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Alka Acharya, PhD

Assistant Director & Fellow

Institute of Chinese Studies (ICS)

&

Assistant Editor, China Report

8/17, Sri Ram Road

Delhi, INDIA

Tel: 26741034 (R) 23830789 (O) 23938202

Mob: +91-09871457566

E-mail: alka.acharya@gmail.com

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AREAS OF INTEREST

India-China-Russia Trilateral Cooperation and the Chinese strategic response to the post-cold

war regional architecture, with special reference to China’s neighbourhood

EDUCATION

Ph. D (1991) School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University

Title of thesis: Historiography in Communist China: A Case Study of Confucius and the

Anti-Confucius Campaign

M.Phil (1984) Chinese Studies, School of International Studies, JNU

Title of Dissertation: The Anti-Confucius Campaign: A Study of Its Implications

For Politics, Ideology and Historiography

M.A. (1980) International Relations, School of International Studies, JNU

CURRENT & PAST POSITIONS

Director, Institute of Chinese Studies (New Delhi) w.e.f. 1 April 2012 (on Deputation from

the Jawaharlal Nehru University)

Professor, Chinese Studies, Centre for East Asian Studies, SIS, JNU

Member, Editorial Board, China Report (New Delhi) Since January 2015

Member, Editorial Board, Diaspora Studies (New Delhi) (Since 2013)

Member, Editorial Board, JAIR Journal of International Relations (Kolkata) (Since 2014)

Member, Academic Council, MEI@ND (Middle East Institute@New Delhi) (Since April

2013)

Editor, China Report (New Delhi) 2007-2014

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Member, National Security Advisory Board, Government of India, January 2011- January

2013

Chairperson, Centre for East Asian Studies, SIS, JNU, 1st February 2006-31st January 2008

Member, India-China Eminent Persons Group, Government of India, 2006-2008

Member, National Security Advisory Board, Government of India,

January 2006- January 2008

Member, Board of Studies, School of Language, Literature and Culture Studies, JNU, New

Delhi, March 2009-March 2012

Member, Academic Council and Court, JNU, New Delhi

Member, Centre Committee, Centre for West Asian Studies, School of International Studies,

JNU, New Delhi (April 2010-March 2012)

International Students Advisor, JNU, New Delhi (October 2010-September 2012)

Member, Joint Advisory Committee, ICSSR-NRCT (Indian Council of Social Science

Research – National Research Council, Thailand) 2007-2009

Member, Editorial Board, International Studies (2006–2008)

Member, Security Advisory Committee, JNU, New Delhi ((2002-2003 and w.e.f 29th May

2008-July 2011)

Member, Classroom Renovation Committee, JNU (2006-2009)

Member, Advisory Committee, School of International Studies, JNU, 2007-2008

Member, Academic Council, JNU, 2006-2008

Faculty Advisor and Supervisor, MA Programme, 2002-2007

PUBLICATIONS

Books

China and India: Politics of Incremental Engagement Har-Anand Publications Pvt Ltd,

New Delhi, 2008

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G.P. Deshpande and Alka Acharya eds., Crossing a Bridge of Dreams: 50 Years of India-

China , Tulika, New Delhi, 2001

Chapters in Books

‘Perspectives on China’s Engagement with SAARC’ in India’ in Srabani Roy Choudhury

ed, Japan-SAARC Partnership: A Way Ahead New Delhi, Pentagon Press, 2014 (pp. 56-69)

‘The Strength of Weakness: The Context and Construction of Chinese Foreign Policy,’ in Amb. M. Rasgotra ed. The New Asian Power Dynamic (Sage Publications, New Delhi

2007)

‘Australia and China in a Changing World,’ in D. Gopal ed., Australia in the Emerging

World Order Evolving Australia-India Relations (Shipra Publications, Delhi 2002) pp. 138-

49.

Introductory theoretical essay on Comparative Politics, in GP Deshpande and Alka Acharya

eds., Crossing a Bridge of Dreams: 50 years of India-China, Tulika, New Delhi, 2001, pp.

203-267 (with G.P. Deshpande)

‘The State and Human Development: Health and Education,’ in G.P. Deshpande and

Alka Acharya eds., Crossing a Bridge of Dreams: 50 years of India-China, Tulika, New

Delhi, 2001, pp. 203-267. (with Rama Baru and Geetha B. Nambissan)

‘PRC-India Relations: An Overview,’ in Kanti Bajpai and Amitabh Mattoo eds., The

Peacock and the Dragon : India and China in the 21st Century, Har-Anand Publications Pvt.

Ltd, New Delhi, 2000, pp. 168-198.

‘From ‘World-View’ to ‘Nation-View’ : Fifty Years of Sino-Indian Interaction,’ in Usha

Thakkar and Mangesh Kulkarni eds., India in World Affairs : Towards the 21st Century,

Himalaya Publishing House Mumbai, 1999. (with G.P. Deshpande) pp. 79-104.

Articles

‘The Strategic Stasis in India-China Relationship’, Economic and Political Weekly, Vol.

XLVIII, Nos. 26-27, 29 June, 2013, pp. 25-29.

