Pratap Bhanu Mehta
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Pratap Bhanu Mehta is an India
n academic. He is currently the president of the Centre for Policy Research, a New Delhi-based think tank. The Centre for Policy Research is one of India’s most distinguished think tanks. He is also a been appointed to NYU Law School’s Global Faculty. He was previously Visiting Professor of Government at Harvard University; Associate Professor of Government and of Social Studies at Harvard, and for a brief period, Professor of Philosophy and of Law and Governance at Jawaharlal Nehru University.
Mehta has published widely in the fields of political theory, intellectual history, constitutional law, politics and society in India and international politics. His scholarly articles have appeared in leading international referred journals in the field, as well as numerous edited volumes. His early work was on eighteenth century thought, particularly on Adam Smith and the Making of the Enlightenment. He has also written on issues of Cosmopolitanism, Liberalism, Rights, Judicial Review, International Governance and Democratic Theory. His most recent publications include, The Burden of Democracy and an edited volume India’s Public Institutions. His forthcoming work includes a book a Constitutionalism in Modern India and a book on India’s Great Transformation. He is also co editor (with Niraja Jayal) of the Oxford Companion to Politics in India. He is a winner of the Malcolm S. Adisheshiah Award.
Mehta is a participant in public debates in India and abroad and has written columns for national and international dailies, including the Indian Express, Hindu, Financial Times. He is an Editorial Consultant to the Indian Express. He resigned from the National Knowledge Commission following a disagreement over Higher Education Policy.
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n academic. He is currently the president of the Centre for Policy Research, a New Delhi-based think tank. The Centre for Policy Research is one of India’s most distinguished think tanks. He is also a been appointed to NYU Law School’s Global Faculty. He was previously Visiting Professor of Government at Harvard University; Associate Professor of Government and of Social Studies at Harvard, and for a brief period, Professor of Philosophy and of Law and Governance at Jawaharlal Nehru University.
Early life
Mehta obtained a B.A. from St John's College, Oxford in Philosophy, Politics and Economics (PPE) and a Ph.D in Politics from Princeton University.Career
Mehta has also done extensive public policy work. He was Member-Convenor of the Prime Minister of India’s National Knowledge Commission; Member of the Supreme Court appointed Lyngdoh Committee on Indian Universities and has authored a number of reports for leading Government of India and International Agencies. He is on the Board of Governors of IDRC, and other academic institutions. He is member of the World Economic Forum’s Council on Global Governance. He is also on the Editorial Board of numerous journals including the American Political Science Review and Journal of Democracy.Mehta has published widely in the fields of political theory, intellectual history, constitutional law, politics and society in India and international politics. His scholarly articles have appeared in leading international referred journals in the field, as well as numerous edited volumes. His early work was on eighteenth century thought, particularly on Adam Smith and the Making of the Enlightenment. He has also written on issues of Cosmopolitanism, Liberalism, Rights, Judicial Review, International Governance and Democratic Theory. His most recent publications include, The Burden of Democracy and an edited volume India’s Public Institutions. His forthcoming work includes a book a Constitutionalism in Modern India and a book on India’s Great Transformation. He is also co editor (with Niraja Jayal) of the Oxford Companion to Politics in India. He is a winner of the Malcolm S. Adisheshiah Award.
Mehta is a participant in public debates in India and abroad and has written columns for national and international dailies, including the Indian Express, Hindu, Financial Times. He is an Editorial Consultant to the Indian Express. He resigned from the National Knowledge Commission following a disagreement over Higher Education Policy.
Selected works
- The Oxford Companion to Politics in India edited by Niraja Jayal & Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Oxford University Press
- Public Institutions in India: Performance and Design edited by Devesh Kapur & Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Oxford University Press (2005)
- Hindu Nationalism and Indian Politics: An Omnibus Comprising The Emergence of Hindu Nationalism in India; The Saffron Wave: Democracy and Hindu Nationalism in Modern India; The BJP and the Compulsions of Politics in India Introduction by Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Oxford University Press (2004)
- The Burden of Democracy by Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Penguin India (2003)