Curriculum Vitae for Sreeram S. Chaulia

Permanent Address: OP Jindal Global University, Sonipat Narela Road, Near Jagdishpur Village, Sonipat, Haryana- 131001, India. Email: schaulia@jgu.edu.in

 

  EDUCATION

Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University, United States of America.

PhD in Political Science. Awarded in May 2009.

Dissertation Title: 'Civilian Protection and Humanitarian Organisations: Rationality or Culture?'

 

Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University.

Professional MA in International Relations. Awarded in May 2003. GPA 3.774

Topical Concentration: International Law, Organisations & Human Rights

*Awarded Dotty Payson Memorial Scholarship, 2001-2002

 

London School of Economics & Political Science, University of London, United Kingdom.

MSc. in History of International Relations. Awarded in December 2001. Merit Division

Topical Concentration: World History and Political Economy

 

University College, University of Oxford, United Kingdom

Second BA in Modern History. Awarded in August 2000. Higher Second Division.

Topical Concentration: Imperial History

*Elected Radhakrishnan British Chevening Scholar 1998

 

St.Stephen’s College, University of Delhi, India

BA Honours in History. Awarded in September 1998. First Division, First in University.

Topical Concentration: Economics, Ancient, Medieval and Modern World History.

 *Adjudged 'Outstanding Stephanian', 1998.  

*Awarded Dip Chand Memorial Prize for Topping Delhi University, 1998.

 *Awarded Sanwa Bank Scholarship for Academic Excellence, 1997-‘98

 *Awarded Bhalla Memorial Prize for outstanding academic performance in  St.Stephen’s College, 1997. 

  

LANGUAGES   Hindi, Urdu, Telugu, Oriya & English (Fluent). Sri Lankan Tamil (Advanced).  

                                       

COMPUTERS  Applications-MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook & FrontPage. Software- SPSS & STATA. 

                                      

PUBLICATIONS

 

A.    Books

1.  Contributing editor, People Who Influenced the World Over the Past 100 Years, published by Murray Books (August 2005), Adelaide, Australia.

B.     Journals and Institutions

2. "One Step Forward, Two Steps Backward: The United States Institute of Peace", published in International Journal of Peace Studies (June 2009),  Fairfax, USA. 
3. "Unequal Equals: Angola and China", co-authored with Horace Campbell, published in World Affairs (May 2009), New Delhi, India.  
4. "Aetiology of Violence", a review of Patricia Daley's Gender and Genocide in Burundi: The Search for Spaces of Peace in the Great Lakes Region, published in South Bulletin (July 16 2008), Geneva, Switzerland.  
5. "Terrorism Remains Pakistan's Chief Export", published in Commentaries of International Institute for Counter-Terrorism (April 1 2008), Herzliya, Israel.
6. "A World of Selfistans?", published in Foreign Policy in Focus (March 13, 2008), Washington DC, USA. 
7. "Shiites and Democracy", published in Mideast Monitor (June 2007), New York, USA.
8. "International Organisations in Mindanao: To Protect or Not?", published in Journal of Humanitarian Assistance (February 2007), Medford, USA. 
9. "Angola: Empire of the Humanitarians", published in Journal of Humanitarian Assistance (July 2006), Bradford, UK.
10. "The Disposable People", a review of Julie Peteet's Landscape of Hope and Despair. Palestinian Refugee Camps, published in Journal of Humanitarian Assistance (March 2006).
11. "Democratisation, Colour Revolutions and the Role of the NGOs: Catalysts or Saboteurs?", published in Centre for Research on Globalisation (December 25 2005), Pincourt, Canada. 
12. "Politics of Refugee Hosting in Tanzania: From Open Door to Unsustainability, Insecurity and Receding Receptivity”, published in Journal of Refugee Studies, (June 2003), Oxford, UK.
13. “BJP, India’s Foreign Policy and the ‘Realist’ Alternative to the Nehruvian Legacy”, published in International Politics Journal (June 2002), Boston, USA. 
14. “UNHCR's Relief, Rehabilitation and Repatriation of Rwandan Refugees in Zaire (1994-'97)”, published in Journal of Humanitarian Assistance (April 2002).
15. "Beyond Administering Misery", a review of Arthur C. Helton's The Price of Indifference. Refugees and Humanitarian Action in the New Century, published in Journal of Humanitarian Assistance (October 2002).
16. "Struggles of the Invisible Refugees", a review of M.Vincent & B.R.Sorensen (ed.) Caught Between Borders: Response Strategies of the Internally Displaced, published in Journal of Humanitarian Assistance (September 2002).
17. “Social Clause in WTO: Cases For and Against”, published in Economic and Political Weekly, Mumbai, India (February 16, 2002).
18. “Indo-US Military Alliance: Could Our Independence be Bartered Away?”, published in Bulletin of the Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies (December 2001), Delhi, India.
19. “The Missile Man Remembers”, a review of AP.J.Abdul Kalam’s Wings of Fire. An Autobiography, published in South Asia: Journal of South Asian Studies (December 2001), Armidale, Australia.
20. “Nuclear Theft and Safety. Skeletons in Pakistan’s Cupboard”, published in the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation Bulletin (December 2001), Santa Barbara, California.
21. “Indian and Pakistani Nukespeak: Identity Assertion Against the ‘Other’”, a review of Haider K.Nizamani’s The Roots of Rhetoric: Politics of Nuclear Weapons in India and Pakistan, published in Contemporary South Asia Journal (July 2001), Bradford, UK.
22. “Dr.Strangelove of Iraq”, a review of S.Bhatia and D.McGrory’s Brighter than the Baghdad Sun: Saddam’s Race to Build the Bomb , published in Infomanage International (September 2000), London, UK. 

