{"id":8465,"date":"2023-08-18T07:05:20","date_gmt":"2023-08-18T07:05:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/103.154.2.116\/~max233devisec\/?page_id=8465"},"modified":"2023-09-25T13:02:37","modified_gmt":"2023-09-25T13:02:37","slug":"v-anil-kumar","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/103.154.2.116\/~max233devisec\/v-anil-kumar","title":{"rendered":"V Anil Kumar"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"8465\" class=\"elementor elementor-8465\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1fe9c1a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1fe9c1a\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-361be6d\" data-id=\"361be6d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fe5448b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"fe5448b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.15.0 - 09-08-2023 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Faculty<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ab5e6be elementor-widget elementor-widget-shortcode\" data-id=\"ab5e6be\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"shortcode.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-shortcode\"><div class=\"menu-d-rajasekhar-container\"><ul id=\"menu-d-rajasekhar\" class=\"menu\"><li id=\"menu-item-8213\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-home menu-item-8213\"><a href=\"http:\/\/103.154.2.116\/~max233devisec\/\">Home<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-8212\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-8212\"><a href=\"http:\/\/103.154.2.116\/~max233devisec\/faculty\">Faculty<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2952989\" data-id=\"2952989\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-344bff4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"344bff4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">V. Anil Kumar\n\n<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0446f1b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0446f1b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.15.0 - 09-08-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-8466\" src=\"http:\/\/103.154.2.116\/~max233devisec\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/anil-2017-233x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"125\" height=\"161\" srcset=\"http:\/\/103.154.2.116\/~max233devisec\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/anil-2017-233x300.jpg 233w, http:\/\/103.154.2.116\/~max233devisec\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/anil-2017.jpg 420w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 125px) 100vw, 125px\" \/><\/p><p><strong>Professor and Head<\/strong>, Centre for Po<\/p><p>litical Institutions, Governance and Development (CPIGD)<\/p><h6>Key words:<\/h6><ul><li>Rural governance; Urban governance; Social and Political Theory; Agrarian Change<\/li><\/ul><h6>Areas of Interest<\/h6><ul><li>Policy Processes<\/li><li>Social, Political Theory<\/li><li>Federalism, Devolution<\/li><li>Agrarian Change<\/li><li>Urban and Rural Governance<\/li><li>Development Studies<\/li><\/ul><h6>Academic Qualification<\/h6><ol><li>Ph.D.: University of Delhi<\/li><li>M. Phil.: University of Delhi<\/li><li>M.A. in Political Science, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi<\/li><\/ol><h6>Public Policy Briefs<\/h6><ul><li>Revisiting Bogaram: Liberalisation and Caste in an Indian Village, The Hindu Centre for Politics and Public Policy, September 9th, 2019.<\/li><li>The Distress in Rural India, The Hindu Centre for Politics and Public Policy June 20th, 2019.<\/li><\/ul><p>\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-af0c7fe elementor-widget elementor-widget-accordion\" data-id=\"af0c7fe\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"accordion.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.15.0 - 09-08-2023 *\/\n.elementor-accordion{text-align:left}.elementor-accordion .elementor-accordion-item{border:1px solid #d5d8dc}.elementor-accordion .elementor-accordion-item+.elementor-accordion-item{border-top:none}.elementor-accordion .elementor-tab-title{margin:0;padding:15px 20px;font-weight:700;line-height:1;cursor:pointer;outline:none}.elementor-accordion .elementor-tab-title .elementor-accordion-icon{display:inline-block;width:1.5em}.elementor-accordion .elementor-tab-title .elementor-accordion-icon svg{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-accordion .elementor-tab-title .elementor-accordion-icon.elementor-accordion-icon-right{float:right;text-align:right}.elementor-accordion .elementor-tab-title .elementor-accordion-icon.elementor-accordion-icon-left{float:left;text-align:left}.elementor-accordion .elementor-tab-title .elementor-accordion-icon .elementor-accordion-icon-closed{display:block}.elementor-accordion .elementor-tab-title .elementor-accordion-icon .elementor-accordion-icon-opened,.elementor-accordion .elementor-tab-title.elementor-active .elementor-accordion-icon-closed{display:none}.elementor-accordion .elementor-tab-title.elementor-active .elementor-accordion-icon-opened{display:block}.elementor-accordion .elementor-tab-content{display:none;padding:15px 20px;border-top:1px solid #d5d8dc}@media (max-width:767px){.elementor-accordion .elementor-tab-title{padding:12px 15px}.elementor-accordion .elementor-tab-title .elementor-accordion-icon{width:1.2em}.elementor-accordion .elementor-tab-content{padding:7px 15px}}.e-con-inner>.elementor-widget-accordion,.e-con>.elementor-widget-accordion{width:var(--container-widget-width);--flex-grow:var(--container-widget-flex-grow)}<\/style>\t\t<div class=\"elementor-accordion\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-1831\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1831\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon elementor-accordion-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-plus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-opened\"><i class=\"fas fa-minus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-accordion-title\" tabindex=\"0\">Research Projects on Hand<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1831\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-1831\"><ol><li>Karnataka Evaluation Authority(KEA) Study of Bengaluru \u2014 Institutions and Governance<\/li><li>Jurgen Habermas and Critique of Ideology<br \/>(Reason, Religion and Modernity)<\/li><li>Modernity and Democracy in India<br \/>(Modernity and Democracy in India: Contexts and Complexities)<\/li><li>Urban Governance and Local Democracy in Tamil Nadu and Kerala.