PROFILE

PROFESSOR NALINI KANT JHA

Professor of Politics and International Relations & Director, UNESCO Madanjeet Singh Institute of South Asia Regional Cooperation (UMISARC) as well as Southern Asia Studies Programme at Pondicherry University, Puducherry-605014. Phone (0413) 2654587 (office); 2253130 (residence) cell 9092548017, email jhank59@gmail.com

Personal Information

Date of Birth: July 12, 1959

Father’s Name: Late Shree Pt. Shyama Kant Jha
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PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS

Rajiv Gandhi Chair Professor (a National Professor), Allahabad Central University, Allahabad (UP) 2007-09

Adjunct Professor Department of Geo-Politics, Manipal University, Manipal (Karnataka) July, 2008-June, 2010

Director, UGC Southern Asia Studies Program, August 2006- January 2007 & May 2010 to continuing

Professor of International Politics, Pondicherry University, India (2001- January 2007

Dean, School of International Studies, Pondicherry University (2002-2005)

Head, Department of Political Science, Pondicherry University (1999-2004)

Founder Coordinator, Centre for Nehru Studies, Pondicherry University (2001-2002)

Reader, School of International Studies, Pondicherry University (1993-2001)

Reader in Political Science, L N Mihila University, Darbhanga (Bihar, India) 1991-93

Lecturer in Political Science, L N Mithila University (1982-1991)

Research Associate, Indian Institute of Mass Communication, New Delhi (1981-82)

Awards, Fellowships and Honours

Fulbright Professor, South Asia Studies, SAIS, Johns Hopkins University, Washington DC, 2006

University of Pennsylvania Institute of Advanced Study of India Fellow at Department of International Relations, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2005

Faculty Research Fellow (Shastri Scholar), University of Dalhousi, Canada, 1997

Post-doctoral Fulbright Scholar, University of California, Berkeley, USA, 1992-93

University Grants Commission (New Delhi) Academic Associate at Centre for South Asian Studies, JNU, New Delhi (1997-98)

Middle Award of American Studies Research Centre (ASRC), Hyderabad, 1996; and Olive I. Reddick Award (Senior Category of Social Sciences) of ASRC in 1995

Senior and Junior Fellowships of the University Grants Commission (UGC) granted on the basis of its National Education Test (NET) in 1984.

EDUCATION

Ph.D. School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, 1991

LLB. L N Mithila University, Darbhanga, Bihar, 1983

M. Phil. School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, N. Delhi 1982

M.A Political Science, L N Mihtila University, 1979: Secured the highest rank.

B A Honours in Political Science 1975, Bhagalpur University.

Books

India’s Foreign Policy: Emerging Challenges (New Delhi: Pentagon, 2011)

Nehru as a Nation Builder (New Delhi: South Asian Publishers, forthcoming)

India and Nuclear Disarmament: Rajiv Gandhi’s Vision and Beyond (New Delhi: Shipra, forthcoming)

Nuclear Synergy: Indo-US Strategic Cooperation and Beyond (New Delhi: Pentagon, 2009).

Democracy, Nation building and Peace in South Asia: Challenges and Prospects (New Delhi: Har Anand, 2009)

Domestic Environment in South Asia: Implications for India’s Foreign Policy and Security (Depart. of Political Science, Pondicherry University, Pondicherry; 2004)

South Asia in the 21st Century: India, Her Neighbours, and Great Powers (New Delhi: South Asian Pub. 2003).

India in a Turbulent World: Perspectives on Foreign and Security Policies (with Prof V T. Patil), New Delhi: South Asian Publishers, 2003.

Domestic Imperatives in India’s Foreign Policy (New Delhi: South Asian Publishers, 2002)

India’s Foreign Policy in a Changing World (New Delhi: South Asian Pub. 2000)

Peace and Cooperative Security in South Asia (with Prof V T Patil) (New Delhi: P R Pub, 1999)

Internal Crisis and Indira Gandhi’s Foreign Policy (New Delhi/Patna, 1985).

