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Curriculum Vitae

Name- Dr. Anindya Batabyal.

Present Designation-Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Calcutta, 1 Reformatory Street (Alipore Campus), Kolkata-700027, West Bengal, India.

Email: [email protected]

Tel. No. (Office): (9133) 24792910 [Extn. 310].

Date of Birth: 28th September, 1976.

Academic Qualifications:

1) Ph.D. in Political Science from University of Calcutta. Degree Awarded on 12th August, 2016.

2) Master of Arts (M.A) in International Relations from Jadavpur University, Kolkata. Year of Passing-2000.

3) Bachelor of Arts (B.A) in Political Science (Honours) from Jadavpur University, Kolkata. Year of Passing-1998.

4) Qualified the UGC-NET Lectureship in the subject Politics held in December 2000. 2

Teaching Experience

1) At present, Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Calcutta. Joined University of Calcutta from the forenoon of 10th August, 2016.

2) Formerly, served as Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Kalyani, Kalyani-741235, Nadia, West Bengal, India. Taught at the University of Kalyani as Lecturer/Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science from the forenoon of 10th February, 2004 till afternoon of 09thAugust,2016.

3) Formerly, also served as a Lecturer in Political Science at Shyampur Siddheswari Mahavidyalaya (affiliated to the University of Calcutta) from the forenoon of 13th May, 2003 till the afternoon of February 09, 2004.

University Teaching Experience: Sixteen (16) Years, Ten (10) Months. Teaching Experience at Under-Graduate College: Nine (9) Months (Approximately). Teaching Experience at University of Calcutta: Four (4) Years, Four (4) Months. Total Teaching Experience: More than Seventeen (17) Years.

Areas of Specialisation:

Theory Building in International Relations, Indian Foreign Policy and Environmental Politics.

Research Guidance:

Number of Ph.D. Candidates Supervised: One (1) (At University of Kalyani)

Number of Researchers Pursuing Ph.D.: One (1) (At University of Calcutta)

Number of M. Phil. Candidates Supervised: Four (4) (At University of Calcutta)

Research Projects:

Acted as Principal Investigator (PI) of the UGC-UPE II Research Project entitled Reimagining Southeast Asia from India’s Northeast and Bengal: Culture, Connectivity and Development from Focus Area II: India Looking East under the UGC-UPE II Programme of the Department of Political Science, University of Calcutta from 25.09.2018 for a period of one year. 3

Total List of Research Publications

Book:

1. Anindya Batabyal, Energy and Environment: Implications for International Relations (Howrah: Manuscript India, 2003).

Research Papers in Peer-Reviewed Journals:

1. Anindya Batabyal, “India, Pakistan and Dialogue under the Shadow of Terror”, South Asian Survey, Vol.18, No.2, September 2011, pp. 207-224. [ISSN 0971- 5231]

2. Anindya Batabyal, “Balancing China in Asia: A Realist Assessment of India’s Look East Strategy”, China Report, Vol.42, No.2, April-June 2006, pp.179-197. [ISSN 00094455]

3. Anindya Batabyal, “ASEAN’s Quest for Security: A Theoretical Explanation”, International Studies, Vol.41, No.4, October-December 2004, pp.349-369. [ISSN 0020-8817

Research Papers in Edited Books, Other Indexed Journals and Occasional Papers:

1. Anindya Batabyal, “Radical Islam and the Threat of Terror in Bangladesh”, in The Round Table: The Commonwealth Journal of International Affairs, Vol.106, No.6, 2017, pp. 685-686. [ISSN 0035-8533].

2. Anindya Batabyal, “The Tibetan Enigma and the Sino-Indian Boundary Dispute in the Twenty-first Century”, in Raj Kumar Kothari and Eyasin Khan (eds.), India Becoming a Global Power in the Twenty-first Century: Rising Challenges and Newer Opportunities (New Delhi: Atlantic Publishers, 2017), pp.205-219. [ISBN 978-81- 269-2190-4].

3. Anindya Batabyal, “Embedded Power and the Politics of Region-Mapping in South Asia”, The Calcutta Journal of Political Studies, Vol.1 (New Series), 2017, pp.57-74. [ISSN 0970406X].

4. Anindya Batabyal, “A Fragile Engagement: India and China in the Twenty-First Century”, in Kousar J. Azam (ed.), India in World Affairs: The Next Decade (New Delhi: Manohar, 2016), pp. 113-131. [ISBN 978-93-5098-098-9].

