Sanjay Kumar is an Indian

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and psephologist. He served as the director of

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from January 2014 to January 2020. 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

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Education

He graduated with B.A in Political Science from

Ramjas College Ramjas College is one of the oldest constituent colleges of the University of Delhi, located in its North Campus in New Delhi, India. It was founded by the great educationist and philanthropist Rai Kedar Nath with the aim of providing affordab ...

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in 1988. He completed his Masters and M. Phil from

. He studied survey research at the

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Survey Research Center.

Career

He succeeded

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as Director of

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. He writes regularly for national and regional newspapers, in

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and

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. His articles are published regularly in ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'' and ''The Mint''. He frequently appears on Indian television as a psephologist and political commentator. He has also served as an international election observer in many countries.

Publications

Books

* ''Youth in India: Aspirations, Attitudes, Anxieties'' Routledge, New Delhi, 2019 * ''Post Mandal Politics in Bihar: Changing Electoral Patterns'', SAGE, New Delhi, 2018 * ''Electoral Politics in India: Resurgence of the Bharatiya Janata Party'' (With

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and Sanjay Lodha) Routledge, New Delhi, 2017 * ''Changing Electoral Politics in Delhi: From Caste to Class'' SAGE, New Delhi, 2013 * ''Measuring Voting Behaviour in India'' (With Praveen Rai), SAGE, New Delhi, 2013 * ''Rise of the Plebeians? The Changing Face of Indian Legislative Assemblies'' (With

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), Routledge, New Delhi, 2009 * ''Indian Youth in a Transforming World: Attitudes and Perceptions'' (With Peter R de Souza and Sandeep Shastri), SAGE, New Delhi, 2009

References

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