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M.A.; M. Phil. (University of Hyderabad)

Ph.D. (Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi)

 

Prof. (Dr.) Jadumani Mahanand

Assistant Professor

Email jmahanand@jgu.edu.in
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ORCID ID 0000-0001-8472-2286
Key Expertise Contempoary Political Philosophy, Third Generation Critical Theory, Ambedkar, Recognition, Redistribution, Democracy, Justice, Social Contract, Non-Ideal Theory, Annihilation, Caste, Race, Class and Gender.

M.A.; M. Phil. (University of Hyderabad)

Ph.D. (Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi)

 

Biography

Dr. Jadumani Mahanand is trained in Political Science. He specialises in the area of Critical Theory and Political Theory. He holds doctorate in political science from the Centre for Political Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. He obtained M.A and M. Phil degrees in Political Science, from the department of Political Science University of Hyderabad. He was a DAAD visiting research scholar to Centre for Modern Indian Studies (CeMIS), Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Germany, Oct-December 2016.

Jadumani is working on a book project on “Ambedkar’s Philosophy of Recognition”. This research explores the possibility of a distinctive theory that can respond to a long debate on the question of identity of caste, class, and gender. Currently, he is working on the idea of Annihilation as Democratic Theory. He has published in peer-reviewed journals and edited books.

Introduction to Academic Writings

Political Science-I (Political Theory), 

Political Science-II (Indian Politics)

International Relations

Political Theory

Foundation of Social Science

Political and Legal Thought

Above are Compulssory Courses in Law School, I have taught. 

Below listed are my Electives courses. 

The Theory of Recognition: Race, Caste, Class and Gender

Debates in Political Philosophy: Rights and Good

Decolonisation and Indian Political Thought

A New Critical Theory of Recognition 
 

Mahanand, Jadumani. (2026). “Ambedkar and Annihilation: Towards a Theory of Transformative Praxis”, South Asia Research, Vol. 46(1), 1-16. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/02627280261446044

Mahanand, Jadumani. "Ninety Years of Annihilation of Caste: The Wait for a Democratic Conscience in India”, https://theleaflet.in/equality/ninety-years-of-annihilation-of-caste-the-wait-for-a-democratic-conscience-in-india 15th May 2026.

Mahanand, Jadumani. (2025) “Phule and Ambedkar’s Critical Philosophy of Education and Knowledge” Educational Philosophy and Theory, https://doi.org/10.1080/00131857.2025.2451304

Mahanand, Jadumani. “Reservation Politics in the Absence of a Social Justice Discourse in Odisha”, https://thewire.in/caste/reservation-politics-in-the-absence-of-a-social-justice-discourse-in-odisha. 25 July 2025.

Mahanand, Jadumani. “The importance of Ambedkar’s constitutionalism”, https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/the-importance-of-ambedkar-s-constitutionalism-101749123267149.html. 05, June 2025.

Mahanand, Jadumani. “Is There A Free Public Space for Phule And Ambedkar In Indian Public Discourse?” https://www.outlookindia.com/culture-society/is-there-a-free-public-space-for-phule-and-ambedkar-in-indian-public-discourse. 18 May 2025.

Mahanand, Jadumani. “How pragmatism is inadequate to understand Ambedkar’s scholarship”, https://www.thehindu.com/specials/text-and-context/how-pragmatism-is-inadequate-to-understand-ambedkars-scholarship/article69233939.ece. 19 February 2025.

Mahanand, Jadumani. “Buddhist monks seeking control of Mahabodhi temple shows Buddhism’s struggle against appropriation”, https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/buddhist-monks-seeking-control-mahabodhi-temple-buddhism-9938861/. 11 April 2025.

Mahanand, Jadumani. “Why Ambedkarite politics is losing its autonomy in India” https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/ambedkarite-politics-dalit-bsp-caste-sc-reservation-chandrashekhar-azad-10083285/. 23 June 2025.

Mahanand, Jadumani. “Caste census will dispel the notion of castelessness”, https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/caste-census-will-dispel-the-notion-of-castelessness-10007956/. 15 May 2025.

Mahanand, Jadumani.“We must go back to Ambedkar to understand democracy”, https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/we-must-go-back-to-ambedkar-to-understand-democracy-9961278/. 23 April 2025.

Mahanand, Jadumani. (2024) “When They Know Us: Do Dalits Lives Matter”, South Asia: Journal of South Asian Studies, Volume 47, Issue 2. https://doi.org/10.1080/00856401.2024.2310939.

Mahanand, Jadumani. Whose Ambedkar Is It Anyway? https://www.outlookindia.com/national/ambedkar-amit-shah-controversy-bjp-congress. 27 December 2024.

