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Full Name Dr. Sanjeev Kumar
Department Political Science
Email sanjeev@spm.du.ac.in
Phone Number 9718640333
Address Rohini,Delhi-110085
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Educational Details

Undergraduate Degree: BA Hons. Political Science

Undergraduate University: University of Delhi

Undergraduate Year: 2006

Postgraduate Degree: M.A. Political Science

Postgraduate University: University of Delhi

Postgraduate Year: 2009

PhD Degree: Awarded

PhD University: University of Delhi

PhD Year: 2019

Other Qualifications: M. Phil in political science, completed in 2013

Teaching Experience

Designation: Assistant Professor

Years of Experience: 9

Subjects Taught: Political Science

Assigned Courses: Indian Political Thought, Political Theory, Understanding Ambedkar, Public Opinion and Survey Research, IIPT,

Key Achievements: Trained Students to write research article, compiled their works and published a book titled 'Bose:Idea of Bharat'. Another book consisting of research article by undergraduate students of the college is underway on 'Viksit Bharat.

Research Interests

  1. Social Inclusion and Harmony Studies: Following research are undertaken:2024-25 (1) Designation: Co-Director/Co-Principal Investigator Title of Project: Understanding the Law, Life world and Marginality of Religious Converts in Southern States of India (F. No. ICSSR/RPD/MJ/2023-24/ST/44)Funding: Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR), DelhiAmount: Rs. 1400000/- (Ongoing)2023-24 (2) Designation: Co-Director/Co-Principal InvestigatorTitle of Project: Understanding Caste, Race and the Phenomenology of Discrimination in Contemporary World (F. No.: SSF/1/2023)Funding: Social Studies Foundation (SSF), PuneAmount: Rs. 600000/- (Completed)2019-22 (3) Designation: Co-Director/Co-Principal InvestigatorTitle of Project: A Study of Impact of Constitutional Status of J & K on MarginalisedCommunities Since Independence (F. No.SC-17/ICSSR/2019-2020/RP)Funding: Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR), Delhi Amount: Rs. 1960000/- (Ongoing)2017-18 (4) Designation: Director/Principal InvestigatorTitle of Project: Status of Reservation Policy: A Study of Higher Educational Institutions in Bihar (2017-18) (F. No. 02/151/2016-17/RP)Funding: Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR), Delhi Amount: Rs. 800000/- (Completed)
  2. Indian Thought, Science and Religion: Following Research Studies are undertaken:2021-22 (1) Designation: Director/Principal InvestigatorTitle of Project: Cyber Security-Challenges in Cyber Space for Women: A Study of Delhi & Select Regions of NCR in 2020-21(F. No. 13 (02)/2020-21/NCW (RS)Funding: National Commission for Women (NCW), DelhiAmount: Rs. 1805000/- (Completed)2020-22 (2) Designation: Director/Principal InvestigatorTitle of Project: History, Science and Religion among Modern Indian Political Thinkers: A Thematic and Methodological Exploration (F. No. F.No.1-12_2019-RP)Funding: Indian Council of Historical research (ICHR), Delhi Amount: Rs. 350000/- (completed)
  3. Electoral Studies, Gender and Indian Politics: Following Studies are undertaken:2024-25 (1) Designation: Co-Director/Co-Principal InvestigatorTitle of Project: Cooperative Federalism and Access to Education: A Study of Selected ‘Aspirational Districts’ in India (F. No. ICSSR/RPD/MJ/2023-24/G/33)Funding: Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR), DelhiAmount: Rs. 1400000/- (Ongoing)2023-24 (2) Designation: Director/Principal InvestigatorTitle of Project: Accessibility and Sustainability of PM Krishi Sinchai Yojana: A Comparative Study of Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand” (F. No. ICSSR-CRP-2023-974)Funding: Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR), DelhiAmount: Rs. 1400000/- (Completed)2015-2017 (3) Designation: Co-Director/Co-Principal InvestigatorTitle of Project: Mapping Electoral Behaviour in Reserved Constituencies: A Study of Bihar Assembly Elections (F. No. 02/216/SC/2015-16/RP)Funding: Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR), Delhi Amount: Rs. 560000/- (Completed)2013-2014 (4) Designation: Director/Principal InvestigatorTitle of Project: Status of Inclusive Governance: Representation of Dalits in Executive, Legislation, Administration and Other Decision-Making Bodies Funding: TTI-IDRC project.Amount: Rs. 125000/- (Completed)

