Valerian_Rodrigues
Valerian Rodrigues (born 29 July 1949) is an Indian political scientist. He is known for his influential work on Babasaheb Ambedkar,[1] and for his formulations of themes in Modern Indian Political Thought.[2][3] Rodrigues has made substantial contributions to the debate on the working of the Indian Parliament,[4] constitutionalism in India,[5] and agrarian politics in India.[6] As a Professor at the Centre for Political Studies at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi,[7] he was popular for his lectures on Indian Political Thought and Intellectual History, and critically reading the same through political concepts of modernity, secularism and nationalism. Before joining JNU, Rodrigues taught at the Department of Political Science at Mangalore University, Karnataka, India.[8]
He has held the first Ambedkar Chair at the Ambedkar University Delhi, has been ICCR (Indian Council of Cultural Relations) Visiting Professor at the University of Erfurt Germany, Visiting Professor at the University of Würzburg Germany, Visiting Professor at Simon Fraser University, Canada and Fellow at the Max Weber Center for Advanced Studies, Germany.[9][10]
Rodrigues is a regular political columnist and commentator with The Hindu and The Indian Express.