Aravind Balaji Yelery
Aravind Balaji Yelery
Associate Professor
Centre/School/Special Centre
Centre for East Asian Studies,
School of International Studies
Room No
242, SIS-I
Email
aravindyelery[at]jnu[dot]ac[dot]in, aravind.yelery[at]gmail[dot]com
Personal Webpage
https://www.jnu.ac.in
Qualifications

2009: Ph.D., Centre for East Asian Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University
2002: M.Phil., Centre for East Asian Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University
2000: MA. (Politics and Public Administration), Department of Politics and Public Administration, Pune University
1998: BA. (History), Sir Parsurambhau College, Pune

Areas of Interest/Specialization

Chinese economy and the recent trends; institutional and behavioural aspects of Chinese market;
Comparative Sino-Indian political economy; Sino-India bilateral relations; China’s foreign policy and Chinese government and politics; Institutional and behavioural aspects of developmental economics; Comparative optics of Financing Development; Asia-Pacific and regional trajectories of political economy and domains of growth.

Experience

  • Associate Professor, Chinese Studies, Centre for East Asian Studies, 2023-Present

  • Coordinator, Shri Chattrapati Shivaji Maharaj Centre for Security and Strategic Studies, 2024-Present

  • Coordinator, SIS-TECC India AOC Programs, 2024.

  • Senior Warden, Periyar Hostel, Feb. 2024- Feb. 2026; 27 July 2026- Present 

  • Member, Internal Complaints Committee Elections, 2024

  • Observer, JNUSU Elections, 2023

  • Senior Research Fellow (Associate Professor Grade), Peking University, 2018-2022 

  • Assistant Director, Institute of Chinese Studies, Delhi (1 September 2016 – 2 July 2018).

  • Visiting Fellow, Fudan Development Institute (FDDI), Fudan University, Shanghai (1 June 2016 – 2 July 2016).

  • Visiting Faculty, Indian Institute of Management, Shillong (Credit courses – Chinese Business and Management Ethics) (January-March 2016).

  • Visiting Associate Fellow, Institute of Chinese Studies, Delhi (1 May 2014 – 30 March 2015).

  • Associate Professor of Chinese Studies, Timeless Learning Technologies, Pune, India (6 September 2011 – 14 September 2012).

  • Project Associate, University Grants Commission’s National Centre for International Security and Defense Analysis, University of Pune (1 March 2005 – 31 July 2007).

Awards & Honours

2023: MOFA – Taiwan Fellow at the National Taiwan University
2019: Best Course and Research Award, Peking University
2017-2018: Major Project Research Award, Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR)
2015-2018: Associate Fellow, Institute of Chinese Studies, Delhi
2008-2009: Research Fellowship (Chinese Scholarship Council and Govt. of India Scholarship Program), Fudan University, Shanghai, PR China.

Teaching- Courses
●    East Asia and World Affairs (IA503)
●    China after Cultural Revolution (EA610)
●    China and the Global Political Economy (IS471N)
●    Strategies of Economic Development in Communist China (IS540N)

International Collaboration/Consultancy
  • Sr. Research Associate and Consultant, Shanghai Ji Ou, Shanghai, PR China (1 October 2012 – 30 April 2014).
  • Research Associate and Consultant, Shanghai Ji Ou, Shanghai, PR China (20 January 2009 – 31 August 2011).
Best Peer Reviewed Publications

Books

  1. Co-editor with Mrudul Nile, Tailspin: The Politics of India-China Economic Relations (London: Routledge, 2021). ISBN 9781032139562.

  2. China INC.: Between State Capitalism and Economic Statecraft (New Delhi: Pentagon, 2021). ISBN 9789390095353.

Book Chapters

  1. ‘Connectivity, Statecraft and Asian Acts of Rebalancing’, in Bhumitra Chakma and Xiudian Dai (eds.), The Belt and Road Initiative and the Politics of Connectivity: Sino-Indian Rivalry in the 21st Century (London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2022), pp. 23-56.

  2. ‘India-China Relations at the Crossroads: The Sum of Conflict and Cooperation’, in Aravind Yelery and Mrudul Nile (eds.), Tailspin: The Politics of India-China Economic Relations (New Delhi: Knowledge World, 2020), pp.3-18.

  3. ‘Domestic Drivers behind China’s ‘Connectivity Agenda’’, in Aravind Yelery and Mrudul Nile (eds.), Tailspin: The Politics of India-China Economic Relations (New Delhi: Knowledge World, 2020), pp.96-114.

