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Vimal Khawas

Vimal Khawas

Vimal Khawas
Vimal Khawas
Professor
Centre/School/Special Centre
Special Centre for the Study of North East India
Room No
418
Email
vimalkhawas@mail.jnu.ac.in, prof.vimalkhawas@gmail.com
Personal Webpage
https://jnu.ac.in
Qualifications

MA (Geography), MPlan (Urban and Regional Planning), PhD (CIPOD/SIS/JNU)

Areas of Interest/Specialization
  1. South Asian Borderlands with particular focus on the Himalaya and North-East India
  2. Environmental Security with emphasis on Water Resource Management
  3. Climate Change Studies with focus on Community Vulnerability, Resilience and Adaptation/Mitigation
  4. Disaster Management with particular interest on the Application of Traditional Knowledge in Disaster Risk Reduction
  5. Human Security, Regional Planning and Development
Experience
  1. Professor, Special Centre for the Study of NE India, JNU, 03 July 2023 – till date
  2. Associate Professor, Dept of Peace and Conflict Studies and Management, Sikkim University, August 21, 2017- June 30, 2023
  3. Assistant Professor, Dept of Geography, Sikkim University March 29, 2013-August 20, 2017  
  4. Assistant Professor, School of Policy Planning and Studies, Sikkim University, August 27, 2010 – March 28, 2013
  5. Associate Fellow (equivalent  to Assistant Professor), Sikkim University, August 22, 2007 – August 26, 2010
  6. Associate Fellow (equivalent to Assistant Professor), Council for Social Development, New Delhi, May 16, 2005 - August 14, 2007
  7. Executive Member, Hills and Mountain Forum, New Delhi, March 01, 2004 - May 15, 2005
  8. Research Associate, Centre for Development Alternatives, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, February 01, 2003 – February 29, 2004.
Awards & Honours

Climate Change Leadership Programme, LEAD-India, 2009

International Collaboration/Consultancy

Asia-Pacific Network for Global Change Research [https://www.apn-gcr.org/person/vimal-khawas/]

Best Peer Reviewed Publications
  1. Kafle, H., Khaitu, S., Khawas, Vimal et al, (2023), Historical drought and its trend in South Asia: Spatial and temporal analysis 2000-2020. APN Science Bulletin, 12(1). doi:10.30852/sb.2022.2022
  2. Khawas, Vimal, (2021), Environment and Development in the Upper Tista Basin, Sikkim Himalaya. IRGS Policy Paper Series on Himalayan Studies. Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung India and Shiv Nadar University, Delhi NCR
  3. Rai, Pribat and Vimal Khawas, (2019), Traditional knowledge system in disaster risk reduction: Exploration, acknowledgement and proposition, Jàmbá - Journal of Disaster Risk Studies, 11(1), 1-7  
  4. Khawas, Vimal, 2009, The Project of Gorkhaland, Social Change, 39 (3): 435-439
  5. Khawas, Vimal ,(2007), Global Warming and Climate Change: Implications for Human Security of India, Social Change, 37 (3): 92-119
  6. Khawas, Vimal, (2005), Urbanisation in the North-East: Patterns, trends and policy prongs, Social Change, 35 (2): 47-69, June [ISSN 0049-0857]
  7. Mahadevia, Darshini, and Vimal Khawas, (2005), Gender Budgeting-Impact of Policies andProgramme on Women and Agricultural Households in Gujarat, Discussion Paper Series: 9, New Delhi: United Nations Development Programme.
  8. Kurian, NJ and Vimal Khawas, 2007, Financing National Minimum Social Security, Social Change, 37(1): 17-30
  9. Khawas, Vimal, 2005, Conservation and Management of Water Resource in Sikkim Himalaya: some suggestions, Spatio-Economic Development Record, 12 (4): 27-31, July-August.
  10. Khawas, Vimal, 2003, Environment and Rural Development in Darjeeling Himalaya: Issues and Concerns, Spatio-Economic Development Record, 10 (2): 27-33, March-April [ISSN 0971-4944]
Recent Peer Reviewed Journals/Books
  1. Khawas, Vimal, 2024, Teesta Disaster: A Human-Made Catastrophe and the Lessons Learnt, The Rising Asia, January – April,  4 (1).
  2. Dahal, Dilliram and Khawas, Vimal, 2023, Increasing Incidences of Acute Diarrhoeal Diseases in Sikkim, India, Deccan Geographer, June - December, 61 (1&2): 105-115.
  3. Sharma, Kabindra,  Rajiv Gurung, and Vimal Khawas, 2023, India-China Cross-border Trade Options: Via Nathu-La and Possible Resumption of Historic Jelep-La Route, Rising Asia Journal, 3 (1): 60-101.
  4. Kafle, H., Khaitu, S., Khawas, Vimal, et al, (2023), Historical drought and its trend in South Asia: Spatial and temporal analysis 2000-2020. APN Science Bulletin, 12(1). doi:10.30852/sb.2022.2022
  5. (2022), Depleting Water Resources and Agriculture in Darjeeling Hills: Exploring the critical nexus, Journal of India Water Works Association, Mumbai, India, Vol- LIV No-4, Oct-Dec
  6. Khawas, Vimal, (2021), Environment and Development in the Upper Tista Basin, Sikkim Himalaya. IRGS Policy Paper Series on Himalayan Studies. Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung India and Shiv Nadar University, Delhi NCR

    Books/Monograph:
  7. Bhaswati Das and Vimal Khawas (Eds) (2009), Gender Issues in Development: Concerns for the 21st Century, Jaipur: Rawat Publication.
  8. Sakarama Somayaji and Vimal Khawas (Eds) (2012), Environment, Development and Social Change in the Himalayan Region, New Delhi: Aakangsha Publication
  9. Khawas, Vimal, 2021, The Need for a Sustainable Political Solutions to the Century old Gorkha Aspirations. Paachgothay Foundation, Kalimpong [Policy Brief]
  10. Khawas, Vimal, 2006, Socio-economic Condition of Tea Garden Labourers in Darjeeling Hills, Monograph, New Delhi: Council for Social Development.

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.