Dr. Alankar
Assistant Professor
Email: alankar.polsc@rla.du.ac.in
Contact: 9971633597
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| S.No. | Qualification | University / Institution | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ph.D. | Centre for the Study of Law and Governance, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi | 2009 |
| 2 | MPhil | Department of Political Science, University of Delhi | 2002 |
| 3 | M.A. Political Science | Hindu College, Department of Political Science, University of Delhi | 2000 |
| 4 | B.A. (Hons.) Political Science | Hindu College, Department of Political Science, University of Delhi | 1998 |
| 5 | Senior Secondary | Bhartiya Vidya Bhawan, New Delhi | 1995 |
| 6 | High School | Montfort School, Delhi | 1993 |
| Sr.No. | Post | Institution | Duration | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Assistant Professor | Ram Lal Anand College, University of Delhi | 06.08.2010 To Till Date | Permanent |
| 2 | Researcher | SARAI, Centre for the Study of Developing Societies, New Delhi (Sarai-CSDS) | 01.05.2009 To 31.03.2022 | Contractual |
| 3 | Assistant Professor | Shaheed Bhagat Singh College (Day), University of Delhi | 2009 To 2010 | Guest Faculty |
• Peri-Urban Sustainability – Joint Research Project between Centre for the Study of Developing Societies, Delhi & STEPS Centre, Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex, 2006-2011.
• Uncertainty from Below – Joint research project between Centre for the Study of Developing Societies, Delhi, STEPS Centre, Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex, Indian Institute of Health Management Research and Gujarat Institute of Desert Ecology, 2012-2015.
• Uncertainty, Climate Change & Transformation – Joint research project between Centre for the Study of Developing Societies, NMBU, University of Sussex, Kyoto University, IIT Mumbai, Institute of Health Management Research, Gujarat Institute of Desert Ecology and All India Institute of Disaster Management, 2015-2017.
• Member, Question Paper Setting Board, Department of Political Science, University of Delhi.
• Member & Convenor, Prospectus & Annual Report Committee, RLA College.
• Member & Co-Convenor, Infrastructure Committee.
• Member, Convenor & Co-Convenor, Alumni Committee.
• Co-Convenor, Admission Committee, 2023-24.
• Teacher-in-Charge, 2023-24.
• Editorial Board Member, Samdrishti – Annual College Magazine.
• Society In-charge, Statecraft Society, RLA College.
• Member, NAAC Committee, Working Group I, 2018 and 2024.
• Political Ecology
• Political Theory
• Political Thought
• Indian Political Thought
• Comparative Politics
• Gandhian Studies
• Constitutional Government & Democracy in India
• Political Process in India
• Indian Government & Politics
• Development Process and Social Movements in Contemporary India
• Colonialism and Nationalism in India
• Ideas and Institutions in Ancient Indian Political Thought
• Political Leadership and Communication
• Politics of Development Disaster in Uttarakhand.
• Interrogating Convergences between Gandhi & Ambedkar’s Political Thought.
• Deciphering Democratic Deficit: Procedural vs. Substantive Democracy.
• Urban Floods in 21st Century India.
• Climate Change & Deliberative Democracy.
• Struggles of Gig Workers in Delhi.
• “Claiming Space: Contested Coastal Commons in Mumbai,” Geoforum, Vol. 144, August 2023, 103805.
• “Discerning Global and Local of Climate Change in Indian Context,” Ecology, Economy & Society, Vol. 6, Issue 1, 2023, pp. 133-136.
• “कोस्टल रोड परियोजना से जूझता कोली समुदाय,” Down to Earth, Centre for Science & Environment, 2022.
• “Climate Change and Uncertainty From ‘Above’ and ‘Below’: Perspectives from India,” Regional Environmental Change, Vol. 19, Issue 6, August 2019.
• “India’s Megacities & Climate Change: Explorations from Delhi & Mumbai,” STEPS Working Paper 79, STEPS Centre, Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex, 2015.
• “Socio-Spatial Situatedness and Access to Water,” Economic and Political Weekly, Vol. XLVIII, No. 41, October 12, 2013, pp. 46-54.
• “How Climate Change Transformed India’s Megacities,” blog published on STEPS Centre webpage, Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex.
• “Urban Uncertainty in India and climate change,” southasiadisasters.net, Issue No. 120, November 2014.
• “Indian Villagers Fight Poor Water Services By Designing Their Own Water Systems,” co-authored with Bhagwati Prasad, STEPS Centre Blog.
• “भारतीय राष्ट्रवाद के विविध आयाम: टैगोर, विवेकानंद एवं गांधी,” पत्रकारिता एवं जनसंचार विभाग, राम लाल आनंद कॉलेज द्वारा आयोजित विवेचना सीरीज़, November 2024.
• “Koli fishing community and Uncertainty around Climate Change,” TAPESTRY workshop, IIT Bombay, 9 January 2019.
• “Fieldnotes from Mumbai,” Climate Change workshop, IIT Bombay, 2 May 2018.
• “Urban flooding, uncertainty and transformation: Politics and Perspectives in Mumbai,” presented with Hans Nicolai Adam, D. Parthasarathy and Synne Movik.
• “Climate Change and Uncertainty from Below and Above,” STEPS Centre Workshop, India International Centre, February 2016.
• “Climate Change and Uncertainty in Urban India,” Exploring Pathways to Sustainability, STEPS Centre Symposium, Jawaharlal Nehru University, February 2014.
• “Urban uncertainty and climate change in India,” Monograph presented at STEPS Centre, Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex, July 2014.
• “Water in the Peri-urban: Changing Dynamics and Critical Sustainability,” Symposium on “Pathways to Sustainability: Agendas for a New Politics of Environment, Development and Social Justice,” STEPS Centre, University of Sussex, Brighton, UK, September 2010.
• Researcher, SARAI, Centre for the Study of Developing Societies, New Delhi (Sarai-CSDS), 2009-2022.