Heady Roundtable, annual conference of ASPA, Dallas, March 9, 2008.
– Presented a paper: “Federalism Turned on its Head: India in 2005,” at the 20th World Congress of the
International Political Science Association, Fukuoka, Japan, July 9, 2006.
– Organized, chaired and participated in a Roundtable discussion on “Popular or Constitutional Government”
at the annual conference of ASPA, Denver, April 2, 2006.
– Presented a paper: “Unbridled Exercise of Executive Power– A Peril to the Constitution: The 2005 Case of
Bihar, India” at the Conference on Continuing Transformations of Public Administration,” held in and
organized by the Department of Public and Social Administration, City University of Hong Kong, March 22,
2006. He also chaired a panel on “Public Sector Transparency and Accountability,” at the same conference
on March 21, 2006.
– Organized, chaired and participated in a panel: “Best Practices not Taught, and Best Taught, but not
Practiced...”, and participated in another panel, “Capstone Seminar versus Comprehensive Examinations for
the MPA students”, both at the annual conference of NASPAA, October 12-15, 2005, Washington, DC.
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– Organized and chaired a panel: “Popular or Constitutional Government (Experiences from United States,
Thailand and South Africa), annual conference of ASPA, Milwaukee, April 3, 2005.
– Presented a paper: “Constitutional Corruption in India,” at the South African Association of Public
Administration and Management (SAAPAM) conference, Port Elizabeth, Republic of South Africa,
November 25, 2004.
– Organized and Chaired a panel: “Best Practices Never Taught , and Best Taught but Not Practiced,”and
participated in a Roundtable discussion on NASPAA “Diversity” Standard, at the annual meeting of
NASPAA, Indianapolis, IN, October 21-22, 2004.
– Presented two papers: “Constitutional Corruption in India,” and “Religious Fundamentalism versus Secular
Democracy in India,” at the XIXth World Congress of the International Political Science Association,
Durban, South Africa, June-July 2003.
– Organized and Chaired a panel: “Corruption in the Third World,” and presented a paper, “Regime
Corruption in India,” annual meeting of ASPA, Washington, DC, March 17, 2003.
– Chaired a panel: “Corruption in the Third World,” and presented a paper on “Regime Corruption in India,”
at the “Governance in Asia” conference, City University of Hong Kong, December 6, 2002.
– Organized and chaired a panel: “Public Service Equity and Demographic Changes: A Comparative
Perspective,” annual meeting of ASPA, Phoenix, March 25, 2002. Also made a presentation on “The
implications of Hopwood v. Texas for Higher Education.”
– Presented a paper: “Diversity: Confusion, Costs and Consequences,” on the panel “Integrating Diversity in
the Public Affairs Curricula: Challenges, Lessons, and Available Resources,” NASPAA Annual Conference,
Washington, DC, October 25, 2001.
– Panelist: “International Students and the Curriculum: Increases in Their Numbers and Changing Interests
and Implications for Curriculum Management,” NASPAA Annual Conference, Washington, DC, October 26,
2001.
– Chaired a panel: “Education in Bangladesh,” Bengal Studies Conference, 35th Annual meeting, Kansas
State University Campus, May 18, 2001.
– Speaker: “Economic Embargo on Cuba: To Continue or not to Continue?” Kansas Chapter of the
American Society, Spring meeting, Kansas State University, April 12, 2001.
– Participant, Roundtable: “Cuba and China: A Comparative Public Administration Approach,”and also the
United Nations Workshop, annual meeting of ASPA, Newark, March 13, 2001.
– Participant: Roundtable on “Practical Tools for Improving Public Administration‟s Credibility,” annual
meeting of ASPA, San Diego, April 4, 2000.
– Presented a paper: “Constitutional Corruption in India,” Jubilee Conference of Public Administration and
Development, Oxford, England, April 14, 1999.
– Presented a paper: “Politics of Preference: Lessons from India, the US and South Africa,” annual meeting
of ASPA, Seattle, May 10, 1998.
– Guest lecturer: Department of Management, Port Elizabeth Technikon, Port Elizabeth, South Africa,
August 11-15, 1997; and Department of Political Science, National University of Singapore, September 22,
1997.
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– Presented a paper: “Politics of Decentralization in India,” XVII World Congress of the International
Political Science Association, Seoul, South Korea, August 18, 1997.
– Panel Organizer and Chair: “Minorities in the South African Public Service,” International Working
Conference on Public Management and Development, Johannesburg, South Africa, August 5, 1997.
