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CIPOD Students

CIPOD Students

Students form the backbone of the Centre’s vibrant academic culture. The total number of students enrolled at the Centre in the academic year 2019-2020 is 129. For the academic year 2019-2020, 21 students were admitted to different programmes of the Centre. On an average, 30 M.Phil. and 10 Ph.D scholars complete their respective dissertations and theses in the Centre and earn their degrees from the University. The range and diversity of research topics has grown every year to include cutting-edge and innovative areas of research in related fields. 

CIPOD students contribute actively to the academic growth of the Centre and this is testified by a robust publication record as well as presentations made in numerous conferences in India and abroad. Various national and international bodies have acknowledged the contributions of CIPOD students to the field by awarding them with academic awards and fellowships.   

Students Achievements 

Select Awards/Honours

  • Bagisha Suman, was awarded Dr. Dilli Raman Regmi Young Scholars Award for Outstanding research work in South Asia for the year 2011 by the Ministry of Education, Government of Nepal.
  • Pallavi Mishra, received Gandhi Fellowship (2 years Leadership Programme) in 2012.
  • Pallavi Mishra, was selected for the Shanghai Government Scholarship for Traditional Medicine and Public Health, 2012.
  • Reva Prakash, was selected for ‘Scholars-in-Residence’ for Culture and Climate Change by Goethe-Institut, Albert-Ludwigs University Freiburg, Germany, 1 Jan- 10 Feb 2014. 
  • Rishika Chauhan, was selected for an Advanced Non violence and Peace building Training Program: Level one and Level two, organized by Communities Without Boundaries International (an international nongovernmental non-profit organization) in Nepal. 
  • Rishika Chauhan, was selected for the Gandhi Fellowship, Gandhi   Fellowship is a not-for-profit organization, that designs and runs programs to benefit government schools in rural India. 
  • Sanchi Rai, received an ‘Honorary Mention for a Student Paper’ for the paper titled ‘Non cruelty: A Golden Mean between Violence and Non-Violence, at the Annual International Studies Convention 2013, 10-12 December 2013.
  • Yogesh Joshi, Visiting Fellow, Sigur Centre for Asian Studies, George Washington University, April-May 2013.
  • Yogesh Joshi, was awarded ESRC International PhD Partnering Fellowship, Defence Studies Department, King’s College London, July 2013.

 

