Prof. Khaliq Parkar

M. Phil, M.A., B.A. (Hons)

Assistant Professor

Specialization: Political Science

Teaching and Research Interests:

Political Thought, Urbanization, Environmental Politics, Political Movements, Development Policy

Education

Experience

Asst. Professor, Symbiosis School for Liberal Arts, Pune (2016-2019)
Researcher, Centre for Policy Research, New Delhi (2014)
Visiting and Adjunct Faculty, BA & BMM, St. Xavier’s College, Mumbai (2009-2012)
Visiting and Adjunct Faculty, BA & BMM, Wilson College, Mumbai (2009-2012)
Visiting Faculty, Dept. of Civics and Politics, University of Mumbai, (2009-2012)

Publications

Parkar, Khaliq and Jean-Thomas Martelli (eds.), Student Movements and Mobilization in India (Forthcoming 2019)
‘Deliberately Misleading: Towards an inclusive process of Deliberative Democracy’ in Democracy in India: Strengths and Weaknesses. Primus Books: New Delhi (2017)
‘Diversity, Democracy, and Dissent: A Study on Student Politics in JNU’, (co-authored with J.Martelli), Economic and Political Weekly, Vol. 53, No. 11 (March 2018)
Review, ‘Subaltern Urbanisation in India: An Introduction to the Dynamics of Ordinary Towns, Exploring Urban Change in South Asia’, Environment and Urbanization ASIA, Vol. 9 Issue 1 (March 2018)
‘Slick Illusions’, Economic and Political Weekly, Vol. 50, No. 37. (Sept 2015)
‘Gau raksha, by another name’, Indian Express, (31 March 2017)
‘The Fascinating Caves of Meghalaya and The Threat Posed to Their Existence by Limestone and Coal Mining in The Region’, Caravan (June 2015)
‘Bumbaiyya Bhaijaan in Bhaiyyaland - 1’ Vol 4, Nos. 1, 2 & 3 The Four Quarters Magazine (May 2015, Sept 2015, Jan 2016)

Presentations

‘Food in the Smart City’, DePaul University, Chicago (May 2018)
‘Food: Who Gets a Seat at the Table’, Global Asia Studies Centre, DePaul University, Chicago (May 2018)
‘Student Politics: Movements and Mobilization in Contemporary India’ at 6th French Network of Asian Studies International Conference, Sciences Po, Paris (June 2017)
‘The Organizational Vote: Making sense of Political Socialization in an Indian Campus’ at British Association of South Asian Studies Annual Conference, University of Cambridge (April 2016)
Chairperson, Cinema and the City lecture series, Asiatic Society, Mumbai (February 2014)
‘Deliberately Misleading: Towards an inclusive process of Deliberative Democracy’, ICSSR-CCD International Conference "Indian Democracy: Strengths and Weaknesses”, Vadodara (March 2013)
‘Technology and Human Rights’ – Harvard College in Asia Program, Mumbai (2012)
‘US Presidential Elections and India’ at the University of Stuttgart, Germany "In Conversation with Globalization” program 2011-2012 (May 2012)
‘Towards a Cultural Polity – a new paradigm on cultural rights’ at UGC-funded National Seminar on Human Rights, Department of Civics and Politics, University of Mumbai (February 2011)
‘An Audit of the NREGS – Economic and Political Perspectives’, St. Xavier’s College, Mumbai (2011)