<p data-start="458" data-end="861">Hari Godara is a doctoral researcher in <strong data-start="498" data-end="537">political ecology and hydropolitics</strong>, specialising in <strong data-start="555" data-end="652">transboundary water conflicts, dam-induced insecurity, and hydro-hegemony in the Global South</strong>. His academic work combines <strong data-start="681" data-end="743">critical theory with empirical and quantitative innovation</strong>, contributing original frameworks for analysing infrastructural power, asymmetry, and securitisation in river basins.</p>
<h3 data-start="863" data-end="903">Research and Scholarly Contributions</h3>
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<p data-start="906" data-end="1230">Developed <strong data-start="916" data-end="947">novel analytical frameworks</strong> during doctoral research, including the <strong data-start="988" data-end="1017">Triple Jeopardy Framework</strong>, <strong data-start="1019" data-end="1059">Structural Vulnerability Score (SVS)</strong>, and <strong data-start="1065" data-end="1114">Asymmetric Structural Dependency Index (ASDI)</strong>, to systematically diagnose how large dams institutionalise hydro-hegemony, displacement, and development by proxy.</p>
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<p data-start="1233" data-end="1457">Advanced interdisciplinary research on the <strong data-start="1276" data-end="1317">weaponisation of water infrastructure</strong>, with a current focus on <strong data-start="1343" data-end="1357">South Asia</strong>, examining how securitisation transforms rivers and dams into instruments of sovereign performance.</p>
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<p data-start="1460" data-end="1562">Published peer-reviewed research in <strong data-start="1496" data-end="1542">Scopus-indexed journals and edited volumes</strong>, including work on:</p>
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<p data-start="1567" data-end="1633">hydro-political dynamics in the China&ndash;India&ndash;Pakistan tri-junction,</p>
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<p data-start="1638" data-end="1699">sovereignty and equity in global water governance frameworks,</p>
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<p data-start="1704" data-end="1775">non-Western perspectives on international law and state responsibility.</p>
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<p data-start="1778" data-end="1956">Contributed chapters and articles indexed by the <strong data-start="1827" data-end="1861">Parliamentary Library of India</strong> as <em data-start="1865" data-end="1910">Recent Literature of Parliamentary Interest</em>, reflecting policy relevance beyond academia.</p>
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<h3 data-start="1958" data-end="1995">International Research Experience</h3>
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<p data-start="1998" data-end="2144">Selected as a <strong data-start="2012" data-end="2063">Visiting Researcher at the University of Warsaw</strong> under the <em data-start="2074" data-end="2126">Inclusion of Talented Young Scientists in Research</em> programme (2024).</p>
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<p data-start="2149" data-end="2343">Authored a policy brief on the <strong data-start="2180" data-end="2265">human and ecological consequences of the Nova Kakhovka Dam destruction in Ukraine</strong> under the supervision of Prof. Andrzej Szeptycki (Deputy Minister of Poland).</p>
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<p data-start="2348" data-end="2479">Conducted independent research on <strong data-start="2382" data-end="2478">ecocide, hydro-landscape transformation, and civilian vulnerability in active conflict zones</strong>.</p>
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<h3 data-start="2481" data-end="2514">Teaching and Academic Service</h3>
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<p data-start="2517" data-end="2641">Served as <strong data-start="2527" data-end="2546">Adjunct Faculty</strong> at <strong data-start="2550" data-end="2582">University of Delhi colleges</strong> (Aditi College and DDU College), teaching core courses in:</p>
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<p data-start="2646" data-end="2663">Political Theory,</p>
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<p data-start="2668" data-end="2701">Ancient Indian Political Thought,</p>
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<p data-start="2706" data-end="2737">Democracy, Ethics, and Culture.</p>
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<p data-start="2740" data-end="2881">Known for implementing <strong data-start="2763" data-end="2814">student-centric, non-linear pedagogical methods</strong> that integrate theory with lived political and social experiences.</p>
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<p data-start="2884" data-end="3058">Worked as <strong data-start="2894" data-end="2916">Teaching Assistant</strong> for a Master&rsquo;s-level core course in <strong data-start="2953" data-end="2975">Economic Diplomacy</strong> at O.P. Jindal Global University under a former Indian Foreign Service ambassador.</p>
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<h3 data-start="3060" data-end="3107">Conferences, Panels, and Public Scholarship</h3>
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<p data-start="3110" data-end="3184">Presented peer-reviewed research at major international forums, including:</p>
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<p data-start="3189" data-end="3274">the <strong data-start="3193" data-end="3243">Fourth World Congress of Environmental History</strong> (University of Oulu, Finland),</p>
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<p data-start="3279" data-end="3358">conferences on river governance and environmental transformation in South Asia.</p>
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<p data-start="3361" data-end="3552">Served as <strong data-start="3371" data-end="3386">Panel Chair</strong> at the <strong data-start="3394" data-end="3436">Friedrich Nietzsche Society Conference</strong> (<em data-start="3438" data-end="3469">Nietzsche in the Anthropocene</em>, Verona, Italy), reflecting interdisciplinary engagement beyond political science.</p>
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<p data-start="3555" data-end="3688">Published policy and opinion pieces in platforms such as <em data-start="3612" data-end="3629">The Diplomatist</em>, contributing to public discourse on South Asian politics.</p>
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<h3 data-start="3690" data-end="3731">Academic Distinctions and Fellowships</h3>
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<p data-start="3734" data-end="3833"><strong data-start="3734" data-end="3774">UGC Junior Research Fellowship (JRF)</strong> in Political Science, <strong data-start="3797" data-end="3825">All India Rank under 100</strong> (2020).</p>
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<p data-start="3836" data-end="3914"><strong data-start="3836" data-end="3875">UGC National Eligibility Test (NET)</strong> qualified in Political Science (2019).</p>
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<p data-start="3917" data-end="4091">Selected for the <strong data-start="3934" data-end="3982">University of Chicago Summer Scholar Program</strong> (partial scholarship); waitlisted for the <strong data-start="4025" data-end="4057">Obama Foundation Scholarship</strong> (Harris School of Public Policy).</p>
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<p data-start="4094" data-end="4197">Achieved district-level academic distinction and national-level recognition during secondary education.</p>
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