Work Experience

Associate Professor from 2nd April 2026 in the Department of Political Science, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Delhi1. Assistant Professor, Level-10 ( 15-7-2013)
Professor, Shyam Lal College, University of Delhi, till 2nd April 2026. Read More

Publications

Sitaram Kumbhar (2015) Poverty, Food Security and Welfare in India, New Delhi: Anmol Publications (ISBN: 978-81-261-6465-3).
Sitaram Kumbhar (2025) Governing the tides: State Capacity and Cyclone-Caused Disaster Management in Odisha, India, Indian Journal of Public Administration (Sage), 2025, 71(2), 1-14, (0019-5561). https://doi.org/10.1177/00195561251336299.
Sitaram Kumbhar (2026). Urban Marginality in Post-liberalised India: Urban Mobility Innovations, Rickshaw-walas and Production of Marginality in Delhi. In Sobin George……. Eds. Equitable Everyday Journeys: Inclusive Mobilities for South Asian Cities. Routledge, Delhi (forthcoming 2026). Read More

Revisiting Urban Local Bodies: A Study of Local Participation and Challenges of Urban Governance in India (ICSSR Sponsored Major Research Project, 2024-2025, 1900000 Lakh Rupees).
Sea-born Disaster Risk Reduction, Governance and Management in Odisha: A Comparative Study of Policy and Innovation”, IMPRESS, Project Sponsored by ICSSR, New Delhi (IMPRESS/P3585/2018-19/ICSSR). Read More

“The Political Economy of Deprivation and Welfare Promotion in Orissa” Conference on South Asian Development, National University of Singapore, Singapore (NUS) 20-21 July 2014.
“Four Thesis of India’s Rising in the World Transitional Dynamics”, International Conference on India’s Ascendency in Emerging World Transitional Dynamics: New Upsurges, Strategic Challenges and Opportunities, 26-27, October, 2017 organised by Department of Political Science, Shyam Lal College, DU, in collaboration with NMML, New Delhi. Read More