Department of Political Science,

University of Arkansas - Fayetteville

Old Main 428, Fayetteville AR 72701

EMAIL: chidambaram.2[at]osu.edu                               

The Ohio State University, Columbus Ohio:

Ph.D. in Political Science, received March 2012

• Dissertation: “Welfare, Patronage, and the Rise of Hindu Nationalism  in India's Urban Slums”
• Committee: Irfan Nooruddin (Chair), Sarah Brooks, Marcus Kurtz
• General Examination passed with Distinction, October 2006
• Major Field: Comparative Politics
• Minor Field: Political Economy

"The “Right” Kind of Welfare: Seva vs. Patronage in South India’s Urban Slums”, Asian Survey, 52:2, April 2012, pp. 298-320.

Alumni Travel Grant, $2000, Ohio State University, May 2010

Travel Grant, $4500, Mershon Center for International Security Studies, June 2009

International Affairs Grant, $2000, Office of International Affairs, Ohio State University, June 2008

Research Travel Grant, $2500, Mershon Center for International Security Studies, June 2007   

General Exams passed with Distinction, October 2006                           

Graduate Fellowship, Ohio State University, 2004-2005                             

Canadian Commonwealth Scholarship for Graduate Study at McGill University (Declined), nominated by the Government of India, 2004

University Topper (Third position), B.A. (Honors) Journalism, Delhi University, 2000

University Topper (First position), B.A. (Honors) Journalism, Delhi University, 1998 

• "Patronage, Welfare Politics, and the Rise of Hindu Nationalism in Urban India", paper in progress, prepared for presentation at the 2011 APSA Annual Meeting, Sept 1-4, Seattle 

• “Hindu Welfare in South India's Urban Slums”, paper prepared for presentation at the 2011 Yale Modern South Asia Workshop, April 9-10, 2011 at Yale University

• “Sectarian Welfare in India's Slums: Governance, Patronage and the Role of Charitable NGOs”, Paper presented at the Midwest Conference on Asian Affairs, Columbus, October 1-3, 2010

• “Stemming the Radical Religious Tide: Populism’s Role in Thwarting the Hindu Right Wing in India”, Paper presented at the session “Globalization and the Opponents/Proponents of Hindu Nationalism” at the Conference on the Study of Religions of India: Arguments, Oppositions, and Conflicts, The University of St. Michael’s college, in the University of Toronto, June 17-20, 2010

• “The Rise of Uncivil Society: Failed Decentralization, Government Patronage, and Entrenchment of Sectarian Hindu Nationalist Organizations in India’s States”, Paper presented at the panel “Ethno-territorial Conflict” at the 2010 MPSA conference, Chicago, April 22-25, 2010

• “Stemming the Saffron Tide: Populism versus the Hindu Right in India”, Paper presented at the panel “The Politics of Religion II” at the Interdiscplinary Graduate Conference, hosted by the Department of Middle East, South Asian and African Studies (MESAAS), Columbia University, New York, April 15-17, 2010

• “Hindu Welfare In South India’s Slums: A Political Economy Explanation Of Subnational Variation”, Paper presented at the  Spring 2010 Comparative Politics Workshop, Dept. of Political science, The Oho State University, April 13, 2010

INSTRUCTOR

• Ethnicity and Politics   

• Introduction to Comparative Politics

• Chair’s Recognition for Excellent Teaching, Winter 2009

2002-2003: Research Assistant for Dr. C. Raja Mohan on his book, Crossing the Rubicon: The Shaping of India’s New Foreign Policy (New Delhi: Viking, 2003) [He is currently Henry Alfred Kissinger Scholar in the John W. Kluge Center at the Library of Congress]

2004: Compiled “KS: A Select Bibliography”, in (ed.) P.R. Kumaraswamy, Security Beyond Survival: Essays for Subrahmanyam (New Delhi: Sage, 2004)

2005, 2006: Research Assistant for Irfan Nooruddin, Dept. of Political Science, Ohio State University

2006: Research Assistant for Dean Lacy, Dept. of Political Science, Ohio State University [now at Dept. of Government, Dartmouth University]

2007: Pre-dissertation fieldwork in New Delhi, India

2009: Dissertation fieldwork in New Delhi, Chennai & Bangalore, India