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Dr. Sandeep Shastri
Location
International Academy for Creative Teaching, 52, Bellary
Road, Hebbal,
Bangalore, Karnataka 560 025
Telephone No. 011 - 23942199 Extn.: 336
Department: 080-23545246, 080-23545247 (Fax) Residence:
080-25432835
Email: sshastri@eth.net |
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Dr
Sandeep Shastri is presently Director of the International
Academy for Creative Teaching (iACT). From 1984 to 2002
he was Faculty at the Department of Political Science,
Bangalore University and from December 2002 to March 2005
he was Dean - Research and Social Science at the International
Academy for Creative Teaching, Bangalore.
Dr. Shastri completed his M.A., securing the First Rank
in 1982, M.Phil. in 1984 and Ph.D. in 1993. He has to
his credit 4 Books, 3 Monographs, 25 articles in Edited
Books and over 50 articles in Research Journals, besides
other popular writings. In the last five years (since
1999) he has presented papers in more than 45 national
conferences and delivered more than 100 special lectures
across the country.
Some of his academic distinctions include:
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Member,
Planning Committee, Comparative Study of Election
Systems (CSES). |
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Member,
Executive Board, SOG (Structure and Organisation
of Government), Research Committee of the International
Political Science Association. |
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Member,
Scientific Advisory Committee, World Values Survey
Committee. An International Team of Experts involved
in a cross-cultural study in 85 countries. |
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Lead
Social Scientist for India, Global Access Study.
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India
Coordinator, World Values Survey International
Project, Institute of Social Research, University
of Michigan |
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Principal
Coordinator, State and Society Project, A Joint
Project of Bangalore University, Ohio State University
and University of California at Berkeley |
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Principal
Coordinator for India, Culture Study Pilot Project,
A Joint Project of Institute of Social Research,
University of Michigan and International Academy
for Creative Teaching. |
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Indo-Canadian
Institute Fellow for 1998-99, attached to the
Institute of Intergovernmental Relations, Queens
University, Kingston, Canada and was involved
in a study involving Indian and Canadian Federalism. |
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Fellow,
Salzburg Seminar (Session 302), Salzburg, Austria
held on the theme Perspectives on Federalism. |
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Invited
to visit the United States by the American Government
under the International Visitor Program on the
theme State and Local Government in the United
States in June- July 1995. |
Dr. Shastri has participated in several international
and national conferences and seminars in USA, UK, Canada,
Italy, Austria, Sweden, Switzerland, Hungary, Japan, Israel,
Nigeria, Sri Lanka, South Africa and Singapore.
Dr. Shastri has been one of the founder members of the
Lokniti Network and is presently the Network Convenor.
He has served as Lokniti Karnataka State Coordinator for
NES 96, NES 98, NEA 98, NES 99 and NES 2004. He was CSDS
South-South Visiting Fellow to Nigeria from August to
November 2001, attached to the Centre for Democracy and
Development (CDD), Lagos and worked on a theme of Comparative
Federalism.
Research Interests:
His areas of research specialisation include: Survey based
Social Science Research, Electoral and Legislative Studies
and Federalism.
Selected Publications:
Articles in Professional / Refereed journals
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`'Karnataka:
Simultaneous Polls, Different Results`, Economic
and Political Weekly, 32:51: December 2004.
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'Federal
Arrangements and the Provision of Public Goods,
Asian Survey, 54:3:May/June 2004: 339-52.
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'Lok Shakti in Karnataka; A Regional Party in
a Bi-Polar Alliance System, Economic and Political
Weekly, April 2004.
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'Proposed
Legislation on Eligibility to Contest for Rajya
Sabha Elections: Violating Federal Sentiments`
Mainstream, 2003.
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'Citizen Awareness of their Elected Representatives',
Karnataka Journal of Politics, February
2003. (co-authored with Dr Harish).
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'Citizen Confidence in Political Institutions
and Processes'. Indian Journal of Political
Science, 63:1:2002 (Published in Jan 2003).
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'Public Sector Disinvestment: Reassessing the
Role of the State', Mainstream, 60:41:
7-12: 28 September 2002.
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'Religion, Society and State: Negotiating Relationships',
South Asia Politics, 1:5:43-47: September
2002.
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'Changing Contours of Comparative Federalism:
Understanding the Indian Experience', PEFS
Journal, Ibadan: University of Ibadan. 2001.
