Curriculum Vitae

Name: Aijaz Ashraf Wani Qualification: M.A. (Gold Medalist), M. Phil, Ph.D Designation Senior Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Kashmir, Srinagar.

Address: H.No. 5, Broadway Street, Habbak Naseembagh, Hazratbal, Srinagar.

E-mail [email protected]

Ph. No: 09797774964

Brief academic profile

• Ph.D, Governance in Kashmir Since 1947, 2014, Department of Political Science, University of Kashmir, Jammu and Kashmir, India • M. Phil, Response to Good Governance as a Policy Instrument: A Study of J&K, 2008, Department of Political Science, University of Kashmir , Jammu and Kashmir, India • M.A. (Gold Medalist) Political Science, 2005, Department of Political Science, University of Kashmir, University of Kashmir, Jammu and Kashmir, India • SLET, 2005.

Research interest areas: Governance, Public Policy, Jammu and Kashmir Politics, Indian Politics.

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Positions Held • Research Fellow, Centre for Kashmir Studies, University of Kashmir, from October 6, 2006 to August 2007. • Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science University of Kashmir, November 2007-till date.

Fellowships US Government Funded Fellowship, Study of US Institute, Feb-March, 2013, USA.

Publications (a) Books International Ø What Happened to Governance in Kashmir? Oxford University Press, New Delhi, January 2019, ISBN-9780199487608, pp. 400.

(b) Research Papers

International

Ø Governance and Democracy in Jammu and Kashmir: Measuring Public Trust in Formal Institutions (co-authored with Muzamil Yaqoob); Studies in Indian Politics, SAGE (accepted/forthcoming) Ø Ethnic Identities and the Dynamics of Regional and Sub-regional Assertions in Jammu and Kashmir; Asian Ethnicity, Rutledge, Peer reviewed, Refereed, Indexed, Abstracted, International Journal Vol. 14, Issue 3, 2013, pp. 309-341. ISSN-1463-1369 (Print), 1469- 2953 (online). Ø 2011 Panchayat Elections in Kashmir: A Case for Democratic De-centralization; South Asian Survey, SAGE, 18 (2), 2011, pp. 297-310, Refereed, Indexed, Abstracted, International Journal, ISSN: 0971-5231 (Print), 0973-0788 (online) Ø Governance Deficit in Kashmir (1947-1990); South Asian Journal, Issue 32, April- June, pp. 84-104, 2011, (SAFMA), Lahore, ISSN-1729-6242, Refereed, Indexed, Abstracted, International Journal. Ø The Popular Voice: Secular-Progressive Discourse in Kashmir (1932-47); The Indian Historical Review, Vol. XXXIV, No.1, pp. 244-269, 2007, SAGE publications, Referred, Abstracted, Indexed, International Journal, ISSN- 03769836 (print), 09755977 (online)The online version of this article can be found at: http://ihr.sagepub.com/content/34/1/244.citation

