Perestroika and Women Labour Force in Soviet Central Asia ( New Delhi: New Literature, 1989)
Central Asia: Between Modernity and Tradition ( New Delhi:Konark,1996).
State-Building in Tajikistan (Research Monograph), Azad Institute Paper 11 (Calcutta: Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Institute of Asian Studies, 2000).
Commonwealth of Independent States: Problems and Prospects (New Delhi: Konark, 1995), Ed.
"Nation-state in a Multi-ethnic Society : The Case of Central Asia" (2000) and "Cross-border Terrorism and Indo-Russian Co-operation" (2001), both in edited volumes.
Prof. Anuradha M. Chenoy, a Ph.D from the School of International Studies, has been on the faculty of the Centre since 1979. Her academic works include a large number of writings on issues in International Relations and Gender, Russia and Central Asia. She was recipient of the ICSSR fellowship for her M. Phil and Fulbright fellowship to work in Columbia University, New York.
She is also an activist on gender and social issues. She was the President of the JNU Teachers Association. She is on the governing bodies of several institutions like the Indian Social Institute, Centre for Education and Communication, New Delhi. She has been a specialist at the Expert Group Meeting of the United Nations Division for the Advancement of Women in October, 1996, at Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, on “Conflict Resolution: The Role of Gender”, and at the UNESCO Conference on "Women and a Culture of Peace" in Vietnam in December 2000. Some of her important writings include:
“Soviet New Thinking on National Liberation Movements: Continuity and Changes”, Roger Kanet and Debrah Miner (Ed), Soviet Foreign Policy in Transition (Cambridge:Cambridge University Press, 1992).
India under Siege: Challenges Within and Without (New Delhi: Wiley Eastern, 1994), Co-auth.
“Regional Politics in Russia”, Economic and Political Weekly, 2 July 1994.
“Islam, Women and Identity in Contemporary Central Asia”, Economic and Political Weekly, 2 March 1996.
Labor, Environment and Globalization, The Social Clause in Multilateral Agreements (New Delhi: Centre for Education and Communication, 1967), Ed.
Making of New Russia (New Delhi: Har-Anand Publishers, 2001).
Dr Bhaswati Sarkar, Assistant Professor in the Centre, is a Ph.D from the School of International Studies, JNU. Before joining the faculty she was the Senior Research Associate at the Centre.
Earlier she taught Political Science at the University of Delhi. Dr Sarkar has participated in various national and international seminars. The areas of her academic interest and research are Politics and Society in Russia and Eastern Europe, Challenges of ethnic activism to state building in post-socialist societies and Russia’s external environment and policies. Her publications include:
“The Hungarian Minorities and Inter-State Relations in Eastern Europe” in Shashikant Jha, ed., Ethnicity and Nation Building in Eastern Europe (New Delhi: Radiant Publishers,1998).
“Caspian & Central Asian Region: Problems Behind the Bounty in” in Shams-ud-din, ed., Geo-politics & Energy Resources in Central Asia & Caspian Sea Region ( New Delhi: Lancer Books, 2000)
“Indo-Russian Relations: An Overview” in Shams-ud-din,ed., ed., India & Russia Towards Strategic Partnership (New Delhi: Lancer Books, 2001), Co-auth.
Amidst Turbulence and Hope: Transition in Russia and Eastern Europe ((New Delhi:Lancers’s Books, 2002), [co-ed].
“Hungarian Minorities in East-Central Europe: Issues and Concerns”,International Studies (New Delhi), vol.39, No.2, April-June 2002 [co-auth].
Dr Gulshan Sachdeva, Associate Professor is Ph.D in Economic Science from the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest. He has taught and researched at the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Institute for World Economics, Budapest; Centre for Policy Research, New Delhi; University of Delhi; KOPINT DATORG Institute for Market Research & Informatics, Budapest, and JNU. His research output has been published, among others, in Journal of Comparative Economics (USA), Comparative Economic Studies (USA), Europe-Asia Studies (UK), Acta Oeconomica (Hungary), Osteuropa Wirtschaft (Germany), The Indian Ocean Review (Australia) and International Studies (Sage, India). He has also written about 15 chapters in edited books and presented about 20 papers at international conferences and seminars in both India and abroad. He is a regular contributor to national dailies. His major areas of research are Macroeconomic policies, transition economies, regional economic arrangements and Indian Northeast. Some of his recent publications include:
The Economy of North-East: Policy, Present Conditions and Future Possibilities, (New Delhi: Konark, 2000).
