Department of Political Science

Faculty profile

Name : Kham Khan Suan Hausing, PhD

Designation : Professor
Centre/Department/School : Department of Political Science/ School of Social Sciences
Office Phone : +91-40-6679 3209
Email : kksuanh@uohyd.ac.in
Webpage : https://uohyd.academia.edu/khamkhansuanhausing
https://uohyd.irins.org/profile/71421

Qualifications
❖ MA, MPhil and PhD in Political Science, Centre for Political Studies, School of
Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
Areas of Interest/Specialization
❖ Indian politics, federalism, nationalism, and ethnic conflicts with particular focus on
Northeast India
Select Publications (Research articles)
1. ‘Intergovernmental relations and the territorial management of ethnic diversity in
India’ India Review, Vol.22, no.4, 2023, pp.397-432.
2. ‘Making sense of the Manipur Assembly election results,’ Economic and Political
Weekly, Vol.57, no.16, 2022, pp.19-22.
3. ‘Autonomy and the territorial management of ethnic conflicts in Northeast India,’
Territory, Politics, Governance, Vol.10, no.1, 2022, pp.120-43.

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 4. ‘Telangana and the politics of State formation in India: Recognition and
accommodation in a multinational federation,’ Regional and Federal Studies, Vol.28,
no.4, 2018, pp.447-68.
5. “‘Equality as tradition’ and women’s reservation in Nagaland,” Economic and Political
Weekly, Vol.52, no.45, November 11, 2017, pp.36-43.
6. ‘Indian federalism at the crossroads: Limits of the territorial management of ethnic
conflict,’ India Review, Vol.16, no.1, 2017, pp.149-78 (co-authored with Harihar
Bhattacharyya and Jhumpa Mukherjee).
7. ‘Multiculturalism and intercultural dialogue in north-east region (NER) of India,’
Indian Journal of Public Administration, Vol.62, no.3, July-September 2016, pp.399-418
(Winner of TN Chaturvedi Award, 2016 for the best article published in IJPA in 2016).
8. 'Framing the Northeast in Indian politics: Beyond the integration framework,' Studies
in Indian Politics, Vol.3, no.2, December 2015, pp.277-83. DoI:
9. ‘Asymmetric federalism and the question of democratic justice in Northeast India,’
India Review, Vol. 13, no.2, April-June 2014, pp.87-111. DoI:
10. ‘Indian federalism’ in K.C. Suri and Achin Vanaik (eds.), Political Science: Indian
democracy, Vol.2 (New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2013), pp.100-60 (coauthored
with Balveer Arora, K.K. Kailash and Rekha Saxena).
11. “Rethinking ‘tribe’ identities: The politics of recognition among the Zo in north-east
India,” Contributions to Indian Sociology, Vol.45, no.2, 2011, pp.157-87.
12. ‘Hills-valley divide as a site of conflict: Emerging dialogic space in Manipur,’ in Sanjib
Baruah (ed.), Beyond counter-insurgency: Breaking the impasse in Northeast India (New
Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2009), pp.263-89.
13. “Salvaging autonomy in India’s north-east: Beyond the Sixth Schedule way,” in
Bhagat Oinam and Dhiren A. Sadokpam (eds.), Northeast India: A reader (London:
Routledge, 2018), pp. 187-98 [Reproduced from “Salvaging autonomy in India’s north-
east: Beyond the Sixth Schedule way,” Eastern Quarterly, Vol.4, issue 1, April-June
2007, pp.5-16].

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