Prateek Vijayavargia

Education

• Ph.D., Centre for Comparative Politics and Political Theory, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University (ongoing)
• M.Phil. (Planning and Development), Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, IIT Bombay, 2015 – 2017
• Five-Year Integrated MA Programme in Development Studies with a Minor in Economics, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, IIT Madras, 2010 – 2015

Profile

Prateek Vijayavargia is a PhD Scholar (2019-) at the Centre for Comparative Politics and Political Theory, Jawaharlal Nehru University. His dissertation title is “From Movement to Ruling Party: A Study of India Against Corruption and Aam Aadmi Party (2011-2020)”. His broad research interests include Indian party politics, populism, political ideology, and secularism. His M.Phil dissertation was on the secularity of India’s educational institutions. His other interests include quizzing and open-access advocacy, with a special focus on shadow libraries. In his free time, he runs an online academic community that facilitates the sharing of academic resources through institutional access.

Research Interests

• Party Politics in India
• Populism
• Secularism
• Ideology
• Open-Access, Copyleft Movement and Shadow Libraries

Publications

• Awarded the Dr Prasanna Kumar Biswal Memorial Prize for a Best Paper Submitted on Contemporary India during the 82nd Session of the Indian History Congress held at Kakatiya University, Warangal, from December 28 to 30, 2023 for the paper titled ‘India Against Corruption Movement and the Formation of Aam Aadmi Party’ (Published in the Proceedings of the Indian History Congress, 82nd Session)
• “AFSPA and Human Rights”, Journal of Politics & Governance, Vol. 3, No. 4, October-December 2014