Funding Organizations and Partners
Research Projects funded by International Agencies
Continuity and Change in Indian Federalism
Principal Investigator: Prof. Rekha Saxena
Funding agency: Leverhulme Trust, U.K.
Amount sanctioned: ₹ 96,18,712
Year of sanction: 2015
Duration: 3 Years
Systems of Relatedness, Culture and Vulnerability in Transition: Dalit Life-worlds in Post-Liberalized India
Principal Investigator: Prof. N. Sukumar
Funding agency: ICSSR and University of Lausanne, Switzerland
Amount sanctioned: ₹ 11,09,331
Year of sanction: 2015
Duration: 2 Years
Teaching, Research, and International Policy (TRIP) Survey
Principal Investigator: Prof. Navnita C. Behera
Year of sanction: 2014
Duration: 2 Years
Comparative State Politics & Public Policy
Principal Investigator: Dr. Rajesh Dev
Funding agency: King’s College, London & Centre for the Study of Developing Society (CSDS) Delhi.
Amount sanctioned: ₹ 1,60,000
Year of sanction: 2013
Duration: 2 Years
IR Textbook: A Global South Perspective
Principal Investigator: Prof. Navnita C. Behera
Funds provided and disbursed completely by Host Universities: Al Akhawayn University, Morocco & The New School, New York, USA
Year of sanction: 2012
Duration: 5 Years
Nyaya-The Global Justice Initiative
Principal Investigator: Prof. Ashok Acharya
Funding agency: British Council
Amount sanctioned: ₹ 42,57,581
Year of sanction: 2012
Duration: 3 Years
Cultures of Governance and Conflict Resolution in Europe and India
Principal Investigator: Prof. Navnita C. Behera
Funding agency: European Union
Amount sanctioned: ₹ 68,94,081
Year of sanction: 2011
Duration: 3 Years
Research projects sponsored by the governmental sources (ICSSR)
Democratization of the State in South Asia
Principal Investigator: Prof. Veena Kukreja
Funding agency: ICSSR
Amount sanctioned: ₹ 6,00,000
Year of sanction: 2016
Duration: 1 Year 6 months
Popular Imaginaries and Discourses on Politics in India: Exploring Cultural Narratives as the Sites of Knowledge Construction
Principal Investigator: Dr. Sanjeev Kumar H.M.
Funding agency: ICSSR
Amount sanctioned: ₹ 40,00,000
Year of sanction: 2016
Duration: 2 Years
The Politics of Autonomous Migration: An Assessment of Empowerment of Indian Middle-Class Women
Principal Investigator: Dr. Nasreen Chowdhory
Funding agency: ICSSR
Amount sanctioned: ₹ 5,00,000
Year of sanction: 2016
Duration: 2 Years
Education as A Site of Exclusion: A Study of Indian Universities
Principal Investigator: Prof. N. Sukumar
Funding agency: ICSSR
Amount sanctioned: ₹ 20,00,000
Year of sanction: 2016
Duration: 2 Years
Knowledge Development and Politics in Post-Colonial India: Contestations in State, Market and Civil Society
Principal Investigator: Prof. Madhulika Banerjee
Funding agency: ICSSR
Amount sanctioned: ₹ 8,00,000
Year of sanction: 2016
Duration: 2 Years
Rajya Sabha from a Secondary to A Federal Second Chamber: An Analytical Study
Principal Investigator: Prof. Rekha Saxena
Funding agency: ICSSR
Amount sanctioned: ₹ 18,00,000
Year of sanction: 2015
Duration: 3 Years
Re-working the Knowledge Structures in International Relations: Indian Contributions
Principal Investigator: Prof. Navnita C. Behera
Funding agency: ICSSR
Amount sanctioned: ₹ 40,00,000
Year of sanction: 2015
Duration: 2 Years
Contested Spaces: Exclusion and Discrimination in Higher Educational Institutions in India
Principal Investigator: Prof. N. Sukumar
Funding agency: ICSSR
Amount sanctioned: ₹ 9,00,000
Year of sanction: 2013
Duration: 4 Years
Research projects sponsored by the governmental sources (University Grants Commission)
Democracy, Norms and Institutions
Principal Investigator: Prof. Navnita C. Behera (As Head of Department)
University Grants Commission
Amount sanctioned: ₹ 1,60,00,000
Year of sanction: 2016
Duration: 5 Years
Globalization, Democracy and Justice
Principal Investigator: Prof. Ujjwal K. Singh (As Head of Department)
University Grants Commission
Amount sanctioned: ₹ 53,52,463
Year of sanction: 2010
Duration: 5 Years
Mapping Social Exclusion and Rights of Representation: A Study of Student’s Union Body in Central Universities of India
Principal Investigator: Prof. N. Sukumar
University Grants Commission
Amount sanctioned: ₹ 8,50,000
Year of sanction: 2008
Duration: 5 Years
Research projects sponsored by the governmental sources (Ministries)
Fundamentals of Political Science
Principal Investigator: Prof. Shri Prakash Singh
Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India, New Delhi
Funds were allocated and utilised completely by Commission for Scientific Technical Terminology
Year of sanction: 2014
Duration: 2 Years
Study of Social Inclusion at the level of PRIs, Zila Parishad Panchayat Samiti, Gram Panchayat (GP) and Gram Sabha level in select States with a particular focus on disadvantaged groups such as Women, SCs, STs, OBCs and PH
Principal Investigator: Prof. N. Sukumar
Ministry of Panchayati Raj and United Nations’ Development Programme, Capacity Development for Local Governance Project.
