{"id":898,"date":"2023-07-29T08:26:30","date_gmt":"2023-07-29T08:26:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bahaiacademyonline.com\/mpissr\/?page_id=898"},"modified":"2023-08-02T13:09:52","modified_gmt":"2023-08-02T13:09:52","slug":"core-faculty","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mpissr.org\/?page_id=898","title":{"rendered":"Core Faculty"},"content":{"rendered":"<body>\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"898\" class=\"elementor elementor-898\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-bd219e8 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"bd219e8\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-30d75c8\" data-id=\"30d75c8\" 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class=\"awsm-grid-card awsm-team-item awsm-scale-anm awsm-all\">\n                    <a href=\"#\" id=\"tigger-style-504-503\" class=\"awsm-modal-trigger\" data-trigger=\"#modal-style-504-503\">\n                        <figure>\n                            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"312\" height=\"312\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mpissr.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/YSS-2023.jpg?resize=312%2C312&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-awsm_team size-awsm_team wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\">                            <figcaption>\n                                <div class=\"awsm-personal-info\">\n                                   \t<span>Professor and Director<\/span>                                    <h3>Dr. Yatindra Singh Sisodia<\/h3>\n                                <\/div>\n                            <\/figcaption>\n                        <\/figure>\n                    <\/a>\n                <\/div>\n\t\t\t                <div id=\"awsm-member-504-510\" class=\"awsm-grid-card awsm-team-item awsm-scale-anm awsm-all\">\n                    <a href=\"#\" id=\"tigger-style-504-510\" class=\"awsm-modal-trigger\" data-trigger=\"#modal-style-504-510\">\n                        <figure>\n                            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mpissr.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Sandeep-Joshi-2021.png?resize=500%2C500&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-awsm_team size-awsm_team wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\">                            <figcaption>\n                                <div class=\"awsm-personal-info\">\n                                   \t<span>Professor<\/span>                                    <h3>Dr. Sandeep Joshi<\/h3>\n                                <\/div>\n                            <\/figcaption>\n                        <\/figure>\n                    <\/a>\n                <\/div>\n\t\t\t                <div id=\"awsm-member-504-512\" class=\"awsm-grid-card awsm-team-item awsm-scale-anm awsm-all\">\n                    <a href=\"#\" id=\"tigger-style-504-512\" class=\"awsm-modal-trigger\" data-trigger=\"#modal-style-504-512\">\n                        <figure>\n                            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mpissr.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Ashish-Bhatt-2021.png?resize=500%2C500&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-awsm_team size-awsm_team wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\">                            <figcaption>\n                                <div class=\"awsm-personal-info\">\n                                   \t<span>Associate Professor<\/span>                                    <h3>Dr. Ashish Bhatt<\/h3>\n                                <\/div>\n                            <\/figcaption>\n                        <\/figure>\n                    <\/a>\n                <\/div>\n\t\t\t                <div id=\"awsm-member-504-514\" class=\"awsm-grid-card awsm-team-item awsm-scale-anm awsm-all\">\n                    <a href=\"#\" id=\"tigger-style-504-514\" class=\"awsm-modal-trigger\" data-trigger=\"#modal-style-504-514\">\n                        <figure>\n                            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mpissr.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Manu-Gutam-2021.png?resize=500%2C500&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-awsm_team size-awsm_team wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\">                            <figcaption>\n                                <div class=\"awsm-personal-info\">\n                                   \t<span>Associate Professor<\/span>                                    <h3>Dr. Manu Gautam<\/h3>\n                                <\/div>\n                            <\/figcaption>\n                        <\/figure>\n                    <\/a>\n                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Director<\/h3><h2>Dr. Yatindra Singh Sisodia<\/h2><p>Professor Yatindra Singh Sisodia is the Director at Madhya Pradesh Institute of Social Science Research (An ICSSR Institute), Ujjain (since 2013). His areas of interest are democracy, decentralised governance, electoral politics, tribal issues, and developmental issues.<\/p>\n<p>He has authored\/edited 22 books including \u2018Political Communication in Contemporary India\u2019 (edited with Pratip Chattopadhyaya) Routledge (2022). \u2018Electoral Dynamics in the States of India\u2019, (edited with Sandeep Shastri, Ashutosh Kumar) Routledge (2021); \u2018Social Inclusion of Marginalised in India: State Policies and Challenges\u2019 (edited with Tapas Kumar Dalapati), Rawat Publications, Jaipur (2021). \u2018Strategies for Human Development and People\u2019s Participation: Challenges and Prospects in Rural India\u2019, PRIMUS, India, (2020); \u2018How India Votes: A State by State Look\u2019, (edited with Ashutosh Kumar) Orient BlackSwan, India, (2019); \u2018Two Decades of Panchayat Raj in India: Experiences, Issues, Challenges and Opportunities\u2019, Rawat Publications, Jaipur (2017); \u2018Development and Discontent in Tribal India\u2019, Rawat Publications, Jaipur (2015), wrote 5 monographs and published 98 research papers including many in refereed journals and reputed edited volumes. He has completed more than 51 research projects for Central Ministries; State Ministries; and organisations including ICSSR and Planning Commission. He is the Editor of the Madhya Pradesh Journal of Social Sciences (Peer-Reviewed &amp; UGC-Care, Group-I) and Madhya Pradesh Samajik Vigyan Anushandhan Journal (Peer-Reviewed &amp; UGC-Care, Group-I).