<\/li><\/ol><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-1832\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"2\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1832\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon elementor-accordion-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-plus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-opened\"><i class=\"fas fa-minus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-accordion-title\" tabindex=\"0\">Selected Publications<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1832\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"2\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-1832\"><h6>Books<\/h6><ol><li><p align=\"justify\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.elivapress.com\/en\/book\/book-4023293612\/\"><i><b>Politics, Governance and Philosophy<\/b><\/i>, Moldova:\u00a0<b>Eliva Press<i>,<\/i><\/b>\u00a02022.<\/a><\/p><ul type=\"disc\"><li><p align=\"justify\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.isec.ac.in\/Review%20by%20Professor%20Jeevan%20Kumar.pdf\">(Reviewed in the Journal \u201cSouthern Economist\u201d, July 2022)<\/a><\/p><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><p align=\"justify\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.routledge.com\/Urban-Governance-and-Local-Democracy-in-South-India\/Vaddiraju\/p\/book\/9780367219208\"><i><b>Urban Governance and Local Democracy in South India<\/b><\/i>, December 14, 2020,\u00a0<b>Routledge<\/b><\/a><\/p><ul type=\"disc\"><li><p align=\"justify\">(<a href=\"http:\/\/www.isec.ac.in\/Urban%20Governance%20RDC%20bookreview.pdf\">Reviewed in the Journal \u201cReview of Development and Change<\/a>\u201c)<\/p><\/li><li><p align=\"justify\">(<a href=\"http:\/\/www.isec.ac.in\/Review%20of%20the%20book-%20Urban%20Governance%20and%20Local%20Democracy%20in%20South%20India.pdf\">Reviewed in the Journal \u201cSouthern Economist\u201d<\/a>)<\/p><\/li><li><p align=\"justify\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.isec.ac.in\/IJPA%20Book%20Review--Professor%20Sivanna.pdf\">(Reviewed in the \u201cIndian Journal of Public Administration\u201d)<\/a><\/p><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><p align=\"justify\"><i><b>Federalism and Local Government in India<\/b><\/i>, New Delhi:\u00a0<b>Studium Press<\/b>, 2017.<\/p><ul type=\"disc\"><li><p align=\"justify\">(Reviewed in the Indian Journal of Public Administration, Vol. 65, No.2 4th Sep. 2019.)<\/p><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><i><b>Urban Governance in Karnataka and Bengaluru: Global Changes and Local Impacts<\/b><\/i>\u00a0(Ed) Anil Kumar Vaddiraju, Satyanarayana Sangita and Kala Seetharam Sridhar\u00a0<b>Cambridge Scholars Publishing<\/b>, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK, December 2016.<ol><li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.isec.ac.in\/Book%20Review%20in%20Social%20Change.pdf\">(Reviewed in \u201cJournal Social Change\u201d, December 2021)<\/a><\/li><\/ol><\/li><li><strong>Sisyphean Efforts? State Policy and Child Labour in Karnataka<\/strong>, with foreword by Professor James Manor, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK, 2013.<\/li><\/ol><blockquote><ul><li>(Reviewed in [The] Sociological Bulletin Vol. 63, No.2, May-August, 2014)<\/li><\/ul><\/blockquote><ol><li><strong>Decentralised Governance and Planning in Karnataka, India<\/strong>, Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2011 ( With S.N.Sangita).<\/li><li>Institutional Design for Tackling Child Labour Problem,\u00a0New Delhi: Concept Publishers, (With D.Rajasekhar and K.G.Gayathri Devi), 2011<\/li><\/ol><p>\u00a0<\/p><ol><li>(Reviewed i<\/li><li>n Manpower Journal Vol. XLIX Nos 3 &amp; 4, July-December 2015)<\/li><li>(Reviewed in NITTE Management Review Vol. 6, Issue.2, December, 2012, pp68-9.)<\/li><li>(Reviewed in the\u00a0<b>Southern Economist<\/b>, Vol.51, No.9. September 1 ,2012, pp.56-7)<\/li><li>(Reviewed in the\u00a0<b>Journal of Rural Development<\/b>)<\/li><\/ol><ol start=\"9\"><li><p align=\"justify\"><i><strong>Decentralised Governance and Developmental Politics in South India: A Study<\/strong><\/i>,\u00a0<b>VDM Verlag Dr. Muller<\/b>, (Germany) 2009.<\/p><ol start=\"9\"><li><p align=\"justify\"><i><b>Drinking Water in Rural Karnataka: Issues and Problems<\/b><\/i>,\u00a0<b>VDM Verlag Dr. Muller,<\/b>\u00a0(Germany) 2008.<\/p><\/li><\/ol><\/li><li><i><strong>Land, Labour and Caste: Agrarian Change and Grassroots Politics in Andhra Pradesh<\/strong><\/i><strong>,\u00a0<\/strong><b>VDM Verlag Dr. Muller<\/b>, (Germany) 2008.<ol><li>(Reviewed in [The]\u00a0<b>Sociological Bulletin<\/b>\u00a0Vol. 58, No.3, September-December, 2009)<\/li><li>(Reviewed in the\u00a0<b>Journal of Social and Economic Development<\/b>, Vol.14, No.1, January-June,2012)<\/li><\/ol><\/li><\/ol><p>(Reviewed in the Journal of Social and Economic Development)<\/p><h6><i>Book Chapters<\/i><\/h6><ol><li><p align=\"justify\">\u2018Urban Governance in the Context of Urban \u201cPrimacy\u2019: A Comparison of Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh\u2019 in D.Rajasekhar (et al) (ed.)(2019)\u00a0<i><b>Decentralisation in Contemporary India: Status, Issues and the Way Forward<\/b><\/i>,New Delhi: Routledge.(Forthcoming).<\/p><\/li><li><p align=\"justify\">\u2018The Broad-Basing Process and the Backward Classes\u2019 in M.V. Nadkarni( ed.)(November, 2019)\u00a0<i><b>Socio- Economic Change and the Broad-Basing Process in India<\/b><\/i>, New Delhi: Routledge.<\/p><\/li><li><p align=\"justify\">(With Kala S Sridhar) \u2018Introduction\u2019in<b>\u00a0Urban Governance in Karnataka and Bengaluru: Global Changes and Local Impacts\u201d<\/b>\u00a0(Ed) Anil Kumar Vaddiraju, Satyanarayana Sangita and Kala Seetharam Sridhar\u00a0<i><b>Cambridge Scholars Publishing<\/b><\/i>, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK, December 2016.<\/p><\/li><li><p align=\"justify\">With S.N.Sangita,\u00a0 \u2018Political Regimes, Decentralized Governance and Social Security in Southern States\u2019 in G. Palanithurai (ed.), (2014),\u00a0<i><b>Decentralization in South Indian States<\/b><\/i>, Chennai, New Delhi, Tirunelveli: MJP Publishers, pp 251-308.<\/p><\/li><li><p align=\"justify\">\u2018Civil Society and Public Policy\u2019 in Shaji Varkey (ed), (2014)\u00a0<i><b>Globalization, State and Governance: A Festschrift<\/b><\/i>\u00a0Volume in Honor of Professor G. Gopa Kumar, New Delhi: New Century Publications,<\/p><\/li><li><p align=\"justify\">\u2018Whither Decentralization in India? The Interesting Story of a Nobody\u2019s Child\u2019 in Lancy Lobo, Mrutuyanjaya Sahu and Jayesh Shah( Eds.), (2014),\u00a0<i><b>Federalism in India: Towards a Fresh Balance of Power<\/b><\/i>, Jaipur: Rawat Publications.<\/p><\/li><li><p align=\"justify\">\u2018Urban Governance and Planning in Karnataka\u2019 in R.N.Sharma and R.S.Sandhu (Eds.) (2013)\u00a0<i><b>Small Cities and Towns in Global Era: Emerging Changes and Perspectives<\/b><\/i>, New Delhi: Rawat Publications.