Waquar Ahmed

Education

• Ph.D.  Graduate School of Geography, Clark University
• M.Phil. Center for Study of Regional Development, Jawaharlal Nehru University
• M.A. Center for Study of Regional Development, Jawaharlal Nehru University
• Bachelor of Commerce (Honours). St. Xavier’s College, University of Calcutta

Professional Experience

• Visiting Assistant Professor of Geography, Mount Holyoke College (2008-present)
• Instructor, Department of Geography, Pennsylvania State University – University Park (2007-08)
• Program Coordinator,Gene Campaign (2002-03), http://genecampaign.org/index.html

Research

Research Interests:
Economic Geography; Development-Underdevelopment; Energy; Governance; Power; social-environmental movements; urban environment and poverty.

Publications

Ahmed, W. Forthcoming. Neo-liberalism, Corporations and Power: Enron in India.  Annals of the Association of American Geographers.

Ahmed, W. Forthcoming. From Mixed Economy to Neoliberalism: Class and Caste in India's Economic Transition. Human Geography 2 (3).

Ahmed, W. Forthcoming. Neoliberal Utopia and Urban Realities in Delhi. ACME: An International E-journal of Critical Geographies.

Ahmed, W., R. Peet, and A. Kundu, eds. Forthcoming. New Economic Policy in India.  New York: Routledge. http://www.routledge.com/books/New-Economic-Polity-in-India-isbn97804158801881

Ahmed, W. 2008. Neoliberalism and Contested Policies of the Power Industry in India. Industrial Geographer 5(1): 44-57.

Ahmed, W. 2008. Political Economy of Power Policy in India. In Studies in Indian Economy, ed. K. R. Gupta, 92-107. New Delhi: Atlantic Publishers and Distributors (P) Ltd.

Ahmed, W. 2008. Indigenous Communities and their Marginalized Space in India. In Studies in Indian Economy, ed. K. R. Gupta, 188-218. New Delhi: Atlantic Publishers and Distributors (P) Ltd.

Ahmed, W. 2006. Global Discourses and Local Politics in the Production of Power Policy in India. Development 49 (3): 94 – 100.

Ahmed, W. 2006. Capital and Labor: Contestation in India in the Neo-liberal Era. Think India 9(3): 36-46.

Ahmed, W. 2006. Mobile Global Capital and Business Ethics. In Vandita Dar, Preeti Rawat and Gouri Raverkar (eds.) National Seminar on Business Ethics: Challenges & Scenario Ahead – A Compendium of Research Papers, pages 87-92.  Mumbai: SIES College of Management Studies.

Sahai, S., Kumar, U., Ahmed, W. 2005. Indigenous Knowledge: Issues for developing countries, Gene Campaign: New Delhi.

Sahai, S., Mahanta, B., Ahmed, W. 2005. Farmers’ Perception on Agro-biodiversity, Gene Campaign: New Delhi.

Recent Academic Awards

2007: Earl Cook Award in recognition of best paper from Energy and Environment Specialty Group, Association of American Geographers.

2007: Runner-up in paper competition organized by the Graduate Student Affinity Group, Association of American Geographers.

2007: Travel award based on paper completion from the Asian Geography Specialty Group, Association of American Geographers.

2007: Travel award from the Organizing Committee of the Second Global Conference on Economic Geography 2007, Beijing, to present paper titled “Spaces of Power: Foreign Direct Investment in India.”

2006: Paper titled “Neoliberal Utopia and Urban Realities in Delhi” awarded the best graduate student paper by the Urban Geography Specialty Group, Association of American Geographers.

2006: Pruser Holzhauer Graduate Enhancement Grant.