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National • Jammu and Kashmir-Regional Divides Underscored, Economic and Political Weekly, Sameeksha Trust, Mumbai, ISSN-0012-9976, Vol. LIV, No. 35, August 31, 2019, pp. 20-23. • Political Legacy of Mufti Mohammad Sayeed (co-authored) Mainstream Weekly, Perspective Publications Private Ltd. New Delhi, National, ISSN- 0542-1462, RNI No. 7064/62, Vol. LIV, No. 12, March 12, 2016, pp. 23-27. • Performance of Indira Awaas Yojana in Jammu and Kashmir: A Study of district Ganderbal, (co-authored) Man and Development, Centre for Research in rural and Industrial Development, Chandigarh, Peer Reviewed National Journal, ISSN- 0258- 0438, Vol. XXXVII, No. 04, December 2015, pp. 117-132. • Return of Pandits to Homeland: Need for A Humanistic and Not Political Approach (co-authored); Mainstream Weekly, Perspective Publications Private Ltd. New Delhi, National, ISSN- 0542-1462, RNI No. 7064/62, Vol. LIII, No. 29, July 11, 2015, pp. 13-17. • PDP-BJP Coalition Government in J&K: 100 Days of Controversies and Policy Paralysis, (co-authored); Mainstream Weekly, Perspective Publications Private Ltd. New Delhi, National, ISSN- 0542-1462, RNI No. 7064/62, Vol. LIII, No. 33, August 8, 2015, pp. 10-12. • Parliamentary Election 2014: Inferences from Kashmir; Research Journal of Social Sciences, Panjab University, Chandigarh, Peer Reviewed, Indexed, National Journal, Vol. 22, No. 2, November, 2014, pp. 108-115. ISSN-0251-348X • Politics and Poverty Alleviation Programmes: A Case Study of MGNREGA and IAY in District Ganderbal, (co-authored); Punjab Journal of Politics, Vol. XXXVIII, No. 1-2, 2014, pp. 13-28, ISSN- 0253-3690, GND University, Amritsar, Referred, Indexed, Abstracted, National Journal. • Panchayat Elections-2011 and the Working of Panchayati Raj Institutions in Kashmir (co-authored); Indian Journal of Politics; AMU; Aligarh; Vol. 48, Nos. 3-4; July-Dec. 2014; pp. 138-151; Refereed, Indexed, Abstracted; National Journal, ISSN- 0303-9951 • Governance in the Era of Globalization: From Uni(State) Centrism to Polycentrism; Journal of Society in Kashmir; Department of Sociology, University of Kashmir, Vol. 04, 2014; pp. 91-106; ISSN: 2249-667X. • Arab Uprising—Internal and External Dimensions; Journal of Central Asian Studies, Vol., XIX, No. 1, pp.149-162, 2010, Centre for Central Asian Studies, Kashmir University, Srinagar, ISSN-Print 0975-086X. Online www.ebscohost.com , Referred, Abstracted, Indexed, International Journal.

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• Democracy’ in Kashmir (1947-1989); Punjab Journal of Politics, Vol. XXXII- XXXIII, 2008-09, pp. 233-286, ISSN- 0253-3690, GND University, Amritsar, Referred, Indexed, Abstracted, National Journal • Towards Economic Reforms in J&K: A Study of Godbole Committee Recommendations; The Journal of Kashmir Studies, Vol. I, No. 1, pp. 129-149, 2007, Srinagar, ISSN- 0975-6612, Local Journal.

(c) Papers/Articles in Edited Volumes • Article 370 and 35A: Origin, Provisions and the Politics of Contestation (Co- authored with Imran Khan and Tabzeer Yaseen) in Serena Hussain (Ed.) Society and Politics of Jammu and Kashmir, Palgrave Macmillan (Springer) Switzerland, 2021, pp. 53-78 • Religion Matters: Religion and Politics in Kashmir (co-authored with Tabzeer Yaseen) in Reeta Chowdhary Tremblay and Mohita Bhatia (Eds.) Religion and Politics in Jammu and Kashmir: Exploring Fuzzy Categories in Explaining the Conflict, Routledge, London and New York, 2021, pp. 136-160 • Regional Divide on Communal Lines: Lok Sabha Election 2014 in Jammu and Kashmir, in Ashutosh Kumar and Yatinder Singh Sisodia (eds.) How India Votes- A State-by-State Look, Orient BlackSwan, India, 2019, ISBN-978-93-5287-461-3, pp. 125-143 • Electoral Politics in Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) and the Problem of Communal Polarisation, in Mujibur Rehman (ed.), Rise of Saffron Power: Reflections on Indian Politics, Routledge, London and New Your, 2018, ISBN- 978-1-138-36373-1, pp. 317-346. • Implementation of Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme in Jammu and Kashmir: A Case of Ganderbal District (co-authored with Mehrag Bhat), in Dr. Gyanmudra and Dr. M. Sarumathy (eds.) The New Rural Paradigm: Policies and Governance, National Institute of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj, Hyderabad, ISBN: 978-93-84503-72-7, 2017, pp. 371-392. • US Withdrawal from Afghanistan and its Impact on the Region, Post-Hegemonic Global Governance (2nd edition), published by Institute of Training and Development, Amherst Massachusetts, USA, October 2013, pp. 59-62. • Post-2014 Afghanistan: Indo-Pak Interests and Strategies, (co-authored with Mr. Inam ur Rehman), in Rashpal Malhotra, Sucha Singh Gill and Neetu Gaur (eds.) Leveraging Economic growth For Collective Prosperity In South Asia, Centre for Research in Rural and Industrial Development (CRRID), Chandigarh, ISBN: 9788185835675, December, 2013, pp. 261-272.

