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Title Dr First Name Rajesh Last Name Dev Photograph
Designation Assistant Professor
Department Political Science
Address (Campus) II Floor Social Science Building, University of Delhi, (North
campus) delhi-110007
(Residence)
Phone No (Campus) 011-27666670
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Email rajeshdev.du@gmail.com
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Education
Subject Institution Year Details
Political Science (PhD) NEHU 2002 Thesis topic: Politics of
Difference: A Study of
Ethnonationalism
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Career Profile
Organisation / Institution Designation Duration Role
University of Delhi Assistant Professor 2010- Post-Graduate Teaching
Research Guidance for MPhil and PhD
Aspirants
Department of Law, North Eastern Guest Faculty 2005 to 2007 Teaching
Hill University
Women’s College Lecturer 1998-2010 Teaching
Member of Administrative/Governing
Bodies
Research Interests / Specialization
Ethnic Conflict and Politics of identity; Democracy and Governance, Indigenous Politics.
Developing interest in ‘Border Studies’
Teaching Experience ( Subjects/Courses Taught)
Social Movements and Revolution-An optional offered for MA previous
Politics in India
Political Sociology
Western Political Thought
Honors & Awards
Reagan-Fascell Democracy Fellow at the International Forum for Democratic Studies at National Endowment
for Democracy, Washington D.C.
Awarded the First President of India Sri Shankar Dayal Sharma Gold Medal for General Proficiency by North
Eastern Hill University, Shillong
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Publications (LAST FIVE YEARS)
Books / Monographs
Year of Title Publisher Co-Author
Publication
2006 Ethnonarratives: Identity & Experience in Northeast Anshah Sukalpa
India Bhattacharjee
2006 Ethnic Identity and Democracy: Electoral Politics in Regency Apurba Baruah
Northeast India
In Indexed/ Peer Reviewed Journals
Year of Title Journal Co-Author
Publication
December Faultlines and Conflict Ending Strategies in Northeast India Economy
2008. India Review
December Discontents of Peace & Conflict Transformation in Yojana
2008 Northeast India.
June 2007 Negotiating Diversities through Institutional Strategies Eastern Quarterly
Articles
Democracy, Ethnic Fractionalization & Competitive Politics: The Case of States in Northeast India, in Paul
Wallace & Ramashray Roy (eds.) India’s 2009 Elections: Coalition Politics, Party Competition and Congress
Continuity. Sage, New Delhi. 2010
Ethnic Identity, Regionalism & Political Mobilisation: An Analysis of the Political Discourse in the Tribal State of
Meghalaya, in Ramashray & Roy Paul Wallace (ed.) India’s 2004 Elections. Sage India, 2006.
Indigenity, Minorities and Rights in Northeast India, in Joseph Benjamin (ed.) Minorities in India. Gyan
Publishers. Delhi 2006.
Narrative Claims and Identity Impasse: The Experiences of the Nowhere People in Sukalpa Bhattacharjee &
Rajesh Dev (eds.) Ethnonarratives. Identity and Experience in North East India. Anshah Publications. New
Delhi, 2006.
Institutional Designs and Ethnopolitical Conflict Transformation. Assessing Peace-Building Initiatives in
Northeast India, in Prasenjit Biswas & C.J.Thomas (eds.) Meaning & Metaphor of Peace. Essays of
commitment. Regency Publications. New Delhi, 2006.
Ethnic Self-Determination and Electoral Politics in Nagaland in Apurba K.Baruah & Rajesh Dev (eds.) Ethnic
Identities and Democracy. Electoral politics in North-East India. Regency Publications. New Delhi 2006.
Ethnic Groups, Electoral Politics & Democratic Consensus in Tripura in Apurba K.Baruah & Rajesh Dev (eds.)
Ethnic Identities and Democracy. Electoral politics in North-East India. Regency Publications. New Delhi 2006
Conference Presentations
Homelands, Politics of belonging and Human Rights problematising autonomy regimes in Northeast India,
paper presented at the International Seminar on “Human Rights Liberalism and Multiculturalism” being
st nd
organized at the Department of Philosophy, Delhi University on 21 and 22 Feb. 2011.
Dilemmas of Multicultural Accommodation: Learning from the periphery. Paper presented at the International
Seminar on Nation-Building in Multicultural Society organized by Rajiv Gandhi Chair in Contemporary Studies,
University of Allahabad. Allahabad. March 4-5, 2011
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Ethnopolitical Calculus and Identity Strategies in Northeast India, paper presented at an Indian Institute of
Advanced Studies sponsored seminar on March 7-9, 2006, Dept. of Philosophy, Manipur University.