‘Its Onwards for Sino-Indian Ties’, Special to the BRICS Post, 25 October 2013.

http//thebricspost.com/its-onwards-for-sino-indian-ties/#.UohoXRaBJ&c

‘The ‘New Regionalism’ and the China Factor in Rising India’s ‘Look East Policy’, in

FPRC Journal-No.8, 2012, Focus: India’s Look East Policy, Foreign Policy Research

Centre New Delhi (India) www.fprc.in

‘Course Correction: An Analysis of the Origins and Implications of the Sino-Indian

Agreements of 2003 and 2005,’ China Report, Vol. 47, No.2, 2011, pp. 159-172. Special

Issue: Revisiting the China-India Border Dispute, Guest Editor Dibyesh Anand

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‘One Step Forward, Three Steps Backward: The Danger of Drift in India-China

Relations,’ Economic and Political Weekly, September 7-13, 2010

‘Whither India-China Relations,’ Economic and Political Weekly, November 7-13, 2009

‘Dealing with a Rising Power: India-China Relations and the Reconstruction of Strategic

Partnerships,’ in Derek Mitchell ed., Bridging Strategic Asia – Conclusion: The United

States, Japan and India Conference proceedings published as a full report on the website of

the Centre for Strategic and International Studies, Washington, US. Publisher CSIS, 16

December 2008 csis.org/files/media/csis/pubs/090201_bsa_acharya.pdf

‘The Seventh China-India-Russia Academic Trilateral Conference, 24-25 October 2007,

Moscow: A Report,’ China Report, Vol. 44, No. 4, October-December 2008, pp.347-360

‘An Analysis of the Prospects of Trilateral Cooperation in the Light of the Experiences of

the Trilateral Conferences,’ China Report, Vol. 44, No. 4, October- December 2008, pp.387-

390

‘Asia’s Rising Giants: Current Status and Future Prospects of India-China Relations,’

International Politics – Biannual Journal (Tehran) Vol. I, No.II, Summer-Autumn 2008, pp. 95-

114

‘India-China Relations: Toward a Shared Vision,’ Economic and Political Weekly, January

26-February 2008, pp.10-13

‘Yindu Zongli fanghua zhizai gongfu zhanlue huoban guanxi’ in the World Economic

Review section of China Business Review, (Beijing) January 14, 2008

‘A Partnership of Global Significance,’ Economic and Political Weekly, December 2, 2006,

pp. 4934 – 4936

‘Changing Dynamics in the Taiwan Strait: One Country, Many Systems,’ International

Studies (New Delhi) 42:3&4, 2005, pp. 227-246

‘Regional Imbalances in China’, Seminar (New Delhi) No. 562, June 2006, pp. 26-30

(Special Issue on India’s Changing Relations with China)

‘Aspects and Issues in Contemporary Chinese Foreign Policy’, World Focus, March 2006,

No. 315, pp. 25-29

‘India-China Relations: Beyond the Bilateral’, Economic and Political Weekly, May - 2005 pp.

1421-24.

‘Rectifying Relationships: Wen Jiabao’s South Asian Tour’, Economic and Political Weekly,

April 2- 8- 2005 pp. 1421-24

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‘India-China Relations – The Territorial Imperative: Past and Present’, Economic and

Political Weekly, November 8-14, 2003 (with GP Deshpande)

‘Talking of and with China’, Economic and Political Weekly, July 2003 (with GP Deshpande)

‘Political Cooperation between India, China and Russia: Problems and Prospects’, China

Report, Vol. 38, No1, Jan-Mar 2002, pp. 49-55

‘Ritual and reality: Li Peng’s India Visit’, in Economic and Political Weekly, February 2001

‘A Measured Tread to the Future’, in Seminar, No. 487, March 2000

‘A Season of Opportunities: China’s Impending Entry to the WTO’, China Report, Vol.36:2,

2000. (with G.P. Deshpande).

‘Irresistible Attraction and Implacable Reality: The President’s China Visit’, in Economic

and Political Weekly, June 17-23, 2000

‘Two Eras and After: People’s Republic of China at 50’ in Economic and Political Weekly,

October 9-15, 1999

‘Sino-Indian Relations since Pokhran II’, in Economic and Political Weekly, June 5-11, 1999

‘China : Leading the Region and leading the World - China’s White Paper on National

Defence - An Analysis’, Economic and Political Weekly Nov. 7 - 13, 1998

‘China : Consensus for Reform and Reforming the Consensus’, Economic and Political

Weekly Oct. 11, 1997

‘Prelude to the Sino Indian War : Aspects of the Decision Making Processes during 1959 -

62’, China Report Vol 33, No. 1, Jan -March 1997

‘Jiang Zemin’s India Visit’, Economic and Political Weekly 28 December 1996

‘Japan’s Defence Capability in Transition’, Asian Strategic Review, (IDSA New Delhi) August

1992

‘China’s Arms Sales : The Fulcrum of its South Asia Policy’, Strategic Analysis, May 1992

‘Human Rights, the Changing World and the Chinese Dilemma’, Strategic Analysis,

November 1991

‘The Sino-Soviet Summit : Some Salient Aspects’, Strategic Analysis, August 1991

‘China and the Changing World Order : Shifting Priorities in Defence and Diplomacy’,

Strategic Analysis, May 1991

‘Regional Conflict and Security in the 1990s : The Case of South Asia’, Strategic Analysis,

February 1991

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‘Crisis in the Gulf : Fallout for China’, Strategic Analysis, October 1990

‘The Rise and Fall of the Strategic Triangle : China’s Relations with the Superpowers’,

Strategic Analysis, June 1990

INTERNATIONAL/NATIONAL

SEMINARS/CONFERENCES/MEETINGS/WORKSHOPS/LECTURES

Made a presentation in the panel on ‘Geopolitics and International Relations’ in the First

High-level International Forum of Silk Road Economic Belt (SREB) organized by the Xi’an

Jiaotong University, Xi’an, Shaanxi, on 22nd

January 2015.

