Jajati K. Pattnaik | Welcome to Jawaharlal Nehru University

Jajati K. Pattnaik

Professor

Centre/School/Special Centre

Centre for West Asian Studies

School of International Studies

Room No

306

jajatikpattnaik@mail.jnu.ac.in

Personal Webpage

https://jnu.ac.in

Qualifications

Ph.D., Jawaharlal Nehru University

M.Phil., Jawaharlal Nehru University

JRF & NET ,UGC

Areas of Interest/Specialization

Comparative Politics & International Relations

Area Studies

West Asian Studies /Gulf Studies /Border Studies

Courses Taught /Offered

M.A. (International Relations & Area Studies ): State and Politics in West Asia and North Africa

M.A. (International Relations -West Asia ): Theories of International Relations

M.A. (International Relations -West Asia ): India and the GCC States

Ph.D. : West Asian Political Systems

Ph. D.: Government and Politics in GCC States

Experience

Twenty-Seven Years

Awards & Honours

Outstanding Teacher Award by the Government of Arunachal Pradesh

Associate at the Indian Institute of Advanced Studies, Shimla

Visiting Scholar at the Gulf Studies Programme, SIS, JNU

International Collaboration/Consultancy

Research Advisor to International Centre for Peace Studies

Best Peer Reviewed Publications

The Border as a Political Space and its Economic Correlate:The Case of McMahon Line,Millenuim Asia (Scopus),Sage, March 2025

Diaspora as a Catalyst in India-United Arab Emirates (UAE) Cooperation ,Brill (Scopus), July 2024

The Materiality of Space: Infrastructuring the Border Space, India Quarterly(Scopus), Sage, August 2023

Historicising the Overseas Odia Diasporic Experience, South Asian Diaspora (Scopus), Routledge, August 2023

Interrogating Erdogan's Neo-Ottoman Geo-Political Imagination, Journal of Liberty and International Affairs(Scopus), Institute for Research and European Studies,8 (3), December 2022

China's Geo-economic Interest in Africa : A Short Overview, Journal of Liberty and International Affairs(Scopus), Institute for Research and European Studies, 8(2 ), June 2022

Should the Stilwell Road be Reopened? Economic & Political Weekly (Scopus), Sameeksha Trust, 51(15), 2016

Recent Peer Reviewed Journals/Books

Books/Edited Volumes (upto 3)

Saudi Arabia: Political Structure and Reforms :New Century Publications ,2017

India-Iran Bilateral relations in the Contemporary Period in Anwar Alam(ed.), India and Iran:An Assessment of Contemporary Relations,New Century Publications, 2011

Democratisation in Saudi Arabia in Gulshan Dietl (ed.) Democracy and Democratisation in the Gulf,Shipra Publication, 2010