– Panel Organizer and Chair: “Changing Role of the State and Administrative Reform,” annual meeting of
ASPA, Philadelphia, July 29, 1997.
– Presented a paper: “The Costs and Consequences of Decentralization of Power in India,” Annual meeting
of the International Institute of Administrative Sciences (IIAS), Beijing, China, October 9, 1996.
– Panel Chair: “Comparative Dimensions of Personnel and Organizational Transformation.” Paper
Presenter, “Minorities Under Majority Rule in India: Politics of Preference Since Mandal,” annual meeting
of ASPA, Atlanta, July 1, 1996.
– Presented a paper: "Politics of Preference in Public Service: Mandal and Since in India," annual meeting of
the American Political Science Association (APSA), Chicago, August 31, 1995.
– Panel Discussant: "Private Sector Practices for Better Public Service Around the World," annual meeting
of ASPA, San Antonio, July 23, 1995.
– Co-organizer and Trainer: Re-certification Program for Register of Deeds, Great Bend, KS, April 11-12,
1995.
– Presented a paper: "Politics of Preference in Public Service: The Case of Mandal in India," XVI World
Congress of the International Political Science Association (IPSA), Berlin, August 23, 1994.
– Presented a paper: "Indian Immigrants in the United States: Diaspora or Local," National Conference on
Conflicts and Coalitions Among Minorities, Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA, April 9, 1994.
– Presented a paper: "Civil Rights Act of 1991: The Why and What of it," annual meeting of COMPA
(ASPA), Bermuda, February 17, 1994.
– Panel Moderator: "Would the Constitution of the United States serve us into the 21st Century," ASPA
Kansas Chapter meeting, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, October 19, 1993.
– Speaker: "Implications for Management Education and Training," Kansas Public Managers' Conference,
Topeka, KS, October 15, 1993.
– Co-organizer and Trainer: Re-certification Program for Register of Deeds, Kansas State University,
Manhattan, KS, October 12, 1993.
– Presented a paper: "Politics of Civil Rights Legislation, 1990-1991," annual meeting of ASPA, San
Francisco, CA, July 20, 1993.
– Presented a paper: "Public Enterprise in India," at the IASIA meeting, Vienna, Austria, July 7-10, 1992.
– Presented a paper: "Caste and Class Stereotyping in the Indian Civil Service," annual meeting of ASPA,
Chicago, April 14, 1992.
– Speaker: "ASPA Organization," ASPA Kansas Chapter meeting, Topeka, March 11, 1992.
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– Pre-Convocation Speaker: "Gandhi and Nonviolence," Kansas State University, Manhattan, January
21, 1992.
– Presented a paper: "Federalism Under Stress in India," XV World Congress, International Political
Science Association, Buenos Aires, Argentina, July 25, 1991.
– Participant: Roundtable on "The Interdisciplinary Future of Political Science: Is there a Place for Public
Administration?" Mid-west Political Science Conference, Chicago, April 19, 1991.
– Co-Chair: Small Programs Committee (NASPAA), NASPAA annual meeting, Washington, DC, March
25, 1991.
– Chaired a panel: "Small Programs within NASPAA," NASPAA annual meeting, Salt Lake City, October
27, 1990.
– Presented a paper: "Democratic Socialism as the Rudder for Development: Case of Public Enterprises in
India," annual meeting of ASPA, Los Angeles, CA, April 9, 1990.
– Presented a paper: "Strategies in Hiring and Retaining Minority Faculty in Traditionally Majority
Universities," annual meeting of COMPA (ASPA), Fort Worth, TX, February 23, 1990.
– Participant: Racial/Ethnic Harmony Week, KSU, November 1, 1989. Raised funds and brought Arun
Gandhi (grandson of Mahatma Gandhi) and his wife Sunanda, as speakers.
– Chaired a panel: "Small Programs in Public Administration," NASPAA annual meeting, Chicago, October,
1989.
– Presented a paper (in absentia): "Post-`New Public Administration' in the United States," International
Seminar on Hundred Years of Public Administration: Trends and Perspectives, Kakatiya University,
Warangal, AP, India, March 18-20, 1989.
– Presented a paper: "Democratic Institutions Under Stress in India," XIVth World Congress, International
Political Science Association, Washington, DC, August 29, 1988.
– Moderator: Panel on "Ethics in Public Administration," Western Social Science Association Conference,
Denver, April 27-30, 1988.
