Current Research Faculty

Mithilesh Kumar Singh is a Research Assistant at the Institute of Chinese Studies, New Delhi. He is a scholar in Japanese Studies, holding a Ph.D. from the School of International Studies at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi, where he also completed his M.Phil. in Japanese Studies. His academic background includes an M.A. in Conflict Management and Development from the UNESCO Chair at the Malaviya Centre for Peace and Research, as well as a B.A. (Hons.) in Economics from Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi.

Kalyani Yeola is a Non-Resident Research Assistant at the Institute of Chinese Studies, New Delhi. She has recently submitted her thesis titled, “Negotiating Nation and Citizenship: An Ethnographic Study of Tibetan Youth-in-Exile in India” at the Birla Institute of Technology And Science (BITS), Pilani. She was a UGC-JRF candidate during her doctoral programme. She has completed her B.A. and M.A. from Savitribai Phule Pune University in Political Science and International Studies.

Akshat Mayne is a Research Assistant at the Institute of Chinese Studies, and a doctoral scholar in Japanese Studies at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi He holds a Master's degree in East Asian Studies, with a specialisation in Japanese Studies, from the University of Delhi. His research looks at Japan's place in the broader East Asian international order. His research interests include Japanese domestic politics, security and foreign policy in the post war era, and the emerging dynamics between various players in the region, especially Japan and Taiwan. Beyond this, he is also interested in the historical interactions, and political and cultural exchanges between Japan and other East Asian states.