Academic Qualifications:

• 10^th Sainik School Tilaiya, CBSE, 1980, 68.5%, First Division

• 12^th Sainik School Tilaiya, CBSE, 1982, 58.5%, High Second Division

• B.A. (H) in Political Science, Ramjas College, University of Delhi, 1985, 61.3%, First Division.

• M.A. in Political Science, Ramjas College, University of Delhi, 1987, 60.0%, First Division.

• M. Phil in Political Science, Department of Political Science, University of Delhi, 1989, 56.25%, Second Division, ‘Peasantry and Socialist Revolution: A Theoretical Perspective ’

• Ph.D. in Political Science, Department of Political Science, Patna University, 2004, “The Changing Theory and Praxis of Marxism and the Peasant Question: A Critical Study”.

Academic Distinctions:

• U.G.C. NET and Junior Research Fellowship in M. Phil. 1987.

• National Scholarship in M.A., 1985-87.

Employment:

• Associate Professor in Political Science, DDU College, University of Delhi, New Delhi.
• Atal Bihari Vajpayee Senior Fellow (01 May 2019- 30 April 2021), Nehru Memorial Museum and Library, Teen Murti House, New Delhi.
• Fellow, Nehru Memorial Museum and Library, Teen Murti House, New Delhi. (1.1.2013- 31.12.2014).
• Reader, Department of Political Science, DDU College, University of Delhi, New Delhi, from 14 October 2004.
• Lecturer in Selection / Reader Grade, Department of Political Science, DDU College, University of Delhi, New Delhi, 12 February to 13 October 2004.
• Lecturer in Political Science, Department of Political Science, DDU College, University of Delhi, Karampura, New Delhi, 23 December 1997 to 11 February 1999.
• Lecturer in Political Science, S.G.T.B. Khalsa Post Graduate Evening College, University of Delhi, Devnagar, New Delhi, 28 August 1995 to 22 December 1997.
• Lecturer in Political Science, A.R.S.D. College, University of Delhi, Dhaula Kuan, New Delhi, 12 December 1990 to 16 July 1995.

• Lecturer in Political Science, Delhi College of Arts and Commerce University of Delhi, Netaji Nagar, New Delhi, 29 October 1990 to December 1990.
• Lecturer in Political Science, Indira Gandhi Government College, Tezu, Lohit District, Arunachal Pradesh University, Arunachal Pradesh, 11July 1988 to 9 May 1990.

Teaching Experiences:       33 Years

• Teaching since July 1988, Undergraduate Courses

• Teaching post-graduate courses in Delhi University, Dept. of Political Science since 1999 (both, M.A. and M.Phil courses)

• Supervisor, Ph. D and M.Phil students, Department of Political Science, University of Delhi

Professional/Administrative Experiences:

• Member, Academic Advisory Group, Lok Nayak Jayaprakash Narayan National Institute of Criminology and Forensic Science, Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India.

• Nominee, Advisory Board, Directorate of Education, NCT of Delhi, New Delhi.

• Member, Management Committee, Cambridge School, Rajouri Garden, New Delhi.

• Member, Management Committee, N.C. Jindal Public School, Punjabi Bagh, New Delhi.

• Member, Management Committee, Shanti Ideal Convent Public School, Najafgarh, New Delhi.

• Member, Committee of Courses, Department of Political Science, University of Delhi.

• Member, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Delhi.

• Member, Board of Studies, Dept. of Political Science, Pondicherry University.

• Member, Board of Studies, Dept. of Political Science, Aligarh Muslim University.

• External Expert, Assessment Committee for MANF-JRF of UGC, Dept. of Pol. Sc., Aligarh Muslim University.

• Member, Board of Studies, Dept. of Political Science, Mizoram University

• Indian Political Thought/Political Theory, Indian Politics.

• Public Administration 
• Indian Political 
• Political Theory 
• Indian Government Politics
• Nationalism in India
• Understanding Ambedkar
• Reading Gandhi
• Governance Issues and Challenges

Books

(Published)

Authored

• Himanshu Roy, Secularism and its Colonial Legacy in India, Manak, New Delhi, 2009, ISBN : 9788178311 814.
• Himanshu Roy, Peasant in Marxism, Manak, New Delhi, 2006, ISBN : 81 78271311.

Monograph

• Himanshu Roy, Salwa Judum: Another View, NMML, Teen Murti House, 2014, ISBN : 978 93- 8365046 0.

