Bio-data Name: Umrao Singh Designation: Associate Professor Areas of Academic Interest: Terrorism and National Security, South Asia Academic Qualification: M.A. Defence and Strategic Studies (Gold Medal) Ph.D. (Terrorism in Punjab: The Role of Security Forces) Teaching Experience: 15 years Research Guidance: M. Phil. dissertation 03 Ph.D. Theses 01(Degree Awarded) 02(Theses Submitted) Ph.D. Candidates Registered: 05 Address: Department of Defence and Strategic Studies, Arts Block No.6 (Second Floor), Punjabi University, Patiala 147001 09814648881(M), [email protected] Seminar Conferences organized: Seminar Coordinator, National Seminar on „India‟s National Security: Emerging Trends‟ organised by Department of Defence & Strategic Studies, Pbi. Uni. Patiala (10-11 March, 2010) Coordinator, Panel Discussion on „Security Environment in South Asia: Emerging Trends‟ organised by Department of Defence & Strategic Studies, Pbi. Uni. Patiala in collaboration with Association of Asia Scholars, New Delhi (22nd November 2010) Organising Secretary Intenational conference on „Peace, Security and Economic Development in South Asia organised by Department of Defence & Strategic Studies, Pbi. Uni. Patiala in collaboration with Association of Asia Scholars, New Delhi (4-6 March, 2011) Seminar Director National Seminar on the theme “India‟s National Security: Challenges and Responses” Organised by Department of Defence & Strategic Studies, Pbi. Uni. Patiala 17 February, 2016 Seminar/conferences/ Workshops Presentations: International 08 National 14 Invited Lectures 25(Disaster management in India) Research Project Completed: 01 (In collaboration) Publications Security and Development: Nehruvian Perspective in Ranjit Singh Ghuman and Indervir Singh Eds. (2014) Nehruvian Economic Philosophy And Its Contemporary Relevance pp. 137-148 ISBN: 978-81-85835-70-5 Geopolitics of Energy Security in the Bay of Bengal: Maritime Strategies of India and China MALAYSIAN JOURNAL OF TROPICAL GEOGRAPHY Volume. 39 Number 1&2 2008 pp.1-11 ISSN O127-1474 Terrorism, State Terrorism and Human Rights Violations in Punjab: Retrospection of the Turbulent Period (1980-1993) in Ghuman, R.S, Surjit Singh and Jaswinder Singh Brar Eds. (2010) Globalisation and Change Rawat Publications, Jaipur pp. 445-61 ISBN 81-316-0332-6 Displacement in South Asia: Understanding the Contours of the Problem in Rashpal Malhotra, Sucha Singh Gill and Neetu Gaur Eds. (2013) Leveraging Economic Growth for Collective Prosperity in South Asia, CRRID Chandigarh (pp. 83-96) ISBN: 81- 85835-67-5 Book Review, Amit Bhaduri, The Face You Were Afraid To See: Essays on the Indian Economy Millennial Asia: An International Journal of Asian Studies Vol.1 No.1 January-June 2010 pp. 145-147 ISSN: 0976-3996 .