My thesis analyses the on-going ‘professionalisation of politics’ in India as witnessed by the growing role of specialised campaign managers, political consultants, ‘spin-doctors’, and media experts in the domain of electoral and party politics. Based on a 12-month period of fieldwork and data-collection in New Delhi, this thesis provides an empirically grounded exploration of the causal determinants, manifestations, and implications of the professionalisation of Indian politics.