Organized Section Awards (Section 55)
Rajni Kothari Award for Best Article on the Politics of South Asia
This award is for the best article on the politics of South Asia published in the previous calendar year.
| 2026 | Aidan Milliff, Florida State University “Making Sense, Making Choices: How Civilians Choose Survival Strategies during Violence.” American Political Science Review 118(3): 1379-1397. 2024. |
| 2026 | Honorable Mention Nirvikar Jassal, Florida State University “Does Victim Gender Matter for Justice Delivery? Police and Judicial Responses to Women’s Cases in India.” American Political Science Review 118(3): 1278-1304. 2024. |
| 2026 | Honorable Mention Humeira Iqtidar, King’s College London “Justice Beyond Rights: Haqq and Global South Migration.” American Political Science Review 119(3): 1159-1172. 2025. |
| 2025 | Nioufer Siddiqui, SUNY Albany Simon Chauchard, University Carlos III Sumitra Badrinathan, American University “Misinformation and support for vigilantism: An experiment in India and Pakistan.” American Political Science Review 119(2): 947-965. 2025. |
Francine Frankel Award for Best Book on South Asian Politics
This award is for the best book on the politics of South Asia published in the previous two years.
| 2026 | Tanu Kumar, The World Bank Group Building Social Mobility. Cambridge University Press, 2025. |
| 2026 | Honorable Mention Louise Tillin, King’s College London Making India Work. Cambridge University Press, 2025. |
| 2025 | Adam Auerbach, Yale University Tariq Thachil, University of Pennsylvanice Migrants and Machines: How Political Networks Form in Urbanizing India. Princeton University Press, 2024. |
| 2025 | Sandipto Dasgupta, The New School Legalizing the Revolution: India and the Constitution of the Postcolony. Cambridge University Press, 2024. |
Best Graduate Student Conference Paper Award
The Best Graduate Student Conference Paper Award will be given annually to a conference paper studying any aspect of South Asian politics presented by a Ph.D. student in political science at an academic conference in the previous year.
| 2026 | Emily Russell, Stanford University “Policing the Plantation: Repressive Institutions and Labor Control in Assam, India.” |