– Participant: Workshop on "The Internationalization of Public Administration Research and Education,"
University of Southern California, Los Angeles, April 17, 1986 (annual meeting of ASPA, Anaheim, CA).
– Presented a paper: "Equity in Public Service in the United States: An Agenda for the Public Policymakers,"
XIIIth World Congress, International Political Science Association, Paris, France, July 15-20, 1985.
– Organizer and Chair: Panel on "Equity in Public Service Across Nations." Paper Presenter: "Reservations
in the Indian Public Service," annual meeting of ASPA, Indianapolis, March 27, 1985.
– Organizer and Moderator: Panel on "Affirmative Action in the 1980s," Fourth Equal Employment
Opportunity Conference, State of Montana, Helena, October 18, 1984.
– Presented a paper: "Absolute Veterans' Preference and Merit Employment in the State of Montana: Equal
Employment or Affirmative Action?" annual meeting of ASPA, Denver, April 1984.
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– Chair: Panel on "Veterans' Preference in the State of Montana," Third Equal Employment Conference,
State of Montana, Helena, October 20, 1983.
– Participant: Site Visit Team Training Workshop, annual meeting of NASPAA, Minneapolis, October 15,
1983.
– Chair: Round Table Conference on "Affirmative Action and Equal Employment Opportunity: A
Cross-national Experience," annual meeting of ASPA, New York, April 18, 1983.
– Panel Co-Chair: "Citizen Participation in Public Budgeting," annual meeting of ASPA, Honolulu, March
22, 1982.
– Participant: "Budget Simulation Laboratory," annual meeting of ASPA, Detroit, April 11, 1981.
– Panel Organizer/Chair/Paper Presenter: "Geo-politics of South Asia," Third World Conference, University
of Nebraska at Omaha, October 24, 1980.
– Local Director & Instructor: Summer Study Abroad (NICSA program), London, England, July 7- August
12, 1980.
– Paper Presenter & Discussant: "Teaching of Public Budgeting in NASPAA Member Institutions,"
Teaching Public Administration Conference, Olympia, May 31, 1980.
– Chair: Panel on "Administration in Non-U. S. Settings," Midwest Political Science Conference, Chicago,
April 25, 1980.
– Chair: Panel on "Legislative Systems: Political Behavior and Public Policy in the Third World," and
Organizer/Chair/Paper Presenter: Panel on "Comparative Administrative Systems: Bureaucratic Behavior,"
both at the Third World Conference, University of Nebraska at Omaha, October 25-26, 1979.
– Presented a paper: "Committed Bureaucracy: An Attempted Mutation of the Weberian Neutral Construct in
India," annual meeting of ASPA, Baltimore, 3 April, 1979.
– Chair: Panel on "Political Socialization and Elite Behavior in the Third World," and Discussant: "The
Uses and Abuses of Partisan Power in the Third World: Incumbents and Opponents," both at the Third
World and Returned Peace Corps Veterans' Conference, University of Nebraska at Omaha, November
16-17, 1978.
– Resource Person: "P. A. Syllabi Conference," Osmania University, Hyderabad, India, June 12-13, 1978.
– Participant: "Zero-Base Budgeting Laboratory," annual meeting of ASPA, Phoenix, April 1978.
– Presented a paper: "The Politics of Confrontation: The Case of India." Third World Conference, University
of Nebraska at Omaha, October 27, 1977.
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OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
I. BOOK REVIEWS
– John A. Rohr, Founding Republics in France and America: A Study in Constitutional
Governance,” PAR 60, No. 1 (January-February 2000), pp. 75-80.
– Kuldeep Mathur, ed., Development Policy And Administration, in Asian Journal of Political
Science 5, No. 1 (June 1997), pp. 118-121.
– Ramesh Arora, ed., Politics and Administration in Changing Societies: Essays in Honour of
Professor Fred W. Riggs, in PAR 55, No. 6 (November-December 1995), pp. 581-582.
– Barbara K. Bundy, Stephen D. Burns and Kimberley V. Weichel, eds. The Future of Pacific Rim:
Scenarios for Regional Cooperation, in Perspectives in Political Science 24, No. 4 (Fall
1995),
pp. 242-243.
– Alfred C. Aman, Jr. Administrative Law in a Global Era, in Perspectives in Political Science 23,
No. 4 (Fall 1994)), p. 198-199.