 

C. Newspapers and Magazines

23. "Underwater Treasure Hunt", published in The Financial Express (September 3 2010), New Delhi, India.
24. "Occupation Politics Stymie Afghanistan", published in Asia Times (August 31 2010), Hong Kong, China.
25. "A Time for Unrest", published in The Financial Express (August 30 2010).
26. "Reality Check for Asian Titans", published in Asia Times (August 21 2010).
27. "Mosque in Manhattan", published in The Financial Express (August 20 2010).
28. "Climate of Inaction", published in The Financial Express (August 13 2010).
29. "Closed Books in China", published in Asia Times (August 10 2010).
30. "Sour BlackBerries", published in The Financial Express (August 5 2010).
31. "Why Was Indian Civil Society Mute?", published in The Tribune (August 2 2010), Chandigarh, India.
32. "Go Forth and Multiply?", published in The Financial Express (July 29 2010).
33. "China Turns On Demand Power", published in Asia Times (July 24 2010).
34. "Placebo Reform?", published in The Financial Express (July 21 2010).
35. "Siren Song from China", published in The Financial Express (July 16 2010).
36. "Oops, I Tweeted Again", published in Asia Times (July 13 2010).
37. "Spy Story Reloaded", published in The Financial Express (July 9 2010).
38. "China Unification by Integration", published in Asia Times (July 3 2010).
39. "Inquest of a Defeat", a review of M.R. Narayan Swamy's The Tiger Vanquished. LTTE's Story, published in Asia Times (July 3 2010).
40. "India Scores Bio-Piracy Victory", published in Asia Times (June 29 2010).
41. "Coordination Blues", published in The Financial Express (June 25 2010).
42. "Oil Slick Without End", published in The Financial Express (June 18 2010).
43. "Byzantine Bureaucracy", published in The Financial Express (June 10 2010).
44. "Rebalancing China's Economy", published in The Financial Express (June 4 2010).
45. "Diplomatic Activism", published in The Tribune (June 1 2010).
46. "Diplomacy Falls on Deaf Ears", published in Asia Times (May 28 2010).
47. "Angry Koreas, Nervous World", published in The Financial Express (May 28 2010).
48. "More than a Quaint Relic", published in The Financial Express (May 21 2010).
49. "Argumentative Chinese Step Forward", published in Asia Times (May 18 2010).
50. "India in a Globalised World", published in Geopolitics (May 2010), New Delhi, India.
51. "Trans-Atlantic Rescue", published in The Financial Express (May 13 2010).
52. "A Pressing Matter", published in The Financial Express (May 7 2010).
53. "Knives Sink into Goldman", published in The Financial Express (April 29 2010).
54. "C is Big in Bric", published in The Financial Express (April 23 2010).
55. "UK Faces an Uncertain Tide", published in The Financial Express (April 16 2010).
56. "Sleepless in Bangkok", published in The Financial Express (April 9 2010).
57. "Moscow Takes a Hit", published in The Financial Express (April 1 2010).
58. "Politics of Extinction", published in The Financial Express (March 26 2010).
59. "Chinese Chutzpah", published in The Financial Express (March 19 2010).
60. "Automobiles, Fruits and Sunglasses", published in The Financial Express (March 12 2010).
61. "What India should do in Afghanistan", published in The Financial Express (March 3 2010).
62. "Goldman Sachs Garage-Sold Greece", published in The Financial Express (February 25 2010).
63. "India and Iran in the Obama Era", published in The Globalist (February 22 2010), Washington DC, USA.
64. "Aiding Soft Power", published in The Financial Express (February 17 2010).
65. "Just Disband the Obsolete G-7", published in The Financial Express (February 10 2010).
66. "BJP Turns a Corner in Mumbai", published in The Financial Express (February 3 2010).
67. "Guidebook of the Nation", published in The Financial Express (January 26 2010).
68. "Iranian Elephant in the Iraqi Room", published in Asia Times (January 23 2010).
69. "A Bold Gauntlet", published in The Financial Express (January 20 2010).
70. "Iceland, Frozen", published in The Financial Express (January 12 2010).
71. "Free Trading Asia", published in The Financial Express (January 6 2010).
72. "Basics Matter", published in The Financial Express (December 31 2009).
73. "Banana Politics", published in The Financial Express (December 25 2009).
74. "UN's Afghan Mission Takes a Hit", published in Asia Times (December 18 2009).
75. "The wall Around Wall Street", published in The Financial Express (December 15 2009).
76. "India Caught in a Terror Tangle", published in Asia Times (December 11 2009).
77. "War and Peace on the Greens", published in The Financial Express (December 10 2009).
78. "Bhopal, Chernobyl, Lop Nor", published in The Financial Express (December 3 2009).
79. "How Governments Scored on Swine Flu", published in The Financial Express (November 27 2009).
80. "No Leader, No Deal", published in The Financial Express (November 19 2009).
81. "Chicken, Steel and Tyre Politics", published in The Financial Express (November 13 2009).
82. "Today's India and Yesterday's Indira", published in The Financial Express (November 3 2009).
83. "Bellicose in Baghdad", published in The Financial Express (October 27 2009).
84. "How to Hedge against the Rajaratnams", published in The Financial Express (October 20 2009). 
85. "Peace of a Puzzle", published in The Financial Express (October 13 2009).
86. "Blame it on Chicago", published in The Financial Express (October 6 2009).
87. "India and China Profess Brotherhood", published in Asia Times (October 2 2009).
88. "What's left Now for Global Left?", published in The Financial Express (September 29 2009).
89. "Everybody Loves a Good Fête", published in The Financial Express (September 23 2009).
90. "9/15: The War is not Over", published in The Financial Express (September 15 2009).
91. "Netanyahu Plays a Russian Rope Trick", published in Asia Times (September 15 2009)
92. "Geoeconomics and a Libyan Bomber", published in The Financial Express (September 11 2009).
93. "Wilted Lotus, Can it Bloom Again?", published in The Financial Express (August 31 2009).
94. "More Banana Republic", published in The Financial Express (August 25 2009).
95. "Wary India Frisks North Korean Freighter", published in Asia Times (August 21 2009).
96. "Jamie is a Good Boy, but Rest of the Class?", published in The Financial Express (August 18 2009).
97. "The Barricade Brigade", published in The Financial Express (August 13 2009).
