Supriy Ranjan

Education

• B.A. (Honours), Political Science,  Delhi College of Arts and Commerce, University of Delhi – 2015
• M.A., Political Science, Centre for Political Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi – 2017
• Ph.D., Political Science, Centre for Political Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi (Ongoing)

Profile

Supriy Ranjan is a PhD candidate at the Centre for Political Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. His doctoral work focuses on issues of Violence, Criminal Political Economy, Impunity, and Democratic Politics. The proposed title of his thesis is: “Violence, Impunity and Legitimation: Crime and Politics in Bihar”. His areas of interest include Political theory, Indian Politics and Postcolonialism.

He has previously worked as a Guest faculty at the Delhi College of Arts and Commerce and the Non-Collegiate Women’s Education Board (NCWEB), University of Delhi. More recently, he served as the Project Manager for a Government of Bihar Project to rewrite the district gazetteers of two districts, Patna and Darbhanga. He has an abiding interest in understanding and explaining the messy terrain of Indian politics and writes on the same in journals, newspapers, and news portals.

Publications

• Ranjan, Supriy. 2024. “Bihar: An uncertain Abyss?” Frontline Weekly, 12 June 2024
• Ranjan, Supriy. 2024. “Moffusil modernity and the post-romantic vision of love” Economic and Political Weekly, Vol LIX, No 12, March 24.
• Ranjan, Supriy. 2024 “Agyeye and his contradictions” Economic and Political Weekly, Vol LIX, No 12, March 24.
• Ranjan, Supriy & Kumar, Pankaj. “High Hopes, Uncertain Future: The Curious Case of Caste Survey in Bihar”, Outlook India, October 1, 2023.
• Ranjan, Supriy, & Bhagyanagar, V. S. Book review: Rahul Ranjan, Political Life of Memory: Birsa Munda in Contemporary India. Society and Culture in South Asia, 9(2), 299–301. 2023
• Ranjan, Supriy & Kumar, Pankaj. “Bringing civility back in: The moral significance of Bharat Jodo yatra”, Mainstream Weekly, VOL 61 No 11, March 11, 2023
• Ranjan, Supriy & Kumar, Pankaj. “The secret of Nitish Kumar’s political success”, Hindustan Times, August 19, 2022.
• Ranjan, Supriy. “The Best in The Worst Person in the World.” Economic and Political Weekly, vol LVII No. 31, July 30, 2022.
• Ranjan, Supriy, & Kumar, Pankaj. “The return of Mandal rhetoric in UP politics” Mainstream Weekly, Vol LX No 12, March 12, 2022.
• Ranjan, Supriy & Kumar, Pankaj. “The Congress must transform to rebuild the Opposition”, The Wire, Feb 28, 2022.
• Ranjan, Supriy & Kumar, Pankaj. “Stress on Safety and Security: Hobbesian fear primary driver of BJP’s UP campaign”, The New Indian Express, Feb 26, 2022.
• Ranjan, Supriy & Kumar, Pankaj. “Rejigged SP strategy a new Dawn in UP Politics?”, The New Indian Express, Feb 7, 2022.
• Ranjan, Supriy. “The key to revitalising India’s reservation system.” The Hindu, Sept 6, 2021.
• Ranjan, Supriy. “The Political Prayag: Subalternising Politics, Localising Theories.” In Glocalisation and Federal Governance in India, edited by Ruchi Tyagi, Sunita Mangla, and Nivedita Giri, 288– 95. New Delhi: Bloomsbury. 2019.