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Deepak Kumar
Research Associate
Email: deepak.kumar@adriindia.org
Brief Profile:
Dr. Deepak Kumar is currently working as a Research Associate in ADRI, Patna. Dr Kumar has an MPhil and PhD in Law and Governance from the Centre for the Study of Law and Governance at Jawaharlal Nehru University. He also holds a Masters Degree in Development (Law and Governance) from Azim Premji University, PG Diploma in Journalism from the Indian Institute of Mass Communication, and BA (H) in Political Science from Delhi University. He was previously associated with a Delhi-based non-profit organization working on housing and land rights issues, and different media organizations on desk.
Urban Governance, Smart Cities Mission, Human Rights, Everyday State In India, And Exploring The State-Citizen Relationship
Research Publications
- [Forthcoming] Kumar, D. (xxxx) ‘Contemporary discourses on slums’, Int. J. Human Rights and Constitutional Studies, Vol. X, No. Y, pp.xxx–xxx.
- D. KUMAR, "Actual practices of citizen participation in smart cities," Smart Cities and Regional Development (SCRD) Journal, 8(2), 19-30, January 2024. https://doi.org/10.25019/4c05yr24
- Kumar, D. (2023) ‘Judicial discourse on ‘slum’ and the state practice of demolition and forced eviction in urban India’, Int. J. Human Rights and Constitutional Studies, Vol. 10, No. 3, pp.199–212
- D. . KUMAR, “The Making of Smart Citizenry: Decoding ‘Smart Citizen’”, SCRD, vol. 7, no. 2, pp. 85–96, Jun. 2023. DOI: https://doi.org/10.25019/scrd.v7i2
- D. . Kumar, “The Conception and Discourse of Smart City ”, SCRD, vol. 7, no. 1, pp. 71–84, Mar. 2023. DOI: https://doi.org/10.25019/scrdjournal.v7i1.178
- Kumar, D. (2022) ‘‘Smart cities’ and citizenship’, Int. J. Human Rights and Constitutional Studies, Vol. 9, No. 3, pp.272–281.
- Kumar, D. (2019) ‘Slums and Emerging Housing Crisis,’ In Sial, P and B.B. Biswas (eds), Indian Democracy at 70: Challenges Ahead, pp. 230-245, ISBN: 978-93-8383131-86-0.
Media Publications
- “Making an ‘Inclusive City’ in India is the Need of the Hour,” News18.com, 2 April 2023. Available at: https://www.news18.com/opinion/opinion-making-an-inclusive-city-in-india-is-the-need-of-the-hour-7447315.html
- “Why the Smart Cities Mission Needs an Overhaul,” The Citizen, 27 November 2020. Available at: https://www.thecitizen.in/index.php/en/newsdetail/index/9/19670/why-the-smart-cities-mission-needs-an-overhaul
- “The Right to Adequate Housing Denied: Homeless Amidst Pandemic,” Academike, 25 November 2020. Available at: https://www.lawctopus.com/academike/the-right-to-adequate-housing-denied-homeless-amidst-pandemic/
- “22 People Lose Homes Every Hour: Has Humanity Gone Missing?” Youth Ki Awaaz, 18 September 2020. Available at: https://www.youthkiawaaz.com/2020/09/of-forced-evictions-destruction-of-homes-and-a-culture-of-dispossession/