Coalition Politics in India: A Comparative Perspective

CASI Seminar
Dr. E. Sridharan
Academic Director, UPIASI, New Delhi
Center for the Advanced Study of India 3600 Market Street, Suite 560 (5th floor) University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA 19104

Dr. Sridharan (PhD Political Science, Penn '89) joined UPIASI (University of Pennsylvania Institute for the Advanced Study of India) as Academic Director in 1997. From September 2005 forward, he has assumed the role of Acting Secretary-General as well.

Dr. Sridharan's work covers a broad range of issues in comparative politics and international relations. This includes a book titled The Political Economy of Industrial Production: Indian, Brazilian, and Korean Electronics in Comparative Perspective (Praeger, 1996) and three co-edited books, India in the Global Software Industry (Palgrave Macmillian, 2004), India's Living Constitution (Anthem Press, 2005) and India's Political Parties (Sage, 2006). His most recent scholarship examines political parties and the logic of coalition formation in India, and South Asian conflict and cooperation in the light of international relations theory.

The Nand & Jeet Khemka Distinguished Lecture Series is an endowed public program of the Center for the Advanced Study of India (CASI). Launched in the 2007-08 academic year, and made possible through the generous support of the Nand & Jeet Khemka Foundation, the series brings renowned India specialists to the Penn community and serves as a critical forum for analyzing and understanding the complex economic, political, social, and cultural changes that the world’s largest democracy is experiencing, as well as the challenges that lie ahead.
The Saluja Global Fellows Program has been made possible by the generous gift from Vishal Saluja ENG’89 W’89. CASI was excited to launch the program during the 2022–23 academic year, coinciding with the Center’s 30th Anniversary. This new program enables CASI to invite eminent leaders and rising experts on contemporary India preferably from the fields of media, culture, law, and contemporary history to be in residence for one to two weeks at CASI.