SELECT Research Papers / Articles

Published 75 research papers and 40 articles in referred and peer reviewed journals, prestigious anthologies and periodicals, etc., published from India and abroad. Some of these papers are:

Indian Foreign Policy & South Asian Security

“Cultural and Philosophical Roots of India’s Foreign Policy,” International Studies (New Delhi), vol. 26, no. 1, January-March 1989, pp. 45-67.

“Pakistan, India and the Creation of Bangladesh,” International Studies, vol. 29, no. 1, January-March 1992, pp. 79-94.

“Security Environment in South Asia in the 1990s,” in Arun Kumar Banerji, ed., Security Issues in South Asia: Domestic and External Sources of Threat to Security (Calcutta: Minerva Associates, 1998), pp.182-201.

“Roads that Lead from Kargil,” Trishul (Wellington), vol. 12, no. 1, Autumn 1999, pp. 1-7.

“Foreign Policy Making in Federal States: Indian and Canadian Experiences,” India Quarterly (New Delhi), vol. 55, nos. 3-4, July-December 1999, pp. 1-16.

“Defending the Himalayan Frontiers: Lessons from Kargil,” South Asian Journal of Socio-Political Studies (Trivendrum), vol. 1, no. 2, June-December 2000, pp.36-43

“India-Bangladesh Relations: A Perspective”, India Quarterly, vol. 56, nos. 3-4, July December 2000, pp. 15-34.

“Kashmir: Need for a Balanced Peace Initiative,” Journal of Peace Studies (New Delhi), vol. 7, no. 6, November-December 2000, pp. 37-91.

“Foreign Policy and Nation Building: The Case of India’s Policy of Non-alignment,” in Dilip H. Mohite and Amit Dholakia, eds., India and the Emerging World Order: Foreign Policy and Security Perspectives,” (New Delhi: Kalinga, 2001), pp.132-43.

“Socio-Political Coalitions and Foreign Policy: The Indian Experience,” Pondicherry University Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities (Pondicherry), vol. 1, no. 1, January-June 2001, pp.175-99.

“India and Pakistan: Prospects of War and Peace,” India Quarterly, vol.58, no.2, April-June 2002, pp.49-68.

“Countering Anti-India Terror: Beyond War and Surrender,” Journal of Peace Studies, vol.9, no.4, July-August 2002, pp.20-38.

“Comprehensive Security: A View from South India,” in V. R. Raghavan, ed., Comprehensive Security: Perspectives from India’s Regions (New Delhi: Delhi Policy Group, 2002), pp.96-113.

“Countering Cross Border Terrorism and Seizing Opportunities in Kashmir,” in G Gopa Kumar, ed., International Terrorism and Global Order in the 21^st Century (New Delhi: Kanishka Publishers, 2003), pp.261-79.

“Domestic Foundations of Nehru’s Foreign Policy,” in Taufiq A. Nizami, ed., Nehru’s World View (Aligarh, 2003).

“Nehru and Modern India: Impact of His Personality on Foreign Policy,” in T A Nizami, ed., Jawaharlal Nehru and Modern India (Aligarh: Three Way Printers, 2003), pp.17-22.

“Nehru’s Foreign Policy: A Synthesis of Idealism and Realism,” Indian Journal of Politics (Aligarh), vol. 37, nos.1-2, January-June 2003, pp.107-13.

“India’s Foreign and Security Policies in the Twenty First Century: Challenges, Opportunities and Priorities,” Journal of Asia for Democracy and Development (Bhopal), vol.3, no. 1, January-June 2003, pp.1-38.

“Domestic Conflict in Nepal: Origin, Challenges and Prospects,” Asia Annual, 2003 (New Delhi: Shipra, 2003), pp.197-209.

“Coalition Governments and India’s Foreign Policy,” in M. P. Singh and Anil Mishra, eds., Coalition Politics in India: Problems and Prospects (New Delhi: Manohar, 2004, pp.295-325.

Dynamics of India’s Security and Foreign Policy: Responding to Challenges of South Asian Domestic Milieu,” India Quarterly, vol.61, no. 4, October-December 2005, pp.1-32.

“Peace and Security: Traditional Indian Perspective,” South Asia Politics, vol.3, no.12, April 2005, pp. 21-25;

“Maoist Insurgency in Nepal: Implications for Nepal and India,” in M. D Dharamdasani, ed. Nepal’s Foreign Policy (New Delhi: Anmol Publications, 2005), pp.183-97.

