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Kham Khan Suan Hausing is a Professor of Political Science at the University of Hyderabad, India. He earned his Master, MPhil and PhD degrees from the Centre for Political Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. Hausing previously taught Political Science at the Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi for over eight years. He was a Fulbright-Nehru Postdoctoral Research Fellow, 2012-13 at the Department of Political Science, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia where he completed a project on “Asymmetric federalism and the question of democratic justice in Northeast India" under the able mentorship of Professor Brendan O'Leary.

Hausing has recently completed, as a co-researcher, the Leverhulme International Network Project on “Continuity and change in Indian federalism” (2014-15 to 2016-17) where his focus was on Telangana and the politics of state formation in India. The project, co-ordinated by Dr. Wilfried Swenden of the University of Edinburgh, involved the Universities of Bristol, Edinburgh, Nottingham, Burdwan, Delhi and Hyderabad.

Hausing’s works have been published in peer-reviewed journals including Contributions to Indian Sociology, Economic and Political Weekly, India Review and Studies in Indian Politics. Some of his thematic writings have appeared in leading Indian newspapers including The Hindu, The Indian Express and the Statesman. He has rendered his professional service as a peer-reviewer in noted journals including Asian Ethnicity, Contemporary South Asia, Economic and Political Weekly, Ethnicities, Indian Journal of Public Administration, India Review, Journal of Borderland Studies, Studies in Ethnicity and Nationalism, Studies in Indian Politics, and South Asia: Journal of South Asian Studies.

Hausing has been awarded the T.N. Chaturvedi Award, 2016 for the best article published in the Indian Journal of Public Administration in 2016 for his article titled, "Multiculturalism and intercultural dialogue in North-East Region (NER) of India," https://doi.org/10.1177/0019556120160305. This Award was conferred to Hausing by Venkaiah Naidu, the Vice President of India, on behalf of the Indian Institute of Public Administration (IIPA) at its Annual General Meeting at its campus in New Delhi on 11 October 2017.

Hausing is an honorary Fellow of the Centre for Multilevel Federalism, Institute of Social Sciences, New Delhi. His research interest includes, among others, federalism, ethnic conflicts, nationalism and Indian politics with particular focus on Northeast India.

PhD Supervisor: Balveer Arora