Publications

Journal Publications:
  1. Articles in Scopus Journal
  2. Kumar, D. S. (2023). Unfinished Discourse Of ‘Backwardness’ In Independent India. Migration Letters, 20(S5), 1296–1301. DOI: https://doi.org/10.59670/ml.v20iS5.8377. ISSN: 1741-8992. Link: https://
  3. migrationletters.com/index.php/ml/article/view/8377
  4. Kumar, D. S. (2023). Rethinking Liberalism, Spirito-Constitutional Morality: A Case Of Multitudinal Vulnerability Of Women In Pakistan. Migration Letters, 20(S6), 1236–1246. DOI: https://doi.org/10.59670/ml.v20iS6.8383. ISSN: 1741-8992. Link: https://migrationletters.com/index.php/ml/article/view/8383
  5. Kumar, S. and Singh, N. (2021). "Entrepreneurial Prospects and Challenges for Women amidst Covid-19: A Case Study of Delhi, India". Fulbright Review of Economy and Policy.Vol. 1 No. 2. doi.org/10.1108/FREP-09-2021-0057
  6. Articles in UGC Care Journal
  7. Kumar, S. (2024). “The Constituent Assembly of India: Primacy of Consensus and Space for Dissent”. Vol. LXXXV, No. 1, January-March, 2024. Indian Journal of Political Science. The Indian Political Science Association. ISSN: 00195510. UGC Care S. No. 398.
  8. Kumar, S. (2024). “Policy Research and Challenges of Data Collection: A Field View from Northern Hindi Belt of India”. Vol. 29, No. 1, June 2024. Madhya Pradesh Journal of Social Sciences. M. P. Institute of Social Science Research. ISSN: 0973855X, UGC Care S. No. 285.
  9. Kumar, S. (2024). “साइबर स्पेस, किशोर अवस्था में महिला उत्पीडन, संस्थात्मक चुनौतियाँ और उपाय: दिल्ली और चयनित एन सी आर क्षेत्रों का एक अध्ययन”. Vol. 15. No. 2, July-September, 2024. Lok Prashashan. Indian Journal of Public Administration. (Under Publication).
  10. Kumar, S. (2023). “Indian Education System: From Macaulay to NEP 2020”. Education and Society (Shikshan Ani Samaj), 47(02), January-march 2024. ISSN: 2278-6864. Pp. 309-318. UGC Care S. No. 93.
  11. Kumar, S. (2019). Ambedkar’s Journey Conversion to Buddhism. Contemporary Voice of Dalits, Sage Publication. UGC list no.- 42144. ISSN 2455328X.https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/2455328X18825959
  12. Kumar, S. (2018). Understanding Religion and Conversion in India. Shodh
  13. Drishti (An International Peer Reviewed Refereed Journal. Vol. 9, No. 1. January, 2018. P- 73-78. ISSN. 0976-6650Impact Factor: 2.591. UGC No. 49321
  14. Articles in Peer Reviewed Journal
  15. Kumar, S. (2023). K. S. Kalelkar Committee’s Self- Abnegation and the Conundrum of Backward Classes in India. International Journal For Multidisciplinary Research (IJFMR) Volume 5, Issue 6, November-December 2023. DOI: https://doi.org/10.36948/ijfmr.2023.v05i06.11318. Link:
  16. Kumar, S. (2023). “(In)Visibility of the Discourse of Backwardness in Pre-Independent India”. International Journal for Multidisciplinary Research. Volume 5, Issue 6, November-December 2023. E-ISSN 2582-2160. DOI: https://doi.org/10.36948/ijfmr.2023.v05i06.11317. Link: https://www.ijfmr.com/papers/2023/6/11317.pdf
  17. Kumar, S. (2023). Understanding Public Opinion in Social Science Research”. International Journal of Innovative Science and Research Technology. Vo. 8, No. 12, pp. 1433-1440. ISSN: 24562165.
  18. Kumar Shailesh and Kumar Sanjeev. (2023). Marginality and Inclusion: Transformations and Expectations of ‘Bhaand’ Community in Contemporary Kashmir. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Mumbai, XCVI(15). ISSN: 0972-0766. Pp. 43-47. UGC Care S. No. 187