Armed Rebellion in Nepal: A Challenge to Security and Integrity of India,” in Annpurna Nautiyal, ed., Challenges of India’s Foreign Policy in the New Era (New Delhi: Gyan Publishing House, 2006), pp. 293-315.

“Implications of an Unstable Nepal for India,” Nepali Journal of Contemporary Studies (Kathmandu), vol.6, no.1, March 2006, pp 29-49.

“Traditional Foundations of Nehru’s Foreign Policy in Contemporary Context,” India Quarterly (New Delhi), vol. 62, no 1, January-March 2006, pp.1-43.

“Human Rights: Indian Thinking,” South Asia Politics (New Delhi), vol. 4, no. 12, April 2006, pp.31-35;

“Taking Stock of India-US Deal on Civil Nuclear Cooperation,” India Quarterly (New Delhi) vol. 53, no. 4, October-December, 2007, pp.1-17;

“Dealing with Junta of Myanmar” South Asia Politics, vol.6, no.7, November 2007, pp-47-49.

“Pakistan at Crossroads: What does it Mean for India?” South Asia Politics, vol.6, no.8, December 2007, pp-39-41.

“Domestic Turbulence in Nepal: Origin, Dimensions, and India’s Policy Options,” in Veena Kukreja and Mahendra Prasad Singh, ed., Democracy, Development and Discontent in South Asia (New Delhi: Sage, 2008), pp.264-281.

India's Foreign Policy: Challenges in the Coming Decade" by Nalini Kant Jha & Subhash Shukla, South Asian Affairs (Vishakhapattanam), vol.1, no.2, 2008;

“India and China after 9/11: In Search of Pragmatic Ties,” in Sudhir Kumar Singh, ed., Post 9/11 Indian Foreign Policy: Challenges and Opportunities (New Delhi: Pentagon Press, 2009), pp.164-74.

“Internal Dynamics in South Asia: Challenges and Opportunities for India’s Foreign Policy,” Shibasis Chatterjee, at al eds., India’s Foreign Policy in 21^st Century (New Delhi: Pearson Books, 2009), pp.247-66;

“India’s Foreign Policy: Emerging Challenges,” in K. C. Choudhary, ed., India’s Foreign Policy in Contemporary International Scenario (New Delhi: South Asian Publishers, 2009), pp. 26-31.

“Human Security: An Indian Perspective,” in T Nirmala Devi, at al eds., Envisioning New South Asia (New Delhi: Shipra, 2009);

“Resurgence of Taliban in Afghanistan: Implications for India and Pakistan,” in Mandira Dutta, ed., Emerging Afghanistan in the New Millennium (New Delhi: Pentagon, 2009), pp.337-48;

“Revolution from Above: The Role of Monarchy in Transformation of Bhutan,” in Madhu Rajput, ed., Bhutan from Monarchy to Democracy (Jaipur: Gautam Book Company, 2010), pp 1-9.

“SAARC: Bangladesh Perspective,” Word Focus (New Delhi), vol. 31, no7, July 2010, pp. 259-63.

“US-Bangladesh Relations: From Initial Hostility to Enduring Partnership,” in M. Salim Kidwai, ed., US Policy towards the Muslim World: Focus on Post 9/11 Period (Maryland: University Press of America, 2010), pp 237-48 (co-author, Bibhuti Bhushan Biswas).

“Mainstreaming of Maoists: Challenges and Prospects,” in B C Upreti, ed., State and Democracy in Nepal (New Delhi: Kalinga Publications, 2010), pp. 87-97.

“Domestic Bases of Foreign Policy: Bangladesh’s Policy towards India,” in E Sridharan, ed., International Relations Theory and South Asia (New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2011), pp. 260-297.

“India’s Policy towards Her South Asian Neighbours: Constraints and Prospects,” World Focus, vol. 32, no5, May 2011, pp.271-76.

