IRAP focuses on the history and political economy of Andhra Pradesh state by locating itself in the larger context of the Indian and global configurations. It aims to bring together research topics and themes in the broad areas of urbanization, rural transformation, migration, class relations, caste and gender dynamics, sub-regional dynamics, education and ecology. The aim of the institute is to promote interdisciplinary interactions among scholars with a special emphasis on historical and political economy based social science inquiry. We want to promote knowledge produced through multiple methodologies: evidence from secondary sources, primary research based on the field or the archive, and theory building.
Advisory Board
EAS Sarma
Former IAS Officer, Government of India.
V. Ramakrishna
Professor of History (Retired), University of Hyderabad.
C. Rammanohar Reddy
Editor, The India Forum and Former Chief Editor, Economic and Political Weekly.
Velcheru Narayana Rao
Professor, University of Wisconsin Madison and Visiting Professor, Emory University, USA
Governing Council
Purendra Prasad
Department of Sociology, University of Hyderabad.
V. Rajagopal
Department of History, University of Hyderabad.
M. Mohan Rao
AP Handloom Weavers Society.
C. Ramachandraiah
Geography (Retired), Centre of Economic and Social Studies, Hyderabad.
Paruchuri Srinivas
Telugu Literary Expert, Germany.
Sripad Motiram
Department of Economics, University of Massachusetts Boston, USA
Vamsi Vakulabharanam
Department of Economics, University of Massachusetts Amherst, USA