Mahanand, Jadumani. “The absence of Ambedkarite politics and the prevalence of soft Hindutva in Odisha”, 18th May 2024. https://caravanmagazine.in/politics/patnaik-soft-hindutva.

Mahanand, Jadumani. “When A Dalit die in Democracy”, The India Intellectual Forum, 24, December 2023. https://www.theindiaforum.in/caste/death-dalit-democracy.

Mahanand, Jadumani. “B R Ambedkar’s Timeless Relevance”, The Leaflet, 14 April 2023, https://theleaflet.in/b-r-ambedkars-timeless-relevance/

Recognising Ambedkar: An Idea or an Identity. Economic Political Weekly, Issue 56, Volume 49, 4 December 2021, pp. 28-31.

“Ambedkar’s debate on Equality and Liberty: Fraternity as Political Normative”, in B R Ambedkar and Social Transformation, (ed) Jagannatham Begari, New: Delhi, Routledge, 2021.

“Ambedkar in/and Academic Space” in B. R. Ambedkar: The Quest for Justice: Religious and Cultural Justice” pp. 268-282, Volume number Five (ed) Aakash Singh Rathore, New Delhi: Oxford University, 2021.

“Practice of Caste and the Complexities of Constitutional Democracy” reviewed on Dynamics of Caste and Law: Dalits, Oppression and Constitutional Democracy in India by Dag-Erik Berg, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2020; pp 243, ₹ 795, Economic Political Weekly, Volume 56, issue no 19, 8 May 2021

Mahanand, Jadumani. “Ambedkar’s Conception of Law as Caste in Hindu society” Jindal Law and Humanities Review, forthcoming issue, February, 2021.

“Ambedkar’s Critique of Recognition.” Studies in Indian Politics, Sage, 2 May, Volume 8, Issue 1, 2020, pp. 22-38.

“When they Know Us” presented in Webinar Guest Lectures at Jindal Global Law School, O P Jindal University, date: 28th November 2020.

Preamble of India in Ambedkarite Politics” reviewed on Ambedkar’s Preamble: A Secret History of the Constitution of India by Aakash Singh Rathore, Penguin/Random House India, New Delhi 2020, pp. 277, The Book Review Volume XLIV Number 12 December 2020, p. 24.

THE IDEA OF SOCIALISM: TOWARDS A RENEWAL. By Axel Honneth. Translated by Joseph Ganahl, Polity Press UK, Cambridge: 2017. 145 pp. Journal of Comparative Literature and Aesthetics Vol. 43, No. 3, Autumn 2020 [185-188] 2020 Vishvanatha Kaviraja Institute, India.

“Ambedkar, Gandhi and Patel: The Making of India’s Electoral System” by Raja Sekhar Vundru. New Delhi: Bloomsbury. Pp. 187. Journal of Social Inclusion Studies, Sage, [pp. 210-213]. 15 April 2020.

Mahanand Jadumani. 2020. “India’s Pandemic response needed Ambedkar’s vision of social security and public health”, The Caravan Magazine – Commentary/ Policy, 24 August. https://caravanmagazine.in/policy/indias-pandemic-response-needed-ambedkars-vision-of-social-security-and-public-health

Mahanand, Jadumani. (2019). “Faking radicalism in a global context,” Reviewed on Caste Matters by Suraj Yengde, Random Penguin House, 2019, pages 304. Telengana Today, 1, September. http://telanganatoday.com/faking-radicalism-in-a-global-context

Mahanand, Jadumani. 2019. “JNU and the Ambedkarite Idea of Public Education”, The Caravan Magazine, Essay- Web exclusive 10 December.

https://caravanmagazine.in/education/jnu-ambedkarite-idea-public-education Mahanand, Jadumani. 2019. “A Documentary Film That Brings Alive Dalit Struggles in UP.” The Wire, 3 November. https://thewire.in/film/a-documentary-film-that-brings-alive-dalit-struggles-in-up

Ambedkar’s Ideas of Equality. In “Dr. B. R. Ambedkar’s Social Justice towards and Egalitarian Social Order”, ed. Ashok Kumar P, New Delhi: Meena Publication, pp. 192-203, 2016.

“Ambedkar against Hindu Majoritarianism”

“Ambedkar’s Idea of Constitutionalism”
Email jmahanand@jgu.edu.in
ORCID ID 0000-0001-8472-2286
Key Expertise Contempoary Political Philosophy, Third Generation Critical Theory, Ambedkar, Recognition, Redistribution, Democracy, Justice, Social Contract, Non-Ideal Theory, Annihilation, Caste, Race, Class and Gender.
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