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Dr. Praskanva Sinharay is a political scientist interested in electoral politics, caste studies, Partition studies, and public policy. He has a PhD from Centre for Studies in Social Sciences Calcutta (CSSSC), Jadavpur University. He was awarded the ICSSR fellowship at CSSSC and the DAAD fellowship at the Centre for Modern Indian Studies, Georg-August- Universität, Göttingen, for his doctoral research. Prior to joining GITAM, he worked in the academic, government and non-governmental sectors.
Research Publications
- Sinharay, P. (2023). Thakurnagar as a Political Location: Place Making Practices of Matua Refugees in West Bengal. Refugee Watch, 61 & 62, June & December 2023, 55-73. http://www.mcrg.ac.in/rw%20files/RW61_62/RW61_62.pdf
- Sinharay, P. (2022). Harichand-Guruchand Thakur: the emerging icons of Dalit politics in West Bengal. Religion, 52(4), 595–615. https://doi.org/10.1080/0048721X.2022.2094784
- Sinharay, P. (2020). A State of Fear, Confusion and Hope: CAA and Bengali Dalit Refugees in India. PoLAR: Political and Legal Anthropology Review, 7 September 2020. https://polarjournal.org/2020/09/07/a-state-of-fear-confusion-and-hope-caa-and-bengali-dalit-refugees-in-india/
- Sinharay, P. (2019). To Be a Hindu Citizen: Politics of Dalit Migrants in Contemporary West Bengal. South Asia: Journal of South Asian Studies, 42(2), 359–374. https://doi.org/10.1080/00856401.2019.1581696
- Sinharay, P. (2012). A New Politics of Caste. Economic and Political Weekly, XLVII(34), 26-27. https://www.epw.in/journal/2012/34/states-columns/new-politics-caste.html
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