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Amit Singh

Amit Singh

Amit Singh
Amit Singh
Associate Professor
Centre/School/Special Centre
Special Centre for National Security Studies
Room No
09, SCNSS
Email
amitsingh@mail.jnu.ac.in, amitsinghjnu@gmail.com
Personal Webpage
http://amitsinghjnu.blogspot.com/
Qualifications

MA, M.Phil and PhD, School of International Studies, JNU.

Areas of Interest/Specialization

India’s Strategic Thought, Peace and Conflict Resolution, South China Sea, Indian Diaspora, Defence & Maritime, Southeast Asia and Southwest Pacific.

Experience

More than 14 Years of research and teaching experience at the National Maritime Foundation (New Delhi), Amity University (Gurugram) and Atma Ram Sanatan Dharma College (University of Delhi).

Awards & Honours

Book Review Editor, Diaspora Studies, Brill: Leiden since March 2018.

International Collaboration/Consultancy
  • National Advisory Council Member, Centre for Human Security Studies, Hyderabad, since March 2013.
  • Member of “Institutional Ethical Committee (IEC)”, SRM University Delhi-NCR, Sonepat, Haryana, since February 19, 2021.
  • Editorial Board Member, International Research Journal of India, Pune, Maharashtra, India, since August 2016.
  • Editorial Advisor, The Nationalist, E-Journal of the Dr. Syama Prasad Mookerjee Research Foundation, New Delhi, December 2015-June 2019.
  • Honorary Director, The India Institute (TII), New Delhi, 2015-2016.
  • Joint Secretary, Organisation of Diaspora Initiatives (ODI), 2012-14.
Best Peer Reviewed Publications
  • “India-Malaysia Strategic Relations”, in Maritime Affairs, Vol. 7 no.1, summer 2011, Routledge: London, (ISSN: 0973-3159).
  • “South China Sea Disputes: Regional Issue, Global Concerns”, in Maritime Affairs, Vol. 8 no.1, summer 2012, Routledge: London, (ISSN: 0973-3159).
  • “Indian Diaspora as a Factor in India-Malaysia Relations” in Diaspora Studies, Vol. 7 no.2, 2014, Routledge: London, (ISSN: 0973-9572).
  • “Emerging Trends in India-Myanmar Relations”, in Maritime Affairs, Vol. 8 no.2, winter 2012, Routledge: London, (ISSN: 0973-3159).
  • “Paraspara, Encounters and Confluences: India’s Soft Power Objective in the Indo-Pacific Region” in Politics & Policy, Vol. 45 no.5, October 2017, Wiley-Blackwell: US, (ISSN: 1747-1346).
Recent Peer Reviewed Journals/Books
  • “India’s Act-East Policy: Opportunities and Challenges”, in ‘Imagining India as a Global Power: Prospects and Challenges’ eds. by Prof. Sangit Ragi, Sunil Sondhi & Vidhan Pathak, Routledge: London, 2018, (ISBN: 9781138282193).
  • “Ethnic Indians in India’s Look East Policy” in ‘India Migration Report 2014: Diaspora and Development’, ed. by S. Irudaya Rajan, Routledge: London, 2014, (ISBN: 9781138788190).
  • “India’s Energy Security and South China Sea: A Maritime Perspective”, in ‘Strategising Energy: An Asian Perspective’, ed. by Dr. Sreemati Ganguli, Knowledge World: New Delhi, 2014, (ISBN: 9789381904930).
  • “South China Sea Dispute: Policy Options for India and New Zealand”, in ‘India and New Zealand in a Rising Asia: Issues and Perspective’, eds. by Prof. Manmohini Kaul & Vibhanshu Shekhar, Pentagon Press: New Delhi, 2012, (ISBN: 9788182746527).
  • “Problems of Indian Diaspora in Fiji”, in ‘Emerging India in Asia-Pacific’, ed. by Prof. Y. Yagama Reddy, New Century Publications: New Delhi, 2007, (ISBN: 8177081292).

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.