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• India in Afghanistan: Strategic Interests and Regional Concerns, (co-authored with Mr. Inam ur Rehman), in Rashpal Malhotra, Sucha Singh Gill and Neetu Gaur (eds.) Perspectives on Bilateral and Regional Cooperation-South and Central Asia, Centre for Research in Rural and Industrial Development (CRRID), ISBN: 81-85835- 65-9, Chandigarh, 2013, pp. 251-260. • Evolution of Electoral Process in Kashmir: Role of Election Commission of India (co-authored with Prof. Gull. Mohd Wani), In Depankar Bannerji and Mallika Joseph (eds.) Consolidating Peace in Jammu and Kashmir, ISBN:978-81-97374-51-0, Samskriti Publishers, New Delhi, 2008, pp. 41-50.

Encyclopedia Entries (International) • Jammu & Kashmir Lok Sabha Elections, 2014, Oxford Islamic Studies Online, Oxford University Press, New York, 2018

Review Articles (International) • Article 370: A Constitutional History of Jammu and Kashmir by A.G. Noorani, Race and Class, SAGE, London, October-November, 2014; 56 (2)(impact factor 0.963)ISSN, Print- 0306-396, online- 1741-312, pp. 93-9.

Review Articles (National)

• The Making of Land and the Making of India by Nikita Sud (OUP, 2021), The Book Review, Vol XLV, May 6, 2021, https://www.thebookreviewindia.org/talking- to-the-land • The Generation of Rage in Kashmir by David Devadas (OUP 2018), The Book Review, January 11, 2019, http://thebookreviewindia.org/of-beginnings-and-endings-2

• Why India Votes by Mukulika Banerjee, Mainstream, VOL LIV No 27 New Delhi June 25, 2016 http://www.mainstreamweekly.net/article6494.html • The Future of India: Politics, Economics and Governance by Bimal Jalan, The Journal of Politics, AMU, Vol. XLI, No. 1&2, pp.231-240, Jan -June 2007, Aligarh, Indexed, Abstracted, National Journal

Publications in News Papers

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• Published more than 30 articles on wide range of issues in various newspapers like Greater Kashmir, Kashmir Times, Rising Kashmir, pak observer, DailyO.in, Newsclick, Firstpost, KashmirWalla etc.

Projects i) Major • Governance in Kashmir Since 1947: A Study in Lessons from the Past and Guidelines for the Present and Future, Sponsored by ICSSR, New Delhi (Completed) • Conflict, Panchayat Raj Institutions and Governance: A Study in Performance, Problems and Prospects of Panchayats in Jammu and Kashmir, Sponsored by ICSSR, New Delhi, under IMPRESS scheme, (Ongoing) ii) Minor • NES 2019, Post-Poll Survey, 2019, Sponsored by CSDS, Delhi. • Politics and Governance between Elections, 2018, Sponsored by CSDS, Delhi and Azim Premji University. • 2014 Parliamentary Elections, Pre-Poll Survey in Kashmir, Sponsored by CSDS, Delhi. • 2014 Parliamentary Elections, Post-Poll Survey in Kashmir, Sponsored by CSDS, Delhi • Jammu and Kashmir Assembly Election Study 2008, Sponsored by CSDS, Delhi.

MOOCs • Co-coordinator UGC-SWAYAM MOOC, Indian Government and Politics.

