EVENTS

Abstract           

In this presentation, the speaker will discuss the issues raised in the last decade and half on the question of India-China relations. The issues largely deal with India’s growing trade deficit with China, issues of RIAs, the state of BRICS, and foreign investment. He will also talk about what an economic partnership with China would/could entail and the prospects of an India-China FTA. India-China relations in today’s world cannot be purely bilateral and he will also discuss some unavoidable bilateral and multilateral political conflicts which could sour the relationship. While his focus will be on perceptions on the Indian side, he will also touch upon the understanding of what drives China’s engagements.

About the Speaker

A graduate of St. Stephen’s College, Delhi University, Prof. Manoj Pant completed his MA from the Delhi School of Economics in 1975 and his Ph.D. from the Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas, USA in 1982. Since 1985, he has been a faculty member of the Centre for International Trade and Development, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, India. Presently, he is the Dean of School of International Studies, JNU. He has also taught Economics in University of Delhi since about 1975. He has also been a guest lecturer in business schools of Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow, the Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, Delhi, and University of Lucerne, Switzerland. He is also a visiting scholar at the Department of Economics, Columbia University, New York, USA. He has about 40 publications in international referred journals and four books. Apart from his academic pursuits, Prof. Pant has spoken extensively at various public fora of organizations like UNCTAD, OXFAM and other non-governmental organizations on issues relating to trade negotiations, investment and competition policy. He was an expert member of the Ministry of Commerce, Government of India group on Environmental issues in the WTO, of the consultative group on trade issues of the Planning Commission, a member of the technical committee of the Ministry of Human Resource Development for WTO and Trade in Educational Services and Chairman of the Project Review Committee, Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, Government of India. He has been a columnist for The Economic Times and also writes in the Financial Express and Mint business papers. Prof. Pant has been Economic Advisor and consultant to the Government of Nagaland since about 2002. His fields of interest are International Trade Theory, Foreign Investment, Competition Policy and the WTO. He has also been Director (IQAC), JNU, during 2012-15.