5. Anindya Batabyal, “Development, WTO and the Neoliberal State: The Challenges Before Environmental Governance”, JAIR Journal of International Relations, Vol. 2, 4

Issue 2, July-December 2015, pp.25-34. [ISSN 2348-7496].

6. Anindya Batabyal, “Stapled Visas and Sino-Indian Bilateral Ties”, Asian Studies, Vol.XXX, No.1, January-June 2012, pp.13-24. [ISSN 0970-7301].

7. Anindya Batabyal, “India and ASEAN: Building a Symbiotic Partnership”, in Raj Kumar Kothari (ed.), Emerging India as a Global Player: Growing Ties and Challenges (New Delhi: Atlantic Publishers, 2012), pp.238-255. [ISBN 978-81-269- 1683-2].

8. Anindya Batabyal, “Producing Sri Lanka from Ceylon: The Roots of Ethnic Conflict in Post-Colonial Sri Lanka”, in Partha Pratim Basu, Purusottam Bhattacharya, Debi Chatterjee and Shibashis Chatterjee (eds.), Democracy and Democratization in the 21st Century: The South Asian Experience (New Delhi: Har-Anand, 2012), pp. 316-362. [ISBN 978-81-241-1662-3].

9. Anindya Batabyal, “Looking east 1: South-East Asia and ASEAN”, in David Scott (ed.), Handbook of India’s International Relations (London: Routledge, 2011), pp. 131-142.

10. Anindya Batabyal, “Engagement and Rivalry: Sino-Indian Relations in the Twenty- First Century”, in Raj Kumar Kothari (ed.), India’s Foreign Policy in the New Millennium (New Delhi: Academic Excellence, 2010), pp. 196-220.

11. Anindya Batabyal, “ASEAN, India and South East Asian Security: A Critical Overview”, in P.V.Rao (ed.), India and ASEAN: Partners at Summit (New Delhi: Knowledge World, 2008), pp.153-180.

12. Anindya Batabyal, “From Estrangement to Engagement: A Critical Overview of the Indo-US Defence Ties in the Twenty-First Century”, West Bengal Political Science Review, Vol.9, No.1&2, January-December 2006, pp.192-203.

13. Anindya Batabyal, “Globalization, Governance and the WTO: Implications for Environmental Politics”, Occasional Paper, No.4, December 2004, Published under the auspices of UGC-DSA Programme (PhaseIII), Department of International Relations, Jadavpur University.

14. Anindya Batabyal, “Separatism in the Archipelago: Is Indonesia Moving Closer to Disintegration?”, Jadavpur Journal of International Relations, Vol.7, 2002-03, pp.112- 44.

15. Anindya Batabyal, “Impact of Globalisation on South-East Asia: An Empirical Stock-Taking”, Asian Studies, Vol.XX, No.1, January-June 2002, pp.6-18.

16. Anindya Batabyal, “Change and Continuity in Indonesian Foreign Policy: From Sukarno, Suharto to Megawati”, Jadavpur Journal of International Relations, Vol.6, 2001-02, pp.29-44. 5

17. Anindya Batabyal, “Terrorism and the Future World Order”, Studies on Terrorism-I, Occasional Paper No.2, Published under the auspices of UGC-DSA Programme (Phase III), Department of International Relations, Jadavpur University, January 2002, pp.1-21.

[Publications in Bengali]

1. Anindya Batabyal, “Antarjatik Samparker Bibartan, Prakriti O Paridhi” in Purusottam Bhattacharya and Anindyo Jyoti Majumdar (eds.), Antarjatik Samparker Ruprekha (Kolkata: Setu Prakashani, 2007), pp.1-16 [In Bengali]. In the same book, Anindya Batabyal, Sreemoyee Ghosh and Purusottam Bhattacharya, “Bharater Bidesh Niti”, pp. 202-241.

2. Anindya Batabyal, “Dimerukendrik Bishwa O Anchalik Rajniti: Purbo Europe O Tritiya Bishwa”, in Purusottam Bhattacharya (ed.), Pratham Maha Juddher Por Bishwa Rajnitir Goti Prakriti (Kolkata: West Bengal State Book Board, 2009), pp.94-117. [In Bengali]. Also in the same book, Anindya Batabyal, Dimeruprabanata Theke Ekmeruprabanata: Détente Prakriya, Thanda Juddher Abasan, Germanir Punosangjuktikoron, Bishyan O Tar Prabhab, Markin Juktorashtra O Thanda Juddhottor Antarjatik Rajniti, pp.118-134.

