Sanjay Kumar is Fellow at the Centre for the Study of Developing Studies. He has directed various National and State level studies conducted by the CSDS. The national surveys directed by him include, the National Election Studies, (NES) in 1998, 1999 and 2004, various round of bi-annual survey “State of the Nation Survey” (SONS) conducted by the CSDS. Among various state level studies directed by him, the benchmark survey of the city of Delhi “Delhi Survey 1998 and 2003”, probably the biggest survey undertaken in any city of the world, with sample size of over 12000 and 14,000 respondents, are the most important.

His expertise in research on electoral politics extends beyond the boundaries of the India. He had also been the country coordinator (India) for the State of Democracy in South Asia (SDSA) study conducted in five South Asian countries (India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Nepal). He had been core team member of the Asian Barometer survey, led by Prof, Takashi Inoguchi of Cho University, Tokyo, consultant with Asia Foundation’s survey undertaken in Afghanistan in year 2006, co-director of the survey State of Democracy in Nepal, co-author (with Krishan Hachhethu) of the Report on Democracy in Nepal released in year 2008. He had also been an International Election Observer for observing Thailand National Elections held in December 2007.

He had extended professional guidance regarding designing surveys and analysing survey data to various national and international research institutes, projects and individual researchers

Research Interests:
Sanjay's area of research for the past several years has been studying the electoral system, analyzing the electoral politics and mapping of changing patterns of democracy. While India remains his primarily research locale, his research interest extends to other South Asian countries as well. He had been trying to study the functioning of the electoral process with reference to issues like patterns and strategies of electoral mobilization, and issues of electoral violence. Sanjay's research draws heavily from the empirical studies.

Selected Publications:

Article is Edited Volume

	India Shining: Impact of Economic Reforms on Indian Elections in Bhupinder Brar, Ashutosh Kumar and Ronki Ram Edited “ Globalisation and the Politics of Identity in India” Pearson Longman, Delhi, 2008
	(With Praveen Rai) Changes in the Status of Women in Afghanistan, in State Building, Political Process, and Human Security in Afghanistan, Reflections on a Survey of the Afghan People, The Asia Foundation, Kabul, Afghanistan. April 2007.
	Elections in Afghanistan: Progress Towards Democracy, in State Building, Political Process, and Human Security in Afghanistan, Reflections on a Survey of the Afghan People, The Asia Foundation, Kabul, Afghanistan. April 2007.
	The New Alliance made the difference in Bihar, in Ramashray Roy and Paul Wallace edited “ India’s 2004 Elections Grass Root and National Perspective, Sage Publication, New Delhi, India, 2006
	India’s Maturing Democracy, in Takashi Inoguchi and Matthew Carlson edited “ Governance and Democracy in Asia, Trans Pacific Press, Melbourne, Australia , 2006
	India’s Urban Middle Class, in Takashi Inoguchi, Miguel Basanez, Akihito Tanaka and Timur Dadabaev edited, Values and Life Styles in Urban Asia, Institute of Oriental Culture, University of Tokyo, Tokyo March 2005.
	Janata Regionalised: Contrasting Bases of Electoral Support in Bihar and Orissa, in Rob Jenkins edited, Regional Reflections: Comparing Politics Across India’s States, Oxford University Press, New Delhi 2004.

Articles in Professional / Refereed journals

	(with Takashi Inoguchi and Satoru Mikami) Macro-Political Origins of Micro-Political Differences: A comparison of Eleven Societies in East and South Asia, Japanese Journal of Political Science, Volume 8, Part 3, December 2007.
	Delhi’s Migrants: A Socio-Economic profile, South Asian Journal, July-September 2007,
	Media and Election Campaign: Does Campaign Influence Political Choices in India? Indian Journal of Politics, Vol. XL No. 4, October-December 2006
	(with Suhas Palshikar) Participatory Norms: How Broad-based is it? Economic and Political Weekly Vol. XXXIX No. 51, December18-24, 2004
	A Tale of three cities, Seminar, number 534, February 2004
	(With Anthony Heath and Oliver Heath) Determinants of Social Mobility in India, Economic and Political Weekly, Vol. XXXVII No. 29, July 20-26, 2002.
	(with Yogendra Yadav) Political Agenda of Electoral Reforms in India, Comparative Electoral Process in South Asia, Nepal South Asia Centre, Kathmandu, August, 1999

view complete list