Work Experience
- 2010 - Present: Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Delhi
- 2006 - 2009: Reader at the Centre for Federal Studies, Jamia Hamdard University. Read More
Prof. Rekha Saxena
Head of Department
Indian and Comparative Politics, Federal Political Institutions, Constitution and Federalism, Elections, Party System
Publications
- Indian National Congress: From Dominance To Decline Or Hibernation? ,Routledge New York, 2024 (co-authored).
- The 2019 Parliamentary Elections in India: Democracy at the Crossroads? , Routledge New York, 2022 (co-edited).
- Indian Politics: Constitutional Foundations and Institutional Functioning, New Delhi: Prentice-Hall, 2021, 3rd edition. (co-authored). Read More
Awards/ Fellowships/ Projects
- Appointed as the Lead Coordinator from Delhi University on the theme “Intergovernmental relations in India” for the Leverhulme international network UK on the theme “Indian federalism: Continuity and Change” and received a grant for the same (January 2014 - January 2017).
- Invited by China Association for International Friendly Contact as part of Institute of Social Sciences delegation to visit China for exchanging views on promoting people-to-people contact between the two countries (July 30 - August 05, 2017).
- Invited by Stiftung Neumann Foundation to Germany as part of a delegation on ‘Smart cities’ (4 - 11 March, 2017). Read More
Conferences and Seminars
- 2024: Delivered Welcome Address as well Co-convened an International Conference on “Navigating the Crisis of Climate Change in Kashmir and Himalayan Regions of India: The Role of Cooperative Federalism” organized by CRRIID, Chandigarh, Forum of Federations, Ottawa and KAS, India at Sher-E-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Kashmir, Kashmir on 5th March 2024.
- 2024: Chaired a session at an International Conference on “India, Europe, and Global South: Asserting Identities and Social Change” organized by the Department of Political Science, Maitreyi College, University of Delhi on 3rd May 2024.
- 2023: Invited as an expert at an international conference on “Federalism, Devolution of power and Inclusive Democracy” in Lainchaur, Nepal, 22-23 Nov 2023. Read More