Review Articles:

1. Partha Pratim Basu, Purusottam Bhattacharya, Rochana Das, Anjali Ghosh, Kanak Sarkar (eds.), State, Nation and Democracy: Alternative Global Futures (New Delhi: Concept Publishing Company, 2007), pp.xiv+370, Price: Rs.750, Book Reviewed by Anindya Batabyal in Jadavpur Journal of International Relations, Vol.11-12, 2006-2008, pp.417-426.

2. Pervez Musharraf, In The Line of Fire (New York: The Free Press, 2006), pp.xii +352, Price Rs.950, Book Reviewed by Anindya Batabyal, in Jadavpur Journal of International Relations, vol.10, 2005-2006, pp.247-253.

Articles in Newspapers, Websites:

1. Anindya Batabyal, “Shocks to force Pakistan’s hand on terror”, Asia Times, October 23, 2013, http://www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/SOU-01-231013.html

2. Anindya Batabyal, “India renews Taiwan embrace”, Asia Times, October 05, 2012, http://www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/NJ05Df01.html

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3. Anindya Batabyal, “Pakistan and the Haqqani Network”, Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies (IPCS) Article no.3482, November 02, 2011, http://www.ipcs.org/print_article-details.php?recN0=3513

4. Anindya Batabyal, “Will The Nuclear Deal Be Finally Operationalized?”, Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies (IPCS) Article no.2641, August 05, 2008, http://www.ipcs.org/article_details.php?articleNo=2641

5. Anindya Batabyal, “N-deal not dead yet”, The Statesman (Kolkata), April 29, 2008.

6. Anindya Batabyal, “Reasons of State: Why Bhutan Moved Against Militants, And Bangladesh Wont”, The Statesman (Kolkata), February 12, 2004.

Complete List of Presentation of Research Papers at Seminars/Conferences/Workshops

1. Participated and Presented a paper on Ethnic Identity and the State in South Asia at the International Seminar on Security Challenges in the Global South: Traditional and Non- traditional Dimensions, organized by the School of International Relations and Strategic Studies, Jadavpur University from 07th to 08th August, 2019.

2. Participated and Presented a Paper on Is Area Studies Still Relevant? at the National Seminar on Area Studies and International Relations, organised by the School of International Relations and Strategic Studies, Jadavpur University in collaboration with Netaji Institute for Asian Studies, Kolkata from 07-08 February, 2018.

3. Participated and Presented Research Paper on Democracy and Regional Civil Society in Southeast Asia at the Tri Departmental National Seminar on Challenges of Development, Governance and Democracy in South and South East Asia organised by Department of Political Science, Department of Economics and Centre for Urban Economic Studies, University of Calcutta under aegis of the UGC-UPE II Programme ‘India Looking East’ from 04 -05 January, 2018.

4. Participated and presented a paper on Re-imagining Southeast Asia: ASEAN and Civil Society in the Region at the National Seminar on Regionalism in International Relations: Contours and Trends, organised by the Department of International Relations, Jadavpur University from 14-15 March, 2017.

5. Participated and presented a paper on BBIN, Sub-regional Connectivity and Implications for Security at the Roundtable on Advancing BBIN Sub-regional Cooperation, organised by the Delhi Policy Group (DPG) at Kolkata from 16-17 March, 2017.

6. Participated in a Panel Discussion on China's Role in Asia in a Seminar on OBOR and China's Role in Asian Affairs, which was jointly organised by the School of International Relations and Strategic Studies, Jadavpur University and the Maulana abul Kalam Azad Institute for Asian Studies, Kolkata from 27-28 August, 2017. 7

7. Participated and presented a paper on BBIN: Prospects and Challenges for Sub-regional Connectivity at the Young Thinkers Conference on BBIN: Opportunities and Challenges’, organised by the Observer Research Foundation (ORF) Kolkata and the British Deputy High Commission Kolkata from 08-09 November, 2017.