– Janusz Bugajski, Fourth World Conflicts: Communism and Rural Societies, in Perspectives on
Political Science 22, No. 3 (Summer 1993), p. 141.
– Arthur Bonner, Averting the Apocalypse: Social Movements in India, in Perspectives on Political
Science 20, No. 3 (Summer 1991), pp. 189-190.
– World Development Report 1989, in Perspectives on Political Science 19, No. 1 (Winter 1990),
p. 33.
– V. Bhaskara Rao, Public Administration in India, in Indian Journal of Public Administration
XXXV, No. 2 (April-June 1989), pp. 308-309.
– Sarad Marathe, Regulation and Development: India's Policy Experience of Control Over Industry
in American Review of Public Administration 18, No. 2 (June 1988), pp. 208-210.
II. ADVISOR/MANUSCRIPT REVIEWER
– Member, Public Administration Cluster Committee, Marshall Cavendish International,
Singapore (2003-).
– For journals such as, PAR, American Review of Public Administration, and the Asian Journal of
Political Science.
– For publishers such as, the Congressional Quarterly Inc., Longman Publishing Group, St. Martin's
Press, West Educational Publishing, and Westview Press.
– Proposal Reviewer for Academy for Educational Development (AED), US Information Agency
(1999).
III. PUBLIC SERVICE
As part of public service activity, wrote over sixty-five Op. Ed. articles for the print media, and
assisted several local and state agencies on various management issues, as and when requested.
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IV. LIFE MEMBER: American Society for Public Administration (ASPA)
Indian Institute of Public Administration (IIPA)
MEMBER: International Political Science Association (IPSA)
V. ASSIGNMENTS
- Chair, Nominating Committee, Pi Alpha Alpha, 2008.
- Member, Human Services and Resources Board, City of Manhattan (1995-2001).
- Member, Search Committee, Head, Department of Political Science, KSU, 1993.
- Member, Minority Affairs Advisory Committee, KSU, 1988-1991.
- Member, Search Committee, Graduate Associate Dean, KSU, 1988-89.
- Member, Search Committee, Director of Personnel, KSU, 1988-89.
- Member, Board of Governors: Montana Institute of Public Administration; 1979-1981.
- Member, MSU/University of Montana MPA Policy Advisory Committee; 1979-1988.
- Chair (1983-84), Member (1980-86), MSU Affirmative Action Advisory Board.
- Member (from the College of Letters & Science), Graduate Council, MSU; 1983-1985.
- Member, Search Committee, Interim Affirmative Action Officer. MSU; Summer 1984.
- Member, Search Committee, Affirmative Action and Human Resources Director. MSU; 1985.
- Chair, Ad Hoc Committee on Research Opportunities. MSU Faculty Council; 1985-1987
(Evaluated the Office of Vice President for Research).
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REFEREES
Prof. Garth N. Jones School of Business & Public
2500 Skyline Dr.
Administration
SALT LAKE CITY, UT 84108 (Phone: 801-583-1972) University Of Alaska at Anchorage
6750 Crooked Tree Circle
ANCHORAGE, AK
99516
(Phone: 907-349-4062)
Prof. Chester Newland
Distinguished Professor
School of Policy, Planning and Development
University of Southern California
1800, 1st Street
SACRAMENTO, CA 95814-3004 (Phone: 916-442-6911; fax: 916-444-7712)
Email: newland@usc.edu
Prof. Lawrence R. Jones
George F.A. Wagner Professor of Public Management
Graduate School of Business and Public Policy
Naval Graduate University and President, International Public Management Network
555 Dyer Rd.
MONTEREY, CA 93943-5000 (Phone: 831-646-0216; Fax: 831-656-3407)
Email: dukeDMB@aol.com mailto:dukedmb@aol.com
Prof. Richard Stillman
Editor-in-Chief, PAR
School of Public Affairs
University of Colorado Denver
P O Box 173364, Campus box 142
DENVER, CO 80217-3364 Phone (303-315-2704)
Email: Richard.Stillman@ucdenver.edu
Prof. Norma Riccuci
Distinguished Professor
School of Public Affairs and Administration
Rutgers University, Newark
360 King Blvd.
Hill Hall, 7th Floor
NEWARK, NJ 07102 (phone 917-353-5093, xt. 16)
Email: riccucci@rutgers.edu
Prof. David Rosenbloom School of Public Affairs
Distinguished Professor American University
Department of Public and Social Administration 4400 Massachusetts Ave., NW
City University of Hong Kong WASHINGTON, DC 20016-8070
Tat Chee Ave (Phone: 202-885-2361)
KOWLOON, HONG KONG (Phone: 852-2788-8904) Email: rbloom@american.edu
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Email: dhrosenb@cityu.edu.hk
Op. Ed."articles published in popular media (in Manhattan Mercury, except where
otherwise specified.)