“India and Russia: New Realities,” Defence and Security Alert (New Delhi), vol. 2, no 2, February 2011, pp, 25-30

“Apatkalin Udgoshna and Bhartiya Videsh Niti,” Bhartiya Samajik Chintan (A Hindi edition of Journal of Indian Social Science Academy, (Allabahad), vol. 8, nos. 3-4, September-December 1985, p. 88-109.

“Opposition to Indo-Sri Lanka Accord: Failure to Understand a Complex Reality,” Third Concept (New Delhi), vol. 2, no. 1, March 1988, 19-21, 37.

Indian Government and Politics

1. “Democracy and Ethnicity in India: The Problem of Backwardness of Indian Elite,” Indian Journal of Politics (Aligarh), vol. 24, Nos. 1-2, March-June 1995, pp. 1-12.

2. “Indian Democracy: Hope and Reality,” Indian Journal of Politics, vol. 32, nos 3-4, July-December 1998, pp. 153-71

3. “Indian President: Head of the State or Figurehead?’ Mainstream (New Delhi), vol. 25, no. 44, July 18, 1987, pp. 29-32.

4. “Paradox of Indian Politics: Backward Elite, Forward Mass,” Indian Journal of Political Science (Madras), vol. 62, no. 3, September-November 2001, pp.221-240.

5. “Sate of Justice in India: Urgency of Internal Reforms,” Indian Journal of Public Administration (New Delhi), vol.48, no. 4, October-December 2002, pp.573-81.

6. “Realizing the Constitutional Vision: Road Blocks and Road Ahead,” Indian Journal of Political Science (Meerut), vol. 66, no.1, January-March 2005, pp.9-28.

7. “Fifty Years of Human Rights Jurisprudence in India,” in T S N Sastry, ed., Fifty Years of Indian Political System (New Delhi: A P H Publications, 2000).

8. “Balancing Individual Rights and Public Interest: Imperative of Judicial Response,” in M L Chippa, ed., Perspectives on Indian Politics (New Delhi: Abhijit Publishers, 2003), pp.203-212.

9. “Parliament Democracy in India: Reflections and Challenges,” in G Gopa Kumar, ed. Future of Parliamentary Democracy in India (New Delhi: Icon Publication, 2007), pp.20-42;

10. Five Decades of Indian Democracy: The Voice of Cautious Optimism,” Politics India (New Delhi), vol. 2, no.5, November 1997, pp. 16-18.

11. “Indian Parliament: A Deal Breaker or a Deal Breather?” South Asia Politics (New Delhi), vol.6, no.6, October 2007, pp-12-14.

12. “The Bhartiya Janata Party: A Significant Move on a Political Chessboard,” South Asia Politics, vol.6, no.9, January 2008, pp16-17.

India-US Relations & US Foreign Policy

1. “Reviving US-India Friendship in a Changing International Order,” Asian Survey (Calif., Berkeley), vol. 34, no. 12, December 1994, pp. 3035-46.

2. “Promoting Human Rights: President Clinton’s Foreign Policy Dilemma in a Changing World Order,” India Quarterly (New Delhi), vol. 51, no. 4, October-December 1995, pp. 65-78.

3. “India and the United States: Pursuit and Limits of Accommodation,” Strategic Analysis (New Delhi), vol. 27, no. 2, April 1994, pp. 89-107.

4. “The US, Pokhran-II and South Asia,” India Quarterly, vol. 55, nos. 1-2, January-June 1999, pp.1-18.

5. “US-India Relations after Pokhran-II: Effectiveness of India’s Clout,” South Asian Journal of Socio-Political Studies (Kollam), vol. 1, no. 1, January-June 2000, pp. 12-21.

6. “Indian Americans: The Growing Force,” India Quarterly, vol. 57, no. 3, July-September 2001, pp. 55-78.

7. “The US Response to Nuclear India: From Containment to Realism,” in A. Subramanyam Raju, ed., Nuclear India: Problems and Perspectives (New Delhi: South Asian Publishers, 2000), pp. 115-126.

8. “A New Era in Indo-US Relations,” in Vinay K. Malhotra, ed., USA: Relations with India and Europe (Leeds/ Sandiego /New Delhi: Wisdom House, 2002), pp.52-57.

