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{{Short description|Indian political scientist}}
{{Notability|bio|date=February 2020}}
{{Infobox office holder
|name = Vasundhara Sirnate
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1979|09|17}}
|birth_place = [[Ambala Cantt]], [[Haryana]]
|alma_mater =[[Lady Shri Ram College]],
[[Jawahar Lal Nehru University]]
|education = [[University of California, Berkeley]]
|occupation = Political Scientist, Journalist, Writer
|office1= Chief Coordinator of Research at The Hindu Centre for Politics and Public Policy
|termstart1 = 2013
|termend1 = 2017
|office2 = Director of Research at The Polis Project
|termstart2 = November 2017
|termend2= 17 November 2020
}}
'''Vasundhara Sirnate''' (born 17 September 1979) is an [[Indian people|Indian]] political scientist, journalist and writer. She is a co-founder of The Polis Project. Her works include ''Passive Police: Institutional Learning Through Inquiry Commissions'' and ''[[Kashmir]]'s Crossroads''.

Born in 1979 in [[Ambala Cantt]], Sirnate is an alumnus of the [[Lady Shri Ram College, Delhi|Lady Shri Ram College]] and [[Jawahar Lal Nehru University]]. She was the Chief Coordinator of Research at The Hindu Centre for Politics and Public Policy from 2013 to 2017. She served The Polis Project as a director of research from November 2017 to November 2020.

==Biography==
Sirnate was born on 17 September 1979 in [[Ambala Cantt]]. She was schooled at [[Scindia Kanya Vidyalaya, Gwalior]]. She graduated from [[Lady Shri Ram College, Delhi]] with a [[Bachelor of Arts|B.A degree]] in journalism and received an [[Master of Arts|M.A]] and an [[Master of Philosophy|M.Phil]] degree in political science from the [[Jawahar Lal Nehru University]]. She studied there under the supervision of [[Zoya Hasan]]. She went to [[University of California, Berkeley]] for her [[Doctorate of Philosophy|PhD]] studies.<ref name="polis">{{cite web |title=Profile of Vasundhara Sirnate |url=https://www.thepolisproject.com/about/#.XjbR8lNX5-E |website=ThePolisProject |accessdate=2 February 2020}}</ref><ref name="center">{{cite web |title=Profile of Vasundhara Sirnate |url=https://www.thehinducentre.com/profile/author/Vasundhara-Sirnate-Drennan-17534/ |website=The Hindu Center |accessdate=2 February 2020}}</ref><ref name="book">{{cite web |title=Critiquing The Sync Between Democracy And Liberalism |url=http://thebookreviewindia.org/critiquing-the-sync-between-democracy-and-liberalism/ |website=TheBookReviewIndia |accessdate=2 February 2020}}</ref>

Sirnate was Chief Coordinator of Research at The Hindu Centre for Politics and Public Policy from 2013 to 2017.<ref name="book" /><ref name="foreign">{{cite web |title=Kashmir's Crossroads Self Rule, Indian Integration, and Party Politics |url=https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/india/2015-04-15/kashmirs-crossroads |website=ForeignAffairs.com |accessdate=2 February 2020 |date=15 April 2015}}</ref> She is a co-founder of The Polis Project.<ref>{{cite news |author1=Rajeev Jayaswal |title=UP, Bihar top two beneficiaries of PMGK scheme announced in March |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/up-bihar-top-two-beneficiaries-of-pmgk-scheme-announced-in-march/story-ga0LNR6cG3iwKWM7xfzW2H.html |access-date=1 February 2021 |work=[[Hindustan Times]] |date=26 September 2020}}</ref><ref name="theprint">{{cite web |title=Bhagat Singh Thind's story is a harsh lesson for NRIs in US supporting CAA |url=https://theprint.in/features/bhagat-singh-thinds-story-is-a-harsh-lesson-for-nris-in-us-supporting-caa/348113/ |website=ThePrint.in |accessdate=2 February 2020 |date=11 January 2020}}</ref> She served The Polis Project as a director of research since November 2017 to 17 November 2020.<ref>{{cite news |author1=ARCHIT |title=Sudarshan News broadcasts fake news about woman murdered in Tahir Hussain’s house |url=https://www.altnews.in/sudarshan-news-broadcasts-fake-news-about-woman-murdered-in-tahir-hussains-house/ |access-date=1 February 2021 |work=[[Alt News]] |date=12 March 2020}}</ref><ref name="thehindu">{{cite web |author1=Vasundhara Sirnate |title=The soldier as state actor |url=https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/the-soldier-as-state-actor/article6608758.ece |website=TheHindu.com |accessdate=2 February 2020 |date=18 November 2014}}</ref><ref name="polis"/><ref>{{Cite tweet |author= Vasundhara Sirnate|user=vsirnate |number=1328438336944545795 |date= 17 November 2020 |title=Resignation from The Polis |script-title= |location= |access-date=1 February 2020 |link= |ref=Twitter Handle of Vasundhara Sirnate}}</ref>

