Professor Yatindra Singh Sisodia is the Director of the Madhya Pradesh Institute of Social Science Research (ICSSR Institute), Ujjain, since 2013. His research interests include democracy, decentralised governance, electoral politics, tribal studies, and development issues. He has authored/edited 24 books and published over 100 research papers in reputed journals and edited volumes. He has completed more than 65 research projects for central and state government bodies, including ICSSR and the Planning Commission. Professor Sisodia is the Editor of the Madhya Pradesh Journal of Social Sciences and has received the Professor G. Ram Reddy Social Scientist Award (2017) for his contributions to panchayati raj and grassroots democracy. He has served on several national committees, including the Indian National Commission for Cooperation with UNESCO and review missions constituted by the Government of India. He has participated in over 470 national and international conferences and has contributed articles to leading newspapers such as The Hindu, The Indian Express, and Hindustan Times. Professor Sisodia has guided numerous Ph.D. scholars in Political Science and has undertaken academic visits to the USA, UK, South Korea, Malaysia, Dubai, and Bangladesh. Email: yatindrasingh.sisodia@gmail.com

Democracy, decentralised governance, electoral politics, tribal issues, grassroots democracy, and developmental studies