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Amit Prakash

Amit Prakash

Amit Prakash
Amit Prakash
Professor
Centre/School/Special Centre
Centre for the Study of Law and Governance
Room No
22
Off. Phone
26704763
Residence
26741298
Email
amit@mail.jnu.ac.in, amit@jnu.ac.in
Personal Webpage
http://www.jnu.ac.in/faculty/amit
Qualifications

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD): School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, UK

Master of Philosophy (MPhil): Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India

Master of Arts (MA): Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India

Bachelor of Arts (BA) (Honours): The M. S. University, Vadodara, India 

Areas of Interest/Specialization

Politics of development and identity; critical governance studies (including governance indicators); conflict, governance and the state; democratic political process in India; policing in India; and, global governance 

Experience

18 years 

Awards & Honours
  1. Visiting Professor, Otto-Suhr-Institut für Politikwissenschaft, Freie Universität Berlin – 16 April 2o18 – 15 September 2018.
  2. ICCR Chair of Indian Studies, University of Uppsala, Uppsala, Sweden by the Indian Council of Cultural Relations, New Delhi, India and University of Uppsala, Sweden – 22 February 2016-31 July 2016.
  3. Visiting Professor, University of Oslo, Norway – October 2015.
  4. Visiting Professor, University of Oldenburg, Germany – October 2015.
  5. Invited as DAAD Guest Professor, Südasien Institut, Ruprecht Karls Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany – 15 April 2015-13 July 2015.
  6. Visiting Professor, University of Stockholm, Stockholm, Sweden - May 2013.
  7. UGC Visiting Professor, Centre for South & South East Asian Studies, University of Calcutta, Kolkata - March 2013.
  8. UGC-SAP Visiting Fellow, Department of Political Science, Panjab University, Chandigarh - December 2011.
  9. Visiting Professor, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark - November 2008.
  10. Visiting Professor, Sciences Po Bordeaux, France - October-December 2008.
  11. Directeur d’Etudes Associé (Visiting Professor) at the Fondation de la Maison Des Sciences De L’homme, Paris, France - September 2008.
  12. Directeur d’Etudes Associé (Visiting Professor) at the Fondation de la Maison Des Sciences De L’homme, Paris, France - June 2007. 
International Collaboration/Consultancy

Select Collaborations:

  1. UGC-DAAD-PPP project (in collaboration with Prof. Markus Pohlmann, Professor of Sociology, Max Weber Institute of Sociology, Heidelberg University,) on Business and Governance in India: Top Managers, Career Patterns and Action Orientations in a Changing Political Economy – 2014-16.
  2. The Role of Governance in the Resolution of Socioeconomic and Political Conflict in India and Europe (CORE) funded by the European Commission – 2011-13.
  3. Invited by the Mahbub-ul-Haq Centre for Human Development to contribute the India chapter to South Asia Human Development Report, 2012 – 2012.
  4. Tribal Rights in Jharkhand funded by the United Nations Development Programme, India − January-April 2006.
  5. Group Discrimination and Elections in India funded by the International Centre for Ethnic Studies, Kandy, Sri Lanka, 2002.
Best Peer Reviewed Publications
  1. Jharkhand: Politics of Development and Identity, New Delhi: Orient-Longman, 2001.
  2. Monograph: Tribal Rights in Jharkhand, Bangkok: United Nations Development Programme, Regional Indigenous Peoples’ Programme, Asia Regional Governance Programme (UNDP RCB ARGP), 2007.
  3. ‘Fundamental Rights, Meaning, Content and Discrimination: A Franco-Indian Comparison’ (with Jean-Louis Halpérin), in Revue Internationale de Droit Comparé, vol. 64, no. 2, Avril-Juin, 2011, pp. 385-402.
  4. ‘The Democratic Story of Twin Challenges to Governance: Identity Needs and Developmental Needs’ in Ranabir Samaddar and Suhit K. Sen, eds., New Subjects and New Governance in India, New Delhi: Routledge, 2012, pp. 13-68.
  5. ‘Indian Development Discourse in a Changing World’ in Navnita Chadha Behera, ed., India Engages the World, New Delhi: ICSSR & Oxford University Press (ICSSR Research Survey and Explorations in Political Science), 2013, pp. 197-233.
  6. ‘Governance for Empowerment: the Indian Story’ in Human Development in South Asia 2012: Governance for People’s Empowerment, Lahore: Mahbub ul Haq Human Development Centre, 2012, pp. 32-63.
  7. ‘Governance, Governmentality and the Study of Conflicts’ in Janel B. Galvanek, Hans J. Giessmann and Mir Mubashir, eds., Norms and Premises of Peace Governance: Socio-Cultural Commonalities and Differences in Europe and India, Berlin: Berghof Foundation, 2012, pp. 50-57. 
Recent Peer Reviewed Journals/Books
  1. ‘Identity, Migration and Crime: Conceptual Underpinnings and Select Evidence from India’ in Revista Degli Studi Orientali, Supplemento 2, Special Issue on De-Centring Dominant Narratives In India: Alternative Perceptions of History and Development (edited By Sanjukta Das Gupta And Amit Prakash), 2018.
  2. ‘The Capital City: Discursive Dissonance of Law and Policy’ in Ranabir Samaddar, ed., Migrants and the Neoliberal City, New Delhi: Orient BlackSwan, 2018, pp. 225-257.
  3. ‘Conflict and Governance: Participation and Strategic Veto in Bihar and Jharkhand’ in Cederlöf, Gunnel & Das Gupta, Sanjukta, eds., Subjects, Citizens and Law, New Delhi: Routledge, 2016, pp. 122-137.
  4. (co-author), ‘Homogenising Discourses of Governance and Local Processes: Identity and Autonomy in Jharkhand’ in Anglistica: An Interdisciplinary Journal, (Edizione speciale a cura di Rossella Ciocca e Sanjukta Das Gupta dal titolo Out of Hidden India: Adivasi Histories, Stories, Visualities and Performances), Vol. 19, N. 1, 2015, pp. 147-162.
  5. ‘Political Economy of Conflict and Peace: Governmentality of Participation and Strategic Veto in Bihar and Jharkhand, India’ in Richmond, Oliver P., Burgess, J. Peter & Samaddar, Ranabir, Cultures Of Governance and Peace: A Comparison of EU and Indian Theoretical and Policy Approaches, Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2016, pp. 68-87.

A warm welcome to the modified and updated website of the Centre for East Asian Studies. The East Asian region has been at the forefront of several path-breaking changes since 1970s beginning with the redefining the development architecture with its State-led development model besides emerging as a major region in the global politics and a key hub of the sophisticated technologies. The Centre is one of the thirteen Centres of the School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi that provides a holistic understanding of the region.

Initially, established as a Centre for Chinese and Japanese Studies, it subsequently grew to include Korean Studies as well. At present there are eight faculty members in the Centre. Several distinguished faculty who have now retired include the late Prof. Gargi Dutt, Prof. P.A.N. Murthy, Prof. G.P. Deshpande, Dr. Nranarayan Das, Prof. R.R. Krishnan and Prof. K.V. Kesavan. Besides, Dr. Madhu Bhalla served at the Centre in Chinese Studies Programme during 1994-2006. In addition, Ms. Kamlesh Jain and Dr. M. M. Kunju served the Centre as the Documentation Officers in Chinese and Japanese Studies respectively.

The academic curriculum covers both modern and contemporary facets of East Asia as each scholar specializes in an area of his/her interest in the region. The integrated course involves two semesters of classes at the M. Phil programme and a dissertation for the M. Phil and a thesis for Ph. D programme respectively. The central objective is to impart an interdisciplinary knowledge and understanding of history, foreign policy, government and politics, society and culture and political economy of the respective areas. Students can explore new and emerging themes such as East Asian regionalism, the evolving East Asian Community, the rise of China, resurgence of Japan and the prospects for reunification of the Korean peninsula. Additionally, the Centre lays great emphasis on the building of language skills. The background of scholars includes mostly from the social science disciplines; History, Political Science, Economics, Sociology, International Relations and language.

Several students of the centre have been recipients of prestigious research fellowships awarded by Japan Foundation, Mombusho (Ministry of Education, Government of Japan), Saburo Okita Memorial Fellowship, Nippon Foundation, Korea Foundation, Nehru Memorial Fellowship, and Fellowship from the Chinese and Taiwanese Governments. Besides, students from Japan receive fellowship from the Indian Council of Cultural Relations.