Select Conference/Seminar Papers 

  • Abhishek Choudhary, presented a paper titled ‘Contesting the Idea of Global Good’ at the 55th All India Annual Conference of Indian Political Science Association, held at Hyderabad, 28-30 December 2013.
  • Abhishek Choudhary, presented a paper ‘Changing Notions of Sovereignty: Contextualizing it in the Responsibility to Protect Debate’ at the International Seminar on Peace-Building in a Conflict-Ridden World, held at University of Allahabad, 21-22 February 2014.
  • Ananya Sharma, participated in the Workshop on Research Methods in International Relations conducted by School Of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, 15-17 November 2012.
  • Ananya Sharma, presented a paper ‘Failed Prophecies or Glorious Hopes: Prospects of Global Justice in International Relations’ at the International Conference on Redrawing the Boundaries of International Relations: Going Beyond State and Power, February 20 -22, 2014 in Ravenshaw University, Cuttack.
  • Ananya Sharma, presented a paper ‘Theoretical Explorations into the Notion of Order and Change in International Relations’ at the International Seminar on Global Politics and Governance in 21st Century: Emerging Trends and Global Concerns”organized by the Department of Political Science, Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar Central University, Lucknow, 22-23March, 2014
  • Ananya Sharma, presented co-authored paper ‘International Relations Theory and World Order: Binaries, Silences and Alternatives’ with Jayati Srivastava at the Annual International Studies Convention 2013: Re-imagining Global Orders: Perspectives from the South, December 10 -12, 2013, JNU.
  • Bagisha Suman, participated in the Workshop on Research Methods in International Relations organized by SIS, JNU from 15 to 17 November 2012
  • Bagisha Suman, presented a paper ‘An Insight into the Plight of Scheduled Tribes and the Accountability of the State’ at the National Seminar on Contemporary Issues in Social Justice: Indian Context organized by Banaras Hindu University, 12-13 December 2007.
  • Bagisha Suman, presented a paper ‘Microfinance and Muslim Minorities in India’ at the National Seminar on Understanding Minorities in India and Canada by Canadian Studies Development ProgrammeBanaras Hindu University, 25-26 February, 2012.
  • Bagisha Suman, presented a paper ‘Tribal Identity and Development Discourse: Revisiting Jharkhand State Formation Movement’ at the International Seminar on ‘Re-envisioning States Reorganization in India’ organized by Banaras Hindu University, 21-22 February 2012.
  • Bagisha Suman, presented a paper titled ‘International Development Discourse and Microfinance: A Critical Analysis from the Global South’ at the First Annual International Studies Conference (AISC) on Re-imagining Global Orders: Perspectives from the South organized by the School of International Studies, JNU, 10-12 Dec, 2013.
  • Chithra Purushothaman, participated in IPSA-METU Summer School for Social Science Research Methods, organized and funded by International Political Science Association (IPSA) and Association Internationale de Science Politique (AISP), at Middle East Technical University (METU), Ankara, Turkey, 9-20 September 2013.
  • Chithra Purushothaman, presented a paper ‘Competing to Aid: China and India in Nepal’ in New Issues, Young Voices: India, Nepal & China Triangle Conference, organized by Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies (IPCS) in collaboration with the India International Centre (IIC), 27 September 2013.
  • Chithra Purushothaman, presented a paper ‘International Politics of Aid and the Emerging Powers: The Case of China and India’ at a seminar organized by Centre for International Politics, Organization and Disarmament, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, 16 November 2011. 
  • Chithra Purushothaman, presented a paper ‘The Changing Landscape of Bilateral Aid Architecture: Established vs. Emerging Donors’ at the Conference on Fragmentation or Pluralism? The Organization of Development Cooperation Revisited at the German Development Institute/ Deutsches Institut fur Entwicklungspolitik (DIE), 10-11 October 2013 in Bonn, Germany. 
  • Chithra Purushothaman, was a discussant at the India-China Conversations: The Second Interdisciplinary Symposium for Emerging Scholars on China India Studies organized by The India China Institute, The New School, New York in partnership with the Centre for Policy Research (CPR) and Department of East Asian Studies, University of Delhi & Centre for East Asian Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi 2-3 November 2012.
  • Gazala Fareedi, presented a paper ‘Soft Power and Public Diplomacy: Perspectives of the Global South’ at the Annual International Studies Convention Conference (AISC) held at Jawaharlal Nehru University, 10-12, December 2013.  
  • Harish Chandra, presented a paper ‘Emergency Provisions of the Indian Constitution and its Impact on Justice and Governance as a Fundamental Human Rights’ at the International Conference on Justice and Human Rights Department of Legal Studies, Baba Sahab Dr. Bhim Rao Ambedkar Central University Lucknow, 23 -24 April 2013.
  • Harish Chandra, presented a paper ‘International Human Rights Regimes and its Implementation of Indian Constitution’ at the International Workshop on Human Rights, University of Delhi, conducted by   Department of Adult, Continuing Education & Extension, Faculty of Social   Sciences, 22- 24 December 2011.
