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Mithilesh Kumar Jha 

Mithilesh Kumar Jha 

Assistant Professor 
Education: PhD
Political Science
jhamk21@iitg.ac.in
+91 361 2582581
Room No: 104
Personal Website

Research Interests: Political thought, theory, and Indian politics

Journal Publications

1. Mithilesh Kumar Jha, "Maithili in the Digital Space", Seminar, vol.June 742, Issue no.742, pp.53-57 [2021], https://www.india-seminar.com/2021/742/742_mithilesh_kumar_jha.htm

2. Mithilesh Kumar Jha, "Feature Essay: Language Movement and Democracy in India", The London School of Economics and Political Science Review of Books, LSE [2018], https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/lsereviewofbooks/2018/12/13/feature-essay-language-movements-and-democracy-in-india-by-mithilesh-kumar-jha/

3. Mithilesh Kumar Jha, "Ethnic Identity, Regional Aspirations and Democratic Participation: A Comparative Analysis of Assam and Manipur", Rabindra Bharati Journal of Political Science, Rabindra Bharati University, vol.XI, pp.84-95, ISBN.2398-8218 [2016]

4. Mithilesh Kumar Jha, "Hindi Varchasva Banam Maithili Asmita", Pratiman, vol.I, Issue no.I, pp.303-320, ISBN.9352298411/9789352298419 [2013]

Book Chapter

1. Meenakshi Gogoi, Mithilesh Kumar Jha, "Indian Parliament: Changing Contours and Challenging Future" , Indian Politics and Political Processes: Ideas, Institutions and Practices , Rouledge, London ISBN.9781003434443, pp.156-173 [2023] https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/10.4324/9781003434443-10/indian-parliament-meenakshi-gogoi-mithilesh-kumar-jha

2. Hemant Dogra, Mithilesh Kumar Jha, "Federal Polity in the Multiparty Coalition Era and Beyond" , Indian Politics and Political Processes: Ideas, Institutions and Practices , Rouledge, London ISBN.9781003434443, pp.174-196 [2023] https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/10.4324/9781003434443-11/federal-polity-multiparty-coalition-era-beyond-hemant-dogra-mithilesh-kumar-jha

3. Sumit Kumar Sarma, Mithilesh Kumar Jha, "Elections and Voting Behaviour: Historical Antecedents and Contemporary Trends" , Indian Politics and Political Processes: Ideas, Institutions and Practices , Rouledge, London ISBN.9781003434443, pp.221-236 [2023] https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/10.4324/9781003434443-13/elections-voting-behaviour-sumit-kumar-sarma-mithilesh-kumar-jha

4. Mithilesh Kumar Jha, Kamal Nayan Choubey, "Introduction" , Indian Politics and Political Processes: Ideas, Institutions and Practices , Rouledge, London ISBN.9781003434443, pp.1-32 [2023] https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/10.4324/9781003434443-1/introduction-mithilesh-kumar-jha-kamal-nayan-choubey?context=ubx&refId=aea0b171-22c3-4220-a760-f0046bf97a25

5. Mithilesh Kumar Jha, "Bharatiya Janata Party: Electoral Dominance or Ideological Hegemony?" , Indian Politics and Political Processes: Ideas, Institutions and Practices , Rouledge, London ISBN.9781003434443, pp.259-274 [2023] https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/10.4324/9781003434443-15/bharatiya-janata-party-mithilesh-kumar-jha?context=ubx&refId=14449003-d1ec-4c17-96f1-404e2450776c

6. Mithilesh Kumar Jha, "Language Politics in Bihar A Case Study of Maithili Language and the Movement" , People Linguistic Survey of India The Languages of Bihar, Volume - VI, Part - II, ed., Vibha S Chauhan , Orient Blackswan ISBN.9789354422041, [2022]

7. Mithilesh Kumar Jha, "Bharat Dharma Mahamandal" , Hinduism and Tribal Religions, Encyclopedia of Indian Religions , Springer ISBN.9789402411874, pp.228-232 [2022] https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-024-1188-1_814

8. Mithilesh Kumar Jha, "Theosophical Society" , Hinduism and Tribal Religions, Encyclopedia of Indian Religions , Springer ISBN.9789402411874, pp.1624-1628 [2022] https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-024-1188-1_162