“ Macroeconomic Policies and Performance in Central and Eastern Europe 1990-2000” in Shashikant Jha and Bhaswati Sarkar (eds) Amidst Turbulence and Hope: Transition in Russian and Eastern Europe (New Delhi: Lancer’s Books, 2002)
"Economic Transformation in Russia" in V D Chopra (ed). Indo-Russian Relations: Problems, Prospects and Russia Today (New Delhi: Kalpaz 2001)
“The Hungarian Economy: From Reforms to Transformation” in Nirmala Joshi, ed., India and Hungary : Perspectives on the Changing World Order (New Delhi: Sanskriti, 2000).
“ India-China Economic Co-operation Through Growth Quadrangle” in Kanti Bajpai and Amitabh Matto, eds., The Peacock and the Dragon: India-China Relations in the 21st Century, ( New Delhi: Har-Anand, 2000)
" Economic Transformation in Central Asia " International Studies Vol.34, No. 3, 1997, pp.313-327.
Prof Nirmala M. Joshi, Ph.D from the School International Studies, JNU, is teaching in the Centre since 1973. She was Visiting Fellow at the Institute of Oriental Studies, Moscow and Ford Foundation Visiting Scholar at the Columbia University. She was also invited by the US Government to tour Centres of Soviet Studies in the US under the International Visitor Programme. She was a Fellow at the Salzburg Seminar in 1989.
Currently, she is Member of the Executive Council of the Indian Council of World Affairs and Member of the Indo-Russian Joint Commission for Co-operation in Social Sciences. Her main areas of research are Soviet/Russian history, problems of security and foreign policy of Russia. She has contributed research articles to academic journals and edited volumes.
Her publications include:
· Foundation of Indo-Soviet Relations: A Study of Non-Official Attitudes and Contacts, 1917-1947 (New Delhi: Radiant Publishers, 1975).
· India and Hungary : Perspectives on the Changing World Order (New Delhi: Sanskriti, 2000), Ed.
· “India and Russia: Historical Linkages in the Twentieth Century”, presented to International Conference on Three Millennia of Contacts between India, Russia and Central Asia, Organised by the ICHR, New Delhi, 6-8 November, 2001. [Forthcoming]
“Russia and Japan”, Presented to International Conference organised by CEAS/SIS, New Delhi, 26-27 March 2001. [Forthcoming]
“Russian Security Concerns and NATO”, Presented to National Seminar on New Challenges to Russia and Eastern Europe in the Post-Cold War Period”, Organised by RCAEES/SIS, New Delhi, 21-22 March 2001. [Forthcoming]
Dr Phool Badan, Assistant Professor, is a Ph.D from the School of International Studies. He has participated in various national and international conferences and delivered lectures at the Tashkent Institute of Oriental Studies and Institute of Regional and Strategic Studies, Tashkent in 1998. His areas of research interest are society, culture, government and politics in Central Asia. His publications are:
Dynamics of Political Development in Central Asia (New Delhi: Lancer Books, 2001).
“Modernisation in Central Asia in Post-Soviet Period” The Journal of Central Asian Studies ( Srinagar), Vol.10, No.1, 1999.
“An Analysis of Russian Parliamentary (State Duma) Elections-1999, Journal of Peace Studies, Vol.7, No.2, 2000.
“Emerging Political System in Central Asia in the Post-Soviet Period”, India Quarterly (New Delhi), Vol. LVII, No.3, July-Sept. 2001.
Prof. R. R Sharma, has a Master’s degree in Sociology from Lucknow University, Ph. D from the University of Leningrad. He has been on the faculty of the Centre since 1973. Till recently he was Vice-Chancellor of Jammu University. He specialises on Central Asia. His important publications include:
Soviet Central Asia: A Marxist Model of Social Change (Macmillan, 1979).
The USSR in Transition: Issues and Themes, 1922-1982 (New Delhi: Atlantic Publishers,1985).
Reform, Conflict and Change in CIS and Eastern Europe (New Delhi:Radiant Publishers, 1999). [co-ed.]
Prof. Shashikant Jha, is a Ph.D from School of International Studies, JNU. He is teaching in the Centre since 1985 and is currently the Chairman of the Centre. Earlier he taught Political Science in Patna University and Delhi University. He specialises in political systems and processes in Russia and Eastern Europe; ethnicity and nationalism in CIS and Eastern Europe, and foreign policy. He has travelled widely in Russia and Eastern Europe. He was a fellow at the Institute of State and Law, Moscow. He has visited Russia and East European countries several times. He visited the U.S in 1992 as a member of South Asian Scholars Group under the International Visitor Programme of USIA. He was a fellow to the Salzburg Seminar in 1994. In 1997 he was the Ford Visiting Scholar at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champagin. He has participated in large number of national and international seminars. He has been on the International Editorial Board of Sociological Review (Zagreb, Croatia) and International Studies (Sage, New Delhi). He has also been the President of University Teachers Association. He has contributed extensively to research journals, anthologies and popular media in English and Hindi. His important publications include:
Ethnicity and Nation-Building in Eastern Europe (New Delhi: Radiant Publishers, 1998), Ed.
