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Department of Political Science

Faculty of Social Sciences

Dr. Rumki Basu

Professor

Department of Political Science

Jamia Millia Islamia

New Delhi-110025

Email: mailtorumkibasu@gmail.com

Mobile: (+91)9810456149

Office: (+9111)26981717 Extn 3532

Detailed Academic CV

Educational Qualifications

S.

No.

Qualification University Year Centre/Subject Distinctions

etc.

1. Ph.D. Jawaharlal. Nehru.

University,

New Delhi

1989

Centre for

International

Politics,

Organisation and

Disarmament

(CIPOD) JNU

2. M.Phil Jawaharlal. Nehru.

University,

New Delhi

1981

CIPOD, JNU

3. M.A. University of

Delhi

1978

Political Science

4. B.A

Lady Shri Ram

College,

Delhi Univ.

1976

Political Science

1st in

College

& 3rd in

Univ.

2

Teaching Experience

S.

No.

Post Organization/

University

Duration Total

Experience

From(Date)

To (Date)

1. Professor Jamia Millia Islamia 01.09.2005 Till date

34years

2. Reader Janki Devi Memorial

College, D.U.

01.07.1995 31.08.2005

3. Lecturer Janki Devi Memorial

College, D.U.

26.07.1985 30.06.1995

Courses Taught – Administrative Theory& Thought, Indian Administration, Development

Studies

Research Experience

Currently Project In-charge of a Major Research Project assigned to the Department

of Political Science under UGC-SAP DRS-I (2016-21) titled “Right to Public Service

Guarantee Acts in 5 Indian States”

Completed a Research Project (1998-2000) on “The impact of new economic policies

on social sector expenditures in four Indian states in the Eighth Plan period” with a

two year fellowship from UGC.

Completed a post-doctoral project with an ICSSR Teacher Fellowship from 1993-

1995 on “UN and the global environment with special reference to India’s

environmental policy” (1972-1992).

Completed PhD from the Centre for International Politics, Organization and

Disarmament, JNU in 1989 on “The United Nations Secretariat: Major problems of

recruitment and staffing”.

Completed M.Phil from the Centre for International Politics, Organization and

Disarmament, JNU in 1981 on “United Nations Emergency Force II-A Case Study of

UN peace keeping in the Middle East”

Administrative Experience/Post(s) & responsibilities held

S.

No

.

Post Organization/

University

Duration Experience

(In Years

and

Months)

From

(Date)

To

(Date)

1.

2.

Head of the

Department

Honorary

Department of

Political Science,

Jamia Millia

Islamia

Sarojini Naidu

17 January 2007

September 2014

16 January 2010

February 2016

3 years

1 yr. & 6

3

Director Centre for

Women’s Studies,

Jamia Millia

Islamia

months

3.

External

Member,

Board of

Studies

Centre for Law and

Governance, JNU

University of

Gauhati

School of

International

Studies, JNU

School of Social

Sciences, Mizoram

Central University

Department of

African Studies,

University of

Mumbai

Developing

Countries Research

Centre, University

of Delhi

2014

2015

2012

2012

2010

2011

2017

2017

2014

2014

2012

2014

3 years

2 years

2 years

2 years

2 years

3 years

School of Liberal

Studies, Deendayal

Petroleum

University,

Gandhinagar

2010

2012

2 years

4. Member of

Academic

Council

Jamia Millia

Islamia

17.01.07

Sep.14

16.01.10

Feb.16

3 yrs

1 yr & 6

m

5. Member of

Professional/

Academic

Bodies

International

Political Science

Association

Member

American Society

for Public

Administration

Member

4

Indian Political

Science

Association

Life

Member

Indian Institute of

Public

Administration

Life

Member

NAPSIPAG

(Network of Asia

Pacific Schools &

Institutes of Public

Administration &

Governance)

Life

Member

6. Other

(Specify)

Poetry Society of

India

Life

Member

Participation and contribution in relevant areas in higher education

Organization Contribution

Visiting

Professor

Deptt. of Public Admn., Punjab

University, Chandigarh

Deptt. of Civics & Politics,

Mumbai University

Deptt. of Political Science, Univ.

of Allahabad

Deptt. of Political Science, Univ.

of Gauhati

Lectures on Public

Administration, Human Rights

&International Politics

Resource

Person

Academic Staff Colleges of

JNU, DU, Mizoram, MANNU

Hyderabad & Jamia

Invited lectures on Public

Administration, International

Politics & Human Rights

Others

(Specify) Deputy Coordinator Special

Assistance Programme in Deptt.

of Pol. Sc. Jamia (Awarded by

UGC)

Course coordinator of M.A.