98. "Swiss Bank Account Holder? Shame", published in The Financial Express (August 7 2009).
99. "Iran, US do a 'War on Terror' Somersault", published in Asia Times (August 1 2009).
100. "Xinjiang Riots Confound Islamists", published in Asia Times (July 29 2009).
101. "The System's Challengers", a review of Robin Wright's Dreams and Shadows: The Future of the Middle East, published in Asia Times (July 26 2009).
102. "India's Climate Change Impasse", published in Opinion Asia (July 23 2009), Singapore.
103. "Learn to Mix Oil & People", published in The Financial Express (July 22 2009).
104. "Australia Lands in Chinese Soup", published in Asia Times (July 14 2009).
105. "India's Quest for Autonomy", a review of Rajiv Sikri's Challenge and Strategy. Rethinking India's Foreign Policy, published in Asia Times (July 11 2009).
106. "Death Becomes Us", published in The Financial Express (July 9 2009).
107. "Inside China's Unquiet West", published in Asia Times (July 8 2009).
108. "A UN Crapshoot in Pakistan", published in Asia Times (July 4 2009)
109. "Maya Does as Mao Did", published in The Financial Express (July 2 2009).
110. "China Creates an Internet Albatross", published in Asia Times (July 1 2009). 
111. "Who Will be CPM's Khruschev?", published in The Financial Express (June 25 2009).
112. "Sino-Indian Rivalry and Asian Stability", published in The Globalist (June 22 2009).
113. "Pro-Incumbency, Iranian Style", published in The Financial Express (June 16 2009).
114. "Money Can't Bridge this Gulf", published in The Financial Express (June 12 2009).
115. "Circling the Tiananmen Square", published in The Financial Express (June 4 2009).
116. "Dumping Waste, Courting Trouble", published in The Financial Express (May 27 2009).
117. "The Dragon's Shadow", a review of Scott Snyder's China's Rise and the Two Koreas: Politics, Economics, Security, published in Asia Times (May 23 2009).
118. "Prabhakaran's Ghost Threatens to Haunt Sri Lanka", published in Opinion Asia (May 20 2009).
119. "Sticking to the Centre", published in The Financial Express (May 19 2009). 
120. "A Difficult 100 Days", published in The Financial Express (May 2 2009).
121. "Mental Slaves", published in The Statesman (April 23 2009), Kolkata, India. 
122. "Ungainly Friendship", a review of Bobo Lo's Axis of Convenience: Moscow, Beijing and the New Geopolitics, published in Asia Times (April 25 2009). 
123. "A Short Step in the March to Justice", published in Asia Times (April 22 2009).
124. "A Tech-Savvy Rebellion in Thailand", published in Asia Times (April 17 2009).
125. "The War on Women in Afghanistan", published in Opinion Asia (April 13 2009). 
126. "Dollar and More", published in The Financial Express (April 7 2009).
127. "The Collateral Crisis", published in The Financial Express (March 27 2009).
128. "Divided We Will Fall", published in The Financial Express (March 13 2009).
129. "Gandhi's Glasses and a Rabbit's Head", published in Asia Times (March 6 2009).
130. "Power Play Behind Bangladesh's Mutiny", published in Asia Times (March 3 2009). 
131. "'Conspiracies' Cloud India's Terror Probe", published in Asia Times (February 26 2009). 
132. "Transforming India-Pakistan Relations", co-authored with Stephan Richter, published in The Globalist (February 24 2009).
133. "Home Safe Home", published in The Financial Express (February 21 2009).
134. "Obama Sparks US Image Makeover", published in Asia Times (February 11 2009).
135. "Protect Capitalism, Not Trade", published in The Financial Express (February 7 2009).
136. "Crisis and the Average Jane", published in The Financial Express (January 31 2009).
137. "Under Obama: Uncle Sam, Honest Broker?", published in Opinion Asia (January 25 2009).
138. "The Strongmen's Benefactors", a review of David Lewis' The Temptations of Tyranny in Central Asia, published in Asia Times (January 24 2009).
139. "China's Horrible 2008", published in The Globalist (January 20 2009).
140. "Strong-Arm Tactics", published in The Financial Express (January 13 2009).
141. "A High Cost for More Feet on the Ground", published in Asia Times (January 8 2009).
142. "Through the Looking Glass", published in The Financial Express (January 5 2009).
143. "When Odd States Normalise", published in The Financial Express (December 24 2008).
144. "The Global Scientific Race", published in The International Indian (December 2008). 
145. "A Peek into Iran's Nuclear Pandora's Box", published in Asia Times (December 17 2008).
146. "A Novel Way to Tackle Pakistan", published in Asia Times (December 16 2008).
147. "Gaza Blockade: Slivers in the Holy Land", published in Opinion Asia (December 11 2008).
148. "India: Great Power or Not?", published in The Globalist (December 9 2008).
149. "For a Community-Led Role in Counter-Terrorism", published in The Hindu (November 30 2008), Chennai, India.
150. "Indian Navy Comes of Age", published in The Hindu (November 21 2008).
151. "Politics of Polarisation", published in The Hindu (November 12 2008).
152. "Nationalism from Afar", published in The International Indian (October 2008).
153. "The Rise (and Fall?) of Petro-States", published in The Hindu (October 30 2008). 
154. "Graveyard of Indian Idealism", a review of Claude Arpi's Tibet. The Lost Frontier, published in Asia Times (October 25 2008). 
155. "On the Trail in America: Waiting for Obama", published in Opinion Asia (October 16 2008).
156. "Tinsel Politics Return in India", published in Asia Times (September 19 2008).
157. "Righting Historical Wrongs: The Global Politics of Apologies", published in The Globalist (September 15 2008).
158. "Civilians Caught in Sri Lanka's 'Clean War'", published in Asia Times (September 11 2008). 
159. "Cooperation with Discord", published in The Hindu (September 3 2008).
160. "The Believer's Travails", published in The International Indian (August 2008).
161. "Leviathan's Return", published in Asia Times (August 28 2008).
162. "Georgia: The Super Cop Vanishes", published in The Hindu (August 19 2008).
163. "The US, Pakistan and the Law of Unintended Consequences", published in The Globalist (August 18 2008).
164. "New International Regional Pacts: Vision or Vainglory?", published in Opinion Asia (August 13 2008).
165. "Chronicle of Errors", a review of Ahmed Rashid's Descent Into Chaos. How the War Against Islamic Extremism is Being Lost in Pakistan, Afghanistan and Central Asia, published in Asia Times (August 9 2008).
166. "A Leap of Faith for Saudi King", published in Asia Times (July 22 2008).