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`'Electoral Politics in Karnataka in the 1990s:
An Overview`, Karnataka Journal of Politics,
vol.1, January 2001.
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`Governance and the Higher Civil Services in India:
An Agenda for Reforms`, Management in Government,
32:2:33-40, July - September 2000.
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'Twilight
of Congress Hegemony: Emergence of Bi-Polar Alliance
System in Karnataka, Economic and Political
Weekly, August-September 1999, 34:34-35:2440-48.
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'Electoral Reforms: Need for a Second Look at
the First Past the Post System, Mainstream,
24 April 1999.
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`Political Control of Bureaucracy in India: Emerging
Trends`, Administrative Change, July- December
1997 (published in December 1998) 35:1:28-41.
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`Department Related Standing Committees
in the Indian Parliament: An Assessment, Indian
Journal of Public Administration, April-June
1998, 54:2:184-200. |
Articles in Edited Volumes
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'Electoral
Reforms in India: Need for Second Look at the First
Past the Post System` in Anjoo Sharan Upadhyaya
(ed), Electoral Reforms in India, Delhi:
Concept. 2005. |
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'Women
and Changing Social Values in India: Findings from
the India Component of the World Values Survey'
in Susheela Subramnya et.al. (eds), Women in
Development, Bangalore Southern Economist 2004.
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'The
Teachers and the Taught-Then and Now in Vivekayuga
Foundation Volume, Bangalore 2003. |
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'Emergence of a Bi-Polar Alliance System: Electoral
Politics in Karnataka in the 1990s in Electoral
Politics and National Building in South Indian
States, Balasubramnaian (ed), Madras 2003.
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'S Nijalingappa - Talented Parliamentarian in
Rashtra Bhushana, S Nijalingappa, Javare
Gowda (ed), Bangalore, 2003.
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'Parliamentary Committees in India: An Assessment
of their Role in Effecting Legislative Control
over Administration in The Indian Parliament
:In Comparative Perspective, Mehra and Kueck
(eds), Kanishka, 2003.
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'Local
Democracies and Political Parties in India in Political
Parties and Party System in India`, Mehra and
Kueck (eds), New Delhi: Sage, 2003. |
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'Democracy
as Global Entitlement. In Democracy, Security
and Human Rights, Khanna and Kueck (eds), Delhi:Shipra,
2003. |
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'Administrative
System for Sustainable Development in Karnataka
in Karnataka Vision 2025, D.Jeevan Kumar
and Susheela Subramanya (eds), Southern Economist,
2001. |
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'Political
Control of Bureaucracy in India: Emerging Trends
in Indian Administration: Perceptions and Perspectives,
Ramesh K Arora (eds), Aalekh, 2000, 63-82. |
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'Effective
Government in the Context of Coalition Politics
in Coalition Politics in India, D. Sundar
Ram, National, 2000, 245-57. |
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'Parliamentarism
vs Presidentialism: Problems and Prospects in the
Indian Context in Principles, Power and Politics,
D.D.Khanna and G W Kueck, Delhi, McMillan, 1999,
291-316. |
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'Reinvigorating
Governance Nation wide: Role of the IAS in Governance
and the IAS: In Search of Resilience, R.K.Dar,
Delhi: Tata McGraw Hill, 1999, 239-72. |
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'The
Impact of Electoral Politics, in Social Justice
and the Constitution, Ajit Bhatacharjea, Shimla:
Indian Institute of Advanced Study, 1997, 48-68. |
Authored Books
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S.Nijalingappa
(in Kannada), Karnataka Legislative Assembly Secretariat,
Bangalore, 1999.
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Towards
Explaining the Voters` Mandate,
Bangalore: Vinayaka, 1995. |
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Legislative Control
over Administration,
New Delhi. Uppal, 1993. |
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Karnatakada
Chunnavanegallu
(in Kannada), Bangalore, 1991. |
Monographs, Reports and Occasional Papers
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The
Dynamics of Electoral Politics : A Case Study
of the Karnataka Assembly Elections 1989,
Bangalore, 1990 (Co-authored).
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A Study of the Public Accounts Committee in
Parliamentary Systems, Bangalore, 1984.
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Karnataka Assembly Elections 1993: A Post Election
Survey, Bangalore, 1983 (Co-authored).
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Dr. Shastri has presented more than 25 papers and delivered
more than 30 special lectures in countries abroad.
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