Rahul Verma is a Fellow at the Centre for Policy Research (CPR), New Delhi. He is also an associate professor of political science at the Law School, Shiv Nadar University, Chennai. Previously, he taught as a visiting faculty at the Department of Political Science, Ashoka University, Sonipat, Haryana.
He has a PhD in Political Science from the University of California, Berkeley. His doctoral dissertation examines why some political families flourish, and others decline quickly. He completed his MPhil in Political Science from Delhi University, MA in Development Studies from Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), Mumbai, and BA from Kirori Mal College, Delhi University.
Verma’s research interests include political representation, political parties, public opinion polling and voting behaviour. He is a regular columnist for various news platforms and a TV commentator. He has published papers in several peer-reviewed academic journals. His book co-authored with Pradeep Chhibber, Ideology and Identity: The Changing Party Systems of India (OUP: New York, 2018), develops a new approach to defining the contours of what constitutes an ideology in multi-ethnic countries such as India. He recently co-edited a volume with Sudha Pai & Shyam Babu — Dalits in the New Millennium (CUP: New Delhi, 2023).