  • Harish Chandra, presented a paper ‘Politics of Dalit Literature’ at the Workshop on Social Concerns in Dalit Literature: Engagements of English Literary Critics organized by the Centre for the Study of Social System, School of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, 22 April, 2013.
  • Harish Chandra, presented a paper on ‘Private Foundations as Global Civil Society Actors in the Field of Neglected Tropical Diseases’ at Allahabad University, 22-23 March 2012.
  • Kasturi Moitra, presented a paper ‘The Domestic and Ideational Sources of India’s Economic Diplomacy: From the ‘New’ to the ‘Neoliberal’ International Economic Order’ organized by the Indian Association of International Studies (IAIS) in New Delhi, 10-12  December 2012, 
  • Kasturi Moitra, presented a paper ‘Theoretically Reassessing India’s Economic Diplomacy: From the ‘New’ to the ‘Neoliberal’ International Economic Order’ at the International Studies Association-First Global South International Studies Conference, organized by the ISA-Global South Caucus, at Menton, France, 29 November-1 December 2012.
  • Kasturi Moitra, presented a paper Explaining Foreign Economic Policy Change in India: From the ‘New’ to the ‘Neoliberal’ International Economic Order’, at the 31st Annual Conference of the Association of Third World Studies (ATWS), organized by the Georgia Southwestern State University and Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, 27-30 December 2013.
  • Kasturi Moitra, was the Student Representative in the Academic Committee of the Annual International Studies Convention 2013, organized by the School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), held at Jawaharlal Nehru University, 10-12, December 2013.
  • Muhmmed Sihabudheen K., presented a paper ‘A Study on Political Inclusion of Muslim Women in Malappuram’ at the International Conference on Status of Muslim Women in Indian Sub-Continent, organized by Centre for the Study of Social Exclusion and Inclusive Policy, Maulana Azad National Urdu University held at Hyderabad, 6-8 March 2013.
  • Muhmmed Sihabudheen K., presented a paper ‘Ambedkar and Democratic Decentralization: Comparing and Contrasting between Two Legacies’ at International Seminar on Democratic Decentralization and People’s Participation, organized by Kerala Institute of Local Administration in association with International Sociological Association held at Trissur, 20-23 December 2012.
  • Muhmmed Sihabudheen K., presented a paper ‘Democracy Reinterpreted; Analyzing the engagements between State-Multilateral Organization and People-Transnational Politics at the National Seminar on Anxieties of Indian Democracy, organized by Department of Political Science, Government Brennen College held at Kannur, 15 February 2013.
  • Muhmmed Sihabudheen K., presented a paper ‘Primacy to Offshore Balancing; Analysis of Realist Scholarship and US policy in West Asia’ at the 5th Young Research Scholars Seminar ‘ West Asia: Heritage and Transformation, organised by Student Representatives of the Student-Faculty Committee, Centre for West Asian Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University held at New Delhi, 24-25 March 2014.
  • Muhmmed Sihabudheen K., presented a paper ‘Shaping Power against: Different Strands of Political Mobilization in the Anti-colonial Movement of Tanur’ at the conference on Early Educational Movements in Kerala: Role of Pangil Ahmed Kutty Musliyar and Islahul Uloom, organized by CH Chair, University of Calicut and USVA, Calicut, 22 January 2014.
  • Oindrila Datta Gupta, participated in the Workshop on Research Methods in International Relations conducted by School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, 15-17 November 2012.
  • Pallavi Mishra, attended the winter school on ‘Federalism and Governance; Federalism and Multi-level Constitutionalism’ in Austria and Italy organized by EURAC on Federalism and Governance, 7- 14 February 2014.
  • Pavan Kumar, presented a paper ‘Going Beyond Survival; The Analogy of Prodigious Indian Defence Expenditure and Human Security’ at the International Conference on International Relations: Redrawing the Boundaries of International Relations: Going beyond State and Power, organised by Department of Political Science, Ravenshaw University held at Cuttack, 20-22, February 2014.
  • Rajeesh Kumar, presented a paper ‘Cosmopolitanism at Brink: Declining Cultural Influences of Indian Ocean Trade and the Transforming Identity of Kerala Muslims’ at the School of International Studies, JNU, 3 -4 March, 2010.
  • Rajeesh Kumar, presented a paper ‘In Search of ‘Oriental Globalization: Indian Ocean Merchant Networks and Development of Cosmopolitanismon the Afro-Asian Coasts’, Calicut University, 29-30 March 2010.
  • Rajeesh Kumar, presented a paper ‘Looking through a New Prism: Contextualizing Post 9/11 Indo-Saudi Relations’ at a National Seminar on India-GCC Relations: Understanding New Dynamics, EMEA College, Karipur, Kerala, 17-18 March 2010.
  • Rajeesh Kumar, presented a paper ‘Zones of Exception: Normalization of Emergency Powers in India’s North & North East’ at a National Seminar on Federalism, Foreign Policy and Border States: Dynamics from North East States of India,School of Global Studies, Sikkim University22-23 March 2013.
