Milan Vaishnav

Director and Senior Fellow
South Asia Program
Milan Vaishnav is a senior fellow and director of the South Asia Program and the host of the Grand Tamasha podcast at Carnegie, where he focuses on India's political economy, governance, state capacity, distributive politics, and electoral behavior.
Education

PhD, Political Science, Columbia University
MA, MPhil, Political Science, Columbia University
BA, International Relations, University of Pennsylvania 

Languages
  • English

Latest Analysis

    • Commentary

    Why Do Voters Back Corrupt and Dishonest Politicians?

    • December 13, 2016
    • Democratic Audit UK

    Rather than being uninformed, voters in India strategically elect politicians who are tied to criminal activity.

    • Commentary

    Why India’s Demonetization Alone Won’t End Dirty Money in Politics

    • November 28, 2016
    • Financial Times

    Demonetization alone is not enough to end dirty money in Indian politics. Modi must also close legal loopholes, tie tax breaks to political parties with transparency, and directly attack the underlying drivers of the black economy.

    • Commentary

    Modi’s Crackdown on Black Money Is Bad News for Political Parties, Including the BJP

    • November 09, 2016
    • Quartz

    Some 75 percent of the money going to political parties is from undocumented sources. Modi’s crackdown on black money will therefore be hugely disruptive for the upcoming elections in Punjab and Uttar Pradesh.

    • Commentary

    President Trump’s Question Marks Extend to India

    • November 09, 2016
    • NDTV

    Much of the India-U.S. relationship functions through their respective bureaucracies. But reassuring America’s friends abroad will be an uphill climb for Trump.

    • Commentary

    BJP’s ‘Five-Layer Cake’ Strategy in Uttar Pradesh

    • November 07, 2016
    • Livemint

    For the election in Uttar Pradesh, the Bharatiya Janata Party is relying on nationalism, Hindu majoritarianism, Modi’s popularity, failures within other parties, and strong headline economic numbers.

    • Commentary

    Why Voters Sometimes Prefer Criminals as Candidates

    • October 01, 2016
    • Governance: An International Journal of Policy, Administration, and Institutions

    Indian voters do not elect criminals out of ignorance. Instead, candidates with serious criminal records are sometimes preferred because their criminality signals their credibility.

    • Commentary

    Politician-Bureaucrat Ties Far More Complicated Than Perceived

    • September 22, 2016
    • Hindustan Times

    A new body of work shows the relationship between bureaucrats and politicians in India is riddled with perverse incentives and unintended consequences. But, it also points to possible actions for reform.

    • Commentary

    IAS Reforms: Cleaning Rust From the Frame

    • September 12, 2016
    • Live Mint

    The Indian Administrative Service (IAS) is the essential bureaucratic organ of the Indian state, but it is badly out of sync with today’s demands.

    • Research

    The Indian Administrative Service Meets Big Data

    • September 01, 2016

    The Indian government should reshape recruitment and promotion processes for the Indian Administrative Service, improve performance-based assessment of individual officers, and adopt safeguards that promote accountability while protecting bureaucrats from political meddling.

    • Commentary

    Exploiting Survey Data

    • August 31, 2016
    • Seminar India

    Survey opinion research is an incredibly valuable tool, but there are challenges to measuring beliefs, drawing inferences, and using limited open data.

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