Academic François Picard welcomes Irfan Nooruddin, who studies Indian political institutions. Nooruddin examines how reforming incentives can shape India's political future, focusing on the role of women's representation.

François Picard is pleased to welcome Irfan Nooruddin, the Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani Professor of Indian Politics in the Asian Studies Program in the School of Foreign Service. As a scholar of Indian politics, he approaches institutional reform not as a question of isolated policy change, but as a reconfiguration of incentives within a vast and uneven federal democracy. He examines the interlinked dynamics shaping India’s political future, including the normative promise and practical limits of...