Research Guidence • Ph.D Awarded: 02; Under Supervision: 07 • M.Phil Awarded: 01 Papers presented in Conferences/ Seminars International

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• Presented a paper entitled Human Governance in South Asia: Issues and Concerns in Ist International Conference on Political Science and International Relations Titled Changing Regional Political Dynamics in South Asia, January 17-18, 2018, Organized by Department of Political Science and Centre for South Asian Studies, University of Punjab Lahore, Pakistan. • Presented a paper entitled Insurgency in Kashmir: Emergence, Trajectory and New Wave of Rebellion in 1st Leaders Summit, 13-18 March, 2016, Organized by Tokyo University of Foreign Studies in Collaboration with University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka, at Jaffna and Kendy, Sri Lanka. • Presented a paper entitled Peace Through Good Governance: A Case for Jammu and Kashmir in Three Day International Conference on Public Policy and Governance 2012, 4th to 6th September, 2012, Jointly organized by Department of Management Studies, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore and Public Affairs Centre at IISc., Bangalore. • Presented a paper on the theme Commercializing the Peace: Cross-LOC Trade as a Peace Building Measure, in Three Day International Seminar on “Impact of Peace, Conflict and Disturbances on Economic Development Processes” May 11-13, 2012, Organized by Department of Economics, University of Kashmir, in Collaboration with Indian Economic Association(IEA), at University of Kashmir, Srinagar.

National

• Presented a paper entitled, Marriage of Opposites: PDP-BJP Coalition and Aftermath, in Two-day UGC-SAP National Seminar on, Recent Developments in State Politics in India, 28-29 March, 2017, Organized by Department of Political Science, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar. • Presented a paper entitled, Panchayat Raj and People’s Participation in Planning and Decision Making: Experiences from Jammu and Kashmir, in Two-Day National Seminar on Participatory Decentralized Planning at Grassroots: Problems, Challenges and Opportunities, 9-10 February 2017, Organized by National Institute of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj, Hyderabad. • Presented a paper entitled, ‘Healing Touch’: Rise of Mufti Sayeed’s PDP as an Alternative in Kashmir Politics, in Two-day National Seminar, State Politics in India, 19-20 March, 2015, jointly organized by Department of Political Science and ICSSR, Panjab University, Chandigarh.

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• Presented a paper entitled, Problematics of Conceptualizing the Issue of Minority in Jammu and Kashmir, in One-day National Seminar Minority Rights in India: Problems, Experiences and Apprehensions, 18th March, 2015, jointly organized by University of Open Learning (Deptt. Of Political Science) and Centre for the Study of Social Exclusion and Inclusive Policy, Panjab University, Chandigarh. • Presented a paper entitled Parliamentary Election 2014 in Jammu and Kashmir: An Analysis, in three-days National Seminar on Understanding the 2014 General Election Mandate and its Impact on National Politics, 5th – 7th February, 2015, Organized by Lokniti-CSDS, New Delhi, at Mohanlal Sukhadia University, Udaipur. • Presented a paper entitled, Conflict, Governance and PRIs in Kashmir, in Three Day National Seminar on Devolution of Powers in Jammu and Kashmir, 21-23, November, 2012, Jointly organized by Office of the Dean Research Studies, University of Jammu, Department of Sociology, University of Jammu and Centre for Dialogue and Reconciliation, New Delhi, at University of Jammu. • Presented a paper entitled, India in Afghanistan: Strategic Issues, Regional Concerns in Three Day National Conference on India and Central Asia: Perspective on Bi-lateral and Regional Cooperation October 17th to 19th 2012, Jointly organized by Centre for Central Asian Studies, University of Kashmir and Centre for Rural and Industrial Development (CRRID Chandigarh, at Chandigarh. • Presented a paper titled as Sociology of Regional and Sub-Regional Assertions in Jammu and Kashmir, in Indian Sociological Society-Diamond Jubilee Celebrations, XXXVII All India Sociological Conference on Social Transformation in India, 11-13th December, 2011, Organized by Centre for the Study of Social Systems, School of Social Sciences, JNU, New Delhi. • Presented a paper entitled 2011 Panchayat Elections in Kashmir: Opportunities and Challenges, in Indian Political Science Association 54th Annual Conference, on “Emerging Nature of Political Science”, 28-30th December 2011, organized by IPSA in collaboration with Department of Public Administration Lucknow University, at Lucknow. • Presented a paper entitled Jammu and Kashmir: A Case for Consociational Democracy, in 13th Conference of North West Indian Sociological Association (NWISA), on “Diversity, Democracy and Development: A Focus on N-W India”, 30 Sep to Ist Oct, 2009, organized by Department. of Sociology and Social Work, University of Kashmir, Srinagar. • Presented a paper on the theme Solution without Secession: Conflict Resolution Approaches of the Mainstream Political Parties of J&K, in Two Day National Seminar, on “Social Science Research in Kashmir”, 8-9 October, 2009, Organized by Department of Political Science, University of Kashmir, Srinagar.