Presented a paper on ‘Contemporary Perspectives on China in India’, at an international

conference on Adjustment of India’s Look East Policy in the New Context, organized by the

Institute of Indian and Southwest Asian Studies, Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences, Hanoi,

19th

January 2015.

Presented a paper at a national conference on India, the US and China: Shaping the 21st

Century organized by Deccan Herald in Delhi, 13 December 2014.

‘Globalization’s Undercurrents and Regional Crescendos: New Dynamics Shaping

India-China Relations in the 21st Century’, at the SIS-ICWA Dialogue 2014, India in the

Emerging Global Order: Political, Strategic and Economic Dynamics, 10-12 November 2014.

Delivered two lectures on ‘India-China Relations: Historical Overview and Current

Situation’ and ‘The domestic dimensions of China’s Rise’, at the Academic Staff College,

Mizoram University, 1-2 November 2014.

‘China Factor in India’s ‘Look East Policy’’, at an international conference on North East

in India’s Look East: Issues and Opportunities organized by the Jadhavpur Association of

International Relations, in collaboration with IIT Guwahati, at Guwahati, 28-30 October 2014.

Delivered a lecture on ‘Geo-political and Geo-economic factors driving China’s outlook

towards the South Asian Region’, at a seminar on The Geo-Strategic Importance of the

South Asian Region organized by the College of Defence Management, Secunderabad, 20

October 2014.

Presented a paper on ‘Political and Cultural Issues in India China Relations’, at the

ICWA-CPIFA India-China Track II Dialogue in Session III on India-China Bilateral

Relations, at the Sapru House, New Delhi, 10 October 2014.

Presented a paper titled ‘Expanding Dimensions of the RIC Engagement in the Context of

the New Sub-Regionalism’ at the 13th

Russia-India-China Trilateral Academic Conference in

Moscow, 02-04 July 2014.

Panelist on the theme of ‘Re-envisioning India-China Studies’ organized by The India

China Institute, The New School, New York, 14 April 2014.

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Delivered a lecture on ‘China and the New Global Order’, at the Academic Staff College,

Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, 9 April 2014.

Delivered a lecture in the University Special Lecture Series titled ‘China and SAARC –

Dimensions of an Enlarging Engagement’ at the Department of Chinese, Sikkim University,

4 April 2014.

Presentation in the panel on ‘The India-China Border Conflict: What are the next Steps’

in the 3rd

Regional Security Roundtable organized by the Lee Kuan School of Public Policy,

National University of Singapore, Singapore, 27 February-1 March 2014.

Panel Discussion on ‘India-China Ties: 25 years after the Deng-Rajiv Talks’, organised by

the Nehru Memorial Museum and Library in association with the Centre for Policy Research,

New Delhi, on 21st December 2013.

India-China Bilateral Relations, in the Training Course for the 2013 IFS Probationers,

Foreign Services Institute, Ministry of External Affairs, New Delhi, on 20th

December 2013.

Internal Situation in China, in the Training Course for the 2013 IFS Probationers, Foreign

Services Institute, Ministry of External Affairs, New Delhi, on 19th

December 2013.

China’s Rise and its global and regional impact, 8th

Special Course for ASEAN Diplomats,

Foreign Services Institute, Ministry of External Affairs, New Delhi, on 4th

December 2013.

Rising China, Professional Course for Foreign Diplomats, Foreign Services Institute,

Ministry of External Affairs, New Delhi, on 21st October 2013.

Keynote presentation in the session on ‘Security in Asia’ at the 3rd

Berlin Foreign Policy

Forum organized by the Korber Stiftung in association with the Federal Foreign Office,

Berlin, 25-26 November 2013.

Made a presentation titled ‘Perspectives on China’s Engagement with SAARC in India’,

Japan-SAARC Partnership: Way Ahead, JNU-SPS International Conference, organised by the

Centre for East Asian Studies (Japanese Division) School Of International Studies, JNU in

collaboration with Sasakawa Peace Foundation, Japan on 14-15 November 2013.

Made a presentation in the session titled ‘China’s role in Africa’, National Conference on

BRICS in Africa: Implications for Anglophone and Francophone Africa organized by the

UGC Area Studies Programme on Africa, Centre for African Studies, School of International

Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, in collaboration with Policy Research Institute of

African Studies Association of India (PRIASA) at SIS, JNU on 30th

September 2013.

Made a presentation in the session titled ‘How to Deepen China-SAARC cooperation in the

framework of guidelines at SAARC’, at an international conference on China-SAARC

Relations: Towards a Closer Partnership organized by the China Institute of International

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Studies (CIIS) and Shanghai Institute of International Studies (SIIS) in Shanghai, 28-31

August 2013.

Invited to chair a session on in an international conference titled China-South Asia Think

Tanks Forum, organised by the CIIS, CICIR, YASS and SASS, in Kunming, China, 6-7 June

2013.

Presented a paper titled ‘New Directions in India’s China Policy: Glimmerings of a new

Strategic Imagination during the UPA II Regime?’ at the Indian Council of Social Science

Research-Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (ICSSR-CASS) Joint Seminar on Sino-Indian

Cooperation: New Opportunities, New Ideas, in Beijing, 16-17 April 2013.

Represented the Institute of Chinese Studies (which is a Founder Member) at the BOAO

Forum for Asia, Hainan, China, 5-7 April 2013.

