Department of Political Science,
Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi,
110025
Telephone: 01126981717
Ext;3532
Email: afarooqui@[Link]
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ADNAN FAROOQUI
CURRENT DESIGNATION Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science,
Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi (21st April 2008-)
PAST-EXPERIENCE Research Associate, University of Pennsylvania Institute
for the Advanced Study of India, Core 5 A 1st Floor, India
Habitat Centre, Lodi Road, New Delhi 11003. (1st
October 2003- 20th April 2008)
EDUCATION B.A. St. Stephen’s College, University of Delhi (1998-
2001)
M.A. Centre for Political Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru
University, New Delhi (2001-2003)
[Link] Centre for Political Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru
University, New Delhi (2003-2005)
Ph.D Centre for Political Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru
University, New Delhi
(2016)
PUBLICATIONS Tracking Moditva: An Analysis of the 2007 Gujarat
Elections Campaign, Contemporary Perspectives:
History, Sociology of South Asia, July-December,2008
(Co-author: Pralay Kanungo)
Incumbency, Internal Processes and renomination in
Indian Parties, Commonwealth and Comparative Politics,
January 2014, P.78-108 (Co-author: E. Sridharan)
Is the Coalition Era Over in Indian politics? Round
Table, December 2014, P. 157-171. (Co-author: E.
Sridharan)
The Rise, Decline, and Revival of the RJD, Seminar, P.31-
40
Can Umbrella Parties Survive? The Decline of the Indian
National Congress, Commonwealth and Comparative
Politics, July 2016, P.331-361. (Co-author: E. Sridharan)
Uttar Pradesh Elections 2017: Failure of Pre-electoral
Coalition, Economic and Political Weekly, P.16-20.
(Co-author: E. Sridharan)
The Book Review at 40, Seminar, P.30-37.
Non-extremist Outbidding: Muslim Leadership in
Majoritarian India, Nationalism & Ethnic Politics, August
2018, P.276-298. (Co-author: Rochana Bajpai)
Chronicle of Janata Parivar Foretold: Rashtriya Janata
Dal and Janata Dal (United) in Bihar in Ashutosh Kumar,
and Yatinder Sisodia (ed) How India Votes: A State by
State Look, New Delhi: Orient Blackswan ,2019.
INTERNATIONAL Paper presented at the International Seminar on Comparing Elections
SEMINAR/CONFERENCWORKSHOP and Electoral System in North America and India organized by Centre for
the Advanced Study of India, University of Pennsylvania, USA, 24th- 26th
February 2011. Title of the Paper: Internal Democracy and the
construction of Majorities: Nomination Processes in the Indian Parties in
the 2009 Election.
Paper presented at the International Conference on Comparing Urban
and Rural Politics in India, organized by the Kings India Institute, Kings
College, London,18th -19th March 2013. Title of the Paper: Confirming
the Pattern: Analysis of the 2012 HP elections.
Paper presented at the International Conference on The elected
representatives of India: MPs, MLAs and others, organized by CERI-
Sciences Po/CNRS Paris, 22nd June,2016. Title of the Paper: Politics of
Citizen Participation and Representation: A Profile of the Aam Aadmi
Party.
Paper presented at the International Conference on Agenda for Equality:
the possibilities and limits of affirmative action, organized by the
Department of Political Science, University of Warwick, UK, 16th -17th
May,2016. Title of the Paper: Reservation Policy and Indian Muslims: A
Long-Term View
Paper presented at the International Conference on From Identity to
Interests? Quantitative and Qualitative explanations of electoral change in
rural and urban India, organized by the Department of Anthropology,
London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK. 7th -8th
June,2016 Title of the Paper: AIMIM in the post 2014 scenario
Paper presented at the International Conference on Urbanization in the
National Capital Region of Delhi organized by the Centre for the
Advanced Study of India, University of Pennsylvania, 17th & 18th
November,2017. Title of the paper: Changing Contours of Party System
in Delhi: Emergence of Aam Aadmi Party
Paper presented at the International Conference on National Narrative,
Regional Subtext: Understanding the Political Change in North East India,
organized by Centre for South East Asian Studies, Gauhati University,
28th-29th August,2018. Title of the Paper: The Decline of the Indian
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National Congress in North-East India.