<\/p><\/li><li><p align=\"justify\">\u2018Emergence of Backward Castes in South Telangana: Agrarian Change and Grass Roots Politics\u2019 in Surinder S. Jodhka( Ed.)\u00a0<i><b>Village Society: Readings on the Economy, Polity and Society<\/b><\/i>, New Delhi: Orient BlackSwan ( With EPW and TISS), 2012.<\/p><\/li><li><p align=\"justify\">\u2018Political Regimes and Public Policies in South India\u2019 in Harishankar Upadhyaya and Anjani Kumar Malaviya (eds) (2010)\u00a0<i><b>Inspiring Winds and Rainbow of Ideas: Essays in Honour of Professor Rajen Harshe<\/b><\/i>, Allahabad: Prayag Pustak Bhavan.<\/p><\/li><li><p align=\"justify\">\u2018Farmers\u2019 Suicides and Rural Institutions in Andhra Pradesh\u2019in Prasenjit Maiti (ed)(2008)\u00a0<em><strong>From Negations to Negotiations: Solving the Puzzles of Development<\/strong><\/em>, New Delhi: Pragun Publications, pp 617-640.<\/p><\/li><li><p align=\"justify\">\u2018Emergence of Backward Castes: Structural Change and Grassroots Politics in South Telengana\u2019. 1999. In\u00a0<b><i>Dalits and Peasants: Emerging Caste-Class Dynamics<\/i><\/b>, edited by Ashish Ghosh, New Delhi: Gian Sagar Publishers.<\/p><\/li><\/ol><h6>Refereed Articles<\/h6><ol><li><p align=\"justify\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.isec.ac.in\/Anil27s%20IPPR%20Paper%20March-2022.pdf\">\u2018Urban Governance in India and China: A Comparative View\u2019 in\u00a0<i><b>Indian Public Policy Review<\/b><\/i>\u00a0Vol 3(2): 43-57, March 2022<\/a><\/p><\/li><li><p align=\"justify\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.isec.ac.in\/ARTICLE%20IN%20JLAE-2022.pdf\">\u2018Challenges of Urbanisation in South India: Diverse Patterns and Different Trajectories\u2019 in\u00a0<i><b>Journal of Leadership, Accountability and Ethics<\/b><\/i>, Vol.19. No. 1, March, 2022.<\/a><\/p><\/li><li><p align=\"justify\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.isec.ac.in\/Book%20Review-IJPA%20Dr.%20A%20Ravindra.pdf\">Anil Kumar Vaddiraju (2021), Book Review, Governing an Indian State: Karnataka in Focus,\u00a0<i><b>Indian Journal of Public Administration<\/b><\/i>, Vol.67, Issue.3, Oct.26th 2021.<\/a><\/p><\/li><li><p align=\"justify\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.isec.ac.in\/JournalofLeadership2cAccountabilityand%20Ethics.pdf\">Vaddiraju, A. K. (2020). District-level Urban Governance Policies in India: Cities of Neglect?.\u00a0<i><b>Journal of Leadership, Accountability and Ethics<\/b><\/i>, 17(4).( Fuller version).<\/a><\/p><\/li><li>\u2018Hannah Arendt and Modernity Revisiting The Human Condition\u2019,\u00a0<i><b>Indian Journal of Political Science,<\/b><\/i>\u00a0Vol.LXXX, No.4, October-December, 2019( April,2020) pp 543-550.<\/li><li>\u2018District-level Urban Governance Policies in India: Cities of Neglect? \u2018 in\u00a0<i><b>Urban India: Journal of the National Institute of Urban Affairs,<\/b><\/i>\u00a0Vol.39 Issue.1, January- June, 2019.<\/li><li>Anil Kumar Vaddiraju and S.Manasi,(2019) \u2018E-Governance: Learning from Karnataka\u2019 , in\u00a0<i><b>Indian Journal of Public Administration\u00a0<\/b><\/i>(Sage) Vol. 65, Issue,2, April- June.<\/li><li>\u2018Ecology and Proletarianisation: Increasing Need for Attention\u2019,\u00a0<b><i>SOCIALSCI JOURNAL<\/i><\/b>\u00a0VOL 2 (2018).<\/li><li>\u2018Agricultural Labour and the Gender Dimension: A Note\u2019,\u00a0<i><b>Social Change\u00a0<\/b><\/i>(SAGE) Vol. 45, No.4 December 2015.<\/li><li>\u2018Two steps Forward One Step Back; Decentralisation as a Policy Process in India\u2019 in the\u00a0\u00a0<b><i>Journal of Social and Economic Development\u00a0<\/i><\/b>(SPRINGER) Vol. 17, No. 2, October 2015.<\/li><li>\u2018Indian State and its Capitalist Growth: Success of Democracy with Multiple Challenges\u2019 in Yin-Wah Chu (ed)\u00a0<i><b>Asian Developmental State: Reexaminations and New Departures<\/b><\/i>, Palgrave Macmillan, 2015<\/li><li>\u2018Understanding South India: Its Political Regimes and Social Security\u2019,\u00a0<i><b>Journal of Social and Economic Development<\/b><\/i>\u00a0Vol.16 No.2, July-Dec. 2014.<\/li><li>\u2018State, New Developmentalism and Political Processes\u2019 in\u00a0<i><b>My Society: Bi-annual Refereed Arts Journal of the University of Mysore<\/b><\/i>, Vol VII, No. 1-2, March- August\/ September-February, 2013-14( September, 2014).<\/li><li>\u2018Economic Reforms and Political Decentralisation in South India: An uneven equation?\u2019 in\u00a0<b><i>Man &amp; Development<\/i><\/b>, Vol.XXXVI, No. 1, March, 2014, 41-62.(July, 2014).<\/li><li>\u2018On Civil Society, Again: Civil Society, State and Public Policy in South India,\u2019\u00a0<i><b>Studies in Indian Politics<\/b>\u00a0<\/i>(Sage), 2(1),55-66, June, 2014.<\/li><li>Human Development in Uttar Pradesh: Politics and Policies\u2019( With Shyam Singh) in\u00a0<strong><em>Artha Vijnana,\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>Vol. LIV, No. 4 December, 2012.<\/li><li>Irrigation and Agrarian Change in India: Two Village Studies of Differentiation Without De-peasantization\u2019,in\u00a0<em><strong>Agrarian South: Journal of Political Economy<\/strong><\/em>(Sage publications), Vol. 2, No.2,pp.213-239.<\/li><li>Agrarian Change in India: A Case Study\u2019\u00a0<em>mySOCIETY: Biannual Refereed Arts Journal of the University of Mysore<\/em>, VI (1-2), 2011, 1-26.( Published in July,2013).<\/li><li>\u2018Gramsci and Freire: Bridging the Divide in Indian Context\u2019 in\u00a0<b><i>My Society: Biannual Refereed Arts Journal of the University of Mysore<\/i><\/b>, Vol.V, Issue. No.1-2, March- September, 2010 (Nov. 2012) pp82-89.<\/li><li>\u2018Federalism Yes, What About Decentralisation? Politics and Governance in Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu\u2019\u00a0<i><b>Journal of Polity and Society<\/b><\/i>, Vol. 4. No.1,pp 28-50, January-June 2011(Published in April 2012).<\/li><li>\u2018Speaking Truth to Power? Civil Society and Policy Advocacy in India\u2019 in the\u00a0<i><b>Journal of Asian Public Policy<\/b><\/i>\u00a0(T&amp;F Routledge, London) Vol. 5.No.1, March,2012.<\/li><li>\u2018Interpreting the World in a World of Interpretation\u2019,\u00a0<i><b>MySociety: Biannual Refereed Arts Journal of the University of Mysore<\/b><\/i>, Vol 1-4, March-September, 2008-9(Published in August 2011) pp195-199.<\/li><li>\u2018Rights-Based Approaches to Poverty Alleviation and Social Development in India\u2019,\u00a0<i><b>Journal of Parliamentary Studies<\/b><\/i>, Vol.2 No.1, Jan-June 2011.<\/li><li>\u2018Political Sociology of Democratic Decentralisation in India\u2019\u00a0<i><b>Journal of Polity and Society<\/b><\/i>, Vol.3.No.1, January-June 2010, pp 41-53.