Public Administration in

Distance Learning Centre, Jamia

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Involvement with formulation of academic programmes:

S.No. Academic Programmes formulated Date of approval

by Academic

Council

Year of

Introduction

1. M.A. Public Administration CBCS, Jamia Oct. 2014 July 2015

2. M.A. Gender Studies in Women’s Studies

Centre, Jamia

April 2015 July 2015

Consulting experience:

S.No. Organization’s

name

Nature of assignment Duration of assignment

1. MHRD Preparation of Political Science Glossary in

regional languages

2013-2016

Other Innovative Activities

Published 3 books of poetry in English, poems in eminent Journals and translated

eminent Bengali poets into English.

Deputy Coordinator, Special Assistance Program in the Department of Political

Science (2016-)

Course Coordinator of MA Public Administration (Book Series) in Arjun Singh

Centre for Distance Learning, Jamia Millia Islamia (2011-2016)

Awards Received

National Scholarship of Merit (1976-78) for postgraduate studies for standing first in

Lady Shri Ram College and third in Delhi University in Political Science in 1976.

Awarded ICSSR Teacher Fellowship (1993-1995) for post-doctoral studies.

Awarded UGC Research Fellowship (1998-2000) for a minor research project.

Awarded the “Bharat Jyoti Award” by the India International Friendship Society in

August 2013 for “Meritorious Services, Outstanding Performance and Remarkable

Professional role”

Academic Visits Abroad

Visited Poznan (Poland) in July 2016 to present a paper in the World Congress of

Political Science

Visited Kathmandu, Colombo and Dhaka for NAPSIPAG conferences in Dec. 2011,

2012, 2014 and 2018 for paper presentations.

Visited Kuala Lumpur and Dhaka for seminar paper presentations in 2009.

Visited Berlin, Seoul, Santiago and Madrid to present papers in the World Congress

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of Political Science in 1994, 1997, 2009 and 2012.

Visited UN Offices in Geneva and New York with a Ph.D. field trip grant from JNU in

1986-87

Papers presented in Conferences and Special Lectures (India)

Delivered keynote Address in the West Bengal Political Science Association Annual

Conference in Kolkata on 31st March, 2019

Delivered special Lecture on “Dynamics of Public Administration in 21st Century” on

25.10.2018 at the Amity Institute of Public Policy, Nodia.

Delivered several lectures in 2018/19 in the Institute of Constitution and

Parliamentary Studies New Delhi on “Parliamentary Institutions and Procedures”

Presented a paper on “Solar Energy in Non Electrified Zones: Barefoot Solar

Engineers in India, A Pilot study” in the International Conference onGovernance for

Sustainable Development Colombo 6 - 7 October, 2018

Presented a paper on “Disaster Management and the Smart City Concept” in

theWorld Congress on Disaster Management in Visakhapatnam, 6-9 November,

2017.

Presented a paper on “Citizenship, Urban Governance and Access to Civic Services:

A Case Study of Delhi Municipal Elections, 2017” in the International Conference on

Refugees, Migrants, Violence and the Transformation of Cities organized by the

Calcutta Research Group in Kolkata, 23-25 August, 2017.

Gave the first Bijoyini Mohanty Lecture in Utkal University on 6th Dec, 2016

Presented 5 lectures in Special Lecture Series in the Academic Staff College

Refresher Course Central University of Mizoram in June 2016.

Lectured on “Understanding Article 371F”, Department of Political Science,

University of Sikkim, Gangtok, 4 April 2016.

“Innovations in Governance-Multi Disciplinary Perspectives”, Inaugural address,

Department of Public Administration, Panjab University, Chandigarh, 30 March,

2016.

Special lecture on “Democracy, Gender and Social Exclusion”, Indian Institute of

Public Administration, New Delhi, 10 November, 2015.

Keynote address “Trends in Public Administration: Past, Present and Future” in the

National Conference 2015 of New Public Administration Society of India on

11.07.2015 in Department of Public Administration, Kurukshetra University.

Special Lecture delivered to Civil Service trainees on 15.03.2013 on “Convergences

between the democratic and developmental discourses in 21st century India” and to

middle level scientists from the Ministry of Science and Technology on 25.03.2013

on “Challenges to good governance in post-globalized India” at Indian Institute of

Public Administration, Delhi

Delivered Special Assistance Programme Lecture series in the University of

Allahabad from 24th to 29 January 2011 and in Guwahati from 26th to 28th March

2012, in the University of Mumbai from 10th to 14th Feb, 2016 and Punjab

University, Chandigarh from 14th to 20th November, 2016

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Chaired a session and presented papers in the International Seminar on “Policy

Reforms and Development” hosted by Department of Social Work, Jamia Millia in

February 2011.