  • Reva Prakash, attended the summer school on Sustainable-Habitats in India-III in India organized by GIZ_DAAD held at Bharthi Vidyapeeth University, Pune, India, 5-23 September 2011.
  • Reva Prakash, gave a talk on ‘Understanding Environmental Concerns in India: Case Study of the works of Anupam Mishra’ at the Institut-fur-Ethnologie, Ludwig Maximilian University, Munich, Germany, 25 January, 2014. 
  • Reva Prakash, participated as an NGO delegate in the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change– 17, Durban, South Africa, 3-9 December 2011. 
  • Reva Prakash, presented a paper ‘Environmentalism in the Global South: Case Study of the works of Anupam Mishra and Wangari Maathai’ at the Annual International Studies Convention organized by the School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), in partnership with Central University of Gujarat, University of Calcutta, University of Hyderabad, University of Pune, Pondicherry University and Panjab University, held at New Delhi, 10-12 December 2013. 
  • Reva Prakash, presented a paper on ‘Environmentalism in the Global South: Analyzing Select Readings from Brazil, India and Kenya’ at the Kolloquium of Forest and Environmental Policy Group at Albert-Ludwigs University Freiburg held at Freiburg, Germany, 14 Jan, 2014. 
  • Sanchi Rai, presented a paper titled ‘Non-cruelty: A Golden Mean between Violence and Non-Violence’ at the Annual International Studies Convention2013 held at the Jawaharlal Nehru University, 10-12 December 2013.
  • Shalini Prasad, attended the three weeks School in Nuclear Energy Management organized by the Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics in collaboration with the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) from 5 November 2012-23 November 2012, Miramare Trieste, Italy.
  • Shalini Prasad, attended the two weeks International School on Nuclear Security organized by the Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics in collaboration with the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), 7 May 2012-18 May 2012 in Miramare Trieste, Italy.
  • Surabhi Singh, attended  the Workshop on Research Methods in Migration organized by Centre for  Development Studies at Thiruvananthapuram, 15-19 October 2012.
  • Surabhi Singh, attended the Summer School on Quantitative Methods in Political Science Research organized by the Centre for the Study of  Developing Societies (CSDS), New Delhi at Jain University, Bengaluru, 10-22 May 2012.
  • Surabhi Singh, presented a paper ‘A Subaltern Reading of International Organizations: Issues of Order, Disorder and Marginality’ (with Moushumi Basu) at the Annual International Studies Convention, organized by the School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, 10-12, December 2013.
  • Surabhi Singh, presented a paper ‘International Organizations and the Regulatory Framework Governing Migrant Workers’ at the International Conference on  Globalization, Migration and Informalization of Labour Marketsorganized by the Centre for International Politics, Organization and Disarmament, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi, 12-14 ,March 2012.
  • Surabhi Singh, presented a paper ‘Managing Migration and Trade in Services: Overview of Multilateral and Regional Trade Agreements’, at the National Conference on Trade in Services in India and Inclusive Growth Paradigm: Emerging Opportunities and Future Challenges, organized by the Centre for WTO Studies, Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, New Delhi, 22-23, August 2013.
  • Surabhi Singh, presented a paper ‘Migrant Workers and Mode 4: India and the State of Play’ at the International Conference on India and International Organizations: Towards Multilateralism, organized by Central University of Kerala, Kasargod, 20-22, March 2013.
  • Surabhi Singh, presented a paper ‘Migrating for Work and Mode 4: Issues, Complexities and Challenges’ at the International Conference on India and WTO, organized by the Centre for WTO Studies, Central University of Kerala, Kasargod, 6- 8, October 2013.
  • Surabhi Singh, presented a paper ‘Migration, Migrant Workers and Mode 4’ at the International Conference on Global Recession to Global Recovery: Opportunity, Challenges and Strategies for Sustainable Growth organized by the Institute of Management, Nirma University, Ahmedabad, 5-7 January 2012.
  • Yogesh Joshi, presented a paper ‘Between Strategic Concern and Strategic Opportunity: America’s Pivot and Indian Foreign Policy’, at the Centre for International Politics, Organization and Disarmament, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, 18 September 2013.
  • Yogesh Joshi, presented a paper ‘Complex Deterrence: How Conventional and Nuclear Forces interact in South Asia’s Strategic Triangle’, at the European Union Non-Proliferation Conference, Brussels, 2 October 2013.
  • Yogesh Joshi, presented a paper ‘Explaining Change and Continuity in Indian Foreign Policy under the Bharatiya Janata Party, 1998-2004’ at the Joint Services Command and Staff College, Shrivenham, UK, 23 July 2013.
  • Yogesh Joshi, presented a paper ‘Mapping Trajectories of Indian Foreign Policy in the age of Strategic Flux’ at Sigur Centre for Asian Studies, George Washington University, 23 April 2013.
  • Yogesh Joshi, presented a paper ‘Nuclear Weapons and Indian Security: Strategic and Political Challenges’ (with Frank O’ Donnell) at the India Institute, King’s College London, 18 July 2013.