<\/li><li>\u2018Popular Participation in Primary Education in Rural Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh\u2019 (2009) [The]\u00a0<em><b>Journal of Karnataka Studies<\/b>,<\/em>\u00a0Vol.3.No.2&amp;Vol.4.No.I pp 71-85.<\/li><li>\u2018Social Power and Political Movements: The Quest for Rights\u2019 in [The]\u00a0<i><b>Indian Journal of Political Science<\/b><\/i>, Vol LXX, No.4, Oct-Dec, 2009, pp983-992.<\/li><li>\u2018Comparing Rural Decentralisation Across Indian States: Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh\u2019\u00a0\u00a0[The]<i><strong>\u00a0Indian Journal of Political Science<\/strong><\/i>, Vol.LXX.\u00a0No.1, Jan-March, 2009, pp21-30.<\/li><li>With Shyam Singh, \u2018State, Social Security and Economic Reforms in India\u2019, (2009) [The]\u00a0<i><b>Journal of Polity and Society<\/b><\/i>,<b>\u00a0<\/b>Vol. 2 No. 1 January-June 2009, pp 75-87.<\/li><li>Policy Processes and Policy Advocacy\u2019. in the \u00a0<b><em>Indian Social Science Review: A Multidisciplinary\u00a0 Journal of Indian Council of Social Science Research<\/em><\/b>, Vol.7, No.2. pp135-154.<\/li><\/ol><h6><b>Articles in\u00a0Economic and Political Weekly<\/b><\/h6><ol><li>Book Review: \u201cDecentralisation, Development and \u2018Elite Capture\u2019\u201d,\u00a0<b><i>Economic and Political Weekly,<\/i><\/b>\u00a0Vol LVI No. 20, May 15, 2020, pp 24-25.<\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.isec.ac.in\/CM_LVI_17_240421_Anil_Kumar_Vaddiraju.pdf\">\u2018Modernity and Democracy in India: Superimposition on a Thin Economic Base\u2019,\u00a0<i><b>Economic &amp; Political Weekly<\/b><\/i>, Vol LVI, No.17, April 24, 2021, pp15-18.<\/a><\/li><li>\u2018The Mandal System in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh\u2019,\u00a0\u00a0<i><b>Economic and Political Weekly,\u00a0<\/b><\/i>Vol\u00a0 LV No. 12, March 21, 2020, pp 26-30.<\/li><li>\u2018Urban Governance and Right to the City\u2019,\u00a0<i><b>Economic and Political Weekly<\/b><\/i>, Vol.L1, No.32, August 6, 2016, pp 21-23. .<\/li><li>\u2018A Tale of Many Cities: Governance and Planning in Karnataka\u2019,\u00a0<i><b>Economic and Political Weekly<\/b><\/i>, Vol.XLVIII, No.2, January,13, 2013, pp 66-9.<\/li><li>\u2018State, Civil Society and the Eradication of Child Labour in Karnataka\u2019\u00a0<i><b>Economic and Political Weekly<\/b><\/i>,Vo.XLVI No.3, January 15, 2011.<\/li><li>\u2018Inequality and Exclusion: As If the System Mattered\u2019\u00a0<i><b>Economic and Political Weekly<\/b><\/i>, Vol.XLVI,Nos. 44&amp;45, November 5th, 2011, pp21-23.<\/li><li>Discussion Note: \u2018Why Telengana? Why Now?\u2019 in\u00a0<b><em>Economic and Political Weekly<\/em><\/b>, Vol. XLII, No.9, 3rd March, 2007, pp 790-791.<\/li><li>With Shagun Mehrotra. 2004. \u2018Making Panchayats Accountable\u2019.\u00a0<b><i>Economic and Political Weekly<\/i>\u00a0<\/b>39(37): 4139-4141.<\/li><li>\u2018Emergence of Backward Castes in South Telengana: Agrarian Change and Grass Roots Politics\u2019. 1999. Special Article, Economic and Political Weekly, 34(7): 425-430.<\/li><\/ol><h6>Postscripts<\/h6><ol><li><p align=\"justify\">\u2018Word Wars\u2019 in\u00a0<i><b>Economic &amp; Political Weekly<\/b><\/i>\u00a0Vol L No.43, October 24th, 2015.<\/p><\/li><li><p align=\"justify\">\u2018Learning to Read, Reading to Know\u2019 in\u00a0<i><b>Economic &amp; Political Weekly<\/b><\/i>, Vol. LI No.5 January 30,2016.<\/p><\/li><\/ol><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-1833\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"3\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1833\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon elementor-accordion-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-plus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-opened\"><i class=\"fas fa-minus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-accordion-title\" tabindex=\"0\">ISEC Working Papers<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1833\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"3\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-1833\"><ol><li><p align=\"justify\">TATA Motors Singur: Narratives of Development Projects, Politics and Land Acquisition in West Bengal, (with Pallav Karmakar)\u00a0<i><b>ISEC Working Paper-530,<\/b><\/i>\u00a0Institute for Social and Economic Change, Bengaluru: ISEC, January 2022.<\/p><\/li><li><p align=\"justify\">\u2018The Nation and its Historical Mediations: Towards Typologies of Regions\/ States\u2019,\u00a0<i><b>ISEC Working Paper-471<\/b><\/i>\u00a0Institute for Social and Economic Change, Bengaluru: ISEC, January 2020.<\/p><\/li><li><p align=\"justify\">\u2018Urban Governance in the Context of Urban \u2018Primacy\u2019: A Comparison of Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh\u2019,\u00a0<i><b>ISEC Working Paper-466<\/b><\/i>, Institute for Social and Economic Change, Bangalore, December, 2019.<\/p><\/li><li><p align=\"justify\">\u2018From E-Governance to Digitisation: Some Reflections and Concerns\u2019 (With Dr.S.Manasi)\u00a0<i><b>ISEC Working Paper-404<\/b><\/i>, Institute for Social and Economic Change, Bengaluru: ISEC, December,2017.<\/p><\/li><li><p align=\"justify\">\u2018Hannah Arendt and Modernity: Revisiting the work\u00a0<i>The Human Condition<\/i>\u2018<i><b>\u00a0ISEC Working Paper-403<\/b><\/i>, Institute for Social and Economic Change, Bangalore, October, 2017.<\/p><\/li><li><p align=\"justify\">\u2018Politics in the State of Telangana: Identity, Representation and Democracy\u2019,<i><b>\u00a0ISEC Working Paper-397<\/b><\/i>, Institute for Social and Economic Change, Bengaluru, August, 2017.<\/p><\/li><li><p align=\"justify\">\u2018Federalism and Formation of States in India\u2019 (with Susanta Kumar Naik)\u00a0<i><b>ISEC Working Paper-378,<\/b><\/i>\u00a0 Institute for Social and Economic Change, Bengaluru, 2016.<\/p><\/li><li><p align=\"justify\">\u2018Civil Society and Policy Advocacy in India\u2019\u00a0<i><b>ISEC Working Paper-283<\/b><\/i>, Institute for Social and Economic Change, Bangalore, March, 2012.<\/p><\/li><li><p align=\"justify\">\u2018Politics and Public Policies: Politics of Human Development in Uttar Pradesh, India\u2019 (with Shyam Singh),\u00a0<i><b>ISEC Working Paper-287<\/b><\/i>, Institute for Social and Economic Change, Bangalore, July, 2012.<\/p><\/li><li><p align=\"justify\">\u2018Vocational Education and Child Labour in Bidar, Karnataka, India\u2019\u00a0<i><b>ISEC Working Paper-286<\/b><\/i>, Institute for Social and Economic Change, Bangalore, June, 2012,.<\/p><\/li><li>\u2018Conflicting Truths and Contrasting Realities: Are Official Statistics on Agrarian Change Reliable?\u2019,\u00a0\u00a0<i><b>ISEC Working Paper-263<\/b><\/i>,\u00a0 Institute for Social and Economic Change, Bangalore, 2011.