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Mohd Osama has a PhD in Political Science from Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi. He works on South Asian politics with a special focus on India. His work engages with methodologies ranging from large-scale administrative data analysis to ethnography. Before joining JKLU, he worked as a guest faculty and teaching fellow at Jamia Millia Islamia University and Ashoka University.
Osama’s research journey extends beyond academia, as evidenced by his roles as a researcher and consultant for prominent organisations such as NDTV, The Hindu Centre of Politics and Public Policy, and the University of Pennsylvania Institute for the Advanced Study on India (UPIASI). He has worked on research topics ranging from political representation to voting behaviour and minority studies.
From observing Muslim voters in Madhya Pradesh to interviewing political leaders in Uttar Pradesh and Hyderabad, his fieldwork experiences inform his publications. His research is published in peer-reviewed international and national journals, newspapers, and online platforms. Fieldwork is integral to Osama’s research methodology, as demonstrated by his ethnographic inquiries into various aspects of Indian politics.
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