Attended NAPSIPAG International Conference to present a paper on “Rashtriya

Swasthya Bima Yojana” in Trivandrum December 2010.

Given several lectures in the Refresher Courses in Political Science and Human

Rights held by Academic Staff Colleges of Jamia Millia Islamia and JNU since 2004.

Presented papers and chaired sessions in the All India Political Science Conferences

in Behrampur (1993) Waltair (1995) Jaipur (2006) Lucknow (2011) Chennai (2017).

Publication Profile

Books: 13 Chapters in books: 18 Journal Articles: 25

A.Books

1. Indian Administration: Structure Performance and Reform, New Delhi Adroit Publishers 2019 (ISBN: 978-81-87393-73-3)

2. Public Administration in the 21st Century: A Global South Perspective London, Routlege, 2019 (ISBN978-1-138-05621-3)

3. Governance in South Asia(Co-edited with Shamsur Rahman),London: Routledge, 2017 [ISBN-13: 978-1138227897].

4. Public Administration in India: Mandates, Performance and Future

Perspectives, New Delhi: Sterling Publishers, 2015 [ISBN 978-81-207-9513-6]. 5. Democracy and Good Governance: Re-inventing the Public Service

Delivery System in India (Co-edited with Badrul Alam and Furqan Ahmed), New Delhi: Bloomsbury India Pvt Ltd. 2015 [ISBN 978-93-84898-76-2].

6. International Politics: Concepts Theories and Issues (edited), 2ndedn., New

Delhi: Sage Publishers, 2017 [ISBN 978-81-321-0691-3]. 7. Governance and Human Capital: The 21st Century Agenda (edited), New

Delhi: Sterling, 2011 [ISBN 978-81-207-5778-3]. 8. Public Administration: Concepts and Theories, New Delhi: Sterling Publishers,

Revised and Enlarged edition 2011 [ISBN 978-81-207-2763-2]. 9. The United Nations: Structure and functions of an International

organization, New Delhi: Sterling Publishers, Revised edition, 2010 [ISBN 978-81-207-2775-5].

10. Globalization and the changing role of the state (edited), New Delhi: New

Dawn Press, 2008 [ISBN 978-1-932d-705-79-9].

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11. Essays on Indian government and politics (Co-edited with Meera Verma and Mrinal Mehta), Second Edition, New Delhi: Jawahar Publications, 2003 [ISBN 81-7361-077-0].

12. Economic liberalization and poverty alleviation: Social sector expenditures

and Centre state relations, New Delhi: Deep and Deep Publishers, 2000[ISBN 81-7629-288-5].

13. U.N. and global environment with special reference to India’s

environmental policy, New Delhi: National Publishing House, 1998 [ISBN 81-214-0671-4].

Monograph “Debating Democracy, Developmental Disparities and Good Governance in India”, published

by Gauhati University, Assam, under UGC-SAP DRS-I Occasional Paper Series: No: 2

(2012).

Book Chapters:

Reimagining South Asia: Reaping the Peace Dividend from a Human Security

Perspective in Minu Jha (ed) Ethnicity, nationalism and the State in South Asia ,Delhi, Victorious Publishers (India), 2017, pp 41-55

A Rights based approach to governance: Linking theory with practice in Sigamani P.

and N.U. Khan (ed) Strategic Public Health Management in India: Emerging

Issues and challenges, New Delhi, Bloomsbury Publishing India Pvt. Ltd, 2013,

pp 96-113

Freedom of information in India in Meghna Sabharwal and Evan M. Berman (ed)

Public Administration in South Asia, LondonFrancis & Taylor, UK, 2013, pp

111-133

Financing of health services in India: pioneering public private partnership in health

insurance, in Amita Singh (ed) Millennium Development Goals and

communityinitiatives in the Asia Pacific, Delhi Springer, 2012, pp 81-96

Realism, in Rumki Basu (ed) International Politics: Concepts, theories and

issues, New Delhi, Sage, 2012, pp 170-220.

The United Nations: Changing role, in Rumki Basu (ed)International Politics:

Concepts, theories and issues, New Delhi, Sage, 2012, pp 292-335

Is higher education a public good? In Rumki Basu& others (co-edited) Governance

and Human Capital: The 21st Century agenda, New Delhi, Sterling, 2011 pp.