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• Presented a paper on the theme Identity Politics and the Issues of Development in J&K in XXXV All India Sociological Conference on “Identity, Development and Nation Building” October 10-12, 2009, Organized by Department. of Sociology and Social Work, University of Kashmir, Srinagar. • Presented a paper entitled Perspectives on Good Governance Discourse in Two Day National Seminar on “Sociology: Meeting the Challenges of Globalization”, 13-14 October, 2008, Organized by Deptt. of Sociology and Social Work, University of Kashmir, Srinagar. E-Learning/E-Content • Co-coordinator/PI for 4-Credit MOOC entitled Indian Government and Politics. The course started on SWAYAM portal of HRD Ministry on September 7, 2020. • Prepared 6 E-contents (in 4-quadrants) for MOOC entitled Indian Government and Politics.

Sessions Chaired in Conferences/Seminars/Workshops

• Chaired a session on Dynamics of Women’s Participation in Panchayati Raj in a Two-day National Conference on Empowerment of Women in Panchayats: The Road Ahead, September, 28-29, 2013, organized by Institute of Social Sciences, New Delhi, at University of Kashmir, Srinagar. Conferences/Seminars/Symposium/Workshops attended

• Attended 5-day workshop (as expert) For Compilation of Political Science Glossary in Kashmiri-Phase II, 12-18 July, 2016, organized by National Translation Mission, at Department of Kashmiri, University of Kashmir. • Attended 5-day workshop (as expert) For Compilation of Political Science Glossary in Kashmiri-Phase I, 18th- 23rd, December 2015, organized by National Translation Mission, Central Institute of Indian Languages, Mysore. • Attended one week Research Methodology Workshop on Qualitative Methods and Techniques in Social Science Research, 5th Dec.-11 Dec. 2011, organized by Indian Council of Social Science Research at its North-Western Regional Centre, Punjab University, Chandigarh. • Participated in Three Day International Workshop on Research Methodology in Social Sciences, 15-17th July 2011, Organized by Department of Political Science University of Kashmir.

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• Participated in One-Day International Workshop on Towards Better Policing in Jammu and Kashmir, 1st October, 2011, jointly organized by Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI), New Delhi and P.G. Department of Political Science Kashmir University. • Participated in International Conference on “Globalization and Eurasia: Changes and Challenges” Oct. 18-21, 2011 organized by the Centre of Central Asian Studies, University of Kashmir, India. • All India Sociological Conference “Identity and Nation Building” 13-17Oct. 2009 organized by Department of Sociology and Social Work, University of Kashmir J&K, India. • Attended a Two-Week International Workshop on Research Methodology in Political Science, 2nd—14th July 2007, organized jointly by Centre for the Study of Developing Societies (CSDS) New Delhi and Indian Institute of Advanced Studies, Shimla.

