Vasundhara Sirnate

Vasundhara Sirnate (born 17 September 1979) is an Indian political scientist, journalist and writer. She is a co-founder of The Polis Project. Her works include Passive Police: Institutional Learning Through Inquiry Commissions and Kashmir's Crossroads.

Vasundhara Sirnate
Chief Coordinator of Research at The Hindu Centre for Politics and Public Policy
In office
2013–2017
Director of Research at The Polis Project
In office
November 2017 – 17 November 2020
Personal details
Born (1979-09-17) 17 September 1979
Ambala Cantt, Haryana
EducationUniversity of California, Berkeley
Alma materLady Shri Ram College, Jawahar Lal Nehru University
OccupationPolitical Scientist, Journalist, Writer

Born in 1979 in Ambala Cantt, Sirnate is an alumnus of the Lady Shri Ram College and Jawahar Lal Nehru University. She was the Chief Coordinator of Research at The Hindu Centre for Politics and Public Policy from 2013 to 2017. She served The Polis Project as a director of research from November 2017 to November 2020.

Biography

Sirnate was born on 17 September 1979 in Ambala Cantt. She was schooled at Scindia Kanya Vidyalaya, Gwalior. She graduated from Lady Shri Ram College, Delhi with a B.A degree in journalism and received an M.A and an M.Phil degree in political science from the Jawahar Lal Nehru University. She studied there under the supervision of Zoya Hasan. She went to University of California, Berkeley for her PhD studies.[1][2][3]

Sirnate was Chief Coordinator of Research at The Hindu Centre for Politics and Public Policy from 2013 to 2017.[3][4] She is a co-founder of The Polis Project.[5][6] She served The Polis Project as a director of research since November 2017 to 17 November 2020.[7][8][1][9]

Literary works

Sirnate's works include:[10][11][12]

  • Good laws, bad implementation
  • Students versus the State: The politics of uranium mining in Meghalaya
  • Positionality, personal insecurity, and female empathy in security studies research[13]
  • The RSS and Citizenship: The Construction of the Muslim Minority Identity in India
  • After Pulwama, the Indian Media Proves it is the BJP's Propaganda Machine
  • Kashmir's Crossroads
  • The Naxalites of India, Maoists of Nepal and Taliban of Pakistan: Ideological Insurgencies in South Asia[14]
  • Demonstrating State-Memory: The Politics of 'Tribe' and India's Counterinsurgency Campaigns in Mizoram and Chhattisgarh
  • Countering Insurgency: Strategies of the Indian State
  • Passive Police: Institutional Learning Through Inquiry Commissions[15]

References
  1. "Profile of Vasundhara Sirnate". ThePolisProject. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
  2. "Profile of Vasundhara Sirnate". The Hindu Center. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
  3. "Critiquing The Sync Between Democracy And Liberalism". TheBookReviewIndia. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
  4. "Kashmir's Crossroads Self Rule, Indian Integration, and Party Politics". ForeignAffairs.com. 15 April 2015. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
  5. Rajeev Jayaswal (26 September 2020). "UP, Bihar top two beneficiaries of PMGK scheme announced in March". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
  6. "Bhagat Singh Thind's story is a harsh lesson for NRIs in US supporting CAA". ThePrint.in. 11 January 2020. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
  7. ARCHIT (12 March 2020). "Sudarshan News broadcasts fake news about woman murdered in Tahir Hussain's house". Alt News. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
  8. Vasundhara Sirnate (18 November 2014). "The soldier as state actor". TheHindu.com. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
  9. Vasundhara Sirnate [@vsirnate] (17 November 2020). "Resignation from The Polis" (Tweet). Retrieved 1 February 2020 – via Twitter.
  10. "Profile of Vasundhara Sirnate". Women Also Know Stuff. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
  11. "Vasundhara Sirnate's research works". Research Gate. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
  12. "Bibliography of Vasundhara Sirnate". scholar.google.co.in. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
  13. Vasundhara Sirnate (14 April 2014). "Positionality, Personal Insecurity, and Female Empathy in Security Studies Research". PS: Political Science & Politics. Cambridge University Press. 47 (2): 398–401. doi:10.1017/S1049096514000286. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
  14. Jugdep S. Chima (24 March 2015). Ethnic Subnationalist Insurgencies in South Asia: Identities, Interest and Challenges to State Authority. ISBN 9781317557050.
  15. "Passive Police: Institutional Learning Through Inquiry Commissions". The Hindu. The Hindu Center. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
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