180-190.

A Rights based approach to good governance in India in Sigamani P. & N.U. Khan

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(edited) Reinventing Public Management & Development in emerging

economies, Delhi, Macmillan India, 2011. pp. 973-993.

Power Sharing in the Federal Project in post-globalised India: Governance and Fiscal

Reforms in Rumki Basu (ed) Globalisation and the changing role of the state,

New Delhi, New Dawn, 2008, pp-233-283

Public Administration in the age of Globalisation: An alternative paradigm in Rumki

Basu (ed) Globalisation and the changing role of the state, New Delhi, New

Dawn, 2008, pp275-283.

The impact of economic reforms on social sector expenditure in four Indian states,

in P. Chattopadhyaya (ed.) S.A. Dange and 20th century India, Calcutta,

Progressive, Publishers, 2002, pp. 202-207.

India’s environmental policy and major problems of policy implementation in a

developing state, in Stuart Nagel (ed.) Global Technology Policy: Among and

within actions, New York, Marcel Dekker, 2000, pp 221-242.

Role of state in development theory, in SM Shankdher and Sharda Jain (ed.),

Political Science Annual, New Delhi, Deep and Deep Publishers, 2000, pp. 308-

319.

Non-governmental organizations and environmental protection in India, in

Noorjahan Bava (ed.) Non-governmental organizations in development, New

Delhi, Kanishka Publishers, 1997, pp. 171-184.

Human rights enforcement and Indian environmental law – a case of judicial

activism, in Devika Singh (ed.) Human rights in Third World countries, New

Delhi, KIRS publications, 1996, pp. 96-103.

The impact of New Economic Policies on the Indian public sector, in Subroto

Mukherjee and Sushila Ramaswamy (ed.) Political Science Annual, New Delhi,

Deep and Deep Publishers, 1996, pp. 317-330.

‘Public administration in Canada’ and ‘Municipal administration in Canada’ in Dr.

Ram Rattan (ed) Canadian government and politics in the 1990’s, New Delhi

Segment, 1992.

The Congress party and the process of secularization of Indian politics after

independence, in M.P. Singh (ed). The Congress century, New Delhi, NBO, 1988,

pp. 100-113.

Articles in Journals

Rethinking Public Administration in the 21st Century: Today’s Research and

Tomorrow’s Agenda, Public Administration Review, Bhubaneswar, Vol. No.

XVIII, 2017 ISSN : 2249-3360

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Public Policy in India. Transformatroy shifts or Incremental Changes, The Indian

Journal of Public Administration, New Delhi,Volume 65, Issue 1, March 2019pp

2-25-28 ISSN 0019-5561

Non-Governmental Agencies and Public Policy, The Indian Journal Of Public

Administration,New Delhi, Vol LXI, Noi.3, July-Sept.2015 pp. 396-410 ISSN-0019-

5561

The Discipline of Public Administration Today: New Perspectives IJPA, New Delhi

Vol LXII No 1, Jan-March 2016, pp. 10-8, ISSN-0019-5561

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Administration and Governance: Blending ideology

with pragmatism,Bihar Journal of Political Science, Vol IV, no 1, Jan-June 2015,

pp 1-19, ISSN-2277-422X

Interrogating Gandhi’s economic ideas in the age of globalization: A political

economy perspective, Akademos , volume VIII, 2013-14 pp23-39, ISSN-2231-

0584

Reaping the peace dividend: glocalization and security in South Asia,

Journal of Asian Politics, Bangalore, Vol. 2 No: 1, Jan. – July 2012, ISSN-2230-

9063

A New Public Service for developing countries, Journal of

Administrative Studies (JAS), Dhaka Vol. I, No.1, June,2008. ISSN-1999-5946

The theory and politics of women’s empowerment: The Indian context, The West

Bengal Political Science Review Vol.No.2, July-December 2007, ISSN-2230-

8296

The New Public Service Revisited : Relevance for India IJPA Journal Delhi, July –

Sept. 2006 Vol. LII No. 3, p. 633-639, ISSN-0019-5561.

Paradoxes in emerging debates in the New Public Management paradigm, West

Bengal Political Science Review, Kolkata, vol. 8, no. 1-2, Jan-Dec. 2005, pp.

288-299,ISSN-2230-8296.

Civil Service Reform in Developing Countries Politics and Society West Bengal

Political Science Review Volume V, 2003-04, p. 32-46, ISSN-2230-8296.

