Anirudh Krishna, Professor of Public Policy and Political Science and Associate Dean for International Academic Programs

Contact Info:

Teaching (Fall 2024):

• PUBPOL 301.002, POL ANALY PUB POL MAKING Synopsis

  Sanford 03, MW 10:05 AM-11:20 AM

• PUBPOL 301.04D, POL ANALY PUB POL MAKING Synopsis

  Sanford 224, F 10:20 AM-11:10 AM

• PUBPOL 301.05D, POL ANALY PUB POL MAKING Synopsis

  Sanford 225, F 01:40 PM-02:30 PM

• PUBPOL 301.06D, POL ANALY PUB POL MAKING Synopsis

  Sanford 07, F 10:20 AM-11:10 AM

• PUBPOL 515S.01, ASSISTING DEVELOPMENT Synopsis

  Sanford 102, Tu 03:05 PM-05:35 PM

Office Hours:

By appointment

Education:

Ph.D., Cornell University, 2000

M.P.S., Cornell University, 1995

M.A., Delhi School of Economics (India), 1980

B.A., University of Delhi (India), 1978

Specialties:

Comparative Politics
Political Institutions

Research Interests: Poverty and Democracy in Developing Countries

Current projects: Beyond Poverty: Prospects for Social Mobility, Connecting Democracy with the People: Institutions in the Middle, Internal Migration: How do People Move from Rural Areas to Cities, and What do they Experience?

Areas of Interest:

Poverty dynamics
Inter-generational mobility
Participation in Democracy
Social Capital

Curriculum Vitae

Recent Publications   (More Publications)

1. Krishna, A; Bonu, S, Uneven Gains and Bottom-50 Districts: Intergenerational Educational Mobility in India, Economic and Political Weekly, vol. 58 no. 42 (October, 2023), pp. 34-45  [abs].
2. Krishna, A; Kumar, S; Rains, E, A Range of Informality Across Cities and Slums: Understanding Precarity in Patna’s Slums Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic, Journal of South Asian Development, vol. 18 no. 2 (August, 2023), pp. 244-264 [doi]  [abs].
3. Krishna, A; Kumar, S, Why Do Poorer Kids Not Move Ahead Faster? Considering the Poverty of Opportunity in Bihar and Delhi, Economic and Political Weekly, vol. 58 no. 19 (May, 2023), pp. 35-40  [abs].
4. Krishna, A; Shukla, R, Tracing the Geographies of Inequality in India Beneath the Urban–Rural Divide, Economic and Political Weekly, vol. 58 no. 9 (March, 2023), pp. 57-64  [abs].
5. Krishna, A; Agrawal, T, The impact of Covid-19 on household poverty: examining impacts and resilience in a 40-year timeframe in rural Rajasthan (India), Oxford Development Studies, vol. 51 no. 3 (January, 2023), pp. 217-232 [doi]  [abs].