Paper presented at the International Conference on Political Economy and
Policy Implications of the 2019 Indian General Elections, organized by the
Centre for the Advanced Study of India, University of Pennsylvania, 13th -
14th September,2019. Title of the Paper: Political Representation of a
Minority: Muslim Representation in Contemporary India.
Presentation at the International Workshop on Implications of the 2019
Indian General Elections, organized by the SAIS Program, John Hopkins
University, Washington D.C. 6th September,2019
NATIONAL SEMINAR Paper presented at the National Seminar on Contextualizing Democracy
/CONFERENCE/WORKSHOP in the 21st Century: Perspectives and Challenges, organized by Kalindi
College, University of Delhi, 3rd -4th February,2011. Title of the Paper:
Islam and Democracy in the 21st Century- Will the twain ever meet?
Paper presented at the National Seminar on Study of Political
Leadership: Focus on Northwestern States organized by the Department
of Political Science, Panjab University, 19th March,2015. Title of the
Paper: Asaduddin Owaisi and the Changing Politics of AIMIM
Paper presented at the National Seminar on Electoral Politics, Peoples’
Rights and Regime’s Response in Northeast India organized by the
Department of Political Science, Gauhati University, 17th March,2016.
Title of the Paper: Can Umbrella Parties Survive? The Decline of the
Indian National Congress.
Paper presented at the National Seminar on Religion, Difference and
Political Action in India organized by the Centre for Political Studies,
Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, 19th March,2018. Title of the
Paper: The Rajya Sabha as a Corrective Mechanism of Muslim
Underrepresentation
INVITED LECTURES Reviewing A Book: Some Thoughts, Centre for
Comparative Religions and Civilizations, JMI, 26th
September,2013
Inner Party Democracy & Candidate Nomination
Processes in Indian Politics, UGC Academic Staff
College, JNU,23rd October,2013
Conducting Book Reviews, UGC Academic Staff College,
JMI,16th January,2014
Indian Politics, International Summer School, JMI, 16th
June,2014.
Quantitative Research Method, UGC-HRDC, JNU, 13th
October,2014.
Qualitative Research Method, UGC-HRDC, JNU, 13th
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October 2014.
Contemporary Trends in Indian Politics: Role of Money
and Muscle, International Summer School, Centre for
Escalation of Peace, New Delhi, 11th July,2016.
Major Institutions of State for Protection of Minorities,
Council for Social Development, 30th September,2016.
Dilemma of Religion and Culture: Implication of Uniform
Civil Code Debates in India. Department of Political
Science, BBAU Lucknow, 11th February, 2017.
Electoral System, Department of Philosophy, Miranda
House, University of Delhi, 28th March,2017.
How to review literature? Centre for Media and
Governance, Jamia Millia Islamia, 13th December,2017.
Changing Party System in Delhi and Emergence of Aam
Aadmi Party, Unit for Research and Development, Tata
Institute of Social Sciences, Guwahati Campus.
ORIENTATION PROGRAMME/REFRESHER 96th four-week Orientation Programme from 14th April
COURSE/ WORKSHOPS to 13th May,2011
Brown International Advanced Research Institute on
Development and Inequality in the Global South;
Research and Theory in Comparative Perspective at
Brown University, Providence Rhode Island, USA, June
4th -June 18th ,2011.
1st three-week Refresher Course in Media Studies &
Governance (Interdisciplinary), 15th February to 7th
March 2013
1st three-week Refresher Course in Global Studies
(Interdisciplinary), 6th to 26th September,2017
ACADEMIC AREA OF INTERESTS Party System, Electoral System, Indian Politics, Ethnic
Politics, Sub-national Politics, Muslim Politics
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