9. Mithilesh Kumar Jha, "Hindu Mahasabha" , Hinduism and Tribal Religions, Encyclopedia of Indian Religions , Springer ISBN.9789402411874, pp.610-613 [2022] https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-024-1188-1_490

10. Mithilesh Kumar Jha, "Prarthana Samaj" , Hinduism and Tribal Religions, Encyclopedia of Indian Religions , Springer ISBN.9789402411874, pp.1165-1168 [2022] https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-024-1188-1_320

11. Mithilesh Kumar Jha, "The Nation and Its Margins: Rethinking Community eds. by Aditi Chandra and Vinita Chandra" , Historical Narratives and the Imaginary of Community Identity: Mithila in Some Key Historical Texts , Cambridge Scholar Publishers ISBN.9781527540187, pp.33-46-46, [2019]

12. Mithilesh Kumar Jha, "Daya Krishna" , Modern South Asian Thinkers , Sage Publications ISBN.9789352806775, pp.99-103 [2018]

13. Mithilesh Kumar Jha, "Bimal Krishna Matilal" , Modern South Asian Thinkers , Sage Publications ISBN.9789352806775, pp.72-76 [2018]

14. Mithilesh Kumar Jha, "Bihar Mei Bhashai Rajaniti: Maithili Bhasha Aur Andolan" , Bharatiya Bhasha Loka Sarvekshan: Bihar Kee Bhashayen, Volume - 6, Part - 1 , Orient Blackswan ISBN.978-93-86689-04-7, [2017]

Books

1. Mithilesh Kumar Jha, Kamal Nayan Choubey (Eds.), Indian Politics and Political Processes: Ideas, Institutions and Practices, Rouledge, London, ISBN.9781003434443/9781032768779 [2023], https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/edit/10.4324/9781003434443/indian-politics-political-processes-mithilesh-kumar-jha-kamal-nayan-choubey

2. Mithilesh Kumar Jha, Language Politics and Public Sphere in North India: Making of the Maithili Movement, Oxford University Press, ISBN.9780199479344 [2018], https://www.india.oup.com/product/language-politics-and-public-sphere-in-north-india-9780199479344?searchbox_input=language%20politics

1

Introduction to Western Political Thought
Funding Agency : NPTEL
Principal Investigator: Mithilesh Kumar Jha
Co-investigator:
Duration/Starting Year: 0000-00-00 to 0000-00-00
Status: Ongoing
2

Social and Political Imaginaries in the Vernacular: Notions of Desha and Samaj in Early Twentieth Century Mithila (1905-1940)
Funding Agency : IITG
Principal Investigator: Mithilesh Kumar Jha
Co-investigator:
Duration/Starting Year: 01-05-2016 to 01-06-2018
Status: Completed
3

Introduction to Modern Indian Political Thought
Funding Agency : NPTEL
Principal Investigator: Mithilesh Kumar Jha
Co-investigator:
Duration/Starting Year: 0000-00-00 to 0000-00-00
Status: Completed
4

Introduction to Political Theory
Funding Agency : NPTEL
Principal Investigator: Mithilesh Kumar Jha
Co-investigator:
Duration/Starting Year: 0000-00-00 to 0000-00-00
Status: Completed
5

Political Parties and Party System in India
Funding Agency : IITK/MHRD GOI DTH Channel - 16
Principal Investigator: Mithilesh Kumar Jha
Co-investigator:
Duration/Starting Year: 0000-00-00 to 0000-00-00
Status: Completed
6

