Kanchan Chandra

Kanchan Chandra born 20 January 1971 is the political scientist who is currently Professor of Politics at New York University. She has offered significant research contributions on the range of subjects in political science including comparative ethnic politics, constructivism, democratic theory, intrastate conflict, patronage in addition to clientelism, as living as South Asian politics.

Chandra graduated from Dartmouth College in 1993, as well as earned a Ph.D. degree from Harvard University in 2000. She was a faculty piece in the political science department at MIT from 2000 to 2005 before joining the NYU Politics Department in 2005.

Chandra is the recipient of fellowships and awards from the National Science Foundation, John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, Russell Sage Foundation, and SSRC-MacArthur Foundation.

Chandra is the author of three books, as well as many academic articles. Her number one book Why Ethnic Parties Succeed: Patronage and Ethnic Headcounts in India, was published by Cambridge University Press in 2004 and has since been very widely cited. She is also the lead author of Constructivist Theories of Ethnic Politics: 2012 2012 and Democratic Dynasties: State, Party and nature Politics in India 2016.