Edited/Co-edited

• Himanshu Roy (ed.), Political Thought in Indic Civilization, Sage, New Delhi, 2021.

• Shakti Sinha and Himanshu Roy (eds.), Patel: Political Ideas and Policies, Sage, New Delhi, 30 October 2018, ISBN: 9789352808533  
• M.P. Singh and Himanshu Roy, (eds.), Indian Political System, 4th edition, Pearson, New Delhi, 2018, ISBN: 9789352866 434.
• Himanshu Roy, M.P. Singh and APS Chauhan (eds.), State Politics in India, Primus, New Delhi, 2017, ISBN: 978-93-8409 2-99-3.

• M.P. Singh and Himanshu Roy (eds.), Indian Political Thought, Pearson, New Delhi, 2011 (3^rd edition 2020, ISBN 978-933258 7 335).
• Himanshu Roy (ed.), Colonialism and Nationalism in India: An Study (Hindi), Directorate of Hindi Medium Implementation Board, University of Delhi, 2013, ISBN : 97893 80172309.

Forth Coming: Books and Occasional Paper

Books

• Himanshu Roy and Jawaid Alam (eds.), A History of Colonial India: 1757 to 1947 (Routledge, London). 2021.
• Himanshu Roy (ed.), Social Thought in Indic Civilization, Sage, New Delhi, 2021.

Occasional Paper

·Himanshu Roy, PMO: Under Congress Prime Ministers, Nehru Memorial Museum and Library, Teen Murti House, New Delhi, 2021.

Chapters in the Book

• ‘Colonial Economy’ in M.P. Singh and Himanshu Roy, (eds), Indian Political System, 4^th edition, Pearson, New Delhi, 2018, ISBN: 9789352866 434.
• ‘Federalism: Elite and Nationalities’ in M.P. Singh and Himanshu Roy, (eds), Indian Political System, 4^th edition, Pearson, New Delhi, 2018, ISBN: 9789352866 434.
• ‘Provincial Party Systems’ in M.P. Singh and Himanshu Roy, (eds), Indian Political System, 4th edition, Pearson, New Delhi, 2018, ISBN: 9789352866 434.
• ‘Zia Barani : Good Sultan  and Ideal Polity’ in M.P. Singh and Himanshu Roy, (eds), Indian Political Thought, 2^nd edition, Pearson, New Delhi, 2017, 2^nd edition 2017, ISBN 978-933258 7 335.
• ‘Gandhi: Swaraj and Satyagrah’ in M.P. Singh and Himanshu Roy, (eds), Indian Political Thought, 2^nd edition, Pearson, New Delhi, 2017, 2^nd edition 2017, ISBN 978-933258 7 335.
• ‘Nehru: Ideas of Development’ in M.P. Singh and Himanshu Roy, (eds), Indian Political Thought, 2^nd edition, Pearson, New Delhi, 2017, 2^nd edition 2017, ISBN 978-933258 7 335.
• ‘J P: Marxism, Democratic Socialism and Gandhism’ in M.P. Singh and Himanshu Roy, (eds), Indian Political Thought, 2^nd edition, Pearson, New Delhi, 2017, 2^nd edition 2017, ISBN 978-933258 7 335.
• ‘Mandal Elite versus Indian Democracy’ in M.P. Singh and Rekha Saxena(eds.), Political Science Annual 1997, Deep and Deep Publications, New Delhi, 1998, ISBN: 81-7100-993 X.
• ‘Colonial Economy and Political Process’ (Hindi) in Himanshu Roy(ed.), Colonialism and Nationalism in India: An Study, Directorate of Hindi Medium Implementation, Delhi University, 2013, ISBN : 97893 80172309.
• ‘Gandhi: Swaraj and Satyagrah’ (Hindi) in Himanshu Roy(ed.), Colonialism and Nationalism in India: An Study, Directorate of Hindi Medium Implementation, Delhi University, 2013, ISBN : 97893 80172309.
• ‘Social Structure and Indian Democracy’ in M. P. Singh and Subhendu Raj (eds.), The Indian Political System, Pearson, New Delhi, 2012, ISBN: 97881 31761243.

• ‘Peasants in Independent India : Concepts and Issues’ in M. P. Singh and Subhendu Raj (eds.), The Indian Political System , Pearson, New Delhi, 2012, ISBN : 97881 31761243.
• ‘Party Systems and Coalition Politics’ in M.P. Singh and Anil Mishra (eds.), Coalition Politics in India, Manohar, New Delhi, 2004, ISBN : 81 73045739.