Select Publications

  • Bagisha Suman and Prashant Kumar, ‘Realist Views on the Realities of the Post-Cold War International System’, Peaceworks: An Interdisciplinary Journal, vol. 3, no.1, 2013, pp. 86-95.
  • Bagisha Suman, Module on ‘Development’ for the course ‘International Politics’ for the UGC e-PG Pathshala Project under MHRD.
  • Bhavna Mahajan and and Raja Bagga, eds., Reframing Punishment: Reflections of Culture, Literature and Morals, Oxford: InterDisciplinary Press, 2013 (e-link: https://www.interdisciplinarypress.net/online-store/ebooks/diversity-and-recognition/reframing-punishment).
  • Bhavna Mahajan and Raja Bagga, ‘Changing Societal Notions towards Punishment’ in Bhavna Mahajan and and Raja Bagga, eds., Reframing Punishment: Reflections of Culture, Literature and Morals, Oxford: Inter-Disciplinary Press, 2013 (e-link: https://www.interdisciplinarypress.net/online-store/ebooks/diversity-and-recognition/reframing-punishment).
  • Harish Chandra, ‘Emergency Provisions of the Indian Constitution and its Impact on Fundamental Human Rights’, Radix International Educational of Research in Social-Science, July, 2012, pp. 1-33.
  • Harish Chandra, ‘International Human Rights Norms and Practices in the Indian Constitution’, Academica: An International Multidisciplinary Research Journal by South Asian Academic Research Journals, Vol. II, Issue 7, July 2012, pp 139-150 (http://www.saarj.Com/images/download/ACAD,OCT.2011%20COMPLETE%20%20PDF/academiciajuly2012/7.12,%20Harish%20Chandra.pdf.)
  • Harish Chandra, ‘Right to Development and World Politics’, Asian Journal of Research in Social Sciences and Humanities, Vol. II, Issue 2, April 2012, pp 33-41 (http://www.aijsh.org/setup/socialscience/paper148.pdf)
  • Kasturi Moitra, ‘India-China Relations and the Importance of Diplomatic Signaling’, ORF Analysis, New Delhi: Observer Research Foundation, 11 July 2013, available at http://orfonline.org/cms/sites/orfonline/modules/analysis/AnalysisDetail.html?cmaid=54355&mmacmaid=54356
  • Kasturi Moitra, ‘Learning Statecraft from China’, Indo-Canada Outlook, vol.7 no.12, July2013 available at http://www.indocanadaoutlook.com/index.php/archives/2013/july-2013/727-learning-statecraft-from-china
  • Kasturi Moitra, ‘South Korean President’s Visit to India: A Mutual Quest for Regional Liaisons’, South Asia: February Dossier, Foundation for European Progressive Studies, 7 March 2014, available at http://www.feps-europe.eu/en/news/559_south-asia-february-dossier
  • Kasturi Moitra, ‘What India Needs To Learn From China’, IDSA Comment, Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses, 20 April 2013, available at  http://www.idsa.in/idsacomments/WhatIndianeedstolearnfromChina_kmoitra_200513   
  • Kasturi Moitra, Global Public Goods, International Relations Course Content, e-Post Graduate Pathshala Project, Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India, 28 October 2013, available at http://epgp.inflibnet.ac.in/content.php?cid=3228.
  • Lobo Joyce and Kasturi Moitra, ‘India-Japan Relations: New Allies or Strategic Partners?’, South Asia: February Dossier, Foundation for European Progressive Studies, 7 March 2014, available at http://www.feps-europe.eu/en/news/559_south-asia-february-dossier.
  • Lobo Joyce and Kasturi Moitra, ‘PM Singh's State Visits to Russia and China: Lost Opportunities’, South Asia: Winter Review, Foundation for European Progressive Studies, 29 November 2013, available at http://www.feps-europe.eu/en/news/532_south-asia-winter-review.
  • Mohd Firoz Ahamed, Geopolitics of Niger River Basin: Conflict and Cooperation, Lambert Academic Publishing, 2013.
  • Mohd Firoz Ahamed, Human Rights and Development- A Geopolitical Analysis of  Spatial identities of Tribes of Niamgiri HillsJournal of Social Reality, 2013. 
  • Priyadarshini Ghosh, ‘Pakistan's National Security 2010’ (co-authored with Dr. Valte), India's National Security Annual Review 2011, New Delhi: Routledge, New Delhi, pp. 229-254.
  • Priyadarshini Ghosh, ‘The Current Thaw in Indo-Pak Relations’, Jadavpur Journal of International Relations, vol. 9, 2004-2005, pp. 202-212.
  • Rajeesh Kumar ‘Introduction: Islam Islamist Movements and the Arab Spring’, (co-authored with Navaz Nizar), Islam Islamic Movements and Democracy in West Asia: Challenges, Opportunities and Responses, Global Vision Publishing House, New Delhi, 2012.
  • Rajeesh Kumar ‘Islam and Democracy: Contextualizing the Debate in Arab World’ (co-authored with Bushra) in Rajeesh Kumar and Navaz Nizar (eds.), Islam Islamic Movements and Democracy in West Asia: Challenges, Opportunities, and Responses, Global Vision Publishing House, New Delhi, 2012.
  • Rajeesh Kumar ‘Islamic Resurgence in the Age of Globalization and Democracy: Hamas Changing Strategies in the Palestinian National Movement’, Anwar Alam (ed.), Contemporary West Asia: Politics and Development, New Delhi: New Century Publications, 2010.
