Dr. Niranjan Sahoo is a Senior Fellow at Observer Research Foundation, New Delhi. With years of expertise in governance and public policy, Dr Sahoo now leads studies and programmes on democracy, campaign finance reforms, federalism, decentralization, conflicts and human rights. A former Asia Fellow (Ford Foundation) and Sir Ratan Tata Fellow, Dr Sahoo South Asia Advisor for the Asia Democracy Research Network (Seoul), Visiting Professor, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok and Senior Fellow with Centre for Multilevel Federalism, New Delhi.
His forthcoming book is on Left-Wing Extremism and Democracy in India will be published soon. His work on polarisation in India (titled “Hindu Nationalism and rising political polarisation in India”) was recently published by The Brookings Press.