Prof. Surinder S. Jodhka

Surinder S. Jodhka is  a Professor of Sociology at the Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. He researches on social inequalities, caste in contemporary times, rural/agrarian change, and sociology of community identities. His recent publications include India’s Villages in the 21 st Century: Revisits and Revisions (with Edward Simpson OUP:2019); Mapping the Elite: Power, Privilege and Inequality (with Jules Naudet. OUP:2019); A Handbook of Rural India (OBS 2018.); Contested Hierarchies: Caste and Power in 21 st Century (with James Manor OBS:2018); The Indian Middle-Class (with Aseem Prakash OUP:2016); Caste in Contemporary India (Routledge:2015); Caste (OISI/OUP 2012). He is also a recipient of the ICSSR-Amartya Sen Award for Distinguished Social Scientists, 2012.