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:

	Member, Planning Committee, Comparative Study of Election Systems (CSES).
	Member, Executive Board, SOG (Structure and Organisation of Government), Research Committee of the International Political Science Association.
	Member, Scientific Advisory Committee, World Values Survey Committee. An International Team of Experts involved in a cross-cultural study in 85 countries.
	Lead Social Scientist for India, Global Access Study.
	India Coordinator, World Values Survey International Project, Institute of Social Research, University of Michigan
	Principal Coordinator, State and Society Project, A Joint Project of Bangalore University, Ohio State University and University of California at Berkeley
	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.
	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.
	Fellow, Salzburg Seminar (Session 302), Salzburg, Austria held on the theme Perspectives on Federalism.
	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

	`'Karnataka: Simultaneous Polls, Different Results`, Economic and Political Weekly, 32:51: December 2004.
	'Federal Arrangements and the Provision of Public Goods, Asian Survey, 54:3:May/June 2004: 339-52.
	'Lok Shakti in Karnataka; A Regional Party in a Bi-Polar Alliance System, Economic and Political Weekly, April 2004.
	'Proposed Legislation on Eligibility to Contest for Rajya Sabha Elections: Violating Federal Sentiments` Mainstream, 2003.
	'Citizen Awareness of their Elected Representatives', Karnataka Journal of Politics, February 2003. (co-authored with Dr Harish).
	'Citizen Confidence in Political Institutions and Processes'. Indian Journal of Political Science, 63:1:2002 (Published in Jan 2003).
	'Public Sector Disinvestment: Reassessing the Role of the State', Mainstream, 60:41: 7-12: 28 September 2002.
	'Religion, Society and State: Negotiating Relationships', South Asia Politics, 1:5:43-47: September 2002.
	'Changing Contours of Comparative Federalism: Understanding the Indian Experience', PEFS Journal, Ibadan: University of Ibadan. 2001.
	`'Electoral Politics in Karnataka in the 1990s: An Overview`, Karnataka Journal of Politics, vol.1, January 2001.
	`Governance and the Higher Civil Services in India: An Agenda for Reforms`, Management in Government, 32:2:33-40, July - September 2000.
	'Twilight of Congress Hegemony: Emergence of Bi-Polar Alliance System in Karnataka, Economic and Political Weekly, August-September 1999, 34:34-35:2440-48.
	'Electoral Reforms: Need for a Second Look at the First Past the Post System, Mainstream, 24 April 1999.
	`Political Control of Bureaucracy in India: Emerging Trends`, Administrative Change, July- December 1997 (published in December 1998) 35:1:28-41.
	`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

	'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.
	'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. .
	'The Teachers and the Taught-Then and Now in Vivekayuga Foundation Volume, Bangalore 2003.
	'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.
	'S Nijalingappa - Talented Parliamentarian in Rashtra Bhushana, S Nijalingappa, Javare Gowda (ed), Bangalore, 2003.
	'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.
	'Local Democracies and Political Parties in India in Political Parties and Party System in India`, Mehra and Kueck (eds), New Delhi: Sage, 2003.
	'Democracy as Global Entitlement. In Democracy, Security and Human Rights, Khanna and Kueck (eds), Delhi:Shipra, 2003.
	'Administrative System for Sustainable Development in Karnataka in Karnataka Vision 2025, D.Jeevan Kumar and Susheela Subramanya (eds), Southern Economist, 2001.
	'Political Control of Bureaucracy in India: Emerging Trends in Indian Administration: Perceptions and Perspectives, Ramesh K Arora (eds), Aalekh, 2000, 63-82.
	'Effective Government in the Context of Coalition Politics in Coalition Politics in India, D. Sundar Ram, National, 2000, 245-57.
	'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.
	'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.
	'The Impact of Electoral Politics, in Social Justice and the Constitution, Ajit Bhatacharjea, Shimla: Indian Institute of Advanced Study, 1997, 48-68.

Authored Books

	S.Nijalingappa (in Kannada), Karnataka Legislative Assembly Secretariat, Bangalore, 1999.
	Towards Explaining the Voters` Mandate, Bangalore: Vinayaka, 1995.
	Legislative Control over Administration, New Delhi. Uppal, 1993.
	Karnatakada Chunnavanegallu (in Kannada), Bangalore, 1991.

Monographs, Reports and Occasional Papers

	The Dynamics of Electoral Politics : A Case Study of the Karnataka Assembly Elections 1989, Bangalore, 1990 (Co-authored).
	A Study of the Public Accounts Committee in Parliamentary Systems, Bangalore, 1984.
	Karnataka Assembly Elections 1993: A Post Election Survey, Bangalore, 1983 (Co-authored).

Dr. Shastri has presented more than 25 papers and delivered more than 30 special lectures in countries abroad.