Reform, Conflict and Change in CIS and Eastern Europe ((New Delhi: Radiant Publishers, 1999), Co- ed.
“ National Identities, State and Democracy” Critique (New Delhi), Vol.2, No.1, September 1998.
“Democracy, Parties and Politics in Hungary” International Studies (New Delhi), Vol.36, No.3, 1999.
Amidst Turbulence and Hope: Transition in Russian and Eastern Europe (New Delhi: Lancer’s Books, 2002), [co.ed.]
“Hungarian Minorities in East-Central Europe: Issues and Concerns”, International Studies(New Delhi), vol. 39, No. 2, April-June 2002.[co-author]
Prof Shams-ud-din, a Ph. D from School of International Studies, is teaching in the Centre since 1979. He specialises in foreign policy and politics of Central Asia. He has written and edited a number of books on this region apart from contributing articles to scholarly journals in India and abroad. He is widely traveled in Central Asia, other CIS countries and Europe. As an invitee under the International Visitor Programme of the USIA he visited among other institutions of repute, Harvard and Stanford Universities. He was visiting Fellow at the Institute of Oriental Studies, Moscow and at the Department of History, Tashkent University.
His major publications include:
Secularisation of Politics in the USSR: A Case Study of Soviet Cultural Opolicy in Uzbekistan ( Vikas: New Delhi,1980).
Soviet Afghanistan Relations (Calcutta: Bagchi, 1985).
India and Russia Towards Strategic Partnership (New Delhi:Lancers Books, 2001). Ed.
Perspectives on the Emerging World Order (New Delhi, 1996).Ed.
Geopolitics and Energy Resources in central Asian and Caspian Sea Region (New Delhi: Lancers Books, 2001).Ed.
Dr Sanjay Kumar Pandey, Assistant Professor in the Centre, is a Ph. D from the School of International Studies, JNU. Earlier he taught Political Science in Arunachal Pradesh University, Itanagar. He has attended a number of national and international seminars, including the one in Moscow in 2000 on “India and Russia in the Twenty first Century: Changing Perspectives on Security and Economic Co-operation”. He has contributed articles to journals and edited volumes. His publications include:
“Spheres of Interest & Politics of Pipelines in Caucasus & Central Asia” Journal of Peace Studies Vol.6, No.2, March April 1999, Pp. 3-15.
“Challenges to the Russian Federation in North Caucasus” Journal of Peace Studies (New Delhi), Vol.6, Nos. 5-6, September-December 1999, Pp. 43-55.
“India & Central Asia: Alternative Trade Routes & Transit Options” in Shams-ud-din, ed., Geo-politics & Energy Resources in Central Asia & Caspian Sea Region (New Delhi: Lancer Books, 2000),Pp.191-202
“Federalism in India & Russia in Comparative Perspective” in Shams-ud-din,ed., India & Russia Towards Strategic Partnership (New Delhi: Lancer Books, 2001),Pp.161-176
“Russia’s Superpresidentialism: Need of the Time or Threat to Democracy?”, in Shashikant Jha and Bhaswati Sarkar, eds., Amidst Turbulence and Hope: Transition in Russia and East Europe (New Delhi: Lancer’s Books, 2002), Pp.107-119
Dr. Tulsi Ram, Associate Professor at the Centre is M.A. in Political Science and International Politics (from Banaras Hindu University and JNU respectively) and Ph.D. from JNU. He was twice Visiting Fellow at the Intitutes of Oriental Studies at Moscow and St. Petersburg. He has published over 100 articles on politics and literature including Buddhism. Guided over two dozen M.Phil and doctoral research on different aspects of Soviet and Russian affairs. Currently working and specialising on politics in Transcaucasia and Buddhism in Russia. His main publications include:
The Liberation of Angola,( New Delhi: PPH, 1976), [in Hindi]
CIA, American Weapon of Political Destruction (New Delhi:1978), [in Hindi]
The History of Communist Movement in Iran (Bhopal: Grafix,1981).
Persia to Iran: One Steps Forward, Two Steps Back (New Delhi: Mahajan Publishing House, 1985).