1988
a) "Equal opportunity remains elusive"
b) "World watches as Benazir Bhutto shapes her role"
1989
a) "Adieu to Ronald Reagan; Best wishes to George Bush"
b) "There's high promise in President Bush's `Fresh Breeze'"
c) "What are we to think when fact and fiction overlap"
d) "Could President's Budget be `kinder and gentler'"
e) "India- a wonder- defies efforts at generalization"
f) "India, with election near, stands at major crossroads"
g) "Misunderstandings impede US -Indian relations"
h) "Deficit game will go on until voters decide to end It"
I) "Testing time for India into the 1990s"
1990
a) "The Budget and the state of things"
b) "Budget decisions delayed, or denied?"
c) "Politics, lack of responsibility impede budget process"
d) "Politics and the budget: Back and forth, with ups and downs"
e) "India faces more hard times"
f) "A small step, but a step, toward reducing the federal deficit"
1991
a) "The state of things: What Bush said and what he didn't say"
b) "War impinges heavily on U. S. budget, economy and politics"
c) "Line-item veto: Politics or prudence?"
d) "Assassination of Gandhi brings India to another crossroads"
e) "The Gulf war: What was achieved, who won and who lost"
f) "A close look at the Thomas nomination"
g) "Looking at the Thomas nomination"
1992
a) "Gandhi & King: Lessons of non-violence"
b) "Bush budget based on politics and voodoo"
c) "Compromise, not threats will create budget"
d) "King verdict lays bare the holes in great society"
e) "The hocus-pocus of government budgets"
f) "Bush can't run on his own domestic record"
g) "Perot's economic plan has about as much of a chance as he does"
h) "Failure of leadership shows in Bush's bankrupt economic plan"
I) "Clinton's economic blueprint based on investment, jobs, growth"
j) "Hopes of the nation on the man from Hope"
k) "Religious fanaticism in India at its worst"
1993
a) "Long Presidential transition harmful"
b) "Hope for future found in Clinton's budget"
c) "Nearly six months of struggling toward success"
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d) "Working within mess of the political process"
e) "Time to reform the system of governing"
f) "Clinton budget is really only the beginning"
g) "After a rough start, Clinton had a few victories during first year"
h) "Clinton shows he's adept at using the powers of the presidency"
1994
a) "Giving peace a chance seems more likely"
b) "Inman's thin skin proves him wrong for job"
c) "Clinton's ambitious agenda good for the country"
d) "Public service requires a willingness to undergo public scrutiny"
e) "Clinton budget proposal shows he's indeed a new Democrat"
f) "Real budget game leaves little for federal lawmakers to play with"
g) "Requiring balanced budget might be more a curse than a cure"
h) "The people, politicians have responsibility to control spending"
I) "Two significant deaths worthy of reflection"
j) "Look to home before criticizing"
k) "Subtle racism afflicts civilized society"
l) "Gandhi's crusade holds relevance in turbulent world"
j) "Can Republicans Deliver in Two Years?"
k) "Rethink tax cuts..."
1995
a) "Gandhi, King Swayed Masses for Peace"
b) "Small decisions often loom large in future"
1996
(a) “Ignoring one of the world‟s largest democracies”
1999
(a) “Debate must be based on reason, not religion”
2001
a) “Our Open Society and its Travails” (Kansas City Star, October 6, 01)
b) “Reassembling the Puzzle that is Afghanistan” (Kansas City Star, November 21, 01)
2002
a) “India and Pakistan are at a dangerous Crossroads” (Kansas City Star, January 12, 02)
b) “Civilization among winners in Afghan war” (Manhattan Mercury, January 25, 02)
c) “Kashmir a challenge for U.S. diplomacy” (Manhattan Mercury, March 7, 02)
2004
a) “In great political drama, India‟s success depends on internal peace” (Kansas City Star, May 26,
04)
2007
a) “Let Expenditures be Judged Solely on their Merit,” (Kansas City Star, March 18, 2007)
2008
a) “Musharraf and U.S. are in Tough Dilemma Together,” (Kansas City Star January 1, 2008).
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