Presented a paper titled ‘The Hu-Wen Era and the UPA II Regime in India: Unfolding

Strategic Perspectives’, at an international Conference on India and China in the 20th

and

21st centuries: Where do History and International Relations Meet? organized by the Institute

for Chinese Studies, Oxford, 26-27 March 2013

Presented a paper titled ‘The 18th

Party Congress: Implications for and Impact on China’s

External Relations’, at a national seminar on Leadership Changes in China: Domestic and

External Impact organised by the Chennai Centre for China Studies (C3S) in collaboration

with the University of Madras and Centre for Asia Studies, Chennai, on 2 March 2013

Delivered the keynote address at a national conference on ‘China’s Engagement with South

Asia: Regional and Global Implications’, organised by the South Asia Studies Centre,

University of Rajasthan, Jaipur, on 4-5 February, 2013

Presented a paper titled ‘India’s Look East Policy & China: Can a Trade or Business

Initiative succeed in reducing conflict in Northeast India?’ at a national seminar titled

Sustaining Peace In Northeast India: Changing Dimensions organized by the Centre for

Development & Peace Studies, Guwahati, on 13-14 February 2012.

‘China’s Rise, the Emerging World Order and Implications for India’, Professional

Course for Diplomats, organized by the Foreign Service Institute (Ministry of External

Affairs) New Delhi, on 31 January 2013.

‘India-China Relations in the 21st century’, Professional Course for Diplomats, organized

by the Foreign Service Institute (Ministry of External Affairs) New Delhi, on 27 February

2013.

‘Outcome of the 18th

CPC Congress: Influence on China’s External Policy’, National

Seminar, “Coping with a Rising China: Indian Perspectives”, Asia Centre, Bangalore, 22

December 2012.

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Presented a paper on ‘The Rise of China and Its Consequences for Asia’ at an international

seminar on ‘Security, Sustainability & Society: An India-Australia Dialogue’ organized by

The Australia India Institute (Canberra) and the University of Calcutta, in Kolkata, on 5-6

December 2011.

‘Will the 21st Century be that of China?’ at an international conference on ‘The Rise of

China: Policy, Parameters and Prospects’, organised by the Mahatma Gandhi University,

Kottayam, Kerala, 1-3 November, 2012.

Delivered a lecture in the 6th Special Course for ASEAN Diplomats titled ‘Rising China:

Implications for World Order and Stability’, organized by the Foreign Service Institute

(Ministry of External Affairs) New Delhi, on 2nd December 2011.

Was invited as Chief Guest by the Heritage School, Gurgaon, to address the participants in the

Second Conference of the Inter-School Model United Nations Sessions, 25th

November

2011.

Led the ICS delegation to the Eleventh Academic Trilateral China-India-Russia

Conference organised by the China Institute of International Studies, held in Beijing, from

14-17 November 2011.

Made a presentation titled, ‘The New Regionalism and China in India’s Look East Policy’

at the Fourth All India Conference of China Studies, University of Hyderabad, November 8-

9, 2010

Was invited by the ICSSR to make a presentation on Potential Cooperation between India

and China in the framework of BRICS to a visiting delegation from the Chinese Academy

of Social Sciences (CASS) China, in New Delhi, 2 November, 2011

Was resource person and chaired a session at China Conversations: Inaugural

Interdisciplinary Symposium for Emerging Scholars, organized by the India China

Institute, The New School (New York) in partnership with Centre for Policy Research, Centre

for East Asian Studies (SIS, JNU) and Department of East Asian Studies, University of Delhi,

31 October 2011

Was a member of the ICS delegation which visited Beijing and Shanghai to interact with think

tanks and scholars under the ICS-CICIR Agreement for Scholarly Exchanges, 19-22

September 2011

Made a presentation titled ‘The China Factor in India’s Regional Strategy vis-à-vis

southeast Asia and the Pacific’ at an international seminar organized by the Jadavpur

Association of International Relations, on India’s Constructive Engagement with Asia in the

21st Century in Kolkata, August 17-19, 2011.

Was invited by the UGC to be part of a three-member team todraft the concept note, chair a

session and prepare the final report, in a two-day Convention on UGC Area Studies

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Programmes, ‘Looking Back, Looking Ahead’, held on May 31-June 1, 2011 at the India

International Centre, New Delhi

Was a discussant to a paper by a Chinese participant titled, ‘Mao, Zhou and the Chinese

Border War of 1962’ in an international conference on India and the Cold War: Historical

and Contemporary Perspectives, organized by the Nehru Memorial Museum & Library in

collaboration with the Centre of Historical Studies, School of Social Sciences, JNU, from 17-

18 December, 2010 in New Delhi

Made a presentation titled, ‘Recent Scholarship on India-China Relations’ at the Third All

India Conference of China Studies Kolkata, December 20-21, 2010

Delivered a lecture in the 7th Special Professional Course for Afghan Diplomats titled

‘China’s Rise, the Emerging World Order and Implications for India’, organised by the

Foreign Service Institute (Ministry of External Affairs) New Delhi, on 8th

December 2010.

Made a presentation in a workshop titled ‘Wen Jiabao’s Forthcoming India Visit : A

Curtain Raiser’ organized by the Institute of Chinese Studies in collaboration with the Indian

Council of World Affairs at Sapru House, New Delhi on 3rd

December 2010

Delivered a lecture titled, ‘Coping with a Rising China’ at the Doon University, Dehradun

on the 25th

September 2010.

Presented a paper titled ‘Educational Cooperation between India and China: Scope and

Possibilities’ at a national seminar in Hyderabad on India-China Relations: 60 Years of

Cooperation in Economy & Business, Education and Culture, organized by the Gitam School

of International Business, Gitam University, Visakhapatnam, (in collaboration with the

Embassy of China, India) on November 12, 2010.

