Kohli was born in India and migrated to Canada at the age of 15,where he completed his secondary education.[2][3] At Carleton University in Canada,he first studied engineering and then switched to the social sciences,receiving an M.A. in International Studies (economic development).[4] He went on to pursue doctoral studies in the United States,completing a Ph.D. in political science at the University of California,Berkeley in 1981.[5] His principal research interests are in the areas of comparative political economy with a focus on developing countries. He has authored and edited several books on the role of the state in development,on the role of imperialism in the developing world,and on the Indian state and political economy.[5]
Academic career
Kohli began his academic career as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science at Michigan State University from 1981 to 1983. He then joined Princeton University in 1983,where he served as Assistant and Associate Professor in Woodrow Wilson School and Department of Politics until 1991. In 1991,he was promoted to full Professor,and in 2002,he was appointed as the David K.E. Bruce Professor of International Affairs at Princeton University.[6]
Kohli's research primarily focuses on the political economy of developing countries,with a particular emphasis on state power and development strategies. His scholarly contributions include several influential books,such as State-Directed Development:Political Power and Industrialization in the Global Periphery (2004),which received the Charles H. Levine Award from the International Political Science Association in 2005.[8] Another notable work,Poverty amid Plenty in the New India (2012),was recognized by Foreign Affairs as one of the best books on Asia and the Pacific in 2012. His research is cited widely. According to Google Scholar,his H-Index is 42 and he was rated a “top scholar”by ScholarGPS.[9]
In recognition of his teaching excellence,Kohli received the Stanley Kelley Jr. Teaching Award from Princeton University in 2020.[10]
Kohli, Atul (2004). State-Directed Development: Political Power and Industrialization in the Global Periphery. Cambridge University Press. ISBN9780521545259.
Kohli, Atul (2009). Democracy and Development in India: From Socialism to Pro-Business. OUP India. ISBN9780198068471.
Kohli, Atul (2012). Poverty Amid Plenty in the New India. New york: Cambridge University Press. ISBN9780521735179.[14]
Kohli, Atul (2014). India's Democracy: An Analysis of Changing State-Society Relations. Princeton University Press. ISBN9780691601106.
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