Srirupa RoySrirupa Roy heads the research group 'State and Democracy' at the Centre for Modern Indian Studies (CeMIS) at Georg-August-Universität, Göttingen. She currently serves on the steering committee and advisory board of the Inter-Asia Program at the Socil Science Research Council (New York). Her research interests include nationalism and the politics of identity; comparative-historical dynamics of state formation and transformation; and democratic politics and economic liberalization. Read More Read Less