Prof. Harish Kumar Thakur

@hpuniv.ac.in

Professor
Himachal Pradesh University

EDUCATION

BA Hons, MA, M Phil and PhD

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Political Theory, Foreign Policy and Tribal Studies
233

Scholar Citations

6

Scholar h-index

4

Scholar i10-index

RECENT SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

  • Eco-cultural Impact of the Divine Agents: Understanding the Role of Jōgnī s in Kullū
    HK Thakur, Ashmita
    Journal of Hindu Studies 26 (026), 1-30 , 2026
    2026
  • Maldives
    HK Thakur
    The Palgrave Geopolitical Atlas: State and Quasi-State Actors in Great Power … , 2026
    2026
    Citations: 1
  • Source: Wikimedia Commons, accessed 17 September 2025. https://commons. wikimedia. org/wiki/File: Maldives_in_its_region_ (small_islands_magnified). svg
    HK Thakur
    The Palgrave Geopolitical Atlas: State and Quasi-State Actors in Great Power … , 2025
    2025
  • Post-US withdrawal geopolitics: understanding the shift from decline to strategic ascendancy in India-Afghanistan relations
    MYHK Thakur
    Himachal Pradesh University Journal: Humanities & Social Sciences 13 (3), 3-15 , 2025
    2025
  • Reviving Bharatiya knowledge traditions: Deendayal Upadhyay‘s vision and the National Education Policy 2020 Raman Kaith & H.K. Thakur
    RKHK Thakur
    Himachal Pradesh University Journal: Humanities & Social Sciences 13 (3 … , 2025
    2025
  • Sacred Authority and Social Order: Myths, Deities, and Traditional Power Institutions in Kinnaur
    HK Thakur, S Negi, DK Negi
    Social Change 55 (4), 545-563 , 2025
    2025
  • Democracy, multiculturalism and security - Indo Canadian relations under the shadow of Khalistan
    HKTB Bhatia
    New Delhi, Jaipur, Rawat Publishers. https://www.rawatbooks.com/diaspora … , 2025
    2025
  • Conclusions
    HK Thakur
    Sardar Patel: An Icon of India's Unity 1, 288 , 2025
    2025
  • Sardar Patel’s Perspective of Indian Nationalism
    HK Thakur
    Sardar Patel: An Icon of India's Unity 1, 288 , 2025
    2025
  • Gandhi, Patel, and Nehru: The Great Indian Triumvirate
    HK Thakur
    Sardar Patel: An Icon of India's Unity 1, 288 , 2025
    2025
  • Introduction
    HK Thakur
    Sardar Patel: An Icon of India's Unity 1, 288 , 2025
    2025
  • Gandhi, Patel and Nehru: The Great Indian Triumvirate
    HK Thakur
    Sardar Patel: An Icon of India's Unity 1, 288 , 2025
    2025
  • Sardar Patel: An Icon of India's Unity
    HK Tahkur
    DOI: 10.4324/9781003329497-1 1, 288 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 1
  • 4 Gandhi, Patel, and Nehru
    HK Thakur
    Sardar Patel: An Icon of India’s Unity , 2025
    2025
  • The Dynamics of State Politics in Himachal Pradesh: Understanding the Transition from Congress Dominance to the Alternating Power System
    HK Thakur, B Singh Negi
    India Review 24 (3), 301-330 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 2
  • India–Pakistan Ceasefire: Implications For The Regional And Global Order – Analysis
    PHK Thakur
    Eurasia Review , 2025
    2025
  • Iron, Identity, and Indigenous Knowledge: A Study of Garrā Tribe in Ladakh
    HK Thakur
    RESEARCH REVIEW International Journal of Multidisciplinary 10 (5), 343-348 , 2025
    2025
  • India–Pakistan Ceasefire: Implications For The Regional And Global Order – Analysis
    HK Thakur
    Eurasia Review 1 (1) , 2025
    2025
  • Edge Of Conflict: Strategic Implications of India’s Reprisal Strike on Pakistan – Analysis
    HK Thakur
    Eurasia Review , 2025
    2025
  • Edge of Conflict: Strategic Implications of India's Reprisal Strike on Pakistan -Analysis
    HK Thakur
    Eurasia Review 1 (1), 1 , 2025
    2025

MOST CITED SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

  • Research Methodology in Social Sciences
    HK Thakur
    New Delhi, Corvette Press. , 2021
    2021
    Citations: 93
  • Research design
    HK Thakur
    Research Methodology in Social Science, 175 , 2021
    2021
    Citations: 35
  • Contesting China in the Maldives: India’s foreign policy challenge
    HK Thakur
    The Round Table 112 (4), 421-437 , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 20
  • Research Methodology in Social Sciences (a short manual)
    HK Thakur
    Corvette: New Delhi 175 , 2021
    2021
    Citations: 15
  • Restoring multilateralism: the challenge from the Global South and the rising minilaterals
    HK Thakur
    The Round Table 113 (6), 556-581 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 9
  • Alienation and integration in Jammu and Kashmir
    HK Thakur
    Alienation and Integration in Jammu & Kashmir , 2000
    2000
    Citations: 7
  • Research Methodology: Writing a research report
    HK Thakur
    Research Methodology in Social Sciences: A Short Manual, 177 , 2021
    2021
    Citations: 5
  • Gandhi Nehru And Globalization
    H Thakur
    Concept Publishing Company , 2010
    2010
    Citations: 5
  • Restoring the Silenced Voice of the Beda Tribe in Ladakh
    HK Thakur
    Economic & Political Weekly 58 (3), 44-52 , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 4
  • Theories of roma origins and the bengal linkage
    HK Thakur
    Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences. MCSER Publishing, Rome-Italy, Vol … , 2013
    2013
    Citations: 4
  • Research Design
    K Thakur Harish
    Research Design (researchgate. net). Accessed 20 , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 3
  • Himachal Pradesh Assembly Elections 2022
    HK Thakur, D Sharma, BS Negi, VP Sharma
    Economic & Political Weekly 58 (20), 55 , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 3
  • Dealing with Covid 19: A comparative study of the Brazilian and the Indian experience
    HK THAKUR
    Journal of Polity and Society 14 (1) , 2022
    2022
    Citations: 3
  • India-China Relations in Modi Regime
    HK Thakur
    Political Discourse 2 (1), 80-89 , 2016
    2016
    Citations: 3
  • Ladakh: The Individuality vs State
    HK Thakur
    Manas Publishers, New Delhi , 2015
    2015
    Citations: 3
  • The Dynamics of State Politics in Himachal Pradesh: Understanding the Transition from Congress Dominance to the Alternating Power System
    HK Thakur, B Singh Negi
    India Review 24 (3), 301-330 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 2
  • India-Nepal relations: geo-strategic challenges from Kalapani and Lipulekh Tri-Junction
    R Kumar, HK Thakur
    Himachal Pradesh University Journal 66 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 2
  • The New Axis, the Mapolitics and South Asia: The Indian View
    HK Thakur
    https://moderndiplomacy.eu/2020/08/10/the-new-axis-the-mapolitics-and-south … , 2020
    2020
    Citations: 2
  • The tribes of Ladakh: The Beda estrangement and survival
    HK Thakur
    Khama Publishers , 2020
    2020
    Citations: 2
  • Himachal elections 2017: It's a two-horse race
    HK Thakur
    Hindustan Times , 2017
    2017
    Citations: 2