PhD (Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi)

MA (Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi)

BA (University of Delhi)

Prof. (Dr.) Prachy Hooda

Assistant Professor, IDEAS

Email prachy.hooda@jgu.edu.in
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ORCID ID 0009-0003-5051-5942
Key Expertise Gender and Governance, State and Society, Sociology of Sports, Rural-urban dynamics

PhD (Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi)

MA (Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi)

BA (University of Delhi)

Biography

Dr. Prachy Hooda is a researcher and academic working at the intersection of gender, sports, society, and governance. She holds a PhD from Jawaharlal Nehru University, which examined the relationship between gender, sports, and governance, with a particular focus on Haryana and the ways in which social structures, institutions, and everyday practices shape gendered sporting experiences and opportunities.

Her research interests include the sociology of sports, gender and society, state–non-state institutional linkages, changing ruralities, and the evolving socio-cultural milieu of Haryana. She writes on questions of social change, identities, aspirations, and the transformations shaping rural and regional life in contemporary India.

Before joining IDEAS, Dr. Hooda was a UGC Senior Research Fellow and a Research Affiliate at National Law University Delhi. Her work reflects a continued engagement with understanding how larger processes of governance and social change are experienced in everyday life.

Theoretical perspectives on Development

Research Design

State, democracy and social change

Marginalization of the rural in India’s development

UGC Senior Research Fellowship (2023-24)

Hooda, P. (2026). “Empowering” Women Through Sports: The Case of Rural Haryana. In: Suthar, S.K. (eds) Policy and Politics of Development in India. Palgrave Macmillan, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-95-4949-8_2

“Haryana sex ratios and Society’ in The Tribune dated May 30, 2026. https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/comment/haryana-sex-ratios-society/

‘The forgotten movement of Haryana’ in The Tribune dated December 1, 2025. https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/premium/the-forgotten-movement-for-haryana/

Hooda, Prachy (2024). ‘Khap Panchayats in Transition: Navigating Legal Pluralism, Gender Dynamics and Sports in Rural Haryana’. Economic and Political Weekly: Review of Women’s Studies Special Issue, Vol LIX, No. 26 & 27, pp. 38-45.

Kumar, Swadesh and Prachy Hooda (2024). ‘Narratives of Migration in India: Unveiling Bias, Challenging Stereotypes, and Cultivating Praxis in Development Education’. Policy and Practice: A Development Education Review, Issue 38, pp. 34-51 (ISSN: 1748 – 135X).

‘Winds of Change’ in The Telegraph dated September 25, 2024. https://www.telegraphindia.com/opinion/winds-of-change-khaps-are-being-forced-to-keep-up-with-the-changing-times/cid/2050362

‘Wrestling Patriarchy’ in The Telegraph dated October 25, 2023. https://www.telegraphindia.com/opinion/wrestling-patriarchy-wrestling-becomes-a-realm-where-gender-norms-are-transcended/cid/1975181

Hooda, Prachy (2023). ‘Unveiling Gender Negotiation in Everyday Life: Sports and Society in Rural Haryana’. Economic and Political Weekly, Vol LVIII, No 31, pp. 56-60 (ISSN: 0012-9976).

Hooda, Prachy (2023). ‘Pedagogy of Resistance and Reflective Action: Examining the Farmers’ Movement of India, 2020-21’. Policy and Practice: A Development Education Review, Issue 36, pp. 78-93 (ISSN: 1748 – 135X).

Hooda, Prachy (2023). ‘Mobilization and Right to the City: Analyzing Collective Action of Indian Farmers through Lefebvre’s Lens’. Mainstream, Vol. 61 (ISSN: 2582-7316).

Hooda, Prachy (2022). ‘Politicizing Art: Conceptualizing Representation and Agency of the Subaltern in Tamil Cinema’. All About Ambedkar: A Journal on Theory and Praxis, Vol 3, Number 1, 31 October 2022, pp. 40-53 (ISSN: 2582-9785).
Email prachy.hooda@jgu.edu.in
ORCID ID 0009-0003-5051-5942
Key Expertise Gender and Governance, State and Society, Sociology of Sports, Rural-urban dynamics
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