Dr. Rajesh Dev is a faculty member of Department of Political Science at Women’s college, Shillong and also a visiting faculty to the department of Law, North Eastern Hill University, Shillong. He is the executive secretary of Argue India (advanced research group for understanding eastern India) a research think-tank based at Shillong. He has been a resource person for textbook writing for IGNOU (BA & MA) Political Science courses and has also been engaged in varied social initiatives.

His research interests are focused on Identity Politics, Ethnic Mobilization and Electoral Politics, Majority-Minority discourse and Peace Strategies. He has been a member of the Crisis States programme of the LSE on North East besides a number of other projects on aspects relating to Northeast India. He contributes regular commentaries on contemporary issues in national and regional dailies.

Besides publications in a number of journals and edited books, Dr. Dev has co-edited two books on Ethno narratives: Identity & Experience in Northeast India and Ethnic Identities and Democracy: Electoral politics in Northeast India. His forthcoming book relates to connection between armed conflicts, development and governance in South Asia.


Selected Publications:

Books Authored/ Edited

	Ethnonarratives: Identity & Experience in Northeast India. Anshah Publications. N. Delhi. 2006. (Co-editor)
	Ethnic Identity and Democracy: Electoral Politics in Northeast India. Regency Publications. 2006. N. Delhi. (Co-editor)
	Beyond Politics: Armed Conflict, Development & Governance in South Asia. (Forthcoming)

Articles in Journals

	Community Loyalties and Regional Outlook, in Economic and Political Weekly, vol. 34-35, Aug 21-28,1999,
	Tripura: Ethnic Tensions and Democratic Consensus, Economic & Political Weekly Vol 15, April 12, 2003. (Co-authored)
	Nagaland: More Space for Democratic Politics, Economic & Political Weekl, Vol 38, No17, April 26, 2003
	Human Rights, Relativism and Minorities in Northeast Indi, Economic & Political Weekly, Vol. 39. No 43. Oct 23, 2004
	Electoral Politics in Meghalaya, A Synoptic Analysis. Indian Journal of Politics, Vol XL No.4 Oct-Dec 2006.
	Negotiating Diversities through Institutional Strategies, Eastern Quarterly, N.Delhi (Forthcoming)
Articles in Books
	Ethnonationalism: Politics of Difference, in M.M.Agarwal (Ed) Ethnicity, Culture and Nationalism in N.E.India, Indus Publications, Delhi, 1996
	Indian Federal Dialectics: the Naga crisis, in, Kousar Azam (Ed) Federalism and Good Governance Issues across Culture, South Asian Publishers, Delhi, 1997.
	Identity Claims: Paradox of Recognition and Redistribution in N.E.India, in. Kousar Azam (ed) Ethnicity, Identity & The State in South Asia, South Asian Publishers N. Delhi. 2001
	Universalism and Relativism in Human Rights: Minority Rights in N.E.India, in R. Dhamala & S. Bhattacharjee (eds.), Insurgency and Human Rights in N.E.India, Shipra Publications. N.Delhi. 2002
	“Narrative Claims and Identity Impasse: The Experiences of the Nowhere People” in Sukalpa Bhattacharjee & Rajesh Dev (eds.) Ethnonarratives: Identity and Experience in North East India, Anshah Publications. N.Delhi. 2006
	Indigenity, Minorities and Rights in Northeast India, in Joseph Benjamin (ed.) Minorities in Indian Social Syste, Gyan Publishers. Delhi 2006
	Ethnic Identity, Regionalism & Political Mobilisation: An Analysis of the Political Discourse in the Tribal State of Meghalaya, in Ramashray & Roy Paul Wallace (eds.) India’s 2004 Elections: Grassroots and National Perspectives, Sage India. 2006
	Institutional Designs and Ethnopolitical Conflict Transformation. Assessing Peace-Building Initiatives in Northeast India, in Prasenjit Biswas & C.J.Thomas (eds.) Meaning & Metaphor of Peace. Essays of commitment. Regency Publications, N.Delhi. 2006