Dr. Priya Singh’s C.V
Posted on : March 27, 2017Author : AGA Admin
CURRICULUM VITAE
Priya Singh is Associate Director and Programme Coordinator at the Asia in Global Affairs (AGA). She is an area specialist and has been tracking the West Asian region with Israel as an area of special interest. She has been writing on issues of migration, displacement and refugees be it the Palestinian refugees or as in recent times, the Syrians.
Priya has been Fellow at the Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Institute of Asian Studies, Kolkata from March 2002-April 2016. Her areas of interest include the Middle East conflict, state formation in Israel, issues pertaining to gender, minorities and marginalised communities such as the Arab Jews, the Bedouins of Negev, and the Palestinians in Israel. She has authored, edited, co-edited publications on the region. Her research work has also been published in peer reviewed journals and as book chapters. She has been a member of the editorial board of the Journal of Indo-Judaic Studies a journal of the International University of Florida and is part of the editorial team of Refugee Watch, the peer reviewed journal of the Calcutta Research Group.
She has been a reviewer for the Routledge series on Middle Eastern Studies and frequently contributes for national newspapers such as The Telegraph and the Statesman. She often writes briefs and commentaries on contemporary issues for the Diplomatist magazine. She regularly contributes to the reflections (blog) column of AGA. Priya is currently a researcher at the Calcutta Research Group for a project on “Social and Political Mapping of Popular Movements, Logistical Vision and Infrastructure of India”, with the Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung Foundation.
As part of her research, Priya has done extensive fieldwork, be it Tel Aviv, Jaffa, Jerusalem, Haifa, Beersheba, Ashdod/Ashkelon, Gaza and the West Bank. She has been a participant of the prestigious annual Tel Aviv University (TAU) workshop, which enabled her to travel extensively in different parts of Israel. In connection with her project, she has visited Turkey (Ankara and Istanbul) and has been to Egypt after the protests in Taksim and Tahrir Square, covering Cairo, Alexandria and Luxor. She has visited Kabul as part of an academic delegation to Afghanistan.
As Fellow at the Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Institute of Asian Studies, Kolkata, Priya has also been the programme coordinator of the West Asia programme and has organized various international seminars in collaboration with and active participation from the University of Cairo, the American University of Cairo, the American University of Beirut, Haigazian University of Beirut, University of Jerusalem, Tel Aviv University, the Ben Gurion University, the University of Haifa, the Open University of Israel and the Zirve University, among others. In addition to being the principal coordinator of the West Asia programme at the Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Institute of Asian Studies, she along with her colleagues has been part of the core coordination team for the annual conference of the Institute, The Asia Perspectives. Priya is proficient in English and Hindi and has good knowledge of Bengali, Urdu and Hebrew. She is at present learning Arabic.
Priya has taught at the Loreto College, Kolkata from 1998-2001. She has also taken special lectures at the University of Burdwan, Department of South and Southeast Asian Studies at the University of Calcutta, the Institute of Foreign Policy Studies (IFPS) at the University of Calcutta, the West Bengal State University, the Vidyasagar University and at the Hacetteppe University at Ankara, Turkey.
She has qualified the National Eligibility Test (NET) for lectureship in Political Science and is a postgraduate from the Department of Political Science, University of Calcutta. She can be reached at priyasingh70@gmail.com
- Language Skills
- Proficient in English and Hindi
- Working knowledge of Bengali, Urdu and Hebrew
- Currently learning Arabic
- Work Experience
- Pursuing PhD at the Women’s Studies Research Centre, University of Calcutta
- Fellow at Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Institute of Asian Studies, Kolkata (March 2002-April 2016)
- Lecturer (Non UGC post) at Loreto College, Kolkata ( 1998-2001)
- Publications
Books
- Protest and the State in Eurasia and West Asia, Priya Singh, Anita Sengupta and Suchandana Chatterjee. ISBN: 978-93-83649-98-3(New Delhi: Knowledge World Publishers, 2016)
- Re-envisaging West Asia: Looking Beyond the Arab Uprisings, Priya Singh. ISBN: 978-81-7541-870-7 (New Delhi: Shipra Publishers, 2016)
- Asia in Transition, Arpita Basu Roy, Anita Sengupta, Suchandana Chatterjee, Priya Singh. ISBN: 978-93-83649-72-3 (New Delhi: Knowledge World Publishers, 2015)
- Beyond Strategies: Cultural Dynamics in Asian Connections, Priya Singh, Suchandana Chatterjee, Anita Sengupta and Arpita Basu Roy. ISBN: 978-93-83649-04-4 (New Delhi: Knowledge World Publishers, 2014)
- The Dilemma of Popular Sovereignty in the Middle East: Power from Or to the People? Kingshuk Chatterjee and Priya Singh. ISBN: 9789383649112(New Delhi; Knowledge World Publishers, 2014)
- Interpreting the Arab Uprisings: Significance of the New Arab Awakening?