  4. ‘Pulling out of Tailspin: Assessing the ‘Deleveraging’ Debate and the Search for ‘Level Playing’ Field in India-China Economic Relations’, in Aravind Yelery and Mrudul Nile (eds.), Tailspin: The Politics of India-China Economic Relations (New Delhi: Knowledge World, 2020), pp.371-394.

  5. ‘China’s State-Owned Enterprises as Agents of Party and State Power’, in Jabin T. Jacob and Hoang The Anh (eds.), 19th Party Congress of the Communist Party of China: In Search of ‘National Rejuvenation’ (New Delhi: Palgrave Macmillan, 2020), pp.215-230.

  6. ‘Economic Reforms, the 19th Party Congress and Beyond’ in Manoranjan Mohanty (eds.) China at a Turning Point: Perspective after the 19th Party Congress (New Delhi: Pentagon, 2019), pp.169-179.

  7. ‘Vietnam’s Economic Relations with India and China: The Impact of the coming Mega FTAs’, in Jabin T. Jacob and Hoang The Anh (eds.), China and Its Neighbourhood: Perspectives from India and Vietnam (New Delhi: Pentagon, 2017), pp.146-159.

  8. ‘Is China a Threat to the Indian Economy?’, in Lt. Gen. JS Bajwa (eds.), China: Threat or Challenge? (New Delhi: Lancer, 2017), pp.353-361.

  9. ‘India-Taiwan Economic Relations and the China Factor: Prospects of Synergies and Challenges for Regional Economic Integration’, in Jagannath. P. Panda (ed.) India- Taiwan Relations in Asia and Beyond: The Future (New Delhi: Pentagon, 2016), pp.88-100.

Recent Peer Reviewed Journals/Books

  1. ‘The Taiwan-China relations and the intersecting projectiles of power and integrations in the Asia Pacific’, Vol. 21, No. 2, 29 August 2025, pp. 257-277. doi: 10.21315/ijaps2025.21.2.13

  2. ‘Re-Drawing Challenges and Opportunities for Regional Growth in Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO): India’s Ten Years in SCO and Beyond’, Analysis, Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom, June 2025.

  3. ‘China v China+: Will India reign the recalibrating diversification strategies?’, Analysis, Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom, October 2024.

  4. ‘Asian Protectionism: A Natural Drift or Nationalistic Choice?’, China-India Brief, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, No. 199, 25 February 2022.

  5. ‘Institutional Distances and Economic Engagement between India and China’, China Report (New Delhi, India), Vol. 53, No. 2, May 2017, pp. 214-231. doi: 10.1177/0009445517696641.

  6. ‘The National Development Reform Commission’s Report at the 4th Session of 12th National People’s Congress’, China Report (New Delhi, India), Vol. 52, No. 3, August 2016, pp. 228-234. doi: 10.1177/0009445516650957

  7. ‘China’s Bilateral Currency Swap Agreements: Recent Trends’, China Report (New Delhi, India), Vol. 52, No. 2, May 2016, pp. 138-150. doi: 10.1177/0009445515627210

  8. ‘Evolving Symmetries in Asian Economy: India’s Chances and China’s Stakes’, Special Issue: India, Nation and Defense (Lisbon, Portugal), No. 142, March 2015, pp.72-86.

  9. ‘Applying the ‘Going Out’ Strategy: Chinese Provinces and Cities Engage India’, ICS Analysis, No. 29, March 2016, pp.1-9.

  10. ‘China’s ‘Going out’ Policy: Sub-national Economic Trajectories’, ICS Analysis, No. 24, December 2014, pp.1-7.

  11. ‘Chinese Manufacturers’ Response to ‘Trade Remedies’: From Dumping to Intelligent Trading’, ICS Working Paper (New Delhi, India), Paper 2014/7/11, July 2014, pp. 1-36.

  12. ‘China’s Transition to Innovation and IT market’, The China Monitor (Stellenbosch, South Africa), Issue 1, August 2012, pp. 98-110.

  13. ‘Strategic Behaviour of the West and Communist Bloc during Cold War’, NISDA Occasional Paper Series, Paper no. 3, March 2006.

  14. ‘Interplay of Ideology and National Interest in China’s Foreign Policy’, NISDA Occasional Paper Series, Paper no. 5, March 2007.

  15. ‘Did Chinese Capitalism Succeed? – An Overview’, Regional Studies (Islamabad, Pakistan), Vol. XXIII, No. I, Winter 2004-05, pp.94-112.

  16. ‘Chinese Modernization being Testified: Reforms and Regional Development’, BIISS (Dhaka, Bangladesh) Journal, Vol. 25, No. 1, January 2004, pp. 60-80.