Made a presentation titled ‘Bilateral Relationships Within the Russia-India-China

Trilateral: India and China’, at the Tenth Academic Trilateral China-India-Russia

Conference organised by the Institute of Far Eastern Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences,

held in Moscow, from 21-23 September 2010.

Made a presentation titled ‘Understanding the China Challenge’ at a National Seminar On

India's Foreign Policy: Challenges In The New Millennium organised by The Department of

Political Science, Lucknow University, on 17 April 2010

Delivered a lecture on India-China Relations in the Vertical Interaction Courses (VICs) for

Senior IPS Officers on Main Currents in India’s Foreign Policy organized by the Foreign

Service Institute (MEA) New Delhi, 9 April 2010

Delivered a lecture on ‘An Overview of China’s Current Situation’ to the international

delegates at the Asia Regional Meeting of the International Tibet Support Network (ITSN) at

Dharamsala, 29th

March 2010.

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Delivered a lecture in the 49th

Professional Course for Foreign Diplomats titled ‘China’s Rise

and Implications for the World Order’, organized by the Foreign Service Institute, (MEA)

New Delhi, on 11th

March 2010.

Delivered a public lecture at the Kunzru Memorial Lecture Series 2010 (Theme:

Contemporary Debates in World Politics and India, 18 January-10 February 2010) titled

‘New Regionalisms and Asia’ on 4 February 2010 in New Delhi, organised by the School of

International Studies, JNU.

Delivered a lecture to the trainee Indian Foreign Service Probationers of 2009 Batch, titled

‘China: History and Foreign Policy’ under the auspices of the Foreign Service Institute

(MEA) New Delhi on 27th

January 2010.

Delivered a lecture in the first Special Training Programme for Afghan Diplomats titled

‘India-China and Asia’, organised by the Foreign Service Institute (MEA), New Delhi, on

19th

January 2010.

Presented a paper titled, ‘India-China: Limitations and Possibilities of a Global Strategic

Partnership’ at an International Conference on Conflict Management, Peace Economics and

Peace Science Jointly organised by the Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU),

New Delhi, Gandhi Smriti and Darshan Samiti(GSDS), New Delhi, and United Nations

Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO, India) from 11-13 January

2010.

Delivered a lecture titled ‘Modern China: Challenges and Drawbacks’ at the Tibetan Youth

Leadership Training Programme organized by the Tibetan Youth Congress on 29th

December

2009 in New Delhi.

Participated in the Indo-Japanese Workshop on ‘The Transformation of the International

Order of Asia in the 1950s and 1960s’, and was discussant to a paper presented by a

Japanese scholar, organized by the Jawaharlal Nehru Institute of Advanced Study, JNU, New

Delhi, on 28th

December 2009.

Made a presentation titled ‘International Dynamics and National Interest: Strengthening

the Trilateral Discourse Through Regional Partnerships’, at the Ninth Academic Trilateral

China-India-Russia Conference organised by the Institute of Chinese Studies, New Delhi, held

in New Delhi, from 7-9 December 2009

Was invited to deliver a talk in the University Lecture Series on Comprehending China, by

the Rajiv Gandhi University, Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh on 4 November 2009.

Was invited to deliver a lecture titled ‘China's Global Strategy’ in the mid-term training-

refresher course programme for the Senior Level Commandant officers of the Border Security

Force (BSF) on 29th of October 2009 organised by the Institute for Defence Studies and

Analyses (New Delhi).

Was invited to speak on ‘The Internal Challenges in China’ in a round-table discussion on

China’s Rise to World Power Status: Faultlines and Vulnerabilities organised by the

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Centre for Land Warfare Studies (CLAWS) New Delhi, for senior serving officers of

Headquarters Northern Command, on September 24, 2009.

Made a presentation titled China-SAARC Relations: Challenges and Opportunities at the

International Conference on China-SAARC Relations: Towards a Partnership of

Common Prosperity organised by the China Institute of International Studies, Bandaranaike

Centre for International Studies and the Institute of South Asian Studies, Sichuan University,

Chengdu, held in Chengdu, PRC, 24-26 August 2009.

Made a presentation titled The Current International Situation and Prospects for

Trilateral Cooperation at the Eighth Academic Trilateral China-India-Russia Conference

organised by the China Institute of International Studies, Beijing (CIIS) held in Xiamen, PRC

from 27-28 November 2008

Was invited to deliver a lecture titled ‘China and India: Perils, Promises and Prospects’ in

the India Lecture Series organised by Canada’s International Development Research Centre

(IDRC) in Ottawa, Canada, on 30th

October 2008

Made a presentation on ‘Adjusting to China: The BRICSAM Perspective (India) at the

Fourth Annual Conference on International Governance Innovation (CIGI ’08) on China in

the Shifting World Order in Waterloo, Canada, on 26th

October 2008

Presented a paper titled ‘China in Asia’s Future: The Indian Perspective’ at the Berlin

Conference on Asian Security 2008, on China in Asia’s Future: Perspectives from Asia, the

United States and Europe, jointly organised by the Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (SWP)

Berlin and the Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) Jakarta, from 17-19

September 2008

Presented a paper on the ‘Foreign Policies of India and China in Comparison’ at the First

Regional Powers Network (RPN) Conference: Ideas, Interests, Resources and Strategies of

Regional Powers – Analytical Concepts in Comparative Perspective, organised by the

German Institute of Global and Area Studies (GIGA) at Hamburg, from 15-16 September,

2008

Made a presentation on ‘Current Trends in International Politics: Rising China’ at a two-

day workshop on Dynamics of Global Defence Trade organised by the Defence Research and

Development Organisation (DRDO) in New Delhi on 4-5 September 2008

Presented a paper titled ‘South Asian Regional Cooperation in the Context of Asian

Economic Integration: Lessons from ASEAN’ at an international conference on China and

SAARC: Towards a Partnership of Common Prosperity organised by the China Institute Of

International Studies(CIIS) and the Bandaranaike Centre for International Studies (BCIS) in

Beijing, PRC, on April 19-20 2008

Delivered a lecture titled ‘India and China: Challenges and Opportunities Ahead’ at the

Gandhi Peace Foundation, New Delhi on March 10, 2008.