- Priya Singh and Kingshuk Chatterjee. ISBN: 9789381904466 (New Delhi:Knowledge World Publishers, 2013)
- Democracy in Asia: Discourses and Counter-Discourses, Priya Singh. ISBN: 9789381904305 (New Delhi: Knowledge World Publishers, 2012)
- Perspectives on West Asia: The Evolving Geopolitical Discourses, Priya Singh and Susmita Bhattacharya. ISBN: 9788175416376 (New Delhi: Shipra Publishers, 2012)
- Foreign Policy Making in Israel: Domestic Influences, Priya Singh. ISBN: 817541242 (New Delhi: Shipra 2005)
Book Chapters/Essays in Edited Volumes/Working Papers
- Representations of Connectivity, Policies and Practices no.84, The Working Paper Series of Calcutta Research Group, December 2017
- “Contesting the Arab Revolts: The ‘New’ Egypt,” in Sujata Ashwarya Cheema and Mujib Alam (Edited) Contemporary West Asia: Perspectives on Change and Continuity.ISBN 9789386288042 (New Delhi: Knowledge World Publishers, 2017)
- “Reconceptualising West Asia,” (Introduction) in Priya Singh (Edited) Re-envisaging West Asia: Looking Beyond The Arab Uprisings. ISBN :978-81-7541-870-7 (New Delhi: Shipra Publishers, 2016)
- “Israel-Palestine: Revisiting the Bi-National state,” in Priya Singh (Edited) Re-envisaging West Asia: Looking Beyond the Arab Uprisings. ISBN :978-81-7541-870-7 (New Delhi: Shipra Publishers, 2016)
- “Israel and Turkey: Revisiting the Alliance?” in Mujib Alam (Edited) Perspectives on Turkey’s Multi-Regional Role in the 21st ISBN: 9789383649556 (New Delhi: Knowledge World Publishers, 2015)
- “Preface,” in Priya Singh Suchandana Chatterjee, Anita Sengupta and Arpita Basu Roy (Edited) Beyond Strategies: Cultural Dynamics in Asian Connections. ISBN: 978-93-83649-04-4 (New Delhi: Knowledge World Publishers, 2014)
- “The Shift: Israel in the 1990s and Beyond,” in The Dilemma of Popular Sovereignty in the Middle East: Power from Or to the People? Kingshuk Chatterjee and Priya Singh (Edited) ISBN: 9789383649112(New Delhi; Knowledge World Publishers, 2014)
- “Introduction,” in Priya Singh and Kingshuk Chatterjee (Edited) Interpreting the Arab Uprisings: Significance of the New Arab Awakening? ISBN: 9789381904466 (New Delhi: Knowledge World Publishers, 2013)
- “Exploring the Role of Civil Society in the Israel-Palestine Conflict,” in Shantanu Chakrabarti (Edited) Searching for Non-Western Roots of Conflict Resolution: Discourses, Norms and Case Studies, ISBN: 978-93-81904-71-8(New Delhi: Knowledge World Publishers, 2013)
- “Introduction” in Priya Singh (Edited) Democracy in Asia: Discourses and Counter-Discourses, ISBN: 9789381904305 (New Delhi: Knowledge World Publishers, 2012)
- “Comparing Zionism with European Nationalisms,” in Swarupa Gupta(Edited) Nationhood and Identity Movements in Asia: Colonial and Postcolonial Times,ISBN:978-81-7304-960-6 (New Delhi: Manohar Publishers, 2012)
- “Reflections on Domestic Politics and Foreign Policy in Israel,” in Kingshuk Chatterjee (Edited)India and the Middle East: Problems and Prospects, ISBN:9789381904077(New Delhi: Knowledge World Publishers, 2012)
- “Zionism: A Modernizing Discourse,” in Kausik Bandyopadhyay (Edited) Modernities in Asian Perspective, ISBN:9789380677026 (Kolkata: Setu Prakasani, 2010)
- “Nation-Building and Ideology, Zionism to Post-Zionism: From a Jewish State to an Israeli Nation? In Suranjan Das and Shantanu Chakraborti (Edited) Challenges of Nation-Building in Developing Societies, ISBN:978-81-7074-315-6 (Kolkata:KP Bagchi, 2009)
