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| alma_mater = [[Delhi University]] (BA) <br> [[Oxford University]] (MPhil & DPhil)
| occupation = Former Director, [[Centre for the Study of Developing Societies]] (2005-2014); [[political theorist]]
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'''{{PAGENAME}}''' (born 27 November 1954) is a noted [[India]]n [[political theorist]], who was professor of political theory at the [[Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi|Jawaharlal Nehru University]], Delhi.<ref name="High Court dismisses DU petition">{{cite news |title=High Court dismisses DU petition | url= https://www.thehindu.com/2004/01/13/stories/2004011312300300.htm | newspaper=[[The Hindu]] |date=13 January 2004 | accessdate=12 October 2018 }}{{dead link|date=April 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> His works on political theory, [[multiculturalism]], [[identity politics]] and [[secularism]] have evoked sharp debates.<ref>{{cite web |title=After Ambedkar cartoon row, HRD ministry plans a watchdog to address complaints on NCERT textbooks|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/cartoon-row-hrd-ministry-watchdog-complaints-on-ncert-textbooks/1/197855.html |date=28 May 2012|publisher=[[India Today]] }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Indian secularism evolved independently, says scholar|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/Indian-secularism-evolved-independently-says-scholar/articleshow/10823707.cms |newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|date=22 November 2011 | accessdate=12 October 2018 }}</ref>

He is Honorary Fellow and Founder Director, Parekh Institute of Indian Thought, CSDS ([[Centre for the Study of Developing Societies]]) Delhi. He has been former Director of the Centre between 2007-2014. <ref name=csds>[http://www.csds.in/faculty_rajeev_bhargava.htm Faculty, Rajeev Bhargava] [[Centre for the Study of Developing Societies]] (CSDS)</ref> He is also Honorary fellow, [[Balliol College, Oxford|Balliol College]], [[University of Oxford|Oxford]].

==Education==
He received his B.A. degree in economics from the [[University of Delhi]], followed by M.Phil. and D.Phil. from [[Oxford University]].<ref name=csds/><ref>{{cite web |title=Rajeev Bhargava, CV |url=http://www.csds.in/pdfs_dataunit/rajeev_bhargava/cv.pdf |date= |publisher=CSDS }}</ref>

==Career==
Bhargava started his academic career at [[St. Stephen's College, Delhi]] in 1979, in the following year he joined the [[Jawaharlal Nehru University]], Delhi where he worked till 2005, when he joined Centre for the Study of Developing Societies (CSDS), Delhi as a senior fellow and former director.<ref name="High Court dismisses DU petition"/>

Over the years, he has been faculty fellow in ethics at [[Harvard University]], Leverhulme Fellow at [[University of Bristol]], senior fellow at [[The Institute for Advanced Studies at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem|Institute of Advanced Studies, Jerusalem]], fellow, [[Berlin Institute for Advanced Study|Wissenschaftkolleg]], Berlin, fellow, Institute of Human Sciences, Vienna, visiting fellow of the [[British Academy]], Berggruen Fellow, [[CASBS]], [[Stanford University|Stanford]], [[Tsinghua University]], China and [[New York University|NYU]] between 2015-2017, Professorial Fellow, Institute of Social Justice, ACU, Sydney and held the Asia Chair at [[Sciences Po|Sciences Po Paris]] in 2006<ref>{{cite web |title=Rajeev Bhargava, Profile|url=http://www.queensu.ca/edg/members/researchers/bhargava.html |date= |publisher=[[Queen's University at Kingston|Queen's University]] }}</ref>

Bhargava writes a regular column for the Indian national daily, [[The Hindu]]. He also served on the Social Sciences jury for the [[Infosys Prize]] in 2019. in 2009, Bhargava was awarded the [[University Grants Commission (India)|UGC]] national award for his contribution to political science and in 2011, the [[Malcolm Adiseshiah]] award for his contribution to the social sciences.

==Selected works==
* Individualism in Social Science, (Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1992) This book offers a balanced, subtle critique of methodoloigical individualism.
* Secularism and its critics, (Oxford University Press, 1998) The first major anthology of its kind that sparked international academic interest in secularism.
* ''Multiculturalism, Liberalism and Democracy'' (OUP, 1999).[http://www.oup.co.in/search_detail.php?id=144300] This book looks into the cultural dimension of political and political dimensions of identity and culture.
* ''Politics and Ethics of the Indian Constitution'' (OUP, 2008).[http://www.oup.co.in/search_detail.php?id=145131] This book examines Indian constitution from the perspective of political theory.
* ''What is Political Theory why do we need it?'' (OUP, Delhi, 2010).[http://www.oup.co.in/search_detail.php?id=145295] In this book Bhargava clarifies concepts like secularism, multiculturalism, socialism, individualism and ethnocentrism etc.
* ''The Promise of India's secular democracy'' (OUP, Delhi, 2010).[http://www.oup.co.in/search_detail.php?id=145294] This book explores the politics of secularism in India.
* ''Secular States and Religious Diversity'' (UBC Press, Vancouver, 2013). He gave the concept of [[Principled Distance]] model of secularism as an alternative model to be more suitable for a heterogeneous society like India.

== References ==

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==External links==
* [http://www.csds.in/faculty_rajeev_bhargava.htm Rajeev Bhargava] at [[Centre for the Study of Developing Societies]] (CSDS)

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