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About Vikas Kumar

My research explores the interfaces between politics and statistics, economics and religion, and the Kauṭiliya Arthaśāstra and other pre-modern texts.

खुसरो दरिया प्रेम का, जो उलटी वा की धार|
जो उबरा सो डूब गया, जो डूबा सो पार||

Positions

Present Associate Professor, Azim Premji University ‐ School of Development
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Research Interests

Political Economy of Conflicts and Statistics, Law and Economics, Economics of Religion, and Indian History

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Courses

  • Reading Regional Mahabharatas
  • Reading Nagaland
  • Economics of Development
  • Law and Development
  • Law, Economics, and Religion
  • Political Economy of Government Statistics
  • Kautilya and his Arthaśāstra

Education

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2005 - 2010 PhD, Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research, Mumbai
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1997 - 2001 B.Tech, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
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Contact Information

Azim Premji University, Bengaluru


Books (3)

Articles (41)