Made a presentation at a Roundtable Discussion on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s Visit

to China: Charting Future Directions in India-China Relations titled ‘Political and Strategic

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Dimensions’, organised by the Institute of Chinese Studies and RIS (Research and

Information Systems for Developing Countries at the India International Centre, New Delhi

on February 8, 2008.

Was invited to join the delegation accompanying the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh during

his visit to China from 13-15 January 2008.

Delivered a talk on China and India: Political, Economic and Security Issues at the CITD-

SIS and Texas A&M University (College Station Texas) USA Seminar Series and Outreach

Programme on India’s Political Economy, 4 January 2008, SIS, JNU, New Delhi.

Was discussant to a paper presented at an international seminar on the Asian Security

Dynamic, 22-23 November 2007, organised by the Delhi Policy Group, New Delhi.

Presented a paper at an international seminar on India-Japan Relations: A New Era

Relationship titled ‘China Factor in India-Japan Relations’, 15-16 November 2007,

organised by the Centre for East Asian Studies, SIS, JNU, New Delhi.

Delivered a talk on The Rise of China: Implications and Challenges for India on 4

November 2007, in the Combined Operational Review and Evaluation Programme 2007,

organised by the Air War College, Secunderabad (AP).

Presented a paper titled, ‘An Analysis of the Prospects of Trilateral Cooperation in the

Light of the Experiences of the Trilateral Academic Conferences’ at the Seventh China,

India and Russia Trilateral Academic Conference, organised by the Institute of Far Eastern

Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 24-26 October 2007.

Made a presentation titled ‘Role of China in Asia’ at the Asia Governance Retreat, organised

by the Department for International Development (DFID) at Kolkata, 24-27 September 2007.

Participated in the India-China Eminent Persons Group Dialogue as Member of the

Government of India delegation at Beijing, 30-31 August, 2007.

Made a presentation on India-China Relations to the Refresher Course for Foreign

Diplomats from ASEAN countries organized by the Foreign Service Institute, (MEA), New

Delhi, 21 August 2007.

Made a presentation titled ‘Internal Imbalances in China’ in a seminar on China organized

by the Army War College, Mhow for the Higher Command Course, 10-11 August 2007.

Made a presentation titled ‘The Future of India-China Relations: A Holistic Perspective’

in a seminar on Indo-China Strategic Equation organized by the Army War College, Mhow

for the Higher Command Course, 10-11 August 2007.

Made a presentation on India-China Relations to the Refresher Course for Foreign

Diplomats organised by the Foreign Service Institute, Ministry of External Affairs, New

Delhi, 3 August 2007.

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Made a presentation titled ‘The Role of China and the Imperatives of India’s Involvement

in the Region’ at the Orientation Programme for the Railway Staff College Faculty,

Vadodara, Gujarat, 29 July 2007.

Presented a paper titled ‘Dealing With a Rising Power: India-China Relations and the

Reconstruction of Strategic Partnerships’ at the CSIS-JIIA Conference on Bridging

Strategic Asia: The United States, India and Japan, 28-29 June 2007, Washington, D.C.

Presented a paper titled ‘India’s ‘Look East Policy’: Regional Strategy of a Rising Power’

at the Commemorative Seminar to mark the 35th Anniversary of the Establishment of Full

Diplomatic Relations between India and Vietnam, 18-20 June, 2007, Hanoi, organised by the

Indian Council of World Affairs (New Delhi) and the Institute for Southeast Asian studies,

Vietnam Academy of Social sciences.

Made a presentation titled ‘China’s Approach to Regional Organisations’ at the Brookings-

IPCS “Dialogue on China” organised at Neemrana Fort Palace by the Institute for Peace and

Conflict Studies, New Delhi, 19-22 March 2007.

Made a presentation titled ‘India-China-Russia Trilateral Cooperation’ at the IPCS-CRF

Bilateral Dialogue, organised by the Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies, (New Delhi), at

Pataudi Palace, Haryana, 10-11 March 2007.

Made a presentation titled ‘Multilateral Trends and India-China-Russia Trilateral

Cooperation’ at an international conference on Developmental Models and Global

Integration organised by the Centre for Russian Studies, School of International Studies, JNU,

New Delhi, on 24-25 January 2007.

Delivered a talk on Rising China: Implications and Challenges for India in the Combined

Operational Review and Evaluation Programme 2007, organised by the Naval Base,

Vishkhapatnam (AP) on 10 January 2007.

Presented a paper on ‘India’s Strategic Objectives: Challenges and Policies’, at an

international conference on International Exchange of Economic, Strategic and Industrial

Knowledge between Korea and India jointly organised by the KOAS (Korean Organisation of

Advanced Academic Societies and Centre for East Asian Studies, SIS, JNU, at The Grand

Hotel, New Delhi, on 27-28 December, 2006.

Was Convenor and participant in the Sixth China-India-Russia Academic Trilateral

Conference, organised by the Institute of Chinese Studies, New Delhi, November 2-4, 2006.

