Indian Political System About the Author Mahendra Prasad Singh retired as a Professor and Head of the Department of Political Science and Dean of Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Delhi. He has also served as Director at the Indian Council of Social Science Research, New Delhi. He is presently the editor of the Indian Journal of Public Administration, IIPA, New Delhi. Himanshu Roy is Associate Professor of Political Science, DDU College, University of Delhi. He was Fellow, Nehru Memorial Museum and Library, Teen Murti, New Delhi.