<\/li><li>\u2018Federalism and Decentralisation in India: Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu\u2019. 2009.\u00a0<em><b>ISEC Working Paper:208<\/b><\/em>. \u00a0Institute\u00a0for Social and Economic Change, Bangalore.<\/li><\/ol><h6>Non-Refereed Articles<\/h6><ol><li>\u2018Cultures of Governance and Conflict Resolution\u2019 in [The]\u00a0<em><strong>Indian Journal of Human Rights and Social Justice<\/strong><\/em>, Vol 4 Nos.1&amp;2 Jan- Dec, 2009, pp225-231.<\/li><li>\u2018Revisiting Indian Federalism in the Context of Economic Reforms\u2019 [The]\u00a0<em><strong>Indian Journal of Federal Studies<\/strong>,\u00a0<\/em>No.1,2009 pp41-46,\u00a0 Published by the\u00a0<strong>Centre for Federal Studies<\/strong>, New Delhi.<\/li><li>\u2018Governance Where Children Matter: NGO-GO Partnerships in Eradicating Child Labour in Karnataka\u2019\u00a0<strong><em>Participation<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0<strong><em>and Governance<\/em><\/strong>, Vol 2, No.1, January, 2009, pp 34-46.<\/li><li>\u2018Administrative Decentralisation and Development in a Complex Democracy\u2019,\u00a0\u00a0<strong><em>Think India Quarterly<\/em><\/strong>, Vol. 11. No. 2, April-June 2008, pp 60-79.<\/li><li>\u2018Government\u2013NGO Partnerships and Beyond: The Experience of Child Labour Eradication Project in Karnataka\u2019,\u00a0<strong><em>The Indian Journal of Public Administration<\/em><\/strong>, October- December, 2007, Vol.LIII, No.4,pp.842-853.<\/li><li>\u2018Rationing Rights and Pricing Commodities-Right to Drinking Water: A Conceptual Exploration\u2019 \u00a0<em><strong>Think India Quarterly<\/strong>\u00a0<\/em>Vol.10, No.4.October-December, 2007, pp72-96.<\/li><li>\u2018Decentralisation as a Policy Process in India\u2019 in www.esocialsciences.com\u00a0[on 12th December, 2007].<\/li><li>Discussion Note: \u2018Suicides by Cotton Farmers in Andhra Pradesh\u2019 in\u00a0\u00a0www.esocialsciences.com [on 26th March,2007].<\/li><li>\u2018Gramsci and Freire: Bridging the Divide in Indian Context: An Exploratory Essay\u2019 in\u00a0 www.esocialsciences.com\u00a0[ 8th November, 2006].<\/li><li>\u2018Irrigation,Agrarian Change and Local Politics in South Telengana, 1960-1996\u2019 in\u00a0 www.esocialsciences.com [17th January, 2006].<\/li><li>\u2018Farmers\u2019 Suicides in Andhra Pradesh: The Response of Rural Political Institutions\u2019. 2005.\u00a0<em><strong>Governance and Policy Spaces Project Working Paper: 3<\/strong>.<\/em>\u00a0Hyderabad: Centre for Economic and Social Studies.<\/li><li>With Venkatesham Cheruku and Savita Kodali. 2002. \u2018Primary Formal Education and Panchayats: Experience of Andhra Pradesh\u2019.\u00a0<strong><em>Participation &amp; Governance<\/em><\/strong>\u00a08(25): 28-30.<\/li><li>\u2018Panchayati Raj Institutions and\u00a0<em>Janmabhoomi<\/em>\u00a0in Andhra Pradesh\u2019. 2001.\u00a0<strong><em>Participation &amp; Governance<\/em>\u00a0<\/strong>7(21): 6-9.<\/li><li>In Telugu language. \u2018<em>Shramikeekarana<\/em>\u2018. 1994. In\u00a0<em><strong>Telugu<\/strong>,<\/em>\u00a0Telugu Academy Journal (Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh) 8, (3): 42-48.<\/li><li>\u2018Dual State Process and Multiple Popular Processes: Grassroots Movements and Democracy\u2019. 1992. In\u00a0<em><strong>Teaching Politics<\/strong>\u00a0<\/em>18, (2): 23-33.<\/li><\/ol><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-1834\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"4\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1834\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon elementor-accordion-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-plus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-opened\"><i class=\"fas fa-minus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-accordion-title\" tabindex=\"0\">Recent Research Projects Completed<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1834\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"4\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-1834\"><ol><li>Jurgen Habermas and Critique of Ideology<\/li><li>\u2018Urban Governance and Local Democracy in Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh\u2019 ( Telangana and Andhra Pradesh)<\/li><li>\u2018Urban Governance, Policy and Planning in Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh\u2019 (Telangana and Andhra Pradesh).<\/li><li>\u2018A Philosophy of Action: Hannah Arendt and Modernity\u2019.<\/li><li>Political Regimes, Governance and Social Security in Four Southern States (With Professor S.N.Sangita)<\/li><li>Child Labour Survey at Havery District<\/li><li>Urban Governance and Planning in Karnataka<\/li><li><p align=\"justify\">Civil Society and Governance in Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh<\/p><\/li><li><p align=\"justify\">Independent (decentralised) Budgeting and Planning at the District Level<\/p><\/li><li>Economic Reforms and Political Decentralisation: A Comparative Study of Some Selected Indian States During Post-Reform Period<\/li><li>Institutional Design for Elimination of Child Labour in Karnataka: A Study of State Initiatives of Eradication of Child Labour in Karnataka<\/li><li>Drinking Water Supply and Rural Institutions in Karnataka: A Study from Rights Perspective<\/li><\/ol><h6>Published Reports<\/h6><ol><li><p align=\"JUSTIFY\">With K.Srinivasulu and K.S.Vijayasekhar. 2004. \u2018Proceedings of the Workshop on Crisis in Handloom Sector in Andhra Pradesh: The Ways Forward\u2019.\u00a0<i>Governance and Policy Spaces Project Work Shop Proceedings: 1<\/i>, Hyderabad: Centre for Economic and Social Studies.<\/p><\/li><li>Report of the Grassroots Politics colloquium of the Department of Political Science, University of Delhi. 1995. \u2018Development Programmes and Peoples\u2019 Responses.\u2019 In Neera Chandhoke and Ashish Ghosh (eds)\u00a0<i>Grassroots Movements and Social Change,<\/i>\u00a0University of Delhi: Developing Countries Research Centre (DCRC).<\/li><\/ol><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-1835\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"5\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1835\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon elementor-accordion-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-plus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-opened\"><i class=\"fas fa-minus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-accordion-title\" tabindex=\"0\">News Paper Articles<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1835\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"5\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-1835\"><ol><li><p align=\"justify\">\u2018Need to Revisit \u201cKarnataka Development Model\u201d \u2018 in\u00a0<i><b>Deccan Herald<\/b><\/i>,\u00a0 11th February 2019.