9. “Domestic Factors in India’s US Policy: The Case of US-India Nuclear Dialogue after Pokharan-II,” in Bernard D’Sami and G. Gopa Kumar, eds., In Pursuit of American Studies: Experience of South India (Madras: South India American Studies Network, 2002), pp.189-99.

10. “Americans of Indian Origin: Bridging the Gulf between Two Democracies,” in Sarva Daman Singh and Mahavir Singh, eds., Indian Abroad (Kolkatta: Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Institute of Asian Studies, 2003), pp.48-65.

11. “The Americans of Indian Origin,” in Ajay Dubey, ed., Indian Diaspora: Global Identity (New Delhi: Kalinga Publications, 2003, pp.155-76.

12. “Taking Stock of India-US Deal on Civil Nuclear Cooperation,” India Quarterly (New Delhi) vol. 53, no. 4, October-December, 2007, pp. 1-17.

13. "In Pursuit of National Interest: India-US Nuclear Cooperation Agreement and Beyond," in M. Saleem Kidwai, ed., US Policy towards South Asia: Focus on Sixty Years (New Delhi: Academic Excellence, 2008), 161-75.

14. “From Containment to Strategic Partnership: Explaining Conflict and Cooperation between the Global and a Regional Power,” International Journal of South Asian Studies (Pondicherry), vol. 2, no.1, January-June 2009, pp.14-25.

15. “Towards a New World Order: Adjusting US-India Relations,” in Dilip Mohite, ed., India, US and the Emerging World Order: Essays in History, Politics and International Relations (Baroda: M S. University Baroda, 1995), pp.226-40.

16. “Indo-US Relations: The Human Rights Dimensions,” in V. K. Malhotra, ed., India US Relations in the 1990s (New Delhi: Anmol, 1995), pp. 97-109.

17. “Indo-US-Pakistan Triangle: Illusion and Reality,” Link (New Delhi), vol. 30, no 23, January 10, 1988, pp. 26-28.

18. “Understanding Conflict and Cooperation between Two Democracies of the World,” Third Concept (New Delhi), vol. 2, no. 14, April 1988, pp 51-52.

Canadian Foreign Policy and India-Canada Relations

1. “Canadian Foreign Policy in a Globalizing World: The Role of Canadian Provinces,” in Govind Prasad and Anil Dutta Misra, eds, Globalization: Myth and Reality,” (New Delhi: Concept, 2004), pp.432-43.

2. “Indian Diaspora in Canada: Looking Back and Ahead,” India Quarterly, vol. 61, no1, January-March 2005, pp.1-17.

3. “The Indian Community in Canada,” Diaspora Studies (New Delhi), vol. 3, no1, January-June 2010, pp.41-55.

BOOK REVIEWS

Prof N K Jha has reviewed 18 books in prestigious journals.

RESEARCH SUPERVISION

Topics of Ph D Thesis Supervised

“Political Dimensions of Indo-Bangladesh Relations: Issues and Problems,” 1992- 1998.

“The Pursuit of Accommodation: The US Policy towards India during the Reagan Administration,” 1994-2000.

“Political Developments among Tribal of India: A Case Study of the Palkkad District of Kerala,” 2000- 2002.

“Ethnic Nationalism and Trans-national Terrorism in Sri Lanka: Imperatives of Indian Response.” 1997-2003

“From Containment to Engagement: India-US Relations during the Clinton Administration,” 2001-04

“Federalism and Foreign Policy: The Indian Experience,” 2001-04

“Parliamentary Inputs in the Making of India’s Foreign Policy: A Case of India’s US Policy since the 1990s.”

“Politico-Strategic Dimensions of US-Bangladesh Relations.”

Topics of M. Phil Dissertations Supervised

“Ethnicity and Foreign Policy: The Case of Afro-Americans in the Making of US Policy towards Africa”, 1997-1998;

“Domestic Context of US Policy towards South Asia in the Post Cold War Era,” 1998- 99;

“Nehruvian Approach to National Integration: An Evaluation,” 1999-2000;

“Canadian and American Responses to India’s Nuclear Tests,” 2001-02;

“The United Nations’ Peace Keeping Operations: after the Cold War: A Case Study of Bosnia and Herzogovina,” 2001-02;

“Feminist Perspectives of International Relations: An Evaluation,” 2003;

“From Containment to Cooperation: India-US Relations after Pokkharan-II,” 2002-03;

“Civil-Military Relations in South Asia: The Case of India,” 2003- 05.

