Ananay Agarwal

Understanding the Rajya Sabha through the TCPD-RSD dataset

Post author By Ananay Agarwal
Post date February 13, 2023

While we know much about Lok Sabha members, little is known in comparison to their counterparts in the Upper House of Parliament, the Rajya Sabha. Its members are indirectly elected, […]

TCPD Columns

Himachal Pradesh Assembly Election Through the Lens of Vote Share Between INC and BJP

Post author By Ananay Agarwal
Post date January 25, 2023

One puzzling outcome of the Himachal Pradesh election is the fact that Congress won a comfortable majority of seats with practically the same vote share as BJP (43.9% against 43%). […]

TCPD Columns

Demonstrating Women Under-representation in Kerala state politics

Post author By Ananay Agarwal
Post date October 31, 2021

Ananay Agarwal 31 October 2021 | 2 min read At first glance, one would assume that women are well represented in Kerala politics. After all, the state regularly boasts of […]

TCPD Columns

Exploring Governors’ Data

Post author By Ananay Agarwal
Post date August 6, 2021

Ananay Agarwal and Neelesh Agrawal 06 August 2021 | 2 min read Governors are appointed by the President of India and are vested with somewhat similar powers at the state […]

TCPD Columns

Surf: An Entity Mapping and Resolution System for Indian Names

Post author By Ananay Agarwal
Post date June 2, 2021

Ananay Agarwal & S.V. Sai Vikas 02 June 2021 | 2 min read Why use Surf? Let’s say you are working with a list that consists of names and addresses […]