- “Retelling the Holocaust in Film and Literature” in Kaushik Bandyopadhyay (Edited) Understanding Popular Culture, ISBN: 9788173048449(New Delhi: Manohar Publishers, 2009)
- “From Eretz Yisra’el to Medinat Yisra’el,” in Anita Sengupta (Edited) Envisaging Regions, ISBN: 8173047978 (New Delhi: Manohar Publishers, 2008)
- “Israelis, Palestinians and the Search for Peace: An Analysis of the Road Map,” in Suchandana Chatterjee (Edited) Asia Annual 2006, ISBN:81-87471-38-7 (New Delhi: Standard Publishers, 2007)
- “The Unresolved Issue of Jerusalem,” in Mahavir Singh (Edited)Asia Annual2004, ISBN: 8175412305 (New Delhi: Shipra Publishers, 2005)
- “The Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit (AREU) and Gender Studies,” in Arpita Basu Roy (Edited) Challenges and Dilemmas of State Building in Afghanistan: Report of a Study Trip to Kabul, ISBN: 9788175414648 (New Delhi: Shipra Publishers, 2008)
- “China and the Middle East: Looking Beyond the Arab Uprisings,”, (Forthcoming)
- “Consigned to the Margins: The Bedouins of Naqab/Negev,” (Forthcoming)
- “Rhetoric and Politics in the Arab Uprisings: Revisiting the Egyptian Chapter,” (Forthcoming)
- “ Transgressing Borders: the Islamic State Phenomenon”, (Forthcoming)
- “Transcending Post-colonial Frontiers: Re-envisaging the Grand Trunk Road” (Forthcoming)
- Cartographies of connectivity in the Asian context and the Indian response (Forthcoming)
Others (Journals, Newsletters, Blogs)
- “Brexit in Transit,” in Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Diplomatist, May 2018, ISSN 2349 557X
- Holy three times over Crucible of contestation Priya Singh and Krishnan Srinivasan, The Telegraph Jan 31, 2018
- Westward Ho! Priya Singh and Krishnan Srinivasan The Statesmen March 4, 2018
- A Colonial, Modern and Urban Interface: Jaffa and the Politics of Exclusion in Refugee Watch December 2017, ISSN: 2347-405X
- “India-Portugal: Myriad Possibilities,” in Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Diplomatist, April 2017, ISSN 2349 557X
- “A Global Britain in the Brexit World,” in Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Diplomatist, February 2017, ISSN 2349 557X
- “Indians in Saudi Arabia: Reinforcing the Cultural Connect,” in Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Diplomatist, Indi-Saudi Arabia Special January 2017, ISSN 2349 557X
- “Politics and Policy: Syrian Refugees and the European Union,” in Refugee Watch December 2016, ISSN: 2347-405X
- “The Haifa Port: A Mediterranean Gateway,” in Refugee Watch Online, November 2016
- “ Arab Jews: The Eternally Displaced,” in Refugee Watch Online, December 2016
- “Engaging Iran,” in the Centre for Studies in International Relations and Development (CSIRD) Opinion Article, May 2016.
- “Israel and the ‘New’ Middle East” in the Foreign Policy Research Centre (FPRC), Studies on Israel, Volume 5, July 2015. ISSN: 2277 – 2464
- “A Syrian Exodus: The Case of Lebanon and Jordan,” Refugee Watch 45, June 2015, ISSN: 2347-405X
- “India and Jordan: Enhancing Well-Established Ties,” in Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Diplomatist, Middle East Special 2015, Vol 3, Issue 2, February 2015, ISSN 2349 557X
- “A Winter of Discontent,” in Asia Connect (Newsletter of the Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Institute of Asian Studies), Issue No.1, January-March 2015.
