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RUPAK KUMAR

Chanakya University, Vellore Institute of Technology University, Shaheed Bhagat Singh College, University of Delhi

ORCID iD 0000-0002-8422-2596
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Rupak Kumar is an author and Assistant Professor of Public Policy and Governance at the School of Law, Governance and Public Policy, Chanakya University, Bengaluru. His book “Making of the Parliamentary Opposition in India” from Routledge (Taylor & Francis) published in May 2025. Previously, he taught at Shaheed Bhagat Singh College, University of Delhi, New Delhi. He holds a Doctoral Degree from Centre for the Study of Law and Governance, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.

After graduating from Kirori Mal College, University of Delhi in 2013 with a Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science (Honours), he was selected to pursue Masters' in Political Science from the Centre for Political Studies, JNU in 2015. In 2015, he was selected for the M.Phil-PhD integrated programme at the interdisciplinary center for the Study of Law and Governance, Jawaharlal Nehru University. He worked on the effectiveness of the Parliamentary Committees in India in his M.Phil dissertation between 2015-2017. He was selected for the Junior Research and Senior Research Fellowship by the University Grants Commission, Ministry of Education in 2019. The PhD thesis is now a book from Routledge, that also happens to be the only book on a systematic study of the making of parliamentary opposition in India after Independence.

He is trained to pursue research and teaching in interdisciplinary areas on politics, public policy, governance studies, legislative studies and inter-section between law, policies, processes and social sciences. Previously, He also worked at the Election Commission of India to prepare a concept paper on Democracy and Elections in India after Independence. He was selected for the Mittal Institute India Fellowship (MIIF) at the Lakshmi Mittal and Family South Asia Institute, supported by Harvard Global Research Support Centre India (HGI) for 2022-2023. However, He had to decline the offer for this fellowship.

Research Interest:
- Public Policy
- Political Processes
- Public Institutions
- Opposition and Representation
- Parliament and Policy Making
- Representation and Parliament
- Governance
- Institutional Reforms and Accountability

Employment

  • Chanakya University Assistant Professor
    2026 - Present
  • Vellore Institute of Technology University Assistant Professor Grade 2
    2024 - 2026
  • Shaheed Bhagat Singh College, University of Delhi Assistant Professor
    2021 - 2024

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Publications (9)