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Prof. Subrata K. Mitra, Ph.D. (Rochester), Emeritus Professor of Political Science at Heidelberg University, Germany and Adjunct Professor at Dublin City University (DCU), Dublin, Ireland was the Head of Department of Political Science, (1994-2014), South Asia Institute, Heidelberg University. He has been a visiting professor at Tsinghua University (Beijing), University of California, (Berkeley), National University of Singapore (Singapore),
 of Nottingham (UK), University of Paris (France), Central University, Hyderabad (India), Quaid-i-Azam University (Islamabad/Pakistan) and Jawaharlal Nehru University (Delhi). Indian and Comparative politics, rational choice, governance, citizenship, political theory and foreign policy are among his main interests.

His recent books include The 2019 Parliamentary Elections in India: Democracy at Crossroads? (Routledge, 2022), Governance by Stealth: The Ministry of Home Affairs and the Making of the Indian State (Delhi: OUP; 2021), Politics in India: Structure, Process, Policy (London: Routledge, 2017, second edition);  Kautilya’s Arthashastra: An Intellectual Biography – the Classical Roots of Modern Politics in India (2017); Citizenship and the Flow of Ideas (2012); Reuse: The Art and Politics of Integration and Anxiety (2012);  When Rebels become Stakeholders (2009); the Puzzle of India’s Governance (2005). and India: Statecraft and foreign policy (Dublin City University Press: 2024).