🎓 Huge congratulations to the five research scholars from the Department of Political Science, University of Hyderabad, who presented their research at the British Association for South Asian Studies (BASAS) conference at SOAS, University of London, UK (11-13 September 2026)! 🌍✨ Here are the papers presented: 📌 Blessy Mathews Paper Title: "Statelessness and Citizenship, and the Making of Up-Country Tamil Identity in Post-colonial South Asia" Summary: Examines archival categorisations and de facto statelessness among Up-Country Tamils in Tamil Nadu and Kerala. 📌 Deepika M Paper Title: "State-Society Bargaining Structures and Developmental Governance: Land Acquisition in Kerala and Tamil Nadu" Summary: Analyzes how state-society bargaining structures explain differences in land acquisition outcomes between Tamil Nadu and Kerala. 📌 Mohammed Safvan Paper Title: "Does the Devolution of Power to Local Governments Lead to New Legislative Career Pathways for Elected Representatives at Higher Levels? Evidence from Kerala, India" Summary: Demonstrates how local governance creates new political recruitment pathways to state legislatures using 1991-2026 Kerala MLA data. 📌 Anupama S Krishnan Paper Title: "Between the State and Fisherfolk: A Political Economy Perspective from Kerala" Summary: Explores coastal policy outcomes and the mismatch between state action and fisherfolk expectations. 📌 Shreya K Sugathan Paper Title: "Political Penalty of Care: Exploring Political Ambition and Political Mobility through Care Labour" Summary: Investigates care labour as a critical supply-side barrier affecting women's political mobility across Kerala. 👏 Proud of their stellar research representation on the global stage! #UniversityOfHyderabad #BASAS2026 #SOASLondon #PoliticalScience #SouthAsianStudies #AcademicResearch #KeralaPolitics #LandGovernance #CareLabour #LocalGovernance #Fisherfolk #HigherEducation #UoHProud @EduMinOfIndia @JoshiPralhad @ugc_india @PIB_India @mygovindia @PTI_News