Dr. Akbar Ali

Dr. Akbar Ali is Assistant Professor of Public Administration. He was awarded Doctorate in Public Administration from University of Rajasthan, Jaipur in the year 2008 and awarded Departmental Scholarship for doing his PhD. He is awarded UGC NET degree in 2007 in the academic discipline of Public Administration. Prior to joining VMOU, Kota, he was Assistant Professor (Public Administration) at School of Liberal Studies, Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University, Gandhinagar, Gujarat.  He has also taught in St.Xavier’s College, Jaipur as Assistant Professor of Public Administration, Consultant and Research Officer in Indian Institute of Public Administration (IIPA) New Delhi. He has experience in research, teaching and training in different areas of Public Administration and social sector development .During the course of his PhD he had done field study of three Districts in Rajasthan, out of which two were facing drought and one was facing devastating flood. Discussed various issues viz. problems faced by citizens and the administration during the disasters, examined how promptly administration should deal with these situations, role of general public, NGOs and other institutions and assessed need of training in areas related to Disaster Management.

Subject Area: Public Administration

Specialization: 
Disaster Management; Indian Administration; Theories of Administration/Administrative Thinkers; Personnel Administration; Comparative Administration

Research/Training Interest

• Public Administration
• Social Sector Reform

Research project experience

• “To take a comprehensive look at the requirement of IAS officers over a longer time frame” of the  Department of Personnel and Training, Ministry of Personnel Public Grievances & Pensions, GOI.
• “Concurrent Evaluation of NREGA in Select Districts of Rajasthan” of Ministry of Rural Development, GOI(Sponsored by UNDP).
• “Concurrent Evaluation of TPDS System in Andhra Pradesh, HP, J&K and Karnataka “of Dept. of Food & Public Distribution (Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, GOI).
• “Study Visit-cum-Training Programme in Administration and Governance for Representatives from Elected Bodies in East Kazakhstan” in IIPA under Ministry of External Affairs, GOI, ITEC Programme