India’s role in the United Nations in the post cold war period, Journal of Political

Studies, Calcutta, vol. 1, nos. 1 & 2, April-March 2002, pp. 41-47, ISSN-0970-406X

New economic policies and emerging issues in Centre State fiscal relations in India,

Socialist Perspective, Calcutta, vol. 29, nos. 3-4, Dec-March 2002, pp. 145-166,

ISSN-0970-8863

Political democracy and economic liberalization: Lessons from post ’91 India, West

Bengal Political Science Review, Calcutta, Volume 3, no. 1, Jan-June, 2000, pp.

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43-60, ISSN-2230-8296.

Dilemmas of UN peace keeping in the Third World: Agenda for the 21st century,

Socialist PerspectiveCalcutta, Vol. 27, No. 1-2, Sept ’99, pp. 47-56, ISSN-0970-

8863

Pluralistic approaches to the problems of ethnic minorities: A theoretical approach,

Socialist Perspective, Calcutta, Vol. 25, No 3-4, 1998, pp. 99-105, ISSN-0970-

8863

New economic policies and social welfare programmes in India,

Social Action, New Delhi, Vol. 46, no. 3, July-Sept. 1996, pp. 262-277, ISSN-0037-

7627

Financing of higher education in India: some relevant issues for education policy,

Socialist Perspective, Calcutta, Vol. 23, no. 1-2, 1996, pp. 1-13, ISSN-0970-8863

The United Nations and strategies for the advancement of women: A review and

appraisal, Perspectives, New Delhi, Vol. 5, 1991-92, pp. 15-25.

The politics and the economics of the global environment debate between the

developed and the developing countries, Indian Journal of Political Science,

Madras, Vol. L., No. 1, Jan-March, 1991, pp. 24-84, ISSN-0019-5510

The British colonial legacy and the nature of the Indian administrative system,

Perspectives, New Delhi, Vol. 3, 1989-90, pp. 85-90.

The politico-administrative relationship in development administration in India,

Indian Journal of Political Science, Madras, Vol. 1, No. 2, April-June, 1989, pp.

1-12, ISSN-0019-5510

The United Nations – Recent trends Perspectives New Delhi, Vol. 1, No. 1, 1988,

pp. 101-107.

UN peacekeeping: The UNEF II, Teaching Politics, New Delhi, Vol. 11, No. 2,

1985, pp. 47-59.

Online Lectures:

Recorded MOOC Lecture on ‘Social Protection Policies’ for the participants of Annual

Refresher Programme in Teaching (ARPIT) organized by the National Resource

Centre in Gender/Women Studies, UGC-Human Resource Development Centre,

Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi from 01 November 2018 to 28 February 2019.

Recorded MOOC Lecture on ‘Political Participation of Women’ for the participants of

Annual Refresher Programme in teaching (ARPIT-19) organized by the National

Resource Centre in Gender/Women Studies, UGC-Human Resource Development

Centre, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi from 1st Sept to 31 Dec 2019.

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Book Reviews:

Contemporary Bengali Poetry,Review Article inThe Book ReviewVol XLI Number 4,

April 2017. ISSN-0970-4175

Subramanium’s Economic Offences: A compendium of crimes in prose and verse,

OUP,2013 reviewed in The Book Review Vol XXXVIII no 7, July 2014, ISSN-0970-

4175

MathurKuldeep, Public Policy and Politics in India: How institutions matter, New

Delhi: OUP, 2013 reviewed in The Book Review Vol. XXXVII no. 9, Sept. 2013,

ISSN-0970-4175.

SenSudeep, The Harper Collins Book of English Poetry, New Delhi Harper Collins

2012 reviewed in The Book Review Vol. XXXVII no. 5, May 2013, ISSN-0970-4175.

Satchidanandan K, Bhatla Sanjiv, Nair Anita, Nongkynrih Kynpham Sing, Poems et

al, New Delhi: Harper Collins, 2011 reviewed in The Book Review Vol XXXVI no.3,

March 2012, ISSN-0970-4175.

Yong Tan Tai (ed) 2 Books on South Asia, New Delhi: Sage 2010 & 2009 reviewed

in The Book Review Vol XXXIV no.9, Sept 2010, ISSN-0970-4175.

Kadloor Savitri, Conflict Resolution and Peacebuilding: UN Engagement in

Cambodia, New Delhi: Pentagon Press, 2014 reviewed inJadavpur Journal of

International Relations,vol. 18, no.2, 2014, pp. 181-194, ISSN 0973-5984.

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