167. "Fundamentalism with Nuances", a review of Jeroen Gunning's Hamas in Politics. Democracy, Religion, Violence, published in Asia Times (July 19 2008).
168. "A Victory of Principles", published in The Hindu (July 16 2008).
169. "Middle Kingdom Deciphered", a review of Pallavi Aiyar's Smoke and Mirrors. An Experience of China, published in Asia Times (July 12 2008).  
170. "Islamism Shakes Kashmir", published in Asia Times (July 8 2008). 
171. "Civilian N-Deal: A Victim of Oversell", published in The Financial World (June 25 2008), Chandigarh, India. 
172. "India's Central Asian Struggle", published in International Indian (June 2008).
173. "Middle East Serves US Some Humble Pie", published in Asia Times (June 20 2008).
174. "Asia's Awesome Threesome", a review of Bill Emmott's Rivals. How the Power Struggle Between China, India and Japan will Shape our Next Decade, published in Asia Times (June 14 2008).
175.  "Monarchies in Asia: Crowns Die Hard", published in Opinion Asia (June 11 2008).
176. "UN Security Council Seat: China Outsmarts India", published in World Press Review (May 30 2008).
177. "An Appeaser in the White House?", published in Asia Times (May 21 2008).
178. "Bangladeshi Immigrants Stoke Terror in India", published in Asia Sentinel (May 15 2008), Hong Kong, China. 
179. "The Problem with Dictators and Disasters", published in Asia Times (May 13 2008).
180. "Undiplomatically Yours", published in Asia Times (May 9 2008).
181. "Just Blame it on China and India", published in Asia Times (May 6 2008).
182. "China's Cybersnoops Scour the World", published in Asia Sentinel (May 2 2008).
183. "India, China Hold G8 Options", published in Asia Times (April 29 2008).
184. "Blue Collar Immigrant Blues", published in The International Indian (April 2008).
185. "Muqtada's Biggest Battle Already Won", published in Asia Times (April 23 2008).
186. "Asia Pushes, West Resists", a review of Kishore Mahbubani's The New Asian Hemisphere. The Irresistible Shift of Global Power to the East, published in Asia Times (April 19 2008).
187. "Mixed Muslim Message in War on Terror", published in Asia Times (April 12 2008).
188. "Old Friends, New World", co-authored with Horace Campbell, published in The Statesman (April 8 2008).
189. "The Age of the Immigrant Spy", published in Asia Times (April 3 2008).
190. "The Flawed Golden Goose", a review of Was Rahman & Priya Kurien's Blind Men and the Elephant. Demystifying the Global IT Services Industry, published in Asia Times (March 29 2008).
191. "India's Tata Grabs a Prize", published in Asia Sentinel (March 26 2008).
192. "India's Restrictions Hamper Tibetan Movement", published in Asia Sentinel (March 18 2008).
193. "Should India be a Satellite-Killer?", published in Free Press Journal (March 5 2008), Mumbai, India.
194. "Israel and India: Iran's Needless Hullabaloo", published in Free Press Journal (February 19 2008).
195. "India's Self-Confident Avatar", published in The International Indian (February 2008). 
196. "The Ever-Changing Faces of Terror", published in Asia Times (February 8 2008).
197. "One Mainland, Two Systems", a review of Baogang He's Rural Democracy in China. The Role of Village Elections, published in Asia Times (February 2 2008).
198. "The Tyrant Who Escaped Justice", published in The Asian Age (January 31 2008), New Delhi, India.
199. "Black Turbans Rebound", a review of Antonio Giustozzi's Koran, Kalashnikov, and Laptop: The Neo-Taliban Insurgency in Afghanistan, published in Asia Times (January 26 2008).
200. "Benazir's Assassination: A Tragedy Foretold", published in Indo-Asian News Service (December 28 2007), New Delhi, India.
201. "The Great Survivor", a review of Ramachandra Guha's India After Gandhi: The History of the World's Largest Democracy, published in Asia Times (December 15 2007).
202. "Muslim Democracy: An Oxymoron?", a review of Zoya Hasan (ed.) Democracy in Muslim Societies: The Asian Experience, published in Asia Times (November 22 2007).
203. "The China Threat: How Real is it?", published in The International Indian (November 2007). 
204. "India's Defining Decade", a review of Phillips Talbot's An American Witness to India's Partition, published in World Press Review (October 31 2007).
205. "Embattled Frontier", a review of S.P.Sinha's Lost Opportunities. 50 Years of Insurgency in the North-East and India's Response, published in Asia Times (October 13 2007).
206. "Jagjit Singh: A Musical Demiurge", published in Asian Lite (October 7 2007), Manchester, UK. 
207. "Is India Aligning in a New Cold War?", published in World Press Review (September 30 2007).
208. "Lodestar of Liberty", a review of Justin Wintle's Perfect Hostage: A Life of Aung San Suu Kyi, published in Asia Times (September 1 2007).
209. "India Finds Unity in Terror", published in Asia Times (August 28 2007).
210. "India's Silent Warriors", a review of B.Raman's The Kaoboys of R&AW: Down Memory Lane, published in Asia Times (August 18 2007).
211. "Asian Drama", a review of M.K.Rasgotra (ed.) The New Asian Power Dynamic, published in Asia Times (August 11 2007).
212. "Taliban: Pakistan's Incubus, World's Scourge", published in Free Press Journal (August 1 2007).
213. "India's Holy Grail", a review of Anuj Dhar's Back From Dead: Inside the Subhas Bose Mystery, published in Asia Times (July 14 2007).
214. "The Adaptive Power", a review of Kenneth Pyle's Japan Rising: The Resurgence of Japanese Power and Purpose, published in Asia Times (June 16 2007).
215. "The Longest Jihad", a review of Praveen Swami's India, Pakistan and the Secret Jihad: The Covert War in Kashmir, 1947-2004, published in Asia Times (May 5 2007).
216. "Close, but Not Too Close", a review of John Garver's China and Iran: Ancient Partners in a Post-Imperial World, published in Asia Times (April 7 2007).
217. "India's Soft Power: Lessons From Nehru", published in Indo-Asian News Service (March 12 2007).
218. "A Law Unto Itself", a review of Nick Robins' The Corporation That Changed the World: How the East India Company Shaped the Modern Multinational, published in Asia Times (January 27 2007).  
219. "ULFA Mayhem: The Burma Factor", published in Indo-Asian News Service (January 12 2007).
220. "Operation Bungle Iraq", a review of Rajiv Chandrasekaran's Imperial Life in the Emerald City: Inside Iraq's Green Zone, published in Asia Times (January 6 2007).