8. Participated and presented a paper on Maritime Security and Prospects for Cooperation between India and the BIMSTEC Countries at the International Conference on BIMSTEC AT 70: Agenda for 2017 and Beyond organized by Centre for Studies in International Relations and Development (CSIRD) and the Institute of Foreign Policy Studies, University of Calcutta from 28-29 March, 2016.

9. Participated as a Discussant at the Workshop on Proximity to Connectivity: India and its Himalayan Neighbours, organized by the Observer Research Foundation, Kolkata from 29-30 March 2016.

10. Presented a research paper entitled The Tibetan Enigma and the Sino-Indian Boundary Dispute in the 21st Century at the UGC-Sponsored National Seminar on India: An Emerging Global Power, organized by the Department of Political Science With Rural Administration, Vidyasagar University on 12 March, 2015.

11. Presented a research paper on Development, Politics and Environmental Security in India at the UGC-Sponsored National Seminar on Development and Politics in India, organized by Chandidas Mahavidyalaya,affiliated to University of Burdwan on 27 March 2015.

12. Presented a research paper on Cyber Crime, Counter-terrorism and Transnational Crime at the Second Round-table Discussion of BIMSTEC Network of Think-Tanks Entitled BIMSTEC Integration: Challenges and Tasks Ahead, organized by the Institute of Foreign Policy Studies, University of Calcutta and Center for Studies in International Relations and Development (CSIRD), on 28 March, 2015 at Alipore Campus, University of Calcutta.

13. Participated and presented a paper on Consociational Theory, Democracy and Ethnic Violence in India: A Critical Overview at the One Day National Seminar on Rethinking India’s Democracy in the New Millennium, organized by the Department of Political Science, University of Kalyani on March 25, 2014.

14. Participated and presented a paper on The Insecurity Dilemma: War, States and Community in Southeast Asia at the One day Seminar on States, Borders and Religion in South-East Asia, organized by the Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Institute of Asian Studies, Kolkata on October 29, 2013.

15. Participated and presented a paper on A Fragile Engagement: India and China in the 21st Century at the International Conference on India in World Affairs: The Next 8

Decade, organized by the Osmania University Centre for International Programmes (OUCIP), Osmania University, Hyderabad from January 22-24, 2013.

16. Participated and presented a paper at the One day Seminar on India’s Look East Policy, organized by the Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Institute for Asian Studies (MAKAIAS), Kolkata and the Centre for Air Power Studies, New Delhi on April 03, 2012.

17. Participated and presented a paper on Democracy and Community Building in Southeast Asia: Will the ASEAN Way Survive? at the International Conference on Power, Alliances and Frameworks in South and Southeast Asia, organized by the Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Institute for Asian Studies (MAKAIAS), Kolkata from March 21-22, 2012.

18. Participated and presented a paper on Rise of New Asia and India’s Engagement With Asia-Pacific at the International Conference on Emergence of India as a Global Player, organised by the Global India Foundation (GIF) in collaboration with the Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Institute for Asian Studies (MAKAIAS) from March 24- 26, 2011 at Jadavpur University.

19.Participated and delivered a Lecture on Area Studies and Research Methodology at the Two-day Workshop on Research Methods in International Relations/Political Science and Related Social Sciences, organised by the Jadavpur Association of International Relations (JAIR) in collaboration with the Indian Council of Social Science Research, Eastern Region (ICSSR-ERC) at Jadavpur University from December 10-11, 2010.

20. Participated and presented a paper on Energy, Development and Climate Change: A Critical Stock-Taking at the one day National Seminar on India’s Energy Security in the 21st Century, organised by the School of International Relations and Strategic Studies, Jadavpur University in collaboration with the Jadavpur Association of International Relations (JAIR) on March 19, 2010.

21. Participated and presented a paper on Ethnic Divide in Post Colonial Sri Lanka at the One Day Seminar on Politics of Marginalization: Local and Global Perspectives, organised by the Center For Refugee Studies, Jadavpur University on February 18, 2010.

22. Participated and presented a paper on Reviewing Political Exclusion of Minorities in South Asia at the One Day Dialogue on Minorities and their Alienation, organized by the Mahanirban Calcutta Research Group (MCRG) on August 08, 2009.

23. Participated and presented a research paper on Divergent Trajectories of Tamil Nationalism in Sri Lanka and India at the National Seminar on Politics and Foreign Policy in Contemporary South Asia: Challenges and Opportunities, organised under the Centre for Advanced Studies (CAS) Programme of the 9

Department of International Relations, Jadavpur University from February 27-28, 2009.

