Academics

Bio

Professor (Dr.) Anjoo Sharan Upadhyaya is a Distinguished Professor at MIT World Peace University and a Global Fellow at the Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO). Previously, she served as the Senior Professor and Head of Chair of Political Science and Dean of Social Sciences at Banaras Hindu University. She has served as the Research Director at the UN University Institute of Conflict Resolution and Ethnicity in the UK. She has also held professorial positions and taught at prestigious institutions worldwide, including the Woodrow Wilson International Centre for Scholars, and Wellesley College in the USA. Freie University, Berlin and many Centres of higher learning in the world. 

She is a prolific author, with her work published in renowned presses such as Manchester University Press, McMillan, Cambridge University Press, and Routledge.  In addition to her academic work, Professor Upadhyaya has also lent her expertise as a consultant to international non-governmental organizations (INGOs) like International Alert (London) and Political Education Group (Northern Ireland). Her exemplary contributions to the field of Public Policy have garnered recognition and admiration from both colleagues and students alike.