Dr Ashwani Mahajan, National Co-Convener, Swadeshi Jagaran Manch

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Ashwani Mahajan is the National Co-Convener of Swadeshi Jagaran Manch (SJM), an Indian political and cultural organisation. SJM is affiliated with the Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh. Mahajan worked as an author and columnist. He is an Associate Professor at PGDAV College, Delhi. Mahajan is Chief Editor of the Journal of Contemporary Indian Polity and Economy since 2011. Mahajan is also a Visiting Professor and research guide at Pacific University, Udaipur and Mewar University. He works as a researcher and activist on World Trade Organization (WTO) and other international trade agreements, he has attended three ministerial conferences of WTO held at Geneva, Bali and Nairobi, as representative of Swadeshi Jagran Foundation, which is an accredited NGO with WTO.

Mahajan is a writer on the economy of India. In 2014, he co-authored Datt & Sundaram’s Indian Economy. Mahajan has published a number of articles in various national dailies and periodicals including Deccan Herald, The Statesman, Pioneer, The Excelsior, The Economic Times (India), Business Today, Organiser, Dainik Jagran (Hindi), Rajasthan Patrika (Hindi), Amar Ujala (Hindi) and Hindustan (Hindi). He has also published a number of research articles journals including Economic and Political Weekly, Mainstream, Indian Economic and Almanac.

As National Co-Convener of Swadeshi Jagran Manch, he has been instrumental in changing in economic policies. His policy interventions include withdrawal of controversial ordinance on land acquisition, getting field trials of GM crops policy revisited, FDI policy of the government especially retail trade and e-commerce.