Varaprasad Sekhar Dolla
Varaprasad Sekhar Dolla
Professor
Centre/School/Special Centre
Centre for East Asian Studies,
School of International Studies
Room No
104, SIS-II
Off. Phone
011-26704587, 09810143037
Residence
011-26742245
Email
dvs[at]mail[dot]jnu[dot]ac[dot]in, dvaraprasads[at]gmail[dot]com
Personal Webpage
https://jnu.ac.in/Faculty/dvs/
Qualifications
Ph.D. 
Areas of Interest/Specialization
  1. Contemporary Chinese Science, Technology and Innovation
  2. Modern History of China
  3. Unification of China
  4. Domestic Politics in China
Experience

17 years of teaching in Chinese studies at the Centre for East Asian Studies

Awards & Honours
  1. ASIA (Asian Studies In Asia) Fellow Award from Asian Scholarship Foundation funded by Ford Foundation to conduct research on The Tao of Science and State in Post-Mao China for nine months at Peking University, Beijing in 2004.
  2. Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Fellowship for Doctoral Studies by the Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Fund in 1996 (Could not avail since I took up the current teaching assignment).
  3. Junior and Senior Research Fellowship by the University Grants Commission.
International Collaboration/Consultancy
None 
Best Peer Reviewed Publications
1. "Domestic Politics in Contemporary China: Ideas, Institutions and Issues", in Harsh V. Pant, The Rise of China: Implications for India (New Delhi: Foundation Books, Cambridge University Press, 2012), pp. 50-84.

2. "Technology Transfer in Sino-Japanese Relations: The Context, Conflict and Cooperation", China Report, vol. 44, no. 2, 2008, pp. 153-174.

3. "Science and Technology Cooperation between India and China", International Studies, vol. 42, nos. 3 & 4, July-December 2005, pp. 307-327.

4. "Civilian Technology Transfers", in Swaran Singh, ed., China-Pakistan Strategic Cooperation: Indian Perspectives (New Delhi: Manohar Publishers, 2007), pp. 275-299.

5. "Chinese Unification Model of Hong Kong: History, Colonization and Decolonization", International Studies, vol. 34, no. 4, 1997, pp. 393-408. 
Recent Peer Reviewed Journals/Books
1. Science and Technology in Contemporary China: Interrogating Policies and Progress (Cambridge University Press: Cambridge, 2015).

2. "Technology Trade in India-China Relations: Divergent Dynamics and Implications", Journal of International Affairs, vol. 64, no. 2, 2011, pp. 125-141.

3. "Agricultural Science and Technology in China: A Three Decade Review of Policy and Progress", Journal of Science and Technology Policy in China, vol. 2, no. 1, 2011, pp. 79-93. 
Patents (if any)

None