  • Rajeesh Kumar, ‘Terrorism and its Dual Impact on State Sovereignty: Towards a Permanent “State of Exception”’, Radical Humanist, vol. 73, no. 4, July 2009.
  • Rajeesh Kumar, ‘Transforming Zionism: Diasporic Nationalism, State Ideology and Post Zionist Constellations in Israel’ (with Bushra A), Area Studies: A Journal of International Studies and Analysis, vol. 2, no.3, July-December 2009, pp. 84-105.
  • Rajeesh Kumar, Indian Ocean Trade Network, Oriental Globalization and the existence of Cosmopolitanism on the Malabar and East African Coasts’, Indian Ocean Survey (now Journal of Indian Ocean Region) vol. 4, no. 1&2, January-December 2008, pp. 11-31.
  • Rajeesh Kumar, Islam, Islamist Movements and Democracy in Middle East: Challenges, Opportunities and Responses, co-edited with Navaz Nizar, New Delhi: Global Vision Publishing House, 2012.
  • Rajeesh Kumar, Memories and Myths/Illusions: Historical De-construction of the European Union Identity through the Politics of Inclusion/Exclusion’, Area Studies: A Journal of International Studies and Analysis, vol.5, no.2, July-December 2012, pp 102-139, ISSN, 0975-6035 
  • Reva Prakash, ‘The Real Cost of Coal’ in Bodhi Commons, September 14, 2012, India.  http://beta.bodhicommons.org/article/the-real-cost-of-coal
  • Reva Prakash, ‘Two Months Later: The Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill’, National Maritime Foundation,http://www.maritimeindia.org/sites/all/files/pdf/CommentaryReva21jun10.pdf
  • Rishika Chauhan,  ‘Beyond China's Resistance to Economic Sanctions’ China Weekly, vol III, Issue 7, Observer Research Foundation, February 18, 2013.
  • Rishika Chauhan,  ‘Corruption: A Structural Defect’, Studies of Changing Societies Journal, vol.1, no. 6, 2012.
  • Rishika Chauhan,  ‘India and International Sanctions: Delhi’s Role as a Sanctioner, Issue Brief’, Observer Research Foundation, September 2013.
  • Rishika Chauhan,  ‘India and North Korea: The Need to Engage’, Observer Research Foundation, October 25, 2012.
  • Rishika Chauhan, ‘Thinking about the Neighbour; China in Indian Strategic Thought,’ International Security Observer, July 13, 2013
  • Rishika Chauhan, New Sanctions, Old Debate: The Case of North Korea’, Observer Research Foundation, March 13, 2013; Reproduced in Indian Review of Global Affairs, Mach 14, 2013.
  • Yogesh Joshi,  ‘Addressing Pakistan’s Atomization’, IDSA Issue Brief (co-authored with Frank O’Donnell, King’s College London), March 2013.
  • Yogesh Joshi,  ‘China Rivalry keeps India out of Nuclear Suppliers Group’, World Politics Review, June 2013.
  • Yogesh Joshi,  ‘Paying Dividends: India-US Nuclear deal Four Years on’, The Diplomat, December 2012.
  • Yogesh Joshi,  ‘Political Abstention in War and the Influence of Nuclear Weapons’, Journal of Defence Studies, 7(3): 147-158, July 2013.
  • Yogesh Joshi,  ‘Reluctant India, Rising China and Alliance Politics in Asia-Pacific’, Asia-Pacific Bulletin, No. 162. April 2012.
  • Yogesh Joshi,  ‘With East Asian Missile Defence System, US Sends a Clear Message to China’, World Politics Review, September 2012.
  • Yogesh Joshi, ‘Addressing Pakistan’s Atomization’ (with Frank O’ Donnell), IDSA Issue Brief, Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses, March 2013
  • Yogesh Joshi, ‘India and Ballistic Missile Defence: From Practice to Theory’ (with Alankrita Sinha), Nuclear Notes, Centre for Strategic and International Studies, June 2012.
  • Yogesh Joshi, ‘India’s Disarmament Myths and Political Realities’, IDSA Issue Brief, October 2012.
  • Yogesh Joshi, ‘India’s Missile Defence: Is the Game worth the Candle’, (with Frank O Donnell, King’s College London), The Diplomat, August, 2013.
  • Yogesh Joshi, ‘India’s Plans for Sea-Based Deterrence Open Pandora’s Box in South Asia, World Politics Review, April 2013.
  • Yogesh Joshi, ‘India’s Undersea Deterrent Poses Proliferation Challenges’, World Politics Review, September 2013. 
  • Yogesh Joshi, ‘Indian Debates on American Rebalance to Asia-Divided Opinion: Between Strategic Opportunity and Strategic Autonomy’ (with Dr. Deepa Ollapally), Rising Powers Initiative Policy Brief, Sigur Centre for Asian Studies, George Washington University. 
  • Yogesh Joshi, ‘Japan-India Security Cooperation’ (with Kei Koga, Harvard University), The Diplomat, July 2013.
  • Yogesh Joshi, ‘Nuclear Stability in South Asia and the Challenge of Strategic Technologies’ in Badrul Alam (eds.) Perspectives on Nuclear Strategy of India and Pakistan, Kalpaz: New Delhi, 2012. 
  • Yogesh Joshi, ‘What South Korea can Learn from South Asia’s Nuclear Experience’ (with Timothy Westmeyer, George Washington University), The Diplomat, August 2013. 
  • Yogesh Joshi, Pakistan’s Nuclear Labyrinth and the Future of Democratisaion’ (with Frank O’ Donnell, King’s College London), Asia Pacific Bulletin No. 210, East West Centre, April 2013.