Presented a paper titled ‘Whose Century? The Rise of China’ in a seminar on China in

Africa in the 21st Century: Preparing for the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation organised

by the NEPAD Secretariat, the Royal African Society and the South African Institute of

International Affairs, Johannesburg, South Africa, 16-17 October, 2006.

Made a presentation in the Fourth General meeting of the World Public Forum: Dialogue

of Civilizations organised by the World Public Forum, (Moscow, Russia) in Rhodes, Greece,

27 September- 1 October 2006.

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Delivered an address on The Problems and Prospects of China’s Developmental Strategy

at the National Defence College, New Delhi on 8 September 2006.

Presented a paper titled ‘Internal Imbalances in China’ in a seminar on India-China

Strategic Equations: Prospects and Challenges, organized by the Army War College,

Mhow,11-12 August 2006.

Presented a paper on ‘Regional Imbalances in China’ in a seminar on Emerging Trends in

Sino-Indian Relations organised by the Centre for Policy Alternatives, New Delhi, 13-14

April, 2006.

Was discussant to a paper titled, How to Understand a Rising China presented in an Indo-

Japanese dialogue on Situating Contemporary India and China: Japanese Perspectives at the

Centre for Historical Studies, SSS JNU, New Delhi, 6 March 2006.

Presented a paper, ‘India and China: Avoiding Conflict’ in a national seminar on India and

the Major Powers organised by the School of International Studies, JNU, in association with

the Ministry of External Affairs, in New Delhi, 23-24 February, 2005.

Participated in a conference on India-China Relations, organised by the Bandaranaike Centre

for International Studies in association with the School of Advanced International Studies,

Johns Hopkins University, Washington D.C. in Colombo, 16-17 December 2005.

Presented a paper on ‘India and China-South Asia Relations’ at a conference on China-

South Asia Relations organised by the Bandaranaike Centre for International Studies

(Colombo) in association with the China Institute of International Studies (Beijing) in

Colombo, 21-22 December 2005.

Interacted and had a series of meetings with Japanese sinologists in several research institutes

and universities in Tokyo, Kyoto and Kobe, as a Member of the Institute of Chinese Studies

delegation, invited by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Japan from 29th November 2005 to 2nd

December 2005.

Presented a paper on ‘Bilateral Relations in the context of Trilateral Cooperation in the

Emerging world Order’ at the Fifth China, India and Russia Trilateral Academic

Conference, organised by the China Institute of International Studies, Beijing, 15-17 June

2005.

Participated as a resource person in a workshop on The Social Sector in China at the Institute

of Chinese Studies, New Delhi, 29 March – 5 April 2005.

Participated as a resource person in a workshop on Administrative Reforms in China at the

Indian Institute of Public Administration, New Delhi, 14 March 2005.

Participated as a discussant at the Conference of Indian Congress for Asia Pacific Studies

(ICAPS) organised jointly with the Institute of Chinese Studies (ICS) at the India

International Centre, New Delhi, 22 December 2004.

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Presented a paper on ‘Reshaping the Human Rights Discourse in a Globalised World’ at

the Fourth China, India and Russia Trilateral Academic Conference organised by the Institute

of Far Eastern Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 5-6 September 2004.

Presented a paper, ‘Transcending the Territorial Imperative : A Political Approach to

Resolving the India-China Border Dispute’ in a conference on India-China Relations:

Peace and Tranquillity Across Frontiers organised jointly by the Centre for Strategic and

Regional Studies, University of Jammu and the Pugwash Society, at Leh (Ladakh) 10-12

August, 2004.

Participated as a discussant at a Roundtable on Peaceful Rise of China: An Assessment

organised by the Indian Pugwash Society, New Delhi, at the India International Centre, New

Delhi 25 August 2004.

Presented a paper on the ‘Prospects of Educational, Cultural and Tourism Relations

Between India and Taiwan’ at an international seminar on The Prospects of Relations

between India and Taiwan in collaboration with Tamkang University, Taiwan in New Delhi,

15 December 2002.

Participated in the Wilton Park Conference on Japan and East Asia in Wilton House,

Steyning, West Sussex, UK, 18-21 February 2002.

Presented a paper on ‘Political Cooperation between India, China and Russia: Problems

and Prospects’, at the First China, India, Russia Trilateral Academic Conference, titled

“Russia-China-India and Challenges Of Globalisation: Prospects for Three-Lateral

Cooperation” organised by the Institute of Far Eastern Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences,

Moscow, 5-6 September 2001.

Institutes’ Directors Roundtable, organised by the Centre for Asian Studies, University of

Hong Kong, in Hong Kong, 28-30 June, 2001.

Presented a paper on ‘Trends and Possibilities of India-China Economic Trade and

Cooperation’ at a seminar on Sino-Indian Relations in the 21st Century organised by the

Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences in Shanghai, 13 October 2000.

Presented a paper (joint authorship) on ‘The State and Human Development: Health And

Education’ in a seminar on Fifty Years of India and China: A Comparative Perspective,

organised by the Institute of Chinese Studies, in New Delhi, 7-9 October 1999.

Presented a paper, ‘Chinese Perspectives on Mongolia’ at a seminar organised by the

International Conference of Mongolists, School of International Studies, JNU, 20-22

February, 1995.

Presented a paper, ‘Regional Conflict and Security in the 1990s : The Case of South Asia’

at the New Faces Conference, Bellagio, Italy, organised by the International Institute of

Strategic Studies, (London) July 1990.

