Teaching
Courses
Education
- Ph.D., Centre for Comparative Politics and Political Theory, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University (ongoing)
- M.Phil. (Planning and Development), Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, IIT Bombay, 2015 – 2017
- Five-Year Integrated MA Programme in Development Studies with a Minor in Economics, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, IIT Madras, 2010 – 2015
Profile
Prateek Vijayavargia is a PhD Scholar (2019-) at the Centre for Comparative Politics and Political Theory, Jawaharlal Nehru University. His dissertation title is “From Movement to Ruling Party: A Study of India Against Corruption and Aam Aadmi Party (2011-2020)”. His broad research interests include Indian party politics, populism, political ideology, and secularism. His M.Phil dissertation was on the secularity of India’s educational institutions. His other interests include quizzing and open-access advocacy, with a special focus on shadow libraries. In his free time, he runs an online academic community that facilitates the sharing of academic resources through institutional access.
Research Interests
- Party Politics in India
- Populism
- Secularism
- Ideology
- Open-Access, Copyleft Movement and Shadow Libraries
Publications
“AFSPA and Human Rights”, Journal of Politics & Governance, Vol. 3, No. 4, October-December 2014