24. Participated and presented a research paper on Environment, Development and India: The Challenges Before Environmental Governance at the One Day Seminar on Re- Viewing Development, organised by the Department of Political Science, University of Calcutta, on January 16, 2009.

25. Participated and presented a research paper at a Round Table discussion on the Present Situation in Sri Lanka, organized by the School of International Relations and Strategic Studies, Jadavpur University on November 26, 2009.

26. Participated and presented a paper on The Roots of Ethnic Conflict in Post Colonial Sri Lanka at the National Seminar on Democracy and South Asia: Challenges and Opportunities, organised by the School of International Relations and Strategic Studies, Jadavpur University on March 25, 2008.

27. Participated in an interactive seminar session on Contemporary Perspectives on Politics in East Asia organised by the Netaji Institute of Asian Studies, Kolkata on February 03, 2009 with Dr. Chang-he Nam, Associate Professor of Political Science and Diplomacy at Inha University, Republic of Korea.

28. Participated and presented a research paper entitled India Through ASEAN Lens at the 4th India-ASEAN International Seminar on India and New Asia, organised by the Centre for Indian Ocean Studies (CIOS) at Osmania University, Hyderabad from February 12-13, 2007.

29. Participated and presented a research paper entitled Globalizing India: Challenges Before Environmental Governance in a Two Day National Seminar on India’s Globality: Politics of Resistance, Recovery, Relocation and Reinvention, organised by the Department of Political Science, Panjab University, Chandigarh under its UGC Department of Special Assistance Programme (DSA) from February 09-10, 2006.

30. Participated and presented a research paper on Chinese Shadow Over India’s Look East Policy at the Second Biennial Conference of the Indian Association for Asian and Pacific Studies, held at Sambalpur in collaboration with the Academic Staff College, Sambalpur University from January 29-31, 2004.

31. Participated and presented a research paper on ASEAN, India and Southeast Asian Security: A Critical Overview in an International Seminar on India-ASEAN: Post- Summit Perspectives, organised by the Centre For Indian Ocean Studies (CIOS), Osmania University, Hyderabad from July 03-05, 2003.

32. Participated and presented a research paper on The Challenge of Terrorism and Southeast Asian Security in a State-Level one day seminar sponsored by the UGC on Challenges of Global Terrorism and Implications for International Peace and 10

Security, organised by the Department of Political Science, Karimpur Pannadevi College on December 23, 2002.

Workshops:

1. Participated in the Appreciation Course in Parliamentary Process and Procedures, Organized by the Bureau of Parliamentary Studies and Training, Lok Sabha Secretariat from August 22-24, 2012.

2. Participated in a daylong Workshop with Prof. Etienne Balibar, organized by the Mahanirban Calcutta Research Group (MCRG), Kolkata on September 24, 2007.

3. Participated in the Workshop on Collaborative Consensus Building and Principled Negotiation Skills, organized by the American Center, Kolkata and co-sponsored by the Global India Foundation and the Public Affairs Office, US Consulate General, Kolkata, on August 06, 2007.

4. Participated in the Institute of Chinese Studies (ICS) Second Annual Workshop on China: The Dynamics of Change, organised by the ICS, Centre for the Study of Developing Societies (CSDS), Delhi from January 11-16, 2003.

5. Participated in a Training Programme on Climate Change: Vulnerability Assessment and Adaptation Strategy organized by the Jadavpur University, Kolkata from December17-19, 2001.

Participation in Refresher Course and Orientation Programme:

1. Participated in the Four Week UGC Sponsored Refresher Course in Political Science organized by the Academic Staff College, Jawaharlal Nehru University from February 04-29, 2008.

2. Participated in the 24th UGC Sponsored Orientation Programme organised by the UGC-Academic Staff College, Jadavpur University from March 02-31, 2009.

3. Participated in the UGC Sponsored Refresher Course in Contemporary Trends in International Relations, organized by the Academic Staff College, Jadavpur University and the Department of International Relations Jadavpur University from February 02- 23, 2015.

4. Participated in the UGC Sponsored Refresher Course in Studies in Peace and Conflict, organized by the Human Resource Development Centre and the School of International Relations & Strategic Studies, Jadavpur University from December 01- 23, 2017.