Dr N. Manoharan
Senior Research Affiliates
Abirami A V
Discipline: English Literature
Research Interest: To identify and explore musical
aspect in diverse culture and to trace back roots.
Current Research: Songs of Resistance:
The Parai Tradition of Tamil Nadu.
Rakesh Mochahary
Discipline: History
Research Interest: Northeast India -Japan relationship:
Economic development and Cultural Partnership;
Northeast India studies on History and Culture
Current Research: History, Identity and Culture: A Study
of Bodo Community in the 19th and 20th Century.
Dr Madhumati Deshpande
Discipline: International Studies
Research Interest: Indian Ocean; Indo – Pacific;
Non traditional Security Threats.
Current Research: India’s role in combating Maritime
Piracy in Indian Ocean: A study.
Kriti Chopra
Discipline: International Studies
Research Interest: Chinese history and nationalism with
emphasis on human rights
Current Research: Zhonghua Minzu and Chinese Nationalism: Implications and Responses of Mongols in Inner Mongolia.
Keshav Varma
Discipline: International Studies
Research Interest: Indo-Pacific; Maritime Security; India’s
Foreign Policy; Regionalism; BIMSTEC;
and Global Commons.
Current Research: The Global Commons Governance: A Study on India’s role in 21st Century.
Ashwin Immanuel Dhanabalan
Discipline:International Economics
Research Interest: Politics of Semiconductors, artificial intelligence and conflicts, Geopolitics of East Asia
Humsika Srikanth
Discipline:International Studies and Global Security
Research Interest: Russia; Former Soviet Republics; Middle East.
Current Research: Russian interests and prospects in East Asia.
Research Affiliates
Vaishnavi Joshi
Discipline: Clinical Psychology
Research Interest: South Asian Philosophies;
Traditional Healing Practices;
Integrative healing practices;
Mental Health and well-being;
Indian classical dance forms.
Current Research: Traditional Healing Practices in East Asia
Neenu Stanly
Discipline: International Studies
Research Interest: Security Studies and Geopolitics of West Asia,
Indo-Pacific, and East Asia.
Current Research: Expanding Chinese footprints in West Asia
Chaitali Das
Discipline: English and Cultural Studies
Research Interest: Cultural similarities between
East Asian Nations and India and the influence of the East Asian countries on Indian pop culture.
Akshaye Mavinkurve
Discipline: Public Policy
Research Interest: Welfare studies; Geopolitical studies;
critical theory; and cultural theory.
Current Research: Evaluating the effects of liberalisation on income inequality in China and South-East Asia.
Tanvi Kaur
Discipline: International Studies
Research Interest: Asia-Pacific region;
South China Sea Maritime Issue;
Cyber and Social Media Influence; and Globalisation
Nidhi Gururaj
Discipline:Public Policy
Research Interest: A comparative study of India and Southeast Asia’s tech policies.
B S Varshaa
Discipline: International Studies
Research Interest: Conflict studies and resolution; Geopolitics.
Current Research: Conflicts in East Asia.
Hari Yadav G
Discipline: Political Science
Research Interest: Geopolitics, the Indian Ocean region, Indo-Pacific, and Sino-Indian relations.
Current Research:China’s Geo-economic initiatives, Maritime Strategy and Cybersecurity.
Guillermo Moya Barba
Discipline: Diplomacy and International Relations
Research Interest: Land grabbing in Southeast Asia and its human rights implications.
Current Research:The International Regime of International Criminal Justice and the Rohingya case, Peace, truth or justice? A new challenge for contemporary Public International Law.
Jashanpreet Randhawa
Discipline: International Relations
Research Interest: Indo-Pacific, Geopolitics, Regional Organisations, Terrorism and Security.
Current Research:Threat of non-state actors with emerging Technology in the Indo-Pacific region.
Ayushi Attri
Discipline: International Relations
Research Interest: Japan’s foreign policy and its evolution; Japan-China relations; Diplomatic history of Japan shaped by different personalities.
Current research interest: Japan’s foreign policy.
Drorima Chatterjee
Discipline: International Studies
Research Interest: Global water governance, the role of education in international conflicts, and the geopolitics of South Asia.
Current Research: Contemporary challenges in the Bay of Bengal region.
Josna Mathew
Discipline: International Studies
Research Interest: Ancient Japanese cultural influence in the 21st century.
Oindrila Mukherjee
Discipline: International Studies
Research Interest: Japanese politics; Gender gap in Japanese politics; Japan’s foriegn policy.
Renee Vincent
Discipline: International Studies
Research Interest: Japan, Singapore, and Peace and Conflict Studies.
Current Research:Analysing the role of Macau in global politics.
Patricia Cherlyn
Discipline: International Studies
Research Interest: China’s economic, political, and social relations. Impact of contemporary fiction on global politics
Sejal Sharma
Discipline: South Asian Studies
Research Interest: Borderlands and the structural anthropology that influence the politics in the regions.
Current Research:Perception of Borders and Role of the Indian State in the Formation of the Identity of Northeast India
Alithia Clemency Paul
Discipline: International Relations
Research Interest: Border issues, security & its management; Crisis in Myanmar and its relations with neighbouring countries; Intersectionality in IR; Evolution of India’s foreign policy and its current status.
Current Working Paper: Where the Blood Bleeds Blue in the Land of Red: An Account of the Uyghur Muslims in PRC.
Shrestha Medhi
Discipline: International Studies
Research Interest: Northeast India and East Asian countries.
Current Working Paper: India’s Act East Policy and Regional Security Dynamics in the Indo-Pacific: A Comparative Analysis.
Praveen Krishna
Discipline: East Asian Studies & Economics
Research Interest: Economic development in East Asia and India’s economic transformation and lessons from the East Asian miracle.
Current Working Paper: Comparative trade analysis of India’s Look East, Look West, and Look North policies.
Junior Research Affiliates
Kartik Aggarwal
Discipline: Business Analytics
Research Interest: Global Analytics, Global Visualization, Data Analytics, Foreign policy Analytics.
Current Research: Predictive Analytics of e-commerce websites.
Divyansh Singhal
Discipline: History
Research Interest:International business, Analytics, Sports.
Northeast India studies on History and Culture
Current Research: Job satisfaction of employees in IT companies.
Goutham Sankar P
Discipline:Economics, Political Science and Sociology
Research Interest: Political Philosophy of the East, Comparative Politics, Indo-China relations, Political Economy.
Current Research: Understanding the Dimensions of Tamil Nadu- Taiwan Relations: Possibilities for an empowered State for the 21st Century.
Parvathy K C
Discipline: History, Economics and Political Science
Research Interest: Behavioral economics; Indo-Srilankan relations and Tibetan history
Current Research:Tibetan medicine in the modern world.
Aishwarya Jain
Discipline: Journalism Studies
Research Interest: Asian Geopolitics; Comparative Sociohistory; Cultural and Religious History in the Indo-China Region.
Current Research: Sociohistorical and Political relationship between the Indo-Pacific and East Asia.
Meenakshi V
Discipline:Economics, Political Science and Sociology
Research Interest: Political Economies of East Asia, Financial system, Geopolitics, and Security Studies
Shreyas Vijay Nair
Discipline:Political Economy
Research Interest: Marxism.
Current Research: Contemporary Expressions of Marxism in South East Asia.