Monash University (Australia)

Department Member, Monash Asia Institute

Other Affiliations: ORKASH Services Pvt Ltd, Public Policy
Ravenshaw University, Political Science

About

Interested in community engagement in public policy, my research specifically is concerned with the place and role of communities in the evolving policing models that are being in operation in the  post 9/11 years to counter radicalization and terrorism. In this backdrop how the police agencies engage with their respective communities is the central focus of my thesis. I am looking at the cases of Victoria Police of Australia and Delhi Police of India to gain insight to the process of their community engagement models. This project crosses the traditional boundaries of disciplines and engages with the criminology, law, sociology, politics and above all public policy.

I did my Masters in Political Science and IR from Ravenshaw and MPhil in IR from JNU. I visited Australian universities as an Australia-India Council Fellow in 2006-2007 to research on "state and civil society partnership in fighting terrorism."

Areas of Interest:
Public Policy
Citizen participation in governance
Post-Colonial Criminal Law and Justice System
Police in the criminal justice system
Policing in a democracy
Policing in India and Australia
Policing Minorities and Refugees
Policing Insurgency and Terrorism
Islam and democracy
Rise and Fall of the Hindutva Movement
Interfaith in the age of terrorism
Religious and Communal conflict
International Policing- Interpol, Europol and UN-Police

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