Prime Minister Awaas Yojana (PMAY) in Assam: A Study of its Reach and Impact
Funding Agency : Indian Council of Social Science Research, New Delhi
Principal Investigator: Dr B Sengupta
Co-investigator: Mithilesh Kumar Jha
Duration/Starting Year: 2024-10-08 to 2024-03-31
Status: Completed
Sl.No Name Thesis Title PhD Status
1 Shubhalikha Boruah Language, Politics and the Making of Modern Assamese Identity Completed
2 Tulika Kumar Social Capital, Place Attachment and Flood Risk Perception: A Study of Kosi River Basin in Bihar Completed
3 Sumit Kumar Sarma Encountering State: A Study of State-Society Interface in the Tea-Garden Community of the Brahmaputra Valley, Assam Completed
4 Hemant Dogra Ideas, Institutions and Constitutional Asymmetry in India: A Case Study of Jammu and Kashmir APR1
5 Varsha Upadhyay The Imagination of State and Constitution from Indo-Gangetic Plains: A Gendered Intellectual History 1920-1970 SOAS
6 Ritika Khatri Electoral Behaviour of Farmers: A Case Study of Punjab and Haryana APR4
7 Prarthana Dutta Law, State, and Mothering: Maternity Benefits in India APR4
Sl.No Name Year Dissertation Title
1 K Vnkata Krishna Shourie 2023 Freebies' Discourse in India and its Fiscal implications - A Study in the Contect of Andhra Pradesh
2 Nandu P R 2023 JUDICIAL CAPACITY, CONSTRAINTS AND ACCESS TO JUSTICE : A STUDY ON THE FUNCTIONING OF LOWER JUDICIARY IN KERALA
3 Eswary Gopan 2023 Fixing Accountability at Local Governance
4 Swaraj Manohar 2022 Changing Nature of Electoral Campaigns in Local Elections in Bihar: A Historical Study
5 ANKIT PAL 2020 Voter Education and Electoral Participation: A Case Study of SVEEP Programme
6 Vaishnav Mishra 2020 Electoral Campaign of the BJP and the INC in General Election 2014 and 2019: A Study in Varanasi Constituency
7 Dedchung narzy 2019 Rise of BJP in Assam: A case study of BJP-AGP-BPF Alliance
8 Sajal 2019 Land and Politics of Development : A Case study of santhal Pargana division(Jharkhand)
9 Siddharth Kumar 2018 General Election 2014:A Study of ?Fake? News and ?Paid? News Syndrome in India
10 Supriya Bawlari 2018 Local Self Government and political empowerment of women: A case study of tribal (Sonowal- Kachari) women in Tinsukia and Dibrugarh district in Assam
11 Satyam prakash saath nischay yojna ( Bihar goverment)

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Awards and Achievements

Award Title : Senior Research Fellowship (SRF) August 2012 - July 2013
Awarded By : UGC, MHRD
2012-08-01 National
Award Title : Charles Wallace Scholarship, 2012
Awarded By : CWIT
2012-04-15 International
Award Title : ICSSR Scholarship for Data Collection Abroad, 2012
2012-04-15 National
Award Title : Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) Oct 2009 - July 2012
Awarded By : UGC, MHRD
2009-12-27 National
Award Title : University Teaching Assistant, Department of Political Science, University of Delhi October 07, 2009 - July 23, 2013
Awarded By : University of Delhi
2009-10-07 Institute

Patents

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Attended

Title: Democratic Politics, Nationalism, and Vernacular Spheres in North India

Name of Conference: 26th World Congress of Political Science

International Political Science Association, Virtual Jul 10, 2021 - Jul 15, 2021 International View
Title: Mahatma Gandhi and the Idea of Swaraj

Name of Conference: Mapping the Global Legacy of the Mahatma: Reflections on Politics, Religion, and Culture

Department of Political Science, ZHDC, University of Delhi, Delhi Jan 20, 2024 - Jan 20, 2025 International
Title: Language Politics, Public Sphere and Making of Democratic India

Name of Conference: The Idea of India: Intellectual Traditions in Indian Studies

UGC-HRDC, Panjab University Chandigarh, Chandigarh Mar 18, 2018 - Mar 19, 2019 National
Title: Print and Public Sphere in North India

Name of Conference: Book History in North East India

Department of Cultural Studies, Tezpur University, Tezpur Feb 11, 2019 - Feb 12, 2019 National
Title: Indic Traditions of Political Thought in Medieval India: Some Methodological Challenges

Name of Conference: Ways of Seeing: Critical Questions on Indian Political Thought

Zakir Husain Delhi College, University of Delhi, Delhi Mar 8, 2016 - Mar 8, 2016 National
Title: Colonial Discourse on History and Representation of the Self: Mithila in Some Key Historical Texts (

Name of Conference: Eighth Conference on East-West Intercultural Relations, Reconsidering Cultural Ideologies and Identi

University of California Merced and Ramjas College, University of Delhi, Delhi Mar 17, 2016 - Mar 18, 2016 International
Title: British Rule and the Classifications of Indian Languages: Debates over Classical vs Vernacular and O