Resurgent India: Pathologies of the Development Impasse, in a Seminar on “Rethinking Development Issues in
th
Northeast India”. Orange Resort, Gangtok, Sikkim on 24-26 , March, 2006, Organized by Centre for Northeast
Studies, New Delhi & IIAS, Shimla.
The Indigenous and the Aliens. Rights Discourse and Marginal Citizens in Northeast India. Paper presented at a
seminar on Rethinking Human Rights. Teen Murti, New Delhi. Organized by the NHRC & IIAS, March 29 - 31,
2006.
Narrative Claims and Folk Identity. Paper presented at a seminar on Myth, Folklore & Philosophy. Sahitya
Akademi. New Delhi at NEHU. August 26, 2006.
Political Tribalism & the Development Imperative: Understanding Crises of Governance in Northeast India.
Paper presented at a seminar on Dynamics and Issues of Development in North-East India. MAKAIAS, Kolkata
at Mizoram University, Aizawl. April 19 - 20, 2007.
Group Difference & Democratic Engagement. Analysing Autonomy Regimes in North-east India. National
Seminar on Lived Democracy. Reflections on Dignity, Development, Dissent and Decision. Centre for the study
of Developing Societies (CSDS) New Delhi & Centre for Manipur Studies. Imphal 10-11 September, 2007.
Looking Beyond Northeast: Promoting a Greater Asia. Paper presented at the workshop on the Problems and
Prospects of Co-operation between North-East India and South-West China, MAKAIAS, Kolkata at Astor Hotel,
Kolkata, November 15, 2007.
Identity Claims, Symbolic Nationalization and Democratic Transformation. A paper presented at a National
Seminar on “Towards a New Understanding of Northeast India” Jawaharlal Nehru University. New Delhi.
January 23 – 25, 2008.
Identity & Development in Meghalaya. A presentation to the two day workshop on Identity and Development:
Twin Challenges in India’s Northeast. Centre for Development & Peace Studies Guwahati and British Deputy
High Commission, Kolkata. Pragati Manor. Guwahati, January 28 - 29, 2008.
Democracy and its Discontents: Dilemmas of Diversity in Northeast India. Presentation made at the National
Endowment for Democracy. January 22, 2009. Washington D.C.
From Pluralism to Polarization: Community Claims and the Political Community. Paper presentation made at
the National Workshop on National Integration and Identity-Violence. March 20 - 23, 2009. IIAS Shimla & ICPR,
New Delhi. NEHU Shillong.
Exclusive Homelands and the Political Construction of Evil. Paper presented at the National Seminar on The
Construction on the Idea of Evil. Hotel Japfu. Kohima. Nagaland. Indian Institute of Advanced Studies, Shimla
& Indian Council of Social Science Research. March 31 - April 1, 2009.
Ethnic Boundaries and Politics of Margins: Homeland intransigence in Northeast India. Paper presented at the
seminar on Boundary Making and Ethnic Conflicts, Nov 16-18, 2009. IIAS Shimla.
Total Publication Profile optional
Books
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In Indexed/ Peer Reviewed Journals
Articles
Conference Presentations
Public Service / University Service / Consulting Activity
Consultant for the Good Practices Resource Book on Governance Initiatives as part of the Planning Commission &
UNDP project on Strengthening State Plans for Human Development.
Resource person for the Course Preparation Team (BA & MA) for IGNOU New Delhi
Professional Societies Memberships
Life Member, Indo-American Centre for International Studies, Hyderabad. (Formerly American Studies Research
Center)
Life Member, North East India Political Science Association
Lokniti: Programme for Comparative Democracy. Sponsored by The Centre for the Study of Developing Societies
(CSDS) New Delhi
Executive Secretary, Argue India (Advanced Research Group for Understanding Eastern India), Shillong
Projects (Major Grants / Collaborations)
ICSSR sponsored Major Project on “Ethnic Groups, Contesting Claims and Social Cohesion in Northeast India: Karbi-
Kuki Conflict”.
Other Details
Delivered the Noel P Gist Brown Bag Luncheon Seminar Lecture on Political Violence and Ethnic Problems in
Northeast India. February 5th, 2009. University of Missouri, Columbia.
(Signature of Faculty Member) (Signature & Stamp
of Head of the Department)
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