 

A warm welcome to the modified and updated website of the Centre for East Asian Studies. The East Asian region has been at the forefront of several path-breaking changes since 1970s beginning with the redefining the development architecture with its State-led development model besides emerging as a major region in the global politics and a key hub of the sophisticated technologies. The Centre is one of the thirteen Centres of the School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi that provides a holistic understanding of the region.

Initially, established as a Centre for Chinese and Japanese Studies, it subsequently grew to include Korean Studies as well. At present there are eight faculty members in the Centre. Several distinguished faculty who have now retired include the late Prof. Gargi Dutt, Prof. P.A.N. Murthy, Prof. G.P. Deshpande, Dr. Nranarayan Das, Prof. R.R. Krishnan and Prof. K.V. Kesavan. Besides, Dr. Madhu Bhalla served at the Centre in Chinese Studies Programme during 1994-2006. In addition, Ms. Kamlesh Jain and Dr. M. M. Kunju served the Centre as the Documentation Officers in Chinese and Japanese Studies respectively.

The academic curriculum covers both modern and contemporary facets of East Asia as each scholar specializes in an area of his/her interest in the region. The integrated course involves two semesters of classes at the M. Phil programme and a dissertation for the M. Phil and a thesis for Ph. D programme respectively. The central objective is to impart an interdisciplinary knowledge and understanding of history, foreign policy, government and politics, society and culture and political economy of the respective areas. Students can explore new and emerging themes such as East Asian regionalism, the evolving East Asian Community, the rise of China, resurgence of Japan and the prospects for reunification of the Korean peninsula. Additionally, the Centre lays great emphasis on the building of language skills. The background of scholars includes mostly from the social science disciplines; History, Political Science, Economics, Sociology, International Relations and language.

Several students of the centre have been recipients of prestigious research fellowships awarded by Japan Foundation, Mombusho (Ministry of Education, Government of Japan), Saburo Okita Memorial Fellowship, Nippon Foundation, Korea Foundation, Nehru Memorial Fellowship, and Fellowship from the Chinese and Taiwanese Governments. Besides, students from Japan receive fellowship from the Indian Council of Cultural Relations.