5 September 1963

Senior Fellow, Centre for the Study of Developing Societies, Delhi, April 2004 onwards-Present, Fellow, Centre for the Study of Developing Societies, Delhi, October 1994 – April 2004. Research Associate, Centre for the Study of Developing Societies, Delhi, July 1993--September 1994, Lecturer, Department of Political Science, Panjab University, Chandigarh, April 1987 - July 1993, Instructor, Department of Political Science, Panjab University, Chandigarh, December 1985 - April 1987.

Series editor: (with V.B.Singh) Lokchintan Granthamala, a series of anthologies on social science in Hindi, Vani Prakashan, Delhi. Volumes published under this series (edited by Abhay Kumar Dubey):Loktantra ke saat adhyaya, 2002 Adhunikata ke aine mein Dalit, 2002 Bharat ka Bhoomandalikaran, 2003. (with V.B.Singh) Lokchintak Granthamala, a series on selected works of contemporary Indian thinkers in Hindi, Vani Prakashan, Delhi. Volume published under this series (edited by Abhay Kumar Dubey): Rajniti ki Kitab: Rajni Kothari ka Kritatva, 2003.

Edited Volumes: (with D.L. Sheth) Electoral Politics, in a series Readings in Indian Government and Politics, New Delhi: Sage Publications (In press)(Guest Editor with Suhas Palshikar) Political Parties and Elections in Indian States: 1990-2003, special number of the Journal of Indian School of Political Economy, Vol. XV (Nos. 1 &2), January- June 2003. Revised volume for publication is under preparation. Articles: more than 25 in Peer reviewed Journals.

Articles: : more than 25 in Peer reviewed Journals.

State of Democracy in South Asia (SDSA) from June 2003-September 2005 sponsored by The Ford Foundation under the project on ‘Democracy and Human Security’, International IDEA, and European Union under their Cross Cultural Programme; National Coordinator, National Election Audit, 1999 sponsored by Election Commission of India. Principal Investigator of National Election Studies – 2004, 1999, 1998,1996. Principal Investigator of the core design and interpretation team of the various State Assembly Elections Surveys – India 1996 onwards. Principal Investigator State of Nation Survey-2006 sponsored by the CNN-IBN and Hindustan Times.