Niranjan Sahu, Senior Fellow, ORF

Dr. Niranjan Sahoo is a Senior Fellow at Observer Research Foundation, a leading think tank in New Delhi. With years of expertise in governance and public policy, Dr Sahoo now leads studies and programmes on governance, democracy, electoral reforms, conflicts and insurgencies and human rights among other. A recipient of Ford Asia Fellowship (2009) and Sir Ratan Tata Fellow (2010), Dr Sahoo currently serves a member for the Carnegie Rising Democracies Network, Washington, D.C. He serves a regional democracy expert advisor to Freedom House, USA and Asia Democracy Research Network, Seoul. His forthcoming book is on Funding India’s Democracy by Routeldge, London. His work on polarisation in India (titled “Hindu Nationalism and rising political polarisation in India”) was recently published by The Brookings Press, USA. Most recent long paper was on “The West wanes, China grows: What’s at stake for the Liberal Order? ORF Occasional Paper, March 30, 2021.