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Varun Sahni

Varun Sahni

Varun Sahni
Varun Sahni
Professor
Centre/School/Special Centre
Centre for International Politics, Organisation & Disarmament,
School of International Studies
Room No
215
Off. Phone
011-26704382
Email
varunsahni@jnu.ac.in
Personal Webpage
https://jnu.ac.in/Faculty/vsahni
Qualifications
M.A. (JNU)
M.Phil. (Oxon)
D.Phil. (Oxon) 
Areas of Interest/Specialization

Nuclear deterrence, regional security, changing power balances in the Asia-Pacific, evolving security concepts, emerging powers, IBSA and BRICS, Indian foreign policy, international relations theory, Latin American politics, technology in education 

Experience

Joined the JNU faculty in 1995 as Associate Professor
Professor since 2003
10th Vice-Chancellor of the University of Jammu (2008-2012)
8th Vice-Chancellor of Goa University (2016-2021)

Awards & Honours

2008: Fellow, New India Foundation, Bangalore
2006: V K R V Rao Prize in Social Science (Political Science)
2003: Visiting Research Fellow, National Defense University, Washington, DC (Fulbright Military Academies Initiative)
1999-2002: Sistema Nacional de Investigadores (SNI) Nivel I, Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología, Mexico
1997-1998: Catedrático Patrimonial Nivel II, Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología, Mexico
June 1995: “Personnalité d’Avenir”, Centre D’Analyse et de Prévision, Ministère des Affaires Etrangères (Ministry of External Affairs), France
1989-1992: Junior Research Fellowship in Politics, Lincoln College, Oxford
1986-1989: Inlaks Scholarship for graduate research in Latin American Studies (1986-1988) and Politics (1988-1989), New College, Oxford
1984: Smt. Sarada Krishna Iyer Memorial Prize, University of Delhi
1981-1986: National Talent Scholarship 

International Collaboration/Consultancy
2012 - Norwegian Peacebuilding Resource Centre (NOREF), Oslo, Norway - emerging powers and international organization 
Best Peer Reviewed Publications
"The protean polis and strategic surprises: do changes within India affect South Asian strategic stability?" Contemporary South Asia 14 (2), June 2005, pp. 219–231.
"Regional Dynamics of Emerging Powers: Power/Control or Leadership/Consent?" in E. Sridharan (ed.), International Relations Theory and South Asia: Security, Political Economy, Domestic Politics, Identities, and Images (New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2011), pp. 56-107.
"A dangerous exercise: Brasstacks as non-nuclear near-war", in Sumit Ganguly and S. Paul Kapur (eds.), Nuclear Proliferation in South Asia: Crisis behavior and the bomb (London: Routledge, 2009), pp. 12-35.
"The Stability-Instability Paradox: A Less Than Perfect Explanation", in E. Sridharan (ed.), The India-Pakistan Nuclear Relationship: Theories of Deterrence and International Relations (London: Routledge, 2007), pp. 185-207.
"Not Quite British: A Study of External Influences on the Argentine Navy", Journal of Latin American Studies 25 (3), October 1993, pp. 489-513. 
Recent Peer Reviewed Journals/Books
"India and Latin America: Distant Acquaintance, Rhetorical Solidarity, Strategic Engagement", in Sumit Ganguly (ed.), Engaging the World: India’s Foreign Policy since 1947 (New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2016), pp. 375-398.
"Brazil: Fellow Traveler on the Long and Winding Road to Grandeza", in David M. Malone, C. Raja Mohan and Srinath Raghavan (eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Indian Foreign Policy (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2015), pp. 524-538.
(With G.P. Phondke and H. Santhanam), Technology Vision 2035 (New Delhi: Technology Information, Forecasting and Assessment Council, 2015).  
Patents (if any)

Normally not relevant to social scientists. 

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.