Nithya N RadhaDr. Nithya N.R is an Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Kerala. She is serving as the Honorary Director of the V.K. Sukumaran Nayar Chair for Parliamentary Affairs and Joint Director of the International Centre for Maxian Studies and Research. Dr. Nithya obtained her M.A. and Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Kerala and was an ICSSR Post-Doctoral Fellow. She is a member of several university committees at the University of Kerala. She has made notable contributions to academic governance, curriculum development, and higher education quality assurance. She is a member of the Research Admission and Advisory Committee for Research Scholars, as well as the Board of Studies in Political Science at the University of Kerala, Sree Narayana Guru Open University, and the Kerala Legislative Assembly. Dr. Nithya supervises election surveys conducted by the Centre for the Study of Developing Societies (CSDS), New Delhi. She specialises in Political Theory, Post-Colonial Studies, Human Rights and Public Administration. Committed to social inclusion and civic engagement, Dr. Nithya coordinates Tribal Adoption, Constitutional Literacy, and Human Rights Awareness initiatives at the University of Kerala. She has participated and presented papers in International and National Seminars, published Books with National publishers, contributed chapters in Edited Books and published articles in reputed and UGC Care-listed journals. In addition to her research pursuits, she serves as a peer reviewer for academic journals indexed in the UGC-CARE and Scopus databases. Read More Read Less