Mudit Kumar Singh

Mudit Kumar Singh

Jaypee University, Anoopshahr, Uttar Pradesh, India

Visiting Research Fellow, Duke University, USA

Intro

I am Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Management, Jaypee University, Anoopshahr and have been affiliated as a visiting research fellow to Duke University since 2018. I have been doing practice, research, and teaching for the past fourteen years in the context of public policy and community development interventions.

Interests

  • Local Governance and Public Policy
  • Social Network and Social Statistics
  • Social Capital and Digital Democracy

Education

  • PhD in Development Studies, 2018

  • MBA in Rural Development, 2009

  • BA in Mathematics, Economics and English, 2007

Teaching

 
 
 
 
 

Guest Faculty

University of Allahabad

September 2019 – April 2020 Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, India

Taught General Management Theories, Economic Environment, Project Management and Statistics

Responsibilities

  • Conducting Examination and Evaluation
  • Lectures at UG and PG levels
 
 
 
 
 

Visiting Faculty

Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad

October 2013 – May 2014 Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, India

Taught General Management Theories, Communication Skills Workshop, Computer Applications for Social Sciences

Responsibilities

  • Conducting Examination and Evaluation
  • Administrative assistance in the Department

Research

Just Transition Research

Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur Jul 2021 – Jun 2023
Worked on Energy Transition away from Coal in India. Devised a community-centric energy transition framework that got published and presented at international and national forums comprised of academicians, trade union leaders, civil society organizations, and media representatives

Community Participation and Social Networks in India

Center for International and Global Studies Aug 2017 – Jul 2021
Led a working group funded by Duke University in 2017. The project has resulted papers in highly-ranked, peer-reviewed journals.

Participatory Rural Development in India:Network-Based Social Capital in Panchayats of Uttar Pradesh

Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad Jul 2014 – Dec 2018
The Ph.D. was funded by the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India with partial funding by the Fulbright scholarship board for 08 months at Duke University. The Ph.D. work resulted in one international and three national presentations and two international peer-reviewed (Q1, ABDC indexed) publications. My thesis got published as a book by Emerald.

Scholarships

Visiting Research Fellow

Duke University Aug 2018 – Jul 2021
Village Networks and Community Participation in Local Governance

Fulbright-Nehru Doctoral Fellow

United States India Education Foundation Aug 2017 – Apr 2018
Data and network analysis

Visiting Scholar

Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research Jan 2017 – Mar 2017
Writing and analysis

Research Intern

Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur May 2015 – Jul 2015
Literature Review and Research Methodology

Recent Publications

Community Participation and Civic Engagement in the Digital Era Localizing Sustainable Development

The book explores the complex relationship of community participation, social capital and social networks in achieving the sustainable …
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Local Governance in Just Energy Transition: Towards a Community-Centric Framework

Mudit Kumar Singh, Pradip Swarnakar
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Politics and Community Narratives of Participation in Local Governance of Rural India

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Do social capital and networks facilitate community participation?

Mudit Kumar Singh, James Moody
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Gender and Women Empowerment Approaches: Interventions through PRIs and CSOs in Northern India

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Social inequality and access to social capital in microfinance interventions

Mudit Kumar Singh, Jaemin Lee
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Participatory Rural Development in India:Network-Based Social Capital in Panchayats of Uttar Pradesh

Source Document

Development Practice

 
 
 
 
 

Program Officer

Solidarity and Action Against the HIV Infection in India

March 2012 – August 2013 Jaipur, Rajasthan, India

Project Management and Coordination with Partner organizations

Key Responsibilities

  • Team building with marginalized population at the Ditrict levels
  • Admnistration and execution of the Project in the state
  • Organizing workshops with community, government officials, legal and health service providers
 
 
 
 
 

Project Coordinator

Bhoruka Charitable Trust

August 2011 – February 2012 Jaipur, Rajasthan, India

Project Management and Coordination with Partner organizations

Key Responsibilities

  • Team building at block and volunteers in slum areas
  • Admnistration and execution of the community level interventions in the district
  • Coordinating with community, government officials, and health service providers

Recent & Upcoming Talks

Data analysis with SPSS

Schedule 09-11 Nov, 2020 evening 5:30- 6:30 PM IST (Based on participants agreement, timings may be adjusted after beginning of the event). Topics Topics: Data entry and coding, Descriptive (frequency, correlation, tabulation) and simple regression in SPSS.
Nov 9, 2020 5:30 PM — Nov 11, 2020 6:30 PM

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