- “Palestinians as Stateless” in Asia Connect (Newsletter of the Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Institute of Asian Studies), Issue No. 1, July-September 2014.
- “In an Enclave Existence: Israel’s Palestinians,” in Refugee Watch 43 & 44, June & December 2014, ISSN: 2347-405X
- “Cairo to Egypt: A glimpse into post-revolutionary Egypt,” in the Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Institute of Asian Studies, Newsletter,1, 2014.
- “Arab Spring: The Syrian Chapter,” in the Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Institute of Asian Studies, Newsletter No.1,
- “Iran and Israel: Construing the Past and Envisaging the Future,” in The IUP Journal of International Relations VIII No.3, July 2013, ISSN: 0973-8509
- Book Reviews/Review Essays
- Julia Egorova and Shahid Perwez, The Jews of Andhra Pradesh: Contesting Caste and Religion in South Asia, (London/New York/New Delhi: UP, 2013) for the Journal of Indo-Judaic Studies, No 14, 2014, Florida International University, pp.135-137, ISSN:1206-9330
- Robert O. Freedman, Israel and the United States: Six Decades of US-Israeli Relations, (Boulder:Colorado,WestviewPress,2013)
for Insight Turkey, Vol. 16 4 2014, p. 247, ISSN: 1302-177X - Tamir Sorek, Arab Soccer in a Jewish State: The Integrative Enclave (Cambridge University Press, 2007) for Soccer and Society (Routledge) Vol.12, Issue 2, March 2011. ISSN:1466-0970print/ISSN 1743-9590 online
- Donna Woodhouse & John Williams, Offside? The position of Women in Football (South Street Press, 1999) for Soccer and Society (Routledge) Vol.11, Issue 3, 2010. ISSN:1466-0970print/ISSN 1743-9590 online
- Dina Siegel, The Great Immigration: Russian Jews in Israel, (Berghahn Books, 1998) for the Refugee Watch, No.33, June 2009. ISSN: 2347-405X
- Ferenc Puskas: Captain of Hungary (An Autobiography) (Tempus Publishing Ltd 2007) for Soccer and Society (Routledge) Vol.10, Issue 2, March 2009. ISSN:1466-0970print/ISSN 1743-9590 online
- “Can We Compare recent Jewish and Palestinian Migrations?,” A Book Review of Daniel J. Elazar and Morton Weinfeld, Eds, Still Moving: recent Jewish Migration in Comparative Perspective (Transaction Publishers, 2000) & Julianne Hammer, Palestinians Born in exile: Diaspora and the Search for a Homeland(University of Texas Press, 2005) for the Refugee Watch, No.27, June 2006
- Editorial Positions
- Member of the editorial board of the Journal of Indo-Judaic Studies a journal of the International University of Florida. ISSN:1206-9330
- Editorial Assistant of the peer-reviewed journal, Refugee Watch.
- Has been on the editorial board of the annual journal of the Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Institute of Asian Studies, The Asia Annual.
- Programme Coordinator
- Has been the principal coordinator of the following International seminars during her tenure as Fellow at the Maulana Abul Kalam Azad institute of Asian Studies, Kolkata.
- Understanding the Israel/Palestine Question: Resonances in the Politics of West Asia (December 18, 2009) & Roundtable/Symposium Resonances in the Politics of West Asia.
- Perspectives on West Asia: It’s Evolution as an Area of Study in the Changing Geopolitical Discourses (January17-18, 2011) & Roundtable/Symposium Perceiving West Asia.
- Interpreting the Arab Spring: Significance of the New Arab Awakening? (February 16-17, 2012) & Roundtable/Symposium The Arab Spring: An Arab (Re) Awakening? Rethinking West Asia: Moving Beyond the Revolutions (March 19-20, 2014) & Roundtable/Symposium Corollaries of the Arab Uprisings & the Necessity to Reassess the Region.
Has been the co-coordinator of the following International seminars:
- Protest and the State in Eurasia and West Asia (26-27 November 2014) & Roundtable on Can Protests be Replicated. Coordinator for the West Asia Segment
- The Asian Century, (January 14-15 2014) Coordinator for the West Asia Segment
- Beyond Strategies: Cultural Dynamics in Asian Connections (March 2013) Coordinator for the West Asia Segment
- Guest Lectures
- “Transcending Post-colonial Frontiers: Re-envisaging the Grand Trunk Road” at a Collaborative workshop between Asia in Global Affairs and the department of history, West Bengal State University, on March 27, 2018 at Barasat, West Bengal.