“From Hostility to Strategic Partnership: US-India Ties during 1998-2008”

Besides, Prof N K Jha has supervised the dissertations of 22 M. A. candidates.

Member of PhD Thesis Evaluation Committee

University of Jammu; Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi; Delhi University, Delhi; H. N Bahuguna University, Garwahwal (Uttranchal); University of Rajasthan, Jaipur; M D S University, Ajmer; Dr R M L Awadh Univeersity, Faizabad (UP); Chatrapati Sahuji University, Kanpur; Lucknow University, Lucknow; Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi (UP); DDU Gorakhpur University, Gorakhpur (UP); Reewa University (MP); B R Ambedkar Bihar University, Muzaffarpur; L N Mithila University, Darbhanga (Bihar); Magadh University, Bodh Gaya (Bihar); T. M. University, Bhagalpur; Ranchi University (Jharkhand); Jadavpur University, Kolkata; Utkal University (Orissa); Osmania University (Hyderabad); S V University, Tirupati; Madras University (Tamil Nadu); Kerala University (Trivendrum); and M. G. University, Kottayam (Kerala).

PRESENTATIONS AND INVITED LECUTERS:

(Institutional sites only; titles not mentioned)

Presented 165 research papers on the occasion of national and international seminars, conferences and workshops and delivered numerous invited lectures on topics ranging from India’s foreign policy, India-US relations, South Asian peace and security, dynamics of Indian politics, and so on.

Outside India: International House, Berkeley; Centre for South Asia Studies, University of California, Berkeley; University of Missouri at Columbia; University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign; Centre for International Affairs, Harvard University, Boston; SAIS, the Johns Hopkins University, Washington, D. C.; Woodrow Wilson International Centre for Scholars, Washington DC; Old Dominion University, Norfolk (Virginia); Clark Atlanta University, Atlanta (Georgia); University of West Florida; and University of Dartmouth (all in the US); International Centre for Ethnic Studies, Colombo, Sri Lanka; Carleton International at Carleton University, Ottawa (Canada); Department of Political Science, University of Dalhousie, Halifax, and at Indian Community Centre, Halifax (Canada); Department of International Relations, University of Dhaka (Bangladesh); University of Punjab, Lahore (Pakistan).

Within India

Jawaharlal Nehru University; University of Delhi; Jamia Milia Islamia University, Rajendra Prasad Academy; India International Centre, Delhi Policy Group; Centre for Policy Research; Vigyan Bhavan; Rashtriya Jagriti Sanstahan; Indian Council for Social Science Research; Indian Council of World Affairs, Indian Institute of Public Administration; Indian Institute of Technology; and University of Pennsylvania Institute for Advanced Studies of India; Foreign Service Institute (all in New Delhi); M. S. University, Baroda; University of Rajasthan, Jaipur; Himachal Pradesh University, Shimala; Kurukeshetra University (Haryana); Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh; Lucknow University, Lucknow; University of Allahabad; Bundelkhand University (Jhanshi); Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi; Poorvanchal University (UP); Jiwaji University, Gwalior (MP); Govt. Girls College, Murena (M.P); Govt. College, Waraseoni (M.P.); Hitkarini Women’s College, Jabalpur; Govt P G College, Satna (MP); L N Mithila University, Darbhanga (Bihar); BBRA Bihar University, Muzzafarpur; T. M. University, Bhagalpur; Jadavpur University, Kolkatta; Maulana Azad Institute for Asian Studies, Kolkatta; Indo-American Centre for International Studies, Hyderabad; S V University, Tirupati; Madras University (Tamil Nadu); US Information Resource Centre, Calcutta and Chennai; Satyamurthy Center for Democratic Studies, Chennai; Stella Maris College, Chennai; Annamalai University, Annamalai Nagar (Tamil Nadu); Madurai Kamraj University (Tamil Nadu); J N Mahavidalya, Port Blair; Bangalore University, Bangalore; National Institute for Advanced Studies, Bangalore; Agriculture University, Bangalore; Kuvempu University, Shimoga (Karnatak); Mysore University, Mysore (Karnatak); University of Karnatak, Dharwad; Manipal University, Manipal (Karnatak); Kerala University (Trivandrum); S N College, Kollam (Kerala); and M. G. University, Kottayam (Kerala); and Pondicherry University, Pondicherry.

