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Social Sciences Re-imagining Futures · भविष्य की पुनर्कल्पना

Prof. Jagannath Ambagudia

Campus Director

School of Social Sciences and Humanities · Guwahati

Biography

Jagannath Ambagudia is the Campus Director of Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Guwahati Campus and Professor at the Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies, School of Social Sciences and Humanities, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Guwahati Campus. He was also the Deputy Director of Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Guwahati Campus; Dean of the School of Social Sciences and Humanities, and the Chairperson of the Unit for Research and Development at Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Guwahati Campus. Previously, he taught at Rajdhani College, University of Delhi; National Law School of India University, Bangalore and ARSD College, University of Delhi. He specialises in the areas of Indian Politics with a focus on Politics and Social Justice and engages in debates, research and in-depth analysis of matters of particular concern to the country and beyond. He is trained in Political Science from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. He is a lifetime member of the International Political Science Association and also the Officer/Board Member of the International Political Science Association Research Committee on Political Elites. He is also a Member of the Executive Committee, Assam Labour Welfare Society, Government of Assam; Member of the Steering Committee, Indian Public Policy Network; and a Member of Advisory Committee, The Energy and Resources Institute, Guwahati. Prof. Ambagudia's current research revolves around the evolving relation­ship between Scheduled Tribes and Democracy in India, particularly analysing the role of tribal political repre­sentatives at the decision-making level within the state and national domains. He is the author of Adivasis, Migrants and the State in India (London & New York: Routledge, 2019) and co-editor of Handbook of Tribal Politics in India (New Delhi: SAGE, 2021). Prof. Ambagudia's writings are also published in Economic and Political Weekly , Asian Social Work and Policy Review , Social Change , Studies in Indian Politics , International Review of Social Research , Conflict Studies Quarterly , Journal of Social Inclusion Studies and National Law School of India Review , among others.