- “India in the Connectivity Matrix” at a RLS-CRG Collaborative Workshop on A Social Mapping of Infrastructure Logistics, and India’s Look East Policy, Vidyasagar University, Midnapore, West Bengal, March 20, 2018.
- “Women in the Palestine National Movement” as part of a refresher course on the theme Gender Equity: Status, Ideologies and Future and Challenges organised by the Winter School of Women Studies Centre Vidyasagar University, Midnapore, West Bengal, January 24, 2018.
- “The Syrian Exodus” at an International Conference on Refugees Studies organised by the Department of Political Science with Rural Administration, Vidyasagar University, Midnapore, West Bengal, February 26, 2018.
- “The Israel-Palestine Conflict,” for M.Phil students at the Institute of Foreign Policy Studies,(IFPS) University of Calcutta, November –December, 2017
- “Re-envisaging West Asia,” for M.Phil students at the Institute of Foreign Policy Studies,(IFPS) University of Calcutta, between November-December 2017
- “West Asia/Middle East and North Africa after the Arab Uprisings of 2011: Its Implications,” for M.Phil students at the Institute of Foreign Policy Studies,(IFPS) University of Calcutta, December 16, 2016
- “Studying West Asia/Middle East,” for M.Phil students at the Institute of Foreign Policy Studies,(IFPS) University of Calcutta, December 5, 2016
- “The Israel-Palestine Conflict,” for M.Phil students at the Institute of Foreign Policy Studies,(IFPS) University of Calcutta, November 11, 2016
- “Palestinian Women and the National Movement,” at the Vidyasagar University, Refresher Course for Lecturers, January 19, 2016
- “Researching the Middle East/West Asia,” at the Workshop on Research Methodology in Asian Studies, at the Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Institute of Asian Studies, Kolkata in collaboration with the west Bengal State University, Barasat, April 9-10, 2015.
- “Political Developments in Israel-Palestine since 1967,” at the Department of South and South East Asian Studies, University of Calcutta, February10, 2015
- “Imagining and Re-Imagining West Asia/Middle East” in the ResearchMethodologyWorkshop in Asian Studies, 23 – 27 June, 2014, at the Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Institute of Asian Studies, Kolkata.
- “Expressions of Resistance: The Language of the Arab Spring,” at Haceteppe University, Ankara, December 7, 2014
- “West Asian Studies in India,” at the Gazi University, Ankara, December 8, 2014.
- “Israel Studies” in the Workshop on Area Studies at the Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Institute of Asian Studies, Kolkata in collaboration with the Swedish Research Institute during September 2012
- “Gender Studies in West Asia,” (Israel) for M.Phil students at Burdwan University, November 2007 to December 2007
- Presentations
- Participated and spoke in roundtable on the “Turkish Referendum and its aftermath,” organised by Asia in Global Affairs and the Institute of Foreign Policy Studies (IFPS), University of Calcutta on April 27, 2017.
- Participated and presented in an international conference at Presidency University, Kolkata, on “South Asia: Past, Present and Future.” (February 15, 2017). The title of the paper was “A Sub continental Connect: Revisiting the Grand Trunk Road.”
- “Diaspora as Deterrent: Indians in West Asia,” at the International Conference “New Indian Migrants” and the “Indentured Diaspora”: Emerging Opportunity for Indian Foreign Policy, Centre for Studies in International Relations and Development,(CSIRD) November 3-4, 2016.
- “Contesting the Arab Revolts: The ‘New Egypt,’” at the International Conference on West Asia: Between turbulent present and Uncertain Future, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, March 18-19, 2015.
- “The Syrian Migration to Lebanon and Jordan,” at the Interrogating Forced Migration Workshop at the Maulana Abul kalam Azad Institute of Asia Studies, Kolkata in collaboration with the Calcutta Research Group (CRG) during March 16-21, 2015.