==Literary works==
Sirnate's works include:<ref name="women">{{cite web |title=Profile of Vasundhara Sirnate |url=https://womenalsoknowstuff.com/profile/vasundhara-sirnate |website=[[Women Also Know Stuff]] |accessdate=2 February 2020}}</ref><ref name="researchgate">{{cite web |title=Vasundhara Sirnate's research works |url=https://www.researchgate.net/scientific-contributions/2029151304_Vasundhara_Sirnate |website=Research Gate |accessdate=2 February 2020}}</ref><ref name="google">{{cite web |title=Bibliography of Vasundhara Sirnate |url=https://scholar.google.co.in/citations?user=rwYjwLsAAAAJ&hl=en |website=scholar.google.co.in |accessdate=2 February 2020}}</ref>
* ''Good laws, bad implementation''
* ''Students versus the State: The politics of uranium mining in Meghalaya''
* ''Positionality, personal insecurity, and female empathy in security studies research''<ref name="cambridge">{{cite journal |author1=Vasundhara Sirnate |title=Positionality, Personal Insecurity, and Female Empathy in Security Studies Research |url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/ps-political-science-and-politics/article/positionality-personal-insecurity-and-female-empathy-in-security-studies-research/5DF4041F17E5E4C6AA092601B6031646 |journal=PS: Political Science & Politics |publisher=Cambridge University Press |accessdate=2 February 2020 |doi=10.1017/S1049096514000286 |date=14 April 2014|volume=47 |issue=2 |pages=398–401 }}</ref>
* ''The RSS and Citizenship: The Construction of the Muslim Minority Identity in India''
* ''After Pulwama, the Indian Media Proves it is the BJP's Propaganda Machine''
* ''Kashmir's Crossroads''
* ''The Naxalites of India, Maoists of Nepal and Taliban of Pakistan: Ideological Insurgencies in South Asia''<ref name="jugdep">{{cite book |author1=Jugdep S. Chima |title=Ethnic Subnationalist Insurgencies in South Asia: Identities, Interest and Challenges to State Authority |date=24 March 2015 |isbn=9781317557050 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WMsqBwAAQBAJ&pg=PT31&lpg=PT31&dq=Vasundhara+Sirnate#q=Vasundhara%20Sirnate}}</ref>
* Demonstrating State-Memory: The Politics of 'Tribe' and India's Counterinsurgency Campaigns in Mizoram and Chhattisgarh
* ''Countering Insurgency: Strategies of the Indian State''
* ''Passive Police: Institutional Learning Through Inquiry Commissions''<ref name="passive">{{cite web |title=Passive Police: Institutional Learning Through Inquiry Commissions |url=https://www.thehinducentre.com/publications/policy-watch/article5656731.ece |website=The Hindu |publisher=The Hindu Center |accessdate=19 March 2020}}</ref>

==References==
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