Dhananjay SoindajiDhananjay Soindaji is a civil servant of the 2008 batch belonging to the Indian Revenue Service. He is an alumnus of RTM Nagpur University, IIT Delhi and the University of Chicago. He has been a faculty at the National Academy of Direct Taxes,Nagpur, India. He is the author of Inheritance, Hierarchy, and Caste: Origins of Political Decay in India (2022). The author has been a regular guest faculty of Comparative Politics, Political Thought and Political Sociology at undergraduate and graduate schools. In addition to his academic pursuits and administrative commitments, he has been regularly involved in community service and development activities, particularly in the area of education. Read More Read Less