<\/p><\/li><li><p align=\"justify\">\u2018Understanding Rural Crisis: It\u2019s Complicated\u2019 in\u00a0<i><b>Deccan Herald<\/b><\/i>, 5th January\u00a0 2019.<\/p><\/li><li><p align=\"justify\">\u2018An Illiberal Democracy\u2019 in\u00a0<i><b>Deccan Herald<\/b><\/i>\u00a03rd August\u00a0 ,2018.<\/p><\/li><li><p align=\"justify\">Reconcile different \u2018truths\u2019 Asheesh Navneet and V Anil Kumar,\u00a0\u00a0<i><b>Deccan Herald<\/b><\/i>, 17th Aug\u00a0 2017.<\/p><\/li><li><p align=\"justify\">Better governance in district-level cities key\u2019 ,V Anil Kumar,\u00a0\u00a0<i><b>Deccan Herald<\/b><\/i>, 11th Aug\u00a0 2017<\/p><\/li><li><p align=\"justify\">Urban crisis: better policies vital\u2019, V Anil Kumar,\u00a0<i><b>Deccan Herald<\/b><\/i>, Jul 13 2017.<\/p><\/li><li><p align=\"justify\">(Review Article) \u2018The twin guide to Telangana\u2019 the\u00a0<i><b>Financial Express<\/b><\/i>, 12th of September, 2010.<\/p><\/li><li><p align=\"justify\">\u2018A tectonic shift in Telangana\u2019 in the\u00a0<i><b>Indian Express<\/b><\/i>, 4th of August, 2010.<\/p><\/li><li><p align=\"justify\">\u2018It\u2019s More about Telangana Identity than Development\u2019\u00a0<i><b>Deccan Herald<\/b><\/i>, 24th of February, 2010.<\/p><\/li><li><p align=\"justify\">\u2018A Universal Paradox: Can Market Economy Become Inclusive?\u2019\u00a0<i><b>The Hindu<\/b><\/i>, 9th of February, 2010.<\/p><\/li><\/ol><h6>given<\/h6><ul><li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.isec.ac.in\/Modernity%20and%20Democracy%20in%20India.pdf\">Modernity and Democracy in India\u2019, at the Institute for Social and Economic Change, Bangalore, on 8th of January, 2021<\/a><\/li><li>\u2018Historical Mediationism: On Region and Nation in Indian Polity\u2019 at the Institute for Social and Economic Change, on 4th January, 2017.<\/li><li>\u2018History and Alienation: Hannah Arendt on Modernity\u2019, at the Institute for Social and Economic Change, on 15th September, 2016,<\/li><li>\u2018History and Alienation: Hannah Arendt on Modernity\u2019\u00a0 presented at the Institute for Social and Economic Change on 15th September, 2016.<\/li><li>\u2018Ecology and Proletarianisation: Increasing need for attention?\u2019 presented at the Institute for Social and Economic Change on 30th March, 2016.<\/li><li>\u2018Challenging Modernity: On Not Being Europe\u2019s Other\u2019 presented at the Institute for Social and Economic Change on 26th of December, 2014.<\/li><li>\u2018Right to the City: Issues of Governance\u2019 presented at the Institute for Social and Economic Change, Bangalore, India, on 15th November, 2013.<\/li><\/ul><h6>Presentations in Seminars and Conferences<\/h6><p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.isec.ac.in\/Conference%20Certificate-9%20(1).pdf\">1.Modernity and Democracy in India<\/a><\/p><p>in the International Conference of the Jindal Centre for Global South, during 16-18th of December 2020. (Received Best Paper Award)<\/p><p><b>2<\/b>. Challenges of Urbanization in South India: Diverse Patterns and Different Trajectories<\/p><p>in the Annual Conference of the Indian Association of Social Science Institutions, held during 27th-29th February, 2020, by IASSI and ISEC at ISEC.<\/p><p><b><\/b>Hannah Arendt and Modernity Revisiting the work \u201cThe Human Condition\u201d<\/p><p>in the session \u2018Global Problems in Digital Age\u2019 in European Political Science Association( EPSA) Annual General Conference, 2019, at Belfast, Norther Ireland, UK during 20th to 22nd June, 2019.<\/p><p><b>4<\/b>. Region and Nation in India\u2019<\/p><p>Presented in the National Seminar on \u2018Regions and the Centre: Emerging Dynamics of Federal India Since the 1990s\u2019 during 9th to 11th October, 2018 at the Indian Institute of Advanced Study( IIAS) Shimla.<\/p><p><b>5<\/b>. \u2018Urban Governance in the Context of Urban \u2018Primacy\u2019: A Comparison of Karnataka, Telangana and Andhra Pradesh\u2019<\/p><p>Presented in the seminar on \u2018 25 Years of Decentralized Governance in India: Status, Issues and Way Forward\u2019 held at the Institute for Social and Economic Change, Bengaluru, during 28th to 30th August, 2018.<\/p><p><strong>6<\/strong>.<strong>\u2018Broad basing the Backward Classes\u2019<\/strong><\/p><p>Presented at the national seminar on\u00a0<strong>Development Convention 2018 \u2014 India at Seventy: New Development Challenge<\/strong>, 24th to 25th April,2018 organized by the ISEC at the Institute for Social and Economic Change, Bengaluru.<\/p><p><strong>7<\/strong><strong>.<\/strong><strong>\u2018Understanding Rural Communities in India Today\u2019<\/strong><\/p><p>Presented at the three day National Workshop on\u00a0<strong>Study of Indian Politics: Methodological Issues<\/strong>\u00a0organized by the Department of Political Science, Osmania University. Hyderabad, during, 27th to 29th March, 2018.<\/p><p><strong>8<\/strong><strong>.<\/strong><strong>\u2018E-Governance: Some Challenges\u2019<\/strong><\/p><p>Presented at the Seminar on\u00a0<strong>Decentralized Governance and Planning in India<\/strong>, organized in Honour of Professor Abdul Aziz, by National Law School of India University, Bengaluru, during 2nd Decmeber, 2017,<\/p><p><strong>9<\/strong><strong>.<\/strong><strong>\u2018Decline of a Dominant Caste: Revisiting Bogaram Village\u2019<\/strong><\/p><p>Presented at the International seminar on\u00a0<strong>Change and Mobility in Contemporary India: Thinking M.N.Srinivas Today<\/strong>\u00a0organised by the Centre for Studies in Social Change and Development , ISEC, during 29th to 30th August, 2017 at the Institute for Social and Economic Change, Bengaluru.<\/p><p><strong>\u2018Politics in the State of Telangana: Identity, Representation and Democracy\u2019<\/strong><\/p><p>Presented at the two day National Seminar on\u00a0<strong>State Division, New Governments and Policy Regimes<\/strong>\u00a0organized by the Department of Political Science, Osmania University, Hyderabad during 22nd to 23rd March, 2017<\/p><p><strong>11<\/strong><strong>.<\/strong><strong>\u2018Politics in the State of Telangana: Identity, Representation and Democracy\u2019<\/strong><\/p><p>Presented at the International seminar on\u00a0<strong>State Politics, Governance and Development in India<\/strong>\u00a0Organized jointly by Hiroshima University, Japan and Centre for Decentralization and Development, at the Institute for Social and Economic Change, Bengaluru, during 27th to 28th December, 2016.