221. "Salesman of Doom", a review of Gordon Corera's Shopping for Bombs: Nuclear Proliferation, Global Insecurity and the Rise and Fall of the A Q Khan Network, published in Asia Times (December 2 2006).
222. "Worm in the Sunni Apple", a review of Vali Nasr's The Shia Revival. How Conflicts within Islam Will Shape the Future, published in Asia Times (October 28 2006).
223. "Is There a 'Burns Effect' on Pakistan?", published in Indo-Asian News Service (October 17 2006).
224. "Epitaph to Unipolarity", a review of Joseph Stroupe's Russian Rubicon: Impending Checkmate of the West, published in Asia Times (October 14 2006).
225. "L'etat, C'est Moi", a review of Paul Handley's The King Never Smiles: A Biography of Thailand's Bhumibol Adulyadej, published in World Press Review (October 4 2006).
226. "The State Versus Society in Iran", a review of Ali Gheissari and Vali Nasr's Democracy in Iran: History and the Quest for Liberty, published in Asia Times (September 23 2006).
227. "Deadly Double Game", a review of Amir Mir's The True Face of Jehadis: Inside Pakistan's Network of Terror, published in Asia Times (August 26 2006).
228. "The Quiet Revolution", a review of Doug Guthrie's China and Globalisation: The Social, Economic and Political Transformation of Chinese Society, published in Asia Times (June 17 2006). 
229. "Legend of Arabia", a review of Peter Bergen's The Osama bin Laden I Know: An Oral History of al Qaeda's Leader, published in Asia Times (June 10 2006).
230. "Wanted: A New Indira Doctrine", published in Indo-Asian News Service (June 4 2006).
231. "Why All is Quiet on the American Home Front", published in Asia Times (May 24 2006).
232. "The Rang De Basanti Generation", published in Bharat Times (May 2006), Victoria, Australia.
233. "A Systems Solution to the Middle East", a review of Gawdat Bahgat's Israel and the Persian Gulf: Retrospect and Prospect, published in Asia Times (April 8 2006).
234. "The Fanatic's Mindset", a review of Mary Habeck's Knowing the Enemy: Jihadist Ideology and the War on Terror, published in Asia Times (April 1 2006).
235. "The Eagle's Embrace", published in Hindustan Times (March 13 2006), New Delhi, India.
236. "The Great Indian Diaspora", published in India Day After (February 16 2006), New Delhi, India.
237. "New Playground of Jihad", a review of Hiranmay Karlekar's Bangladesh. The Next Afghanistan?, published in World Press Review (February 20 2006).
238. "East Asia's Black Sheep", a review of Young Whan Kihl and Hong Nack Kim (eds.) North Korea: The Politics of Regime Survival, published in Asia Times (February 17 2006). 
239. "Rebuilding Pangs", a review of Said Hyder Akbar's Come Back to Afghanistan, published in Asia Times (February 4 2006).
240. "Arabian Nights in Delhi", published in Indo-Asian News Service (January 28 2006).
241. "The Globalisation of Terror", a review of Salman Rushdie's Shalimar the Clown, published in Asia Times (January 14 2006).
242. "For Reasons of State", a review of Daniel Byman's Deadly Connections. States That Sponsor Terrorism, published in Asia Times (November 5 2005).
243. "Might Versus Right", a review of John Heath's Tibet and China in the Twenty-First Century. Non-Violence Versus State Power, published in Asia Times (October 15 2005).
244. "In the Heart of a Volcano", a review of Flynt Leverett's Inheriting Syria. Bashar's Trial by Fire, published in Asia Times (October 1 2005).
245. "Timeless Wisdom, Heedless World", a review of Deepak Chopra's Peace is the Way. Bringing War and Violence to an End, published in Asia Times (September 10 2005).
246. "Conflict Kaleidoscope", a review of Nirupama Subramanian's Sri Lanka: Voices From a War Zone, published in Asia Times (August 20 2005).
247. "Are Personalities Passe?", published in South Asian Outlook (August 2005), Toronto, Canada.
248. "Diehard Legionnaires", a review of Naem Qassem's Hizbullah. The Story From within, published in Asia Times (July 30 2005).
249. "Astral Politics", a review of Arthur I Miller's Empire of the Stars. Friendship, Obsession and Betrayal in the Quest for Black Holes, published in Current Science (July 25 2005), Bangalore, India.
250. "God's Madmen", a review of Farhad Khosrokhavar's Suicide Bombers. Allah's New Martyrs, published in Asia Times (July 16 2005).
251. "Passage to Stephania", a review of Daniel O'Connor's Interesting Times in India. A Short Decade at St.Stephen's College, published in Asia Times (July 23 2005).
252. "Spymaster's Pandora's Box", a review of M.K.Dhar's Open Secrets. India's Intelligence Unveiled, published in Asia Times (June 18 2005).
253. "Dauntless Journalism", a review of Hugh Miles' Al-Jazeera. How Arab TV News Challenged the World, published in Asia Times (May 28 2005).
254. "Himalayan Dilemma", a review of Mahendra Lawoti's Towards a Democratic Nepal, published in Asia Times (April 30 2005).
255. "The Road to Amity", a review of Rafiq Zaqaria's Indian Muslims: Where Have They Gone Wrong?, published in Asia Times (April 8 2005). 
256. "A Science so Noble", published in Bharat Times (January 1 2005).
257. "More Than Just a Game", a review of Boria Majumdar's Twenty Two Yards to Freedom. A Social History of Indian Cricket, published in Asia Times (March 4 2005).
258. "The Soul of a City", a review of Suketu Mehta’s Maximum City: Bombay Lost and Found, published in Asia Times (February 19 2005).
259. "Survival of the Luckiest", published in The Asian Age (January 1 2005).
260. "Think Locally, Act Globally", published in Bharat Times (December 1 2004).
261. “The Real American Fizz”, a review of Constance Hays’ The Real Thing. Truth and Power at the Coca-Cola Company, published in Asia Times (November 11 2004).
262. "Egressing Iraq: Why and How", a review of CATO Institute's Exiting Iraq: Why the US Must End the Military Occupation and Renew the War Against Al Qaeda, published in Bharat Times (November 1 2004).
263. "Two Villages and an Elephant", a review of Strobe Talbott's Engaging India. Diplomacy, Democracy and the Bomb, published in Asia Times (December 16 2004).
264. "Crusade for Monoculture", a review of Samuel Huntington's Who Are We? America's Great Debate, published in Asia Times (December 25 2004).
265. "Dialogue for Development", a review of Arun Maira's Remaking India. One Country, One Destiny, published in Asia Times (January 22 2005).
266. “Pelf Wars”, published in Bharat Times (October 1 2004).
267. “Power Point”, published in Bharat Times (September 1 2004).
268.  “The State’s Godly March”, published in Bharat Times (August 1 2004).
