Praveen Rai

Political Analyst, Centre for the Study of Developing Societies (CSDS), New Delhi

Praveen Rai is a Political Analyst with more than fifteen years of experience in survey research and election studies. A postgraduate in history with a degree in law from university of Delhi, he worked with Lokniti: Programme for Comparative Democracy, a research programme of CSDS that specializes in elections and party politics. While at Lokniti, he handled more than fifty election studies and used empirical data and statistical tools for academic and research based writings. His key areas of interest include politics, electoral competitions and opinion polling in India. His writings have been published in Indian academic journals, mostly in the Economic and Political Weekly (EPW). His research on 'Electoral Participation of Women in India: Key Determinants and Barriers' was published as a special article in Economic and Political Weekly in 2011 and ‘Women’s Participation in Electoral Politics in India: Silent Feminisation’ in South Asia Research in 2017.