  Research Papers

  (Commissioned Articles / Refereed Journals)

• Indic Education in Pre-Colonial India, Studies in Humanities and Social Sciences (SHSS), Indian Institute of Advanced Studies, Shimla, 2021, Forthcoming.
• Pre-Colonial Education in India, Frontier, Vol. 53, No.22-25, Nov. 29-Dec. 26, 2020. ISSN: 0016-2094.
• Prime Minister’s Office in India, Frontier, Autumn Number, Vol. 52, No. 13-16, September 29-October 26, 2019, ISSN: 0016-2094.
• Indic Islam, Frontier, Vol. 51, nos. 14-17, October 7 - November 3, 2018, ISSN: 0016-2094.
• Maoist Movement in India, India Foundation Journal, July-August 2018, ISSN: 2347-1522, online available at <http://indiafoundation.in/services-view/maoist-movement-in-india/>
• Electoral Dynamics in Delhi: 2013-2017, Frontier, vol. 50, nos. 12-15, Autumn Number 2017, pp. 29-34, ISSN: 0016-2094.
• Interrogating the Maoists and the Indian State: A Study of Salwa Judum in Bastar, Indian Journal of Public Administration, vol. 63, issue 2, June 2017, pp. 284-301, ISSN: 0019-5561.
• State Politics in India, Frontier, vol. 49, nos. 13-16. 2016, pp. 37-39, ISSN: 0016-2094.
• North-East and East-Asian Market, Indian Journal of Public Administration, Vol. 62, Issue 3, July-Sep., 2016, pp. 516-521, ISSN: 0019-5561.
• Linguistic Nationalities, Business Chambers and Federalization in India, Indian Journal of Public Administration, Vol. LXI, No. 3, July-September 2015, pp. 533-541, ISSN: 0019-5561.
• Exploring Political Ideas of Kabir, Frontier, Vol 48, No.14-17. 2015, Pp. 25-27, ISSN: 0016-2094.
• Maoist in Bastar, Frontier, Autumn Number, 2014, ISSN: 0016-2094.
• Market, Civil Society and Citizenship, Frontier, Autumn Number, 2013, ISSN: 0016-2094.
• Rationale of Communist Parties in Contemporary India, The Discussant, New Delhi, July 2013, ISSN: 2250-3412.
• Identity and Multiculturalism, Frontier, Autumn No. 2012, ISSN: 0016-2094.
• Regional Business and Federalism in India, Journal of Parliamentary Studies, Government of Kerala, Jan-June 2011, ISSN: 2231-0355.
• Salwa Judum: Tribal Resistance to Naxalism, Indian Journal of Social Enquiry, March, 2009, ISSN: 0974-9012.
• ‘Contextualizing Dalit Mobility in India’, Frontier, Autumn No. 2009, ISSN: 0016-2094.

• ‘Violence in Contemporary India’, Frontier, Autumn Number, 2008, ISSN: 0016-2094.
• ‘Development of Secularism in Modern India’, Journal of Polity and Society, Vol. I No.2, Department of Political Science, University of Kerala, 2008, ISSN: 0976-0210.

·‘All the Phoney Marxism’, Frontier, Autumn Number, 2007, ISSN: 0016-2094.

• ’Western Secularism and Colonial Legacy in India, Economic and Political Weekly, Vol. 41, No. 2, Jan 14-21, 2006, ISSN: 0012-9976.
• Minorities and Indian State, Frontier, Autumn Number, 2006, ISSN: 0016-2094.
• Dharma and Relegere in India and Europe, Frontier, Autumn Number 2005, ISSN: 0016-2094.
• ‘Party Systems in Indian Provinces,’ Frontier, Autumn Number, 2004, ISSN: 0016-2094.
• ‘Western Culture in India: Is it Invasion, Frontier, Autumn Number 2003, ISSN: 0016-2094.
• ‘Marx on Global Trade’, Frontier, Autumn Number, 2002, ISSN: 0016-2094.
• ‘Re- reading Gandhi: Is he Relevant Today, Frontier, Autumn Number, 2000, ISSN: 0016-2094.
• ‘The Peasant Question Re-examined”, Frontier, Autumn Number, 1998, ISSN: 0016-2094.
• ‘Masses, Elite and Insurgency in India’, Frontier, Autumn Number, 1997, ISSN: 0016-2094.
• ‘Facets of Nationality Question in India’, Frontier, Autumn Number, 1996, ISSN: 0016-2094.
• ‘Facets of Indian Federalism’, Frontier, Autumn Number, 1995, ISSN: 0016-2094.
• ‘Agriculture in Tribal Society: Past and Present’, Indian Anthropologist, Vol.24, No.2, December, 1994, ISSN: 0970-0927.
• ‘Today’s Nationalism: A False Consciousness’, Frontier, Autumn Number, 1994, ISSN: 0016-2094.
• ‘Peasantry Against Socialism: A Theoretical Perspective’, Science and People, March 1992.
• ‘Tribal Society in Transition’, Teaching Politics, Vol. 15, No. 1and 2, 1990, ISSN: 0016-2094.