269. “New India’s Vital Constituency”, published in Bharat Times (July 1 2004).
270. “Representation Rigmaroles”, published in Bharat Times (June 1 2004).
271. “Left Wing Left Out”, published in Bharat Times (May 1 2004).
272. “Exceptionalist Insanity”, published in Bharat Times (April 1 2004).
273. “Timbuktu Hotels and Global Headaches”, published in Bharat Times (March 1 2004).
274. “A Dream Gone Sour”, a review of Horace Campbell’s Reclaiming Zimbabwe, published in Bharat Times (February 1 2004).
275. “First Nation Tragedies”, a review of Pierre Walter et al (ed.) Globalisation and Indigenous Peoples in Asia, published in Asia Times (October 23  2004).
276. “Demilitarise or Perish”, a review of Ahmad Faruqui’s Rethinking the National Security of Pakistan. The Price of Strategic Myopia, published in Asia Times (September 3 2004).
277. “The Rise of India’s ‘IT Paradise’”, a review of James Hietzman’s Network City. Planning the Information Society in Bangalore, published in Asia Times (July 30 2004).
278. “The Inscrutable Indians”, a review of Pavan Varma’s Being Indian, published in Asia Times (June 12 2004).
279. “The Kashmir Conundrum”, a review of Sumantra Bose’s Kashmir. Roots of Conflict. Paths to Peace, published in Asia Times (May 22 2004).
280. “Tomorrow Never Dies”, a review of Prem Shankar Jha’s The End of Saddam Hussein. History Through the Eyes of the Victims, published in Asia Times (May 6 2004).
281. “WTO Fault Lines”, a review of T.K.Bhaumick (ed.) Doha Development Agenda. A Global View, published in Asia Times (March 31 2004)
282. “Honey, He Trashed the Bushes!”, a review of Michael Moore’s Dude, Where’s My Country?, published in Asia Times (February 28, 2004).
283. “Pakistan’s Beirut”, a review of Wilson John’s Karachi: A Terror Capital in the Making, published by Asia Times (January 17 2004).
284. “Nehru’s Overlooked Legacy”, a review of Shashi Tharoor’s Nehru. The Invention of India, published by Asia Times (January 10 2004).
285. “The Hare and the Tortoise”, a review of Subramanian Swamy’s Economic Reforms and Performance. China and India in Comparative Perspective, published in Asia Times (December 6 2003)
286. “Calculated Hospitality”, a review of Ranabir Samaddar (ed.) Refugees and the State. Practices of Asylum and Care in India, published in Asia Times (November 1 2003).  
287. “Future Shock”, a review of S.Padmanabhan’s The Writing on the Wall. India Checkmates America 2017, published in Asia Times (August 6 2004).
288. "Enigma Decryption", a review of MR Narayan Swamy's Inside an Elusive Mind. Prabhakaran, published in Asia Times (October 4 2003).
289. "Democracy and Mobocracy", a review of Fareed Zakaria's The Future of Freedom. Illiberal Democracy at Home and Abroad, published in Asia Times (September 13 2003).
290. "Mammon's Cesspool", a review of N.Vittal's Corruption in India. The Roadblock to National Prosperity, published in Asia Times (September 5 2003).
291. "UN: Even Angels Need Protection", published in Asia Times (August 30 2003).
292. "An Intellectual Among Journalists", a review of MJ Akbar's Byline, published in The Asian Age (August 19 2003).
293. "Indian Democracy Imperilled", a review of Bipan Chandra's In the Name of Democracy. JP Movement and the Emergency, published in Asia Times (August 16 2003).
294. "Afghanistan's Number One Threat", published in Kashmir Herald (August 2003), Maryland, USA.
295. "Dissecting an Assassination", a review of William Pepper's An Act of State. The Execution of Martin Luther King, published in Asia Times (July 26 2003).
296. "Exposition of Revolutionary Terror", a review of Francois Bizot's The Gate, published in Asia Times (July 4 2003).
297. "Flowerless Insein: Indian Realism Will Backfire", published in India Reacts (June 24 2003), New Delhi, India.
298. "Minority Rule, Majority Hate", a review of Amy Chua's World on Fire. How Exporting Free Market Democracy Breeds Ethnic Hatred and Global Instability, published in Asia Times (June 7 2003).
299. "Wilsonian Idealism Reconsidered", a review of John Thompson's Woodrow Wilson (Profiles in Power Series), published in Asia Times (May 3 2003).
300. "The Curse of the Poppy", a review of UNODC's The Opium Economy in Afghanistan. An International Problem, published in Asia Times (April 25 2003). 
301. "A World Without the UN? Nah", published in Asia Times (April 16 2003).
302. "Afghanistan: The Lost Homeland", a review of Tamim Ansary's West of Kabul. East of New York. An Afghan American Journey, published in Asia Times (April 11 2003).
303. "Americans are from Mars, Europeans from Venus", a review of Robert Kagan's Of Paradise and Power. America and Europe in the New World Order, published in Asia Times (March 28 2003).
304. "The Art of Keeping the Peace", a review of Indar Jit Rikhye's Trumpets and Tumults. The Memoirs of a Peacekeeper, published in Asia Times (March 14 2003).
305. "Kashmiri Pandits. Groping in a Lightless Tunnel", published in Kashmir Telegraph (March 2003), Mumbai, India.
306. "Pakistan: The World's Next Failed State?", a review of Mary Anne Weaver's Pakistan. In the Shadow of Jihad and Afghanistan, published in Asia Times (February 28 2003).
307. "A Soulful Journey", a review of Asharani Mathur (ed.) Beyond Time. The Ageless Music of Jagjit Singh, published in Asia Times (February 14 2003).
308. "War as Peace. A Dangerous Concept", co-authored with Horace Campbell, published in The Black Electorate (February 2 2003).
309. "A Korean Exit Strategy for the US", a review of Selig Harrison's Korean Endgame. A Strategy for Reunification and US Disengagement, published in Asia Times (February 1 2003).
310. "Press the Patriotism Button, Baby", published in Asia Times (January 21 2003).
311. "An Equal Music", published in The Asian Age (January 5 2003).
312. "Tibet. Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow", a review of Dawa Norbu's China's Tibet Policy,  published in World Tibet Network News (January 17 2003), Montreal, Canada.
313. "British Neocolonialism and Cricket in Zimbabwe", published in India Day After (January 15 2003).
314. "Master Strategist or Master Crook?", a review of Christopher Hitchens' The Trial of Henry Kissinger, published in Asia Times (January 11 2003).
315. "September 11. Battle of the 'Isms' ", published in Asia Times (December 24 2002).
316. "September 11 and the American Journo", a review of Thomas Friedman's Longitudes and Attitudes. Exploring the World After September 11, published in Asia Times (December 14  2002).