  19. Kumar, S. (2022). Reservation in Education in India: A Culmination of Meritocracy. South India Journal of Social Science. XX., No. 9, July-December 2022. ISSN: 0972-8945. Pp. 150-153. UGC Care S. No. 362
  20. 2020 Kumar, S. (2020). Luis Cabrera. The Humble Cosmopolitan: Rights, Diversity and Trans-state Democracy. Journal of Social Inclusion Studies, 6(1), 113–116. https://doi.org/10.1177/2394481120961374.
  21. Articles in Magazine/Newspapers
  22. Kumar, Sanjeev (2022). Dr. Ambedkar on Irrigation and Water Management. Unheared Voices. Social Studies Foundation. 14th April 2022.
  23. Kumar, Sanjeev (2022). The Primacy of Inclusion. Published by Millennium post, 12th April, 2022.
  24. Kumar, Sanjeev (2022). The Primacy of Inclusion in Indian Thought. Published by Newsroompost.com on 7th April, 2022. Link: https://newsroompost.com/opinion/the-primacy-of-inclusion-in-indian-thought/5082391.html
  25. Kumar, S. and Singh, N. (2021) New Education Policy 2020: Reconstructing New India. Journal of Unheard Voices. Year 1. Vol 5-6.
  26. Kumar, S.(2018). दलितोंकेउत्थानकेनामपरराजनीततहीहोतीरही.DainikJagaran.https://www.jagran.com/delhi/new-delhi-city-dd-dffff-17332754.html
  27. Kumar, S.(2017). हिन्दूपरंपराओंकेभीतरबुद्धधर्मकीछवि , धर्मान्तरणकाउत्सवएवंकालकाबाह्यहोताइतिहास.News 18.
Books:
  1. Kumar, S. and Roy, S. (2024). Understanding Public Opinion and Survey Research in India. Raunak Publication.
  2. Kumar, S. and Singh, N. (eds.). (2023). Bose: Idea of Bharat. Centre for Researching Ideas and Policy. Indaura Publication. ISBN:9789392561030
  3. Kumar, S. and Singh, N. (eds.). (2017). Fundamentals of the Comparative Government and Politics. Delhi: BookagePublication.ISBN 9789383281732
Book Chapters:
  1. Kumar, S. (2015). Tenancy and Massacre: Tacit (Re) Production of Caste SysteminBihar”,inAmirFaizi,A.A.A.,Iyer,K.Gopal,Kaur,Ashmeet(eds.)Tenancy Laws and Practices: Emerging Issues. Centre for Rural Studies LBS National Academy of Administration, Mussoorie, UK, in association with Manak Publications Pvt. Ltd. ISBN: 9789378313844.
  2. Kumar, S. (2015). State, Governance and Citizenship in India” in TapanBiswal (eds.) Citizenship and Governance. Delhi: Viva Books Pvt.Ltd.SBN: 9788130930312
  3. E-CONTENT
  4. 2020-21 Contributed to develop 5 e-scripts both in the form of writing and video-lecture under the program called PMeVIDYA for NCERT. Video recorded lectures delivered both in Hindi and English medium for the students of class 11th and 12th.
  5. Kumar, S. (2020). Caste: Laws Abolishing Untouchability and Providing Protection against Untouchability. E-content published by School of Open Learning, University of Delhi. Access URL: https://web.sol.du.ac.in/info/ba-hons-political-science-semester-iii
  6. Kumar, S. and Kumari, N.(2020). Comparative Study of Constitutional Developments and Political Economy of Britain. E-content published by School of Open Learning, University of Delhi. Access URL: https://web.sol.du.ac.in/info/ba-hons-political-science-semester-iii
  7. Rao, Y. C. and Kumar, S.(2017). Ideology in Marginalisation: Views of Babasaheb Ambedkar, Jyotirao Phule and other Social Reformers. Published as E Learning Paper in E Pathshala, IGNOU. http://epgp.inflibnet.ac.in/epgpdata/uploads/epgp_content/S000024MM/P001724/M021351/ET/150122116722-Q1.pdf