Suhas Palshikar is an Indian Academic and social and political scientist. He is Director of Lokniti and Professor in the Department of Politics and Public Administration at the University of Pune. He is also the Chief Editor of the journal Studies in Indian Politics an international peer reviewed journal brought out by Sage. He taught at a degree college from 1978 to 1989, before joining the Dept of Politics and Public Administration, University of Pune. He has been teaching courses on Political Sociology, Indian Politics, Party System in India, Political Economy of India and Political Process in Maharashtra.