Conventions Presented papers at Annual Conferences of Indian Association for American Studies (1994, 1995, 1996, and 2000); South India American Studies Network (1995, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, January 2004, and November 2004; Indian Association for Canadian Studies (1998, 1999, 2003, and 2005); Indian Association for Public Administration (2000); and Indian Society for Gandhian Studies (2004, 2009); National Congress for Defence Studies (2007).

MEMBERSHIP OF PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

Member of RC-37 of International Political Science Association, Dublin (Ireland); Life Member of Indian Political Science Association, Indian Association for Canadian Studies, Indian Association for American Studies, Indian Institute of Public Administration (New Delhi), Indo-American Centre for International Studies (Hyderabad), and World Association for Vedic Studies (USA) and member of its Governing Council; Vice-President of South India American Studies Network, and an Associate Member of Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (New Delhi); Vice President of Pondicherry University Teachers’ Association (2005-07).

Research Projects

Completed

“Domestic Bases of Foreign Policy of Bangladesh: The Case of Bangladesh‘s Policy towards India,” sponsored by University of Pennsylvania Institute of Advanced Studies in India, New Delhi.

The UGC sponsored major research project on “Cultural and Philosophical Foundations of Nehru’s Foreign Policy and their Contemporary Relevance,” competed in the year 2005.

Ministry of External Affairs, Govt of India sponsored project on “Domestic Environment in South Asia: Implications for India,” completed in the year 2004.

Minor Research Project granted by the UGC for working on “Federal Influence on Indian and Canadian Foreign Policies: A Comparative Perspective,” completed in the year 1998.

Ongoing

UGC Major Research Project on “Coalition Governments and India’s Foreign Policy,” (awarded in 2009)

1. ORGANIZATIONAL CAPABILITIES: (1) Organizing Secretary, “29^th Annual Conference of Indian Association for American Studies” in 1995, (2) Director, “National Seminar on Five Decades of India’s Foreign Policy,”1997; (3) Director, “International Conference on Peace and Cooperative Security in South Asia,” 1999; (4) Coordinator, “National Seminar on India’s Foreign and Security Policies in the New Decade” 2000; (5) Director, “Annual Conference of South India American Studies Network,” 2001; (6) Local Coordinator, “National Seminar on Comprehensive Security” January 2002; (7) Director, “All India Seminar on Nehru as a Nation Builder;” February 2002; (8) Collaborator, Workshop on “Union-State Relations and Democratic Decentralization,” September 2002; (9) Director, Seminar on “Nehruvian Tradition in World Affairs: Relevance in the New Millennium,” March 2003; Chairman, Local Organizing Committee, International Conference on Vedic Studies, December 2003; (10) organized a Seminar on “Domestic Environment in South Asia: Implications for India’s Security and Foreign Policy,” at Pondicherry on March 22, 23 and 24, 2004, sponsored by the Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India, and Government of Pondicherry (11) Organized a UGC sponsored Workshop on “Nation Building and Secularism in India: A Nehruvian Perspective” at Allahabad University, May 15, 2007 (12) organized a National Seminar on “Taking Stock on India-US Civil Nuclear Cooperation Agreement,” at Allahabad University, during January 4-5, 2008, co-sponsored by USEFI, New Delhi (13) organized two International Discussion Meets on “The Role of Higher Education in Nation Building” and “Missing Girl Children: A Challenge to Social Justice in India” at Allahabad University respectively on January 11 and 29, 2008 (14) 0rganized an International Seminar on “Democracy, Nation Building and Peace in South Asia: Challenges and Prospects” at Allahabad University, during March 6-8, 2008, sponsored by UGC, MEA and ICSSR, New Delhi; (15) Organized a Seminar on “India’s Foreign Policy: Emerging Challenges” at Allahabad University, during January 7-8, 2009, sponsored by UGC, and ICSSR, New Delhi; (16) Organized a National Seminar on “Social Justice in India: Constitutional Vision and Reality;” at Allahabad University, during March 17-19, 2009 (17) National Panel Discussion on “India and Global Nuclear Disarmament,” sponsored by Delhi Policy Group, February 15, 2010 at Pondicherry; (18) International Seminar on “Rajiv Gandhi’s Disarmament Initiatives: Global and South Asian Contexts,” at Pondicherry sponsored by MEA during March 9-11, 2010; (19) International Conference on “South Asia in 2020: Towards a Greater Unity and Interdependence,” sponsored by South Asia Foundation, New Delhi; (20) International Conference on “India in Emerging Asia Pacific: Challenges and Opportunities in the New Decade,” sponsored by MEA, during March 9-11, 2011. Also, coordinated two Refresher Courses in Political Science for college lecturers in 1999 and 2000.