<\/p><p><strong>\u2018Urban Governance in India and China: A Comparative View\u2019<\/strong><\/p><p>Presented at the international seminar on\u00a0<strong>India, China and the New World Order: Economic, Social, Political and Cultural Dimensions<\/strong>\u00a0as a part of collaborative research activities between Institute for Social and Economic Change (ISEC) Bengaluru, and Sichuan Academy of Social Sciences (SASS) during November 21-22, 2016.<\/p><p><b>13<\/b>.Participated in the\u00a0 Workshop on Rural Transformation: Possibilities, Prospects and Challenges\u2019 during 21-22nd March, 2016 at the TaTa Institute of Social Sciences, Hyderabad, Telangana<\/p><p>What Makes Urban Governance Work? A Tale of Two Cities\u2019<\/p><p>at the Seminar on \u2018Issues in Local Self- Governance\u2019 at Nabkrushna Choudhury Centre for Development Studies, Bubaneshwar, Orissa, during 29th of March, 2014.<\/p><p>Participated in the Seminar on \u201cEmergence of States as the Centre of Indian Politics\u201d in Jain University, Bangalore, during 20th and 21st March 2014, chairing a session.<\/p><p><strong>\u2018Right to the City: Emerging Urban Political Economy in India\u2019<\/strong><\/p><p>at the Seminar on \u2018India\u2019s Political Economy in Transition\u2019 at Department of Political Science, University of Goa during 21st to 22nd December, 2013.<\/p><p><strong>\u2018Capitalism, Civil Society and Freedom: Notes on South Indian Society\u2019<\/strong><\/p><p>at the two day UGC-SAP national seminar on \u2018Globalisation, Development and Civil Society\u2019 held by the Department of Political Science, University of Kerala during 27th-28th September,2012, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India.<\/p><p>\u2018Whither Decentralisation in India? The Interesting Story of a Nobody\u2019s Child\u2019<\/p><p>at the two days seminar on \u201c Indian Federalism: Intergovernmental Relations Revisited: Towards a Fresh Balance of Power\u201d held during 24th-25th of August,2012 by the Centre for Culture and Development (www.ccdgujarat.org), Vadodara, Gujarat,India.<\/p><p>\u2018Economic Reforms and Political Decentralisation: A Comparison of Four South Indian States during the Post-Reform Period\u2019<\/p><p>at the two-day national policy conference on \u2018Social Exclusion in India: Self-Governance, Development Politics and Autonomy Movements\u2019, during August 22nd and 23rd, 2012, at the University of Mysore, Mysore, Karnataka,India.<\/p><p><b>20<\/b>. \u2018Civil Society, Governance and Public Policy in Two South Indian States, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh\u2019<\/p><p>at the 22nd World Congress of Political Science conducted by the International Political Science Association( IPSA) during 8-12th of July, 2012. The theme of the Congress was \u2018Reshaping Power and Shifting Boundaries\u2019, held at Madrid, Spain in the session, \u2018Bureaucracy and Public Policy: Reshaping Power and Authority in Developing Countries\u2019.<\/p><p>\u2018Conditions of Existence and Exclusion of Child Labour in Karnataka\u2019<\/p><p>at the national seminar on \u2018Politics in India With Special Reference to Social Exclusion\u2019 conducted by the Department of Studies in Political Science, University of Mysore, Mysore during 28th-29th February,2012.<\/p><h6>\u2018Civil Society and Public Policy\u2019<\/h6><p>at the two day national seminar on \u2018Democracy and Civil Society\u2019 held by the Centre for Gandhian Studies, Alphonsa College, Pala, Kerala during 7th-8th of February, 2012.<\/p><p><b>23<\/b>. \u2018Civil Society and Citizenship: A Different Perspective\u2019<\/p><p>at the seminar on \u2018Citizenship, the State and Expanding the Boundaries of Democracy\u2019 at the ISEC during 28th of December, 2011.<\/p><h6>\u2018State Child Labour Project in Karnataka: Lessons from Evaluation\u2019<\/h6><p>two-day Seminar on Eradication of Bonded Labour and Child Labour in Karnataka, 17-18 December 2011, Department of Labour, Department of RDPR and Human Rights Commission, Vikasa Soudha, Bangalore, Karnataka.<\/p><p>\u2018State, New Developmentalism and Political Processes\u2019<\/p><p>at the seminar on \u2018Neo-Liberal State and Its Challenges\u2019, 20-21 December,2011, Omeo Kumar Das Institute of Social Change and Development, Guwahati, Assam.<\/p><p><b>26<\/b>. \u2018Urban Governance and Planning in Karnataka\u2019<\/p><p>at the national seminar on \u2018Small Cities and Towns in Global Era:Emerging Changes and Perspectives\u2019 held by the Centre for Development Studies, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai during 29th to 30th August,2011.<\/p><p><b>27<\/b>. \u2018Inequality and Exclusion\u2019<\/p><p>at the International Seminar on \u2018Social Exclusion: Meanings and Perspectives\u2019 held by the Centre for the Study of Social Exclusion and Inclusive Policy, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, during 23rd to 25th of March 2011.<\/p><p>\u2018Rights-based Approaches to Poverty Alleviation and Social Development\u2019<\/p><p>at the Fifth Annual International Conference on Public Policy and Management,titled \u2018Beyond the Macroeconomic Crisis- Towards Inclusive Growth and Sustainability\u2019 organized by the Centre for Public Policy (CPP), Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Bangalore during 8th -11th August, 2010.<\/p><p><b>29<\/b>. \u2018Going to the Roots: Governance Problems in Poverty Alleviation Programmes in India\u2019<\/p><p>at the International Conference on \u2018Governing the Asian Giants: The Search for Good Governance and Sustainable Development in China and India\u2019 Organized by the Centre for Governance and Citizenship,The Hong Kong Institute of Education, Hong Kong;The University of Hong Kong and The University of Oslo during 29th -30th March 2010, at Hong Kong.<\/p><p><b>30<\/b><b>. \u2018Political Sociology of Democratic Decentralisation in India\u2019<\/b><\/p><p>at the two day national seminar on \u2018Political Processes and Governance in India: Toward a New Paradigm\u2019 organised by V.K.Sukumaran Nayar Chair for Parliamentary Affairs, Department of Political Science, University of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram during 28th-29th January, 2010.<\/p><p><b>31<\/b><b>. \u2018Politics and Public Policies: Politics of Human Development in Uttar Pradesh, India\u2019<\/b><\/p><p>Paper co-authored with Mr. Shyam Singh and presented at the Fourth Annual International Conference on Public Policy and Management, organized by the Centre for Public Policy (CPP), Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Bangalore during 9<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0-12<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0August, 2009.<\/p><p><strong>32.