“Constitutional Development of Soviet Union”, Sansdiya Patrika, December 1987.
Dr Tahir Ashgar
Dr. Tahir Asghar, Assistant Professor in the Centre, obtained his Masters in Economics and Ph. D from Leningrad Institute of Finance and Economics, Leningrad, USSR. He is engaged in research and teaching work on economic issues and problems in Russia and Central Asia. His main publications are:
Territorial Planning in USSR and its Relevance for Planning in India, LIFE, Leningrad, USSR.
“Indo-Russian Trade: An Overview”, in Shams-Ud-Din, ed., India and Russia: Towards a Strategic Partnership (New Delhi: Lancers Books, 2001).
Problem of Environment in Russia (New Delhi: Phoenix Publications, 2001).
Ms. Arti Basu, Research Assistant at the Centre, holds a Masters degree in Russian language and literature from Jawaharlal Nehru University.
Dr. Bishwanath Thakur, a Research Associate at the Centre, obtained his M.A. and Ph.D degrees in History from Patrice Lumumba Peoples Friendship University, Moscow. Earlier he was the Research Scientist Fellow of CSIR attached to JNU. Well versed in Russian language he has translated many a research materials from Russian language in to English. His research areas include Russian and Soviet History of Education. He has contributed to seminars and symposia and published several articles in scholarly journals in India and abroad. Some of his important publications include:
Educational Development of Public Education in Central Asia and its Significance for India”, Problems of History in USSR, No. 9, 1983, Moscow (in Russian).
“Cultural Development in Soviet Central Asia”, Problems of History in USSR, No. 8, 1985, Moscow (in Russian).
“Problems of Public Education in the Republic of India and the Possibilities of Applying Soviet Experience in Solving Them”, Asia and Africa Today, No. 4,1986, Moscow
“Development of Public Education in Soviet Central Asia”(1917-1939), Central Asian Journal, March 1992, Kashmir University, Srinagar.
“Caspian and Central Asian Region: Problems Behind the Bounty”, in Shams-ud-Din, ed., Geo-Politics and Energy Resources in Central Asia and Caspian Sea Region (New Delhi: Lancers Books, 2000).
Dr. Archana Srivastava, a Research Associate at the Centre, obtained her Ph.D. from the School Of International Studies . She has been awarded prestigious scholarships for research work to United Kingdom and Russia. She has participated and contributed in a number of seminars. Her areas of interest include remote sensing and GIS, environmental impact assessment, Russian/Central Asian economy and environment. Her important publications are :
Problems of Environment in Russia (Phoenix Publishers: New Delhi, 2001).[co-auth.]
“Relevance of Oil and Gas Industry in Turkmenistan’s Economy”, in Shamsuddin (ed.) Geopolitics and Energy Resources in Central Asia and Caspian Sea Region (New Delhi: Lancers Books, 2000) [co-auth.]
"Dynamics of Russian-Central Asian Geopolitical Relarions, India Quarterly (Forthcoming).
Dr. K. B Usha, Research Associate at the Centre, has obtained Ph. D from the School of International Studies, JNU. Earlier she worked as Research Associate at the University of Kerala. She has worked on women and feminist issues and has participated and presented papers in national seminars. Her publications are:
“Political Reservation and Empowerment of Women”, Samyukta: A Journal of Women’s Studies (Thiruvananthapuram: Women’s Initiatives ) Vol.2 no.1 , January 2001. Pp 151-56
“Dr. B.R Ambedkar: A Champion of Women’s Rights”, Samyukta: A Journal of Women’s Studies (Thiruvananthapuram: Women’s Initiatives ) Vol.2 no.2 ,January 2002.Pp 365-80
Dr. Amitabh Singh, Research Associate at the Centre, is a Ph. D from School of International Studies. He has taught at L. N. Mithila University,Darbhanga and is presently on leave as a lecturer from Magadh University, Bihar. A recipient of U.G.C. fellowship for his M.Phil and Ph.D, has participated in various national and international seminars, the most recent being the one at University of Rome “Tor Vergatta” in Italy where he presented a paper on “Recent Nuclear Experiences in South-Asia”. His areas of research include international conflict mediation, Russian foreign policy, politics in East European countries, especially the Balkan region and the dynamics of ethnic politics in East European countries. His publications are:
‘International Mediation: The Yugoslav Experience’ in Shashikant Jha and Bhaswati Sarkar, eds., Amidst Turbulence and Hope: Transition in Russia and East Europe (New Delhi: Lancer’s Books, 2002) Pp 284-295.
‘Russian Foreign Policy in the Balkan Crisis’ in India Quarterly (Forthcoming)