Funds Provided and disbursed completely by Indian Institute of Dalit Studies
Year of sanction: 2013
Duration: 2 Years
The Atrocities against Dalits: Emerging Patterns: A Study of Bihar, Haryana, Punjab and Uttar Pradesh
Principal Investigator: Prof. N. Sukumar
Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Government of India and Indian Institute of Dalit Studies
Funds Provided and disbursed completely by Indian Institute of Dalit Studies
Year of sanction: 2011
Duration: 2 Years
Glossary of Political Science
Principal Investigator: Prof. Shri Prakash Singh
Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India, New Delhi (Commission for Scientific Technical Terminology)
Funds were allocated and utilised completely by Commission for Scientific Technical Terminology
Year of sanction: 2011
Duration: 5 Years
Research projects under the R&D Grant, University of Delhi
2015-16
Prof. Satyajit K. Singh
₹ 140000 for R&D Project on Local Governments, Climate Change and Adaptation
Prof. Ujjwal Kumar Singh
₹ 140000 for R&D Project on Electoral Politics and the Election Commission of India
Prof. Sangit K. Ragi
₹ 150000 for R&D Project on Decoding Muzzaffarnagar Riots 2013: Role of State, Social Media and Political Parties
Prof. Shri Prakash Singh
₹ 100000 for R&D Project on Pracheen Bhartiya Rajnitic Chintan Parampraon Ka Visleshan
Dr. Rajesh Dev
₹ 100000 for R&D Project on Legal Pluralism & Indigenous Governance
Prof. Rekha Saxena
₹ 100000 for R&D Project on Gendered Federalism: A Case Study of India
Dr. Nasreen Chowdhory
₹ 100000 for R&D Project on Gender Dimension of Migration in India
Dr. Bipin Kumar Tiwary
₹ 130000 for R&D Project on Non Traditional Security in India: Understanding Environmental issues in Himalayan Region
2014-15
Prof. Madhulika Banerjee
₹ 50000 for R&D Project on Civil Society and the Politics of Knowledge: Local Health Traditions and People’s Health
Prof. Ashok Acharya
₹ 60000 for R&D Project on The Right to Development: Toward an Empirical Understanding
Prof. Ujjwal K. Singh
₹ 70000 for R&D Project on Electoral Politics and the Election Commission of India
Prof. Rekha Saxena
₹ 50000 for R&D Project on Metropolitan Governance in a Multi-layered Federal System: A Case Study of National Capital Region of Delhi
Dr. Saroj Giri
₹ 50000 for R&D Project on Development and politics in North Bengal 2005-10
Prof. Bidyut Chakrabarty
₹ 55000 for R&D Project on Communism in India
Dr. Nasreen Chowdhory
₹ 50000 for R&D Project on Refugee Economies: Migrants and Stateless People in India
Prof. Satyajit K. Singh
₹ 50000 for R&D Project on Environment and Governance: Institutions, Decentralization and Politics
2013-14
Prof. Bidyut Chakrabarty
₹ 75000 for R&D Project on Communism in India
Dr Nasreen Chowdhory
₹ 50000 for R&D Project on Political Economy of Camps in India: A Site of Contestation and Accommodation
Dr Mollica Dastidar
₹ 50000 for R&D Project on Tribal Citizens and Border Thinking in India
Prof. Ujjwal K. Singh
₹ 100000 for R&D Project on The Election Commission of India: A Socio Cultural Enquiry
Prof. Rekha Saxena
₹ 50000 for R&D Project Federal Bargain and Boundaries
Dr. Sohini Guha
₹ 50000 for R&D Project on Ethnic Mobilization and Material Politics: The Bahujan Samaj Party and Beyond
Dr Rajesh Dev
₹ 50000 for R&D Project on Comparative Study of State Policy: Meghalaya and Jharkhand
Prof. N. Sukumar
₹ 50000 for R&D Project on Political Culture of Performance: A Study on the Identity of Snake Dance Performers in Andhra Pradesh and Kerala
Prof. Ashok Acharya
₹ 50000 for R&D Project on The Right Based Approach to Human Development
2012-13
Prof. N. Sukumar
₹ 95000 for R&D Project on Contested Images: Documenting Oral Narratives of Ambedkar Statues in Andhra Pradesh
Prof. Satyajit K. Singh
₹ 100000 for R&D Project on Poverty, Local Governance and Drinking Water: Design & Implementation of Decentralisation
Prof. Bidyut Chakrabarty
₹ 100000 for R&D Project
Prof. Pradip Kumar Datta
₹ 100000 for R&D Project
Prof. Ujjwal Kumar Singh
₹ 100000 for R&D Project
Dr. Sohini Guha
₹ 85000 for R&D Project
Dr. Rekha Saxena
₹ 90000 for R&D Project
Dr. Nasreen Chowdhory
₹ 90000 for R&D Project
Dr. Mohinder Singh
₹ 88000 for R&D Project
Dr. Rajesh Dev
₹ 95000 for R&D Project
Dr. Mollica Dastider
₹ 100000 for R&D Project