<\/strong>\u00a0\u2018<strong>State, Civil Society and the Dilemmas of \u201cMainstreaming\u201d Child Labourers in Karnataka\u2019<\/strong><\/p><p>at the International Seminar on \u2018Childhoods and Children\u2019s\u2019 Rights\u2019 Conducted under the aegis of United Kingdom and India Education Research Initiative(UKIERI) by Lokniti\/CSDS, New Delhi during November 10-11, 2008.<\/p><p><strong>33. \u2018Revisiting Indian Federalism in the Context of Economic Reforms\u2019<\/strong><\/p><p>at the national Seminar on \u2018Political Regimes in Indian States: Parties, Social Bases and Public Policies\u2019 organized by the Centre for Advanced Study in Political Science by the Department of Political Science, Osmania University, Hyderabad during\u00a0 27<sup>th\u00a0<\/sup>to 29<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0March, 2008.<\/p><p><strong>34. \u2018Decentralisation as a Policy Process in India\u2019<\/strong><\/p><p>at the seminar on \u2018Development through Planning, Market or Decentralisation? Organised by the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, Mumbai,\u00a0India during January 21-23, 2008, Bombay, Mumbai,<\/p><p><strong>35. \u2018Rationing Rights and Pricing Commodities: Right to Drinking Water: A Conceptual Exploration\u2019<\/strong><\/p><p>at the\u00a0 International seminar organized by SACIWATERS( South Asia Consortium for Inter-disciplinary Water Studies), Hyderabad, in association with the Centre for Water Resources, Anna University Chennai. The title of the Seminar was \u2018South Asia Water Conference\u2019 on \u2018<em>Water Access and Conflicts: Implications for Governance in\u00a0<\/em><em>South Asia\u2019<\/em>\u00a0during 21<sup>st<\/sup>\u00a0to 22<sup>nd<\/sup>\u00a0March 2007.<\/p><p><strong>36<\/strong><strong>. \u2018Administrative Decentralisation and Development\u2019<\/strong><\/p><p>in a national Seminar at Thiruvananthapuram on\u00a0<strong>\u2018<\/strong><em>Democracy, Decentralisation and Participatory Development: Decentralised Governance in Kerala, a Decade and Beyond\u2019<\/em>\u00a0Conducted by the Department of Political Science, University of\u00a0Kerala\u00a0during 24th to 25<sup>th\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0of April 2007.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-1836\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"6\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1836\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon elementor-accordion-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-plus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-opened\"><i class=\"fas fa-minus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-accordion-title\" tabindex=\"0\">Professional Society Memberships<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1836\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"6\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-1836\"><ol><li>Member, Association for the Study of Ethnicity and Nationalism (ASEN), UK, (2021-22).<\/li><li>Member, International Political Science Association (IPSA) (2020-2022)<\/li><li>Member, International Political Science Association (IPSA) (2019-2020)<\/li><li>Member, European Political Science Association( EPSA) (2019-2020)<\/li><li>Member, International Political Science Association (IPSA) (2016-2018)<\/li><li>Member, International Political Science Association (IPSA) (2012-13)<\/li><li>Member Editorial Board, International Journal of Social and Economic Research<\/li><li>Member, National Observatory for Anthropological Research (NOAR), Karnataka, India<\/li><li>Member, SAARC Forum of Social Scientists<\/li><li>Life Member, Indian Institute of Public Administration (IIPA)<\/li><li>Life Member, Indian Political Science Association (IPSA)<\/li><li>Life Member, Indian Sociological Society<\/li><li>Life Member, Indian Political Economy Association (IPEA)<\/li><\/ol><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-1837\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"7\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1837\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon elementor-accordion-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-plus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-opened\"><i class=\"fas fa-minus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-accordion-title\" tabindex=\"0\">Contact<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1837\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"7\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-1837\"><p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">Dr. V Anil Kumar<br \/>Professor and Head<br \/>Centre for Political Institutions, Governance and Development<br \/>Institute for Social and Economic Change<br \/>Nagarabhavi P.O. BANGALORE-560072, India<br \/>Tel : Office\u00a0 080-23215468, 23215519<br \/>Fax : 080-23217008<br \/>e-mail:\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:anilkumar@isec.ac.in\">anilkumar@isec.ac.in<\/a><br \/>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<b>\u00a0<\/b><\/span><a href=\"mailto:anilv.isec@gmail.com\">anilv.isec@gmail.com<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Faculty V. Anil Kumar Professor and Head, Centre for Po litical Institutions, Governance and Development (CPIGD) Key words: Rural governance; Urban governance; Social and Political Theory; Agrarian Change Areas of Interest Policy Processes Social, Political Theory Federalism, Devolution Agrarian Change Urban and Rural Governance Development Studies Academic Qualification Ph.D.: University of Delhi M. Phil.: University&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/103.154.2.116\/~max233devisec\/v-anil-kumar\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">V Anil Kumar<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-8465","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/103.154.2.116\/~max233devisec\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8465","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/103.154.2.116\/~max233devisec\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/103.154.2.116\/~max233devisec\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/103.154.2.116\/~max233devisec\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/103.154.2.116\/~max233devisec\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8465"}],"version-history":[{"count":33,"href":"http:\/\/103.154.2.116\/~max233devisec\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8465\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12242,"href":"http:\/\/103.154.2.116\/~max233devisec\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8465\/revisions\/12242"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/103.154.2.116\/~max233devisec\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8465"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}