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RESEARCH GUIDANCE AND STUDENT ACHIEVEMENTS

Ten scholars under my supervision have so far submitted their theses and have been awarded

doctoral degrees. They are:

1. P.A.Mathew (2001) State and the Diaspora: Comparing the Chinese and Indian

Experience

2. Raviprasad Narayanan (2003) The Economic Diplomacy of the PRC towards Southeast Asia and Northeast Asia, 1978-1998

3. C.R. Pramod (2004) Contemporary Chinese State: Negotiating the Domestic and the Global

4. Jagannath Panda (2007) China’s Response to International Terrorism: Select Case Studies, 1989-2004

5. Li Li (2008) (Chinese national) Changing Security Perception and the Transformation of India-China Relations, 1991-2004

6. Jabin T. Jacob (2008) The Provinces in China: Provincialism, Regionalism and Transnational

Linkages since the 1990s

7. Sandip Kumar Mishra (2009) Korean Peninsula in the Post-Cold War Era: A Study of Security Paradigm

8. Y.J. Sithara Fernando (2010) (Sri Lankan national) China’s Maritime Relations with

South Asia, 1978-2006

9. Joe Thomas K. (2011) PRC-ROC Economic Relations (1987-2008): Economic Interdependence and Vulnerability

10. Tshering Chonzom Bhutia (2014) Applying Negotiation Theory to the Sino-Tibetan

Talks – 1979-2006

11. Rityusha Mani Tiwary (2015) China and East Asian Regionalism: Origins and Dimensions of an Emerging Leadership (1997-2009)

All the above are very well placed and their work is highly commended

One scholar has completed his final draft and would be submitting by July 2015.

P. K. Anand - Market Dynamics and State Responses in China: Social Welfare and

Industrial Workers, 1987-2008

OTHER ACTIVITIES/EXPERIENCE

1. Was invited by the Taipei Economic & Cultural Centre to join a delegation comprising

representatives of Indian think tanks to visit Taipei and interact with a number of

research and organisations, June 9-14 2014.

2. Delivered the Inaugural Remarks at an international symposium on Hundred Years

after the Simla Convention, organized by the Institute of Chinese Studies, in

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collaboration with the Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla, in Shimla, 6-7 June

2014.

3. Was invited by the ICSSR as a resource person to conceptualise and formulate the

programme for a forthcoming joint ICSSR-Chinese Academy of Social Sciences

Seminar, 2 May 2014.

4. Led the ICS delegation to the annual ICS-CICIR Dialogue in Beijing, 20-25 April

2014.

5. Was invited as a Resource person for The Third Inter-disciplinary Symposium for

Emerging Scholars, on India-China Studies, organised by The India China Institute,

The New School, New York, 14 April 2014.

6. Participated as an expert in the Syllabus Drafting/Revision Committee for the BA-MA

Integrated Chinese Course in the Sikkim University, Gangtok, 2-3 April 2014.

7. Project Director of a project entitled, “Planning Process of China” awarded by the

Planning Commission to the Institute of Chinese Studies, Delhi, June-August 2013.

Project submitted on 1st September 2013.

8. On the Panel of the Foreign Service Institute, Ministry of External Affairs,

Government of India, for their Lecture Series on International Relations for the

Trainee Officers as well as the Professional Courses for Foreign Diplomats.

9. On the Panel of the Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India, for their Lecture

Series for Trainee Officers.

10. Regular contributor to the All India Radio discussion programmes on China and

International Relations.

11. Co-convenor of a national seminar on “Fifty Years of India and China: A

Comparative Perspective” held from October 7-9, 1999, at the India International

Centre, organised by the Institute of Chinese Studies.

12. Co-convenor (with Amb. Vinod Khanna) of the Third Academic Trilateral

Conference between India, China and Russia held from 5-7 November 2003, organized

by the Institute of Chinese Studies, New Delhi.

13. Co-convenor (with Amb. Vinod Khanna) of the Sixth Academic Trilateral Conference

between India, China and Russia held from 1-4 November 2006, organized by the

Institute of Chinese Studies, New Delhi.

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14. Convenor of the Ninth Academic Trilateral Conference between India, China and

Russia held from 7-9 December 2009, organized by the Institute of Chinese Studies,

New Delhi.

15. Convenor of the Twelfth Academic Trilateral Conference between India, China and

Russia held from 19-21 November 2012, organized by the Institute of Chinese Studies,

New Delhi.

16. Project Collaboration: “The State, Market and the Social Sector: Equity Issues in

Health and Education in China and India” with Prof.. Rama Baru (CSMCH, School Of

Social Sciences, JNU) and Prof. Geetha Nambissan (ZHCES, School of Social

Sciences, JNU) under the auspices of the Institute of Chinese Studies, New Delhi.

(Ongoing).

17. Regular commentator and analyst on various Television and Radio News Channels.

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE

Professor, Centre for East Asian Studies, (Chinese Studies) School of International Studies,

JNU, New Delhi (2009)

Associate Professor, Centre for East Asian Studies, (Chinese Studies) School of International

Studies, JNU, New Delhi (2002-2008)

Senior Lecturer/Assistant Professor, Centre For East Asian Studies (Chinese Studies)

School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi (1993-2002)

Editor, China Report (New Delhi) (2007-2014)

1998-2007 Associate Editor, China Report

1996–1998 Assistant Editor, China Report

1996- Honorary Fellow, Institute of Chinese Studies (New Delhi)

1997-1999 Member, Editorial Board, International Studies (SIS) Guest edited the July–

September 1997 issue of the Journal on ‘Hong Kong’s Return to China’

1989-1992 Research Analyst. Institute for Defence Studies and

Analyses, (New Delhi)