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Anirudh Krishna

Anirudh Krishna

Edgar T. Thompson Distinguished Professor of Public Policy in the Sanford School of Public Policy
Sanford School of Public Policy
ak30@duke.edu
Box 90245, Durham, NC 27708-0245
212 Sanford Inst Bldg, Durham, NC 27708
Office hours By appointment  

Awards & Honors

A.K. Coomaraswamy Award

International Association for Asian Studies · 2019 Annual prize for the best book on South Asia, awarded to The Broken Ladder

Dudley Seers Memorial Prize

International Journal of Development Studies · 2015 Best article award

Thomas Langford Lecturership Award

University Duke University · October 2012

Honorary Doctorate

International Uppsala University, Sweden · January 2012

In the News

Published August 18, 2025
Search Committee for Next Dean of Sanford School of Public Policy
Published January 25, 2019
Krishna’s ‘The Broken Ladder’ Receives Prestigious Book Prize
Published January 14, 2019
Repairing 'Broken Ladders' to Help People Climb Out of Poverty
Published October 19, 2017
Life in the Undocumented Slums of India
Published December 12, 2016
Bringing More Research and Attention to the Growth of Slums Around the World
Published June 29, 2016
Anirudh Krishna comments: Hillary Clinton wrongly places full blame for N.C. teacher salaries on Republican leaders
Published November 20, 2015
India's toilet politics: No representation without sanitation
Published October 16, 2015
Spending threshold for extreme poverty increased to price of half a New York latte
Published September 2, 2015
Expert: Anti-reservation protests in India a result of less jobs
Published August 31, 2015
News Tip: What’s Behind Opposition to India’s Version of Affirmative Action
Published July 14, 2015
Anirudh Krishna quoted: Indian girls' school empowers society's weakest members