Workshops/Seminars Coordinated • Co-ordinated Two-day National Seminar on Jammu and Kashmir and the Federal Models of Shared Sovereignty, 16-17th July 2012, organized jointly by the Department of Political Science, University of Kashmir and Centre for Dialogue and Reconciliation, New Delhi, at University of Kashmir, Srinagar. • Coordinated Three Day International Workshop on Research Methodology in Social Sciences, 15-17th July 2011, Organized by Department of Political Science University of Kashmir. • Co-ordinated a research survey, Role of Media in Shaping the Perceptions of Kashmiri Youth, conducted by Institute for Research on India and International Studies, New Delhi, Dec. 2010. • Co-ordinated 3-day Field Investigators Training Workshop on Survey Research for National Election Survey, 2009, organized by CSDS New Delhi and Supported by UGC, ICSSR, CNN-IBN and The Hindu, at Academic Staff Collage Kashmir University.

Refresher/Orientation courses Attended • Attended a Three-Week UGC Sponsored Refresher Course on Research Methodology in Social Sciences and Humanities from 10-01-2012 to 31-01-2012 obtaining Grade ‘A’, organized by Academic Staff College, University of Kashmir. • Attended a Four-Week UGC Sponsored General Orientation Course from 19-01- 2009 to 17-02-2009 obtaining Grade “A”, Organized by Academic Staff College, University of Kashmir.

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Field Word

• Supervised CSDS, UGC, ICSSR, CNN-IBN, The Hindu, National Election Study (Lok Sabha Elections), 2009, in the State of J&K. • Worked as Field Investigator in CSDS, CNN-IBN/Hindustan Times, State of the Nation Survey, January 2007. • Worked as Field Investigator in CSDS, CNN-IBN, Indo-Pak Poll, August 2007.

Extension Lectures/Invited Talks Delivered i) Delivered lecture on Indian Politics at the Department of Political Science, University of Kerala, 13, February, 2020, as Visiting Scholar under UGC- Special Assistance Programme ii) Delivered lecture on State Politics at the Department of Political Science, University of Kerala, 14, February, 2020, as Visiting Scholar under UGC- Special Assistance Programme iii) Delivered an invited talk on Governance in a ‘State of Exception’, at Centre for Multilevel Federalism, Institute of Social Sciences, New Delhi, February, 5, 2019.

iv) Delivered a lecture on Governance Discourse at 81st General Orientation Course, Organized by UGC-Human Resource Centre, University of Kashmir, Srinagar, 2018 v) Delivered an invited lecture on New Age Militancy and Public Uprisings in Kashmir, at Department of Political Science, Central University of Hyderabad, 8th February 2017.

vi) Delivered lecture on Post 1947 Governance in Kashmir, at UGC-Nehru Studies Centre, Department of Political Science, University of Kerala, 16th September, 2015. vii) Delivered lecture on Regional and Sub-Regional Identity Politics in Jammu and Kashmir at UGC-Nehru Studies Centre, Department of Political Science, University of Kerala, 17th September, 2015

viii) Delivered Extension Lectures at EMMRC Kashmir University on following topics:

• Governance-Concept and Background

• Governance-Interpretations

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• Theories of Governance

• Practices of Governance

• Evolution of Conflict Resolution as an Academic Field

• Karl Popper and the Problem of Scientific Theory

• M.N. Roy’s Concept of Radical Humanism

• Debate Between Extremists and Moderates in Indian Freedom Movement All the lectures were telecasted on Vyas-The higher education TV channel of UGC and Gyandarshan of IGNOU.

ix) Delivered an extension lecture on Role of Women on Local Governance, at IMPA, Srinagar on 21st November, 2013. x) Delivered a lecture on Karl Popper and the Question of scientific Theory at Academic Staff collage, University of Kashmir on 22nd Feb. 2012. xi) Have done book reviews for EMMRC, University of Kashmir, telecasted in its programme “Quest”.

Professional membership

• State co-coordinator CSDS-Lokniti, New Delhi • All India Political Science Association • National Book Trust of India • Member, Editorial and Reviewers’ Board for Athens Journal of Political Science

• Member of Various Departmental Committees

Aijaz Ashraf Wani

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