Name of Conference: 22nd Himalayan Language Symposium

Department of Humanities and Social Sciences and Centre for Linguistic Science and Technology, IIT G, Guwahati Jun 8, 2016 - Jun 10, 2016 International
Title: Language, Religion, Caste and Conceptions of ‘Desha’ (Nation): Re-examining the politics of Hind

Name of Conference: The 19th International Conference on Conceptual History on Key Concepts in Times of Crisis

Aarhus University, Aarhus , Denmark Sep 14, 2016 - Sep 16, 2016 International
Title: Daya Krishna

Name of Conference: Reimagining South Asia: An Exploration into the History of Ideas

Department of Political Science, University of Delhi, Delhi Jul 20, 2018 - Jul 20, 2018 National
Title: Bimal Kumar Matilal

Name of Conference: Reimagining South Asia: An Exploration into the History of Ideas

Department of Political Science, University of Delhi, Delhi Jul 20, 2018 - Jul 20, 2018 National

Invited

Title: Redrawing the Domestic Paradigm: Family Bonding, Gender Concerns & Health Issues amidst Covid-19

Name of Conference: 2 Days International Webinar

Post Graduate Govt. College, Sec-11, Chandigarh Jul 16, 2020 - Jul 17, 2020 International

Attended

Name of Invited Lecture:

Nov 30, -0001 - Nov 30, -0001 National
Title: Hind Swaraj and Gandhian Ideal of Swaraj

Name of Invited Lecture:

Department of Political Science, Handique Girls College, Guwahati, Assam Oct 19, 2001 - Oct 19, 2001 National
Title: Fighting Covid19: Role of the State and Community

Name of Invited Lecture:

Department of Political Science, Bodoland University, Assam May 23, 2020 - May 23, 2020 National
Title: Political Thought and Ideology

Name of Invited Lecture:

Faculty of Law, Marwadi University, Rajkot, Gujarat Apr 18, 2020 - Apr 18, 2020 National
Title: Maithili Movement: Historical Roots and Contemporary Challenges

Name of Invited Lecture: Madhubani Literature Festival

Madhubani Literature Festival, Rajnagar, Madhubani Dec 19, 2018 - Dec 21, 2018 National
Title: Language, Print and Public Sphere

Name of Invited Lecture:

Perspective, Indian Institute of Information Technology Guwahati, Guwahati Feb 22, 2019 - Feb 22, 2019 National
Title: Ambedkar’s Approach to Politics and Annihilation of Caste

Name of Invited Lecture:

Intuition Study Circle, TISS Guwahati, Guwahati Dec 5, 2017 - Dec 5, 2017 National
Title: Politics: What is it and why do we need it?

Name of Invited Lecture: Discussion

Litsoc & Debsoc IIT Guwahati, New SAC, Conference Room, IIT Guwahati Aug 18, 2018 - Aug 18, 2018 National
Title: Language Politics in India and the Hindi Heartland: Making of the Maithili Movement

Name of Invited Lecture: Mapping Knowledge and Practice in Contemporary India

Centre for Political Studies, JNU, Delhi Sep 18, 2011 - Sep 18, 2011 National
Title: Qualitative research: critical perspectives

Name of Invited Lecture: Two-Week Workshop on Capacity Building Programme for Faculty Members in Social Sciences

Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Guwahati Mar 18, 2012 - Mar 18, 2012 National
Title: Qualitative research: positivism and interpretive approaches

Name of Invited Lecture: Two-Week Workshop on Capacity Building Programme for Faculty Members in Social Sciences

Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Guwahati Mar 18, 2012 - Mar 18, 2012 National
Title: Hermeneutics

Name of Invited Lecture: Research Method Course/SPSS/Capacity Building for PhD Scholars in Social Science

Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Guwahati Mar 22, 2016 - Mar 22, 2016 National

Attended

Title: ‘Meet the Author’

Name of Others: Book Discussion

Rickshaw: A Students’ Collective, Oxford University Press and South Asian University, Delhi Sep 10, 2018 - Sep 10, 2018 National
Title: Making of the Maithili Movement

Name of Others: Book Discussion

CSDS & OUP Delhi, Delhi Mar 28, 2018 - Mar 28, 2018 National
Title: Language Politics and Public Sphere in North India

Name of Others: Book Discussion

Dept of HSS, IIT Guwahat, Guwahati Mar 16, 2018 - Mar 16, 2018 National
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