Subrata K. Mitra, Ph.D. was Head of the Department of Political Science at the South Asia Institute, Heidelberg University, Germany, (1994-2014). In course of his years in teaching, research and academic collaboration, he has applied his specialisation in rational choice theory and quantitative methods to a diversity of fields which include Indian and comparative politics; democratisation; the post-colonial state and social change; governance; elections and political parties; state-formation and sub-national movements; foreign policy; religion and art history; and transcultural studies. This diversity can be seen in the range of publications which include India: Statecraft and foreign policy (2024), The 2019 Parliamentary Elections in India: Democracy at Crossroads? (2022), Governance by Stealth: The Ministry of Home Affairs and the Making of the Indian State (2021); Kautilya's Arthashastra: An Intellectual Biography - the Classical Roots of Modern Politics in India (2017); Citizenship and the Flow of Ideas (2012); Re-use: The Art and Politics of Integration and Anxiety (2012); When Rebels become Stakeholders (2009) and the Puzzle of India's Governance (2005).