Professor Rekha Saxena, a highly reputed academician of the Department of Political Science at the University of Delhi, has taken charge as the Head of the Department. An alumni of Hindu College, she started her teaching career at St Stephen's College.
Professor Saxena is a renowned expert on federalism and intergovernmental relations, serves as the Honourary Senior Advisor at the Forum of Federations in Ottawa and the Honourary Vice-Chairperson of the Centre for Multilevel Federalism in New Delhi.
She leads the prestigious Department of Political Science at the University of Delhi, overseeing the political science curriculum of over 60 colleges in the leading Indian university.