Articles

• “Return to Private Capitalism”, Frontier, Vol.24, No.36, April 18, 1992.

• “Reservation Policy: Safety Valve of Capitalism “, Frontier, Vol. 25, No. 21, January 2, 1993.
• “Financing University Education”, Frontier, Vol. 29, No. 28, February 15, 1997.
• “Peasant Rebellions in Bihar”, Frontier, Vol.29, No.49, July 1997.
• “Coalition Culture”, Frontier, Vol.30, No.22, January 3, 1998.
• “Party System in India”, Frontier, Vol.30, No.23, January 17, 1998.
• “Of Ranveer Sena and CPI (M-L)”, Frontier, Vol. 30, No. 29, February 21, 1998.
• “Sustainable Forestry in India”, Frontier, Vol. 31, No. 37, April 11-17, 1999.
• “Are the Missionaries Blameless?” Frontier, Vol.31, No.41, May 9-15, 1999.
• “Minorities in China”, Frontier, Vol.31, No.43, May 23-29, 1999.
• “Of Liberalism and Democracy”, Frontier, Vol.31, No.44, May 30-June 5, 1999.
• “Thus Spake Ranveer Sena Chief”, Frontier, Vol.32, No.14, October 31-November 6, 1999.
• “Peasant Culture in Refractive Mode”, Frontier, Vol.34, No.32, March 3-9, 2002.
• “Freedom and Development”, Frontier, Vol 38, No. 31, February 19-25, 2006.
• “Human Rights Today”, Frontier, Vol. 38, No. 34, March 12-18, 2006.
• “Social Justice: Myth and Reality”, Frontier, Vol. 38, No. 1, April 30-May 6, 2006.
• “Indian Big Business and Partition”, Frontier, Vol.38, No.43, May 14-20, 2006.
• “Globalization and Identity Politics”, Frontier, Vol.41, No.20, November 30- December 6, 2008.
• “Salwa Judum”, Frontier, Vol. 43, No. 18, November 14-20, 2010.
• “Contextualizing Ranveer Sena”, Frontier Vol.44, No.52, July 8-14, 2012.

Book Reviews:

• C.S. Thappa, Gorkha: In Search of Identity, The Discussant, January-March 2014.

• Mohammad Shaabbir Kant, Tilak and Gokhale: A Comparative Study, Social Scientist, Vol. 21, No.12, December 1993.

• M.P. Singh and Rekha Saxena (eds.), India’s Political Agenda: Perspectives on the Party System, The Indian Historical Review, Vol. 21, Nos. 1-2, July, 1994 and January 1995.

• Durga Prasad Mazumder, Dimensions of Political Culture in Bengal, 1814- 1857: With Special Reference to Raja Ram Mohan Roy, The Indian Historical Review, Vol. 24, No. 1-2, July, 1997 and January 1998.

• Vivek Pinto, Gandhi’s Vision and Values: The Moral Quest for Change, Indian Agriculture, Vol. 20, No. 1, April- June, 1998.

• Rajen Harshe, Twentieth Century Imperialism: Shifting Contours and Changing Conceptions, The Indian Historical Review, Vol. 26, July, 1999.

• S.M. Michael (ed.), Dalits in Modern India: Vision and Values, Gandhi Marg, Vol. 21, No. 4, January- March 2000.

• Subrata Mukherjee and Sushila Ramaswami, A History of Social Thought: From the Precursors to the Present, Gandhi Marg, Vol 26, No.3, October- December 2004.