Curriculum Development:

Chairman, PG Board of Studies, Center for South Asian Studies, Pondicherry University (2009-continuing); Chairman, PG and UG Board of Studies, Department of Political Science (1999-2004); (2) Chairman, Board of Studies of School of International Studies 2002-05); (3) Member of the Curriculum Development Committee of the UGC, New Delhi, 2001 (4) Member of CD Committee of National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT), New Delhi, 2001; (5) Member, Board of Studies for Political Science and Public Management, Directorate of Distant Education of Pondicherry University. (6) Member Board of Studies in Indo-China and South Pacific Studies of S V University, Tirupati (2005-2008); member, Board of Studies in Political Science, Bangalore University, Bangalore (2005-2007); Member Board of Studies in Political Science of Periyar University, Salem (2005-2008); and Member of Board of Studies for Australian Foreign Policy, Indira Gandhi National Open University, New Delhi, 2005.Actively involved in devising and revising of inter-disciplinary American Studies curriculum for undergraduate and post-graduate courses in various institutions in south India.

COMMITTEE WORKS

Member of Question Setting Board: Union Public Service Commission (UPSC), New Delhi; University Grants Commission (UGC), New Delhi; Indian Council for Social Science Research, New Delhi; Kurukshetra University (Haryana); Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi (UP); L N Mithila University, Darbhanga (Bihar); Nalanda Open University, Patna; Orissa Public Service Commission, Cuttack; Acharya Nagarjuna University, Guntur; Andhra Pradesh Public Service Commission (Hyderabad); Karnatak Public Service Commission, Bangalore; Madras University (Tamil Nadu); Annamalai University, Annamalai Nagar (Tamil Nadu); Tamil Nadu College Service Commission; and Kerala University (Trivendrum).

Member of Selection Committee or selecting faculty: Punjabi University Patiala, Prayag Samman Samiti, Allahabad; Madurai Kamraj University, Madurai; S V University, Tirupati; Madras University, Chennai; and Andman and Nicobar Administration, Port Blair, Pondicherry University

Consulting Editor, International Journal of South Asian Studies, Pondicherry University; Member of the Editorial Advisory Board of South Asian Journal of Socio-Political Studies (Kerala); and Arunachal Pradesh University Research Journal (Itanagar)

Visitor’s Nominee for Executive Council of Nagaland Central University, former Member of Pondicherry University Court (2001-2003) and several other committees.

Observer of screening tests of Central Board of Secondary Education, New Delhi, and NET tests of University Grants Commission, New Delhi.

PUBLIC OUTREACH

Occasional broadcaster at All India Radio, Pondicherry. Appearance in Sun TV and Aaj Tak news channel.

Several articles in News papers such Times of India, Nav Bharat Times and magazines such as Détente (New Delhi); Third Concept (New Delhi); Third World Impact (New Delhi); Kalyan (Gorakahpur); Vishwa Viveka (New Orleans, Lousinisa); India Currents (San Jose, Calif.); India West (Calif.); News India (New York); and India Abroad (New York); JNU News, etc.

Delivered numerous lectures on human values and Indian culture at public gatherings within India and the US.

LANGUAGES

English, Hindi, Sanskrit, and Maithili