317. "The Not-so-Invisible Hand", published in India Currents (November 3 2002), California, USA. 
318. "Reclaiming Burma", a review of James Mawdsley's The Iron Road. A Strand for Truth and Democracy in Burma, published in Asia Times (November 30 2002).
319. "Terrorism: What's in a Name?", published in Daily Excelsior (December 4 2002), Jammu, India.
320. "Globalising Poverty, IMF Style', a review of Joseph Stiglitz's Globalization and its Discontents, published in Asia Times (November 16 2002).
321. "Mrs.R and the Human Rights Scripture', a review of Mary Ann Glendon's A World Made New. Eleanor Roosevelt and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, published in Asia Times (November 1 2002).
322. "A Tale of Two Elections", published in India Reacts (October 26 2002).
323. "Anatomy of Islamism", a review of Frederci Grare's Political Islam in the Indian Subcontinent, The Jamaat-i-Islami, published in Asia Times (October 26 2002).
324. "In Search of Jayaprakash", published in The Newspaper Today (October 16 2002), New Delhi, India.
325. "Osama's Universe", a review of Rohan Gunaratna's Inside Al Qaeda. Global Network of Terror, published in Asia Times (October 12 2002).
326. "The Colossus of Cricket", a review of Peter Murray & Ashish Shukla's Sachin Tendulkar. Masterful, published in Asia Times (October 5 2002).
327. "Perfidious Albion and the First Kashmir War", a review of Chandrashekhar Dasgupta's War and Diplomacy in Kashmir, 1947-48, published in Mainstream Weekly (October 1 2002), New Delhi, India.
328. "Friend of India. Friend of the World", a review of Godfrey Hodgson's  The Gentleman from New York: Daniel Patrick Moynihan. A Biography, published in Asia Times (September 28 2002).
329. "India and Pakistan: The Ever Ever Antagonism", a review of J.N. Dixit's India-Pakistan in War & Peace, published in Asia Times (September 13 2002).
330. "Fifty Years of Helping the Displaced", a review of Gil Loescher's UNHCR and World Politics. A Perilous Path, published in Asia Times (September 6 2002).
331. "The Great Western Establishment Lie", published in The Newspaper Today (August 12 2002).
332. "Attacking Iraq: The Humanitarian Consequences", published in Earth Times (July 30 2002), New York, USA.
333. "Religion as War", a review of M.J.Akbar's The Shade of Swords. Jihad and the Conflict Between Islam and Christianity, published in The Asian Age (July 11 2002).
334. "Remembering an African Martyrdom", a review of Ludo De Witte's The Assassination of Lumumba, published in Asia Times (July 3 2002).
335. "Between Life and Afterlife", a review of Manil Suri's The Death of Vishnu, published in Asia Times (July 19 2002).
336. “Kashmir: The Unforgotten Tale”, a review of Vikram Chandra’s The Srinagar Conspiracy, published in Kashmir Herald (July 2002). 
337. "Kashmiri Hindus in the 21st Century", a review of MM.Kaw, BB.Dhar et al edited Kashmiri Pandits: Looking to the Future, published in Kashmir Herald (June 2002).
338. "Sculptors of Silicon India", a review of Chidanand Rajghatta's The Horse That Flew. How India's Silicon Gurus Spread Their Wings, published in Asia Times (June 20 2002).
339. "Burlesques Called Referendums", published in Kashmir Herald (May 2002).
340. “Dragon Versus Peacock”, a review of John Garver’s Protracted Contest. Sino-Indian Rivalry in the Twentieth Century, published in Asia Times (April 27 2002).
341. "Politics Bedevil the International Criminal Court", published in Asia Times (April 23 2002).
342. "Pakistan. In Need of a New 'A' ", published in Asia Times (April 11 2002).
343. "Diplomacy as a Sword Arm", published in Kashmir Herald (April 2002).    
344. "An Evening with Salman Rushdie", published in Asia Times (April 6 2002). 
345.  "India as a World Power", a review of Stephen P Cohen's India Emerging Power, published in Asia Times (March 30, 2002).
346. “Science for Humanity or Profit?”, a review of Jeremy Rifkin’s The Biotech Century. Harnessing the Gene and Remaking the World, published in Current Science  (March 10 2002).
347. "Village Defence Committees in the Kashmir Counter-Insurgency", published in Kashmir Herald (March 2002).
348. "Reminiscences of the Silent Chanakya", a review of P.V.Narasimha Rao's The Insider, published in Himal South Asia (March 2002), Kathmandu, Nepal.
349.  "Skewed Portrait of India's Iron Lady" a review of Katherine Frank's Indira. The Life of Indira Nehru Gandhi, published in Asia Times (March 23 2002).
350. Hrithik Roshan and Nepal: One Year Later”, published in South Asian Outlook (February 2002).
351. “Terrorism in Kashmir: The Non-State Actor Bugbear”, published in Kashmir Herald (February 2002).  
352.  "The PM's Utopian Understanding of History", published in Tehelka.com (February 6 2002), New Delhi, India.  
353. “Delhi, the Most Terrorised City on the Planet”, published in Bharat Times (January 7 2002).
354. “Human Rights in POK: Screams of the Oppressed”, published in India Reacts (29 December 2001).
355.  “Strategic Depth, Strategic Assets and the Changing Dynamics of Pakistan’s Kashmir Game Plan”, published in Kashmir Herald (December 2001).  
356. “Pervez Musharraf: Sly Skater on Thin Ice”, published in Kashmir Herald (December 2001).
357. “War Against Terror: The Public Opinion Conundrum”, published in The Tribune (November 25 2001).
358. “V.S.Naipaul. Immigrant, Philosopher and Rebel Extraordinaire”, published in Sulekha.com (October 2001).
359. “The Pity of War”, published in The Hindu (October 16 2001).
360. “Imagined Communities in a Shaky Subcontinent”, a review of Ian Talbot’s India and Pakistan: Inventing the Nation, published in Himal South Asia (September 2001).
361. “India Watch Out!”, published in Sulekha.com (September 2001).
362. “Pakistan. Quo Vadis?”, a review of Sherbaz Khan Mazari’s Journey to Disillusionment, published in Kashmir Herald (April 2001).
363. “The Tyranny of Borders”, a review of Stephen Alter’s Amritsar to Lahore: A Journey Across the India-Pakistan Border, published in Sulekha.com (March 2001).
364. “Comic Farce of Modern India”, a review of Rukun Advani’s Beethoven Among the Cows, published in Sulekha.com (March 2001).
365. “The Reason for War Was War”, a review of Michael Ondaatje’s Anil’s Ghost, published in Sulekha.com (February 2001)
366. “All the Prime Ministers”, a review of Janardan Thakur’s Prime Ministers- Nehru to Vajpayee, published in Indiaserver.com (August 2000).  