<\/p>\n<p>He has been conferred with Professor G. Ram Reddy Social Scientist Award (2017) for his substantial contribution to research in the area of panchayati raj and grassroots democracy. He was a Member of the Research Institutes Committee of Indian Council of Social Science Research, New Delhi (2017-19). He was a member of the First Court, Dr. H.S. Gour Central University, Sagar (2013-2018). He was a Member of the Common Review Mission (CRM) for assessing the Fourteenth Finance Commission Grant\u2019s Utilisation constituted by the Ministry of Panchayati Raj, Government of India (2017). He is also a Member of the Indian National Commission for Cooperation with UNESCO (INCCU) under the Sub-Commission on Social Sciences constituted by the Ministry of Education (2014-2019) &amp; (2020-2024). He was a Member of the First Review Mission to look into the programmes of rural development and their performance constituted by the Ministry of Rural Development, Government of India (2016). He is the State Coordinator (Madhya Pradesh) of Lokniti, CSDS, Delhi. He is also a Life Member of various institutes and organisations of national repute. He is on the editorial board of four refereed journals.<\/p>\n<p>He has participated in more than 375 seminars, workshops, and conferences of national and international importance in India and abroad. He has also contributed to leading newspapers like The Hindu, The Indian Express, Hindustan Times, The Mint, Rashtriya Sahara, Naidunia, and Dainik Bhaskar. He has coordinated more than 80 seminars and workshops and particularly continuously coordinated training courses and capacity-building programmes on research methodology in social sciences for more than two decades. He is guiding research leading to Ph.D. Degree in Political Science from Vikram University, Ujjain, and 20 candidates have been awarded degrees. Also, supervised ICSSR-PDF conferred to 5 candidates. He has made academic visits to the USA under International Visitor\u2019s Leadership Programme in 2010 and the UK in 2013 and also made academic visits to South Korea, Malaysia, Dubai, and Bangladesh.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Email: yatindrasingh.sisodia@gmail.com, yatindra15@yahoo.com<\/strong><br>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/mpissr.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/CV-YS-SISODIA.pdf\" rel=\"noopener\">CV- Dr. Yatindra Singh Sisodia (June, 2023)<\/a><\/p>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div><div id=\"modal-style-504-510\" class=\"awsm-modal-item awsm-scale-anm awsm-all \">\n    <div id=\"awsm-member-info-504-510\" class=\"awsm-modal-content\">\n        <div class=\"awsm-modal-content-main\">\n            <div class=\"awsm-image-main\">\n                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mpissr.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Sandeep-Joshi-2021.png?resize=500%2C500&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-awsm_team size-awsm_team wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\">            <\/div>\n            <div class=\"awsm-modal-details\">\n                <div class=\"awsm-modal-content-inner\">\n                    <h3>Professor<\/h3><h2>Dr. Sandeep Joshi<\/h2><p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/mpissr.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/CV-DR-SANDEEP-JOSHI.pdf\" rel=\"noopener\">Sandeep Joshi Short CV<\/a><\/p>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div><div id=\"modal-style-504-512\" class=\"awsm-modal-item awsm-scale-anm awsm-all \">\n    <div id=\"awsm-member-info-504-512\" class=\"awsm-modal-content\">\n        <div class=\"awsm-modal-content-main\">\n            <div class=\"awsm-image-main\">\n                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mpissr.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Ashish-Bhatt-2021.png?resize=500%2C500&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-awsm_team size-awsm_team wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\">            <\/div>\n            <div class=\"awsm-modal-details\">\n                <div class=\"awsm-modal-content-inner\">\n                    <h3>Associate Professor<\/h3><h2>Dr. Ashish Bhatt<\/h2><p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/mpissr.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/CV-DR-Ashish-Bhatt.pdf\">CV_ Ashish Bhatt <\/a><\/p>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div><div id=\"modal-style-504-514\" class=\"awsm-modal-item awsm-scale-anm awsm-all \">\n    <div id=\"awsm-member-info-504-514\" class=\"awsm-modal-content\">\n        <div class=\"awsm-modal-content-main\">\n            <div class=\"awsm-image-main\">\n                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mpissr.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Manu-Gutam-2021.png?resize=500%2C500&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-awsm_team size-awsm_team wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\">            <\/div>\n            <div class=\"awsm-modal-details\">\n                <div class=\"awsm-modal-content-inner\">\n                    <h3>Associate Professor<\/h3><h2>Dr. Manu Gautam<\/h2><p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/mpissr.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/CV-DR-MANU-GAUTAM.pdf\" rel=\"noopener\">CV_ Manu Gautam Sir <\/a><\/p>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\t\n\t\t    \t<a href=\"#\" class=\"awsm-nav-item awsm-nav-right\"><\/a>\n\t\t   \t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/body>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Core 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