Invited Speaker: Seminars / Academic Staff Colleges / Civil Services Training Institute 

• National and State Party Systems in India, Dept. of Political Science, University of Kerala, Trivandrum, 18.3.2015

• Evolution Of Secularism in Modern India, Dept of History, Vinova Bhave, University, Hazari Bagh, 15.3.2015

• Muslisms and Indian State, Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Contemporary Studies and Centre for Promotion of Democracy and Secularism, University of Mumbai, 19.12.2014

• Minority Issues, Union Territories of Civil Services, Directorate of Training, NCT, Delhi, 7.06.2013.

• Political Leadership in Bihar (1990-2005), Dept. of Pol. Science, Punjab University, Chandigarh, 27-28^th May, 2013.

• Orientation Programme (28 days), Academic Staff College, Kumaun University,      Nainital, 21-22 March, 2013.

• Orientation Programme (1 week), Academic Staff College, Aligarh Muslim University,17 May, 2013.

• Globalization and Development, Department of Sociology, Aligarh Muslim University, 16-17 March, 2013.

• Indian Federalism, India International Center, 8-9 March, 2013.

• Human Rights, Karmashetra PG College, Etawa, 1-2 March, 2013.

• Conceptualizing Nationalism, Department of Political Science, BHU, 27-28 February, 2013.

• The Idea of Secularism in India, Advanced Professional Training, IIPA, New Delhi, 30. 11.2012

• Indian Secularism, Academic Staff College, Central University of Hyderabad, 14.11.2012.

• Minority Issues, UTCS, Directorate of Training, NCT, Delhi, 19.10.2012.

• Evolution of Constitution of India, UTCS, Directorate of Training, NCT, Delhi, 12.10.2012.

• Naxal Movement in India, Department of Political Science, Aligarh Muslim University, 17.09.2012.

• Minority Issues, UTCS, Directorate of Training, NCT, Delhi, 25.05.2012.

• Understanding Contemporary India and the World, Dept. of Pol. Science, Aligarh Muslim University, 31.3.2012.

• India’s Security Policy, Dept. of International Relations, Pondicherry University, 26th-27 March, 2012.

• Gandhi and Nehru, Nehru Study Center, DAV College, Yamuna Nagar, 17^th-18^th March, 2012.

• Center for the study of Social Exclusion, Goa University, 12^th-13^th March, 2012.

• Social Movements, Dept. of Political Science, Kakatiya University, Warangal, 2^nd-3^rd March, 2012.

• Minorities and Indian States, Third World Academy, Jamia Millia Islamia, 7.2.2012.

• Nehru’s Socialism, Nehru Study Center, DAV College, Yamuna Nagar, 18.2.2012.

Project Works:

• Project–Director, Peoples’s Resistance to Naxalism: A Case Study of Salwa Judum, 2009, Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narayan, National Institute of Criminology and Forensic Science, New Delhi, Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India.

• Project Co-ordinator, Genesis and Expansion of Naxalism, Institute of Social Sciences, Bureau of Police Research and Development Ministry of Home Affairs, New Delhi.

• Project- Investigator, Federalism And Political Parties, 1995, UGC, New Delhi, Dir. Prof. M.P. Singh, Department of Political Science, University of Delhi.

• Project-Investigator, Continuity and Change in Indian Federalism, Leaverhulme International Research Network, Edinburgh (Project Directors:  Rekha Saxena and Wilfried Swenden)

• Atal Bihari Vajpayee Senior Fellow (01 May 2019- 30 April 2021), Nehru Memorial Museum and Library, Teen Murti House, New Delhi.
• Fellow, Nehru Memorial Museum and Library, Teen Murti House, New Delhi. (1.1.2013- 31.12.2014).

Visiting Faculty:

• 11^th-14^th October, 2010, U.G.C. Nehru Study Centre, Department of Political Science, University of Kerala, Trivandrum.

• 23^rd – 24^th March, 2011, U.G.C. Nehru Study Centre, Department of Political Science, University of Kerala, Trivandrum.

• Key Resource Person, Civil Services Training Institute, Government of Delhi, Delhi.

• Key Resource Person, Dept. of Political Science, Academic Staff College, Central University, Hyderabad.

• Key Resource Person, Dept. of Political Science, Academic Staff College, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh.

• Key Resource Person, Dept. of Political Science, Academic Staff College, Patna University, Patna.

• Key Resource Person, Dept. of Political Science, Academic Staff College, Kumaun University, Nainital.