- “The Rhetoric of the Arab Spring,” Occasional Lecture Series: Rhetoric and Politics, Swedish Research Institute, Istanbul, December 11, 2014
- “Turkey and Israel,” at a Roundtable at the Strategic Research Centre, Haceteppe University, Ankara on Turkey in Regional and International Affairs, December 7, 2014.
- “Israel-Palestine: Revisiting the Bi-National State,” in The International Seminar, Rethinking West Asia: Moving Beyond the Revolutions at the Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Institute of Asian Studies, Kolkata, March 19-20, 2014.
- “Israel and the Diaspora,” at the National Seminar on The Jewish Community of Calcutta: Archives and Memories at The School of Cultural Texts and Records, Jadavpur University, March 10, 2014.
- “Israel and Turkey: Revisiting the Alliance,” at the International conference“Perspectives on Turkey’s Emerging Multi-Regional Role”on November 21-22, 2013 at The Academy of International Studies, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delh
- “Palestinians as Stateless,” in Borders, States and Statelessness, a roundtable, as part of the 11th Annual Orientation Programme on Forced Migration, organized by Calcutta Research Group (CRG) in collaboration with UNHCR, ICSSR, British Deputy High Commission (Eastern India) and the Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Institute of Asian Studies, December 12, 2013.
- “Israeli Perspective on the Nuclear Deal,” in the Roundtable on Implications of the Iranian Nuclear Deal at the Institute of Foreign Policy Studies, (IFPS) University of Calcutta, December 16, 2013.
- “Consigned to the Margins: The Bedouins of the Naqab/Negev,” in The Asia Annual 2013 International Conference on ‘Margins’ and ‘Marginal communities’ in the AsianPerspective: Identity and Resistance, December17-18, 2013 at the Maulana Abul kalam Azad Institute of Asia Studies, Kolkata.
- “The Israeli State and Society in Transition: An Overview,” at the International Conference on Hebrew Language and Culture: Reception, Self –Conception and Intercultural Relations, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, January28-30, 2013.
- “Israel’s Palestinians: In an Enclave Existence” at the 14th Conference of the International Association for Studies in Forced Migration, Kolkata, January, January6-9, 2013.
- “Exploring the role of Civil Society in the Israel-Palestine Conflict” in the International Conference on Searching for non-western roots of conflict resolution: Discourses, Norms and Case Studies, The Institute of Foreign Policy Studies, (IFPS)University of Calcutta, January 30-31, 2012.
- “The Partition of Palestine: Political and Cultural Dimensions,” International Conference on Trajectories of Partition in South Asia and the Middle East: Comparative Historical Perspectives, New Delhi, September2-4, 2011.
- Field Trips/Workshops
- As Fellow at the Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Institute of Asian Studies, undertook several field trips to Israel. These trips consisted of visits to the Tel Aviv University, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, the Bar-Ilan University at Ramat Gan, the Ben Gurion University at Beersheba, the University of Haifa, the Central Zionist Archives and The Israel Democracy Institute at Jerusalem. Interviewed resource persons at the universities and participated in discussions.
- Participant at the Sixth Annual Tel Aviv University Workshop on Israel and the Middle East, which was organized by the S. Daniel Abraham Center for International and Regional Studies and was held from 3rd July 2011 to 14th July 2011. Presented on “Process of evolution of the State of Israel in terms of a transition from a nation-state to a state-nation?”
- Undertook field trip to Egypt post ‘Arab Spring.’ (October 2013) Travelled through Cairo, Giza, Alexandria and Luxor. Visited the University of Cairo and the American University of Cairo.
- Visited Ankara and Istanbul (December 2014). Delivered Lectures and participated in roundtable discussions at various universities and research centres such as the Hacetteppe University, the Gaza Univeristy, Ankara and the Swedish research Institute, Istanbul.
- Visited Kabul, Afghanistan (October 2007). As a member of an academic team from the Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Institute of Asian Studies, visited several research institutes and various UN agencies with the aim of exploring the key issues in contemporary Afghanistan, procuring relevant study material for research work in some of the key areas and with the objective of facilitating further collaboration between some of these institutes and the Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Institute of Asian Studies.
- Collaborations
- Initiated Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Open University of Israel, IPEK University, Ankara and the University of Cairo.
- Supervisor
Ashish Singh (M.Phil) Department of History, University of Calcutta, 2013
Arpita Bera, (M.Phil), IFPS , University of Calcutta, 2013
