Talk:Atul Sood

By Rutvi Dattani

Atul Sood is Professor in the Centre for the Study of Regional Development, School of Social Sciences at Jawaharlal Nehru University, as of November 2022. According to his bio, his research interests include regional development, economic geography, and urban studies.

In 2021, he endorsed the "Dismantling Global Hindutva" conference and made the allegation

"the current government of India [in 2021] has instituted discriminatory policies including beef bans, restrictions on religious conversion and interfaith weddings, and the introduction of religious discrimination into India’s citizenship laws. The result has been a horrifying rise in religious and caste-based violence, including hate crimes, lynchings, and rapes directed against Muslims, non-conforming Dalits, Sikhs, Christians, adivasis and other dissident Hindus. Women of these communities are especially targeted. Meanwhile, the government has used every tool of harassment and intimidation to muzzle dissent. Dozens of student activists and human rights defenders are currently languishing in jail indefinitely without due process under repressive anti-terrorism laws."

Publications related to India

1. Sood, A.; Nath, P. "Labour law changes: Innocuous mistakes, sleight of hand, or taking sides." Media, Migrants and the Pandemic in India: A Reader, 2022, pp. 185-196. DOI:10.4324/9781003291527-36.
2. Sood, A.; Nath, P. "Labour law changes: Innocuous mistakes or sleight of hand?" Economic and Political Weekly, vol. 55, 2020, pp. 33-37.
3. Walton-Roberts, M.; et al. "Causes, consequences, and policy responses to the migration of health workers: Key findings from India." Human Resources for Health, vol. 15, 2017. DOI:10.1186/s12960-017-0199-y.
4. Sood, A.; Baruah, A. "The new moral economy demonetisation, digitalisation and India's core economic problems." Economic and Political Weekly, vol. 52, 2017, pp. 31-36.
5. Sood, A. "Majoritarian rationale and common goals rhetoric and truth." Economic and Political Weekly, vol. 51, 2016, pp. 36-41.
6. Sood, A. "Politics of growth script and postscript." Economic and Political Weekly, vol. 51, 2016, pp. 56-60.
7. Sood, A. "Business and norm-building for sustainability: What will work for Indian corporations?" International Journal of Business Governance and Ethics, vol. 10, 2015, pp. 324-340. DOI:10.1504/IJBGE.2015.074351.
8. Sood, A.; Nath, P.; Ghosh, S. "Deregulating capital, regulating labour: The dynamics in the manufacturing sector in India." Economic and Political Weekly, 2014, pp. 58-68.
9. Sood, A. "Shadow-boxing in Punjab on government finances." Economic and Political Weekly, vol. 45, 2010, pp. 22-25.