 

AWARDS /ACHIEVEMENTS / CERTIFICATES OBTAINED

 

1. Received National Merit Scholarship, Government of India, for “extraordinary academic and co-curricular activities” at the Intermediate level (1994)

 

2. Received T. Prakasam Memorial Prize, A.K.C.Junior College, Rajahmundry for topping college in political science. (1995)

 

3. Secured I Rank in all-Andhra Pradesh entrance to Intermediate Politics, Economics and Commerce (1993)

 

4. Obtained Certificate in Instruction for Visually Handicapped Students from Delhi-based NGO, Society for Communication and Research (SCORE) (1997)

 

5. Secured III Rank in All-India entrance test for MA Program in International Relations at Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi (1998)

 

6. Received University Gold Medal for History Honours, Delhi University (1999)

 

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

 

1. CURRENT STATUS

 

 

     Associate Professor (September 2009-) of world politics and Executive Director of Centre for Global Governance and Policy at the O.P.Jindal Global University in Sonipat,

             India. 

 

2. PAST EMPLOYMENT   

 

     Project Assessor (June-August 2006) in Mindanao, Southern Philippines, for Nonviolent Peaceforce, an international NGO specialising in civilian peacekeeping. The assessment probed the need for deployment of international civilian peacekeepers in selected war-prone parts of Mindanao. It was based on extensive consultations with local civil society, armed actors and international organisations active in the conflict zone.

               

      Civilian Peacekeeper (September 2003-February 2005) in Batticaloa district of eastern Sri Lanka for Nonviolent Peaceforce resided in Valachchenai, a conflict-ridden village, and worked on sensitive issues of civilian protection, human rights and expansion of political space for civil society in a war-devastated setting.  

 

      Intern with the Department of Protection, International Rescue Committee, New York from January 2003 to April 2003. I was involved in making arrangements for protection roundtables for participants from humanitarian organisations at IRC Headquarters. I created an annotated bibliography of relevant protection articles and other resources pertaining to refugees and IDPs for distribution in field offices of IRC. I assisted drafting protection programme proposals to seek funds for projects in IRC field locations. Other tasks included improving IRC's field-based survey methodology and shaping a protocol on the sharing of sensitive information in humanitarian operations.

 

      Intern at the the headquarters of the United National High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Geneva, from June 2002 to September 2002. I was involved in an intensive multi-tasking three month stint with the Private Sector Public Affairs Service of UNHCR's Division of Communication and Information (DCI). I prepared thematic proposals on UNHCR material assistance programmes for dissemination to governments and private sector donors; devised more than 10 webpages for the Private Sector Fundraising unit; edited Guidelines for Private Sector Partnerships; legal summaries of 'most vulnerable persons and groups-at-risk' and UNHCR field protection strategies; donor feedback reports on UNHCR field operations and impact; research on companies willing to partner with UNHCR under the UN Global Compact; statistical summaries and analysis of MORI opinion polls about UNHCR's public visibility and name recognition; position papers on pre-emptive preparedness of UNHCR in potential conflict zones of the world etc.  

 

       Intern with the NGO, Central New York Inter-Religious Refugee Resettlement Programme from September 2001 to January 2002. The program aims to provide resettlement facilities in and around Syracuse city for refugees from Africa, Latin America Asia and Europe who have been granted asylum by the government of the United States of America. I worked  on a weekly basis with the Director, Hope Wallis, in two major projects, viz. Dissemination of Information-Technology skills to the ‘Lost Boys’ of Sudan and Statistical Data Surveys on Sudanese and Somali refugees for the purpose of application to a $175,000 grant from the Office of Refugee Resettlement, Washington D.C. I also engaged in research for humanitarian affairs grants relevant to refugee needs and integration into local communities in the Central New York area. 

 

       Contributing Editor, Kashmir News Network (KNN), a publicity organ of the Panun Kashmir movement, which voices the plight, concerns and culture of nearly 400,000 internally displaced Kashmiri Hindus in the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir from a human rights point of view. I was involved in maintenance and updating of several prominent websites of KNN, viz.http://www.ikashmir.org/, http://www.kashmirherald.com/, http://www.kashmiri-pandit.org/, http://www.panunkashmir.org/, http://www.satisar.org/, http://www.koausa.org/. I am on the editorial board of Kashmir Herald and Kashmir Sentinel, two widely read magazines among the Kashmiri Diaspora.

 

      Columnist (February 2002-) for Asia Times, published from Hong Kong, China. My columns touch upon themes related to world politics, human rights and conflict.

 

      Columnist (December 2008-) for The Financial Express, published from New Delhi, India. My columns focus on international political economy.  

 

      Columnist (February 2003-January 2005) for Bharat Times, published from Victoria, Australia. My column, titled Globe Scan, covered issues of global concern and political theory.

 

    Outreach Assistant (2001-’02), South Asia Center, under the aegis of the Global Affairs Institute, Maxwell School of Citizenship, Syracuse University. I manned the Center’s office, dealt with academic and administrative matters, established contacts with potential speakers and edited the South Asia Center Newsletter 2002. I also researched and developed a comprehensive gateway on global terrorism from a non-partisan humanist perspective.

  

3. VOLUNTEER & SOCIAL SERVICE

 

1. Officiated as Secretary & President, Social Service League, St.Stephen’s College, Delhi (1996-‘98). Among the notable achievements during my tenure were university-wide blood donation camps; reading and teaching facilities to visually handicapped students; tuition classes to children of the college’s non-teaching staff; weekly student visit scheme for old age homes run by the Missionaries of Charity in Delhi.

 

2. Served as Founding Member, Oxford South Asian Forum for Discussion (OXSAF, 1998-2000) in Oxford University, UK, with the aims of promoting discussion and academic roundtables on common issues concerning the entire South Asian region. Some of the topics covered included ‘Women’s Rights and Empowerment’, ‘The Malaise of Corruption’, ‘Conflict Resolution in the Context of India-Pakistan Tensions’, ‘Re-energising SAARC’ etc.

 

3. Worked as Cabinet Minister, St.Stephen’s College Students Union (1997-‘98), an elected office that ran a student grievances cell, ordered and distributed college merchandise and stationery, ran the Union gift shop and made available manpower for events organised by the Union.

 

4. As Secretary, Cine Club, St.Stephen’s College, Delhi (1997-’98), I conducted public film screenings of critically acclaimed national and international movies like The Apu Trilogy, A Passage to India, Battleship Potemkin, Rashomon, Schindler’s List, The 39 Steps etc. Post-screening discussion and critiquing sessions were organised. Film projectors were also acquired and the college video library collection was augmented.

    

 

REFERENCES CAN BE PROVIDED UPON REQUEST     

 

 

I CERTIFY THAT ALL INFORMATION STATED IN THIS CURRICULUM VITAE IS TRUE AND COMPLETE TO THE BEST OF MY KNOWLEDGE. I AUTHORISE THE READER TO VERIFY THE INFORMATION PROVIDED.

 

                       

 (SREERAM S CHAULIA)

 

 

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