Research Interns

Hariharan Chandrashekaran is a Research Intern at the Institute of Chinese Studies, Delhi. He is currently pursuing his Master of Arts in Diplomacy, Law, and Business from O.P. Jindal Global University, Sonipat. He has a bachelor’s degree in Computer Applications from Jain University, Bengaluru. His area of interest is International Political and Development Economics; and use of Strategic Technologies in International Relations with a focus towards the region of Indo – Pacific. He has previously worked as a Research and Communications Intern in a Government Affairs Consultancy. He is also currently engaged in learning Mandarin.

Neha mishra is a Research Intern at the Institute of Chinese Studies. She is doing M.Phil in Political science from University of Delhi. Her research interest revolves around the India- China geopolitical and geostrategic equations. She is working on India- China Geo-economic competition in Persian Gulf for her M.Phil dissertation.Besides this, She is working as a Co-writer at Nibbling Nuts academic Blog page- www.nibblingnuts.com.

Aadil Sud is a Research Intern at ICS Delhi. He is currently pursuing his Masters degree in International Security at the Paris School of International Affairs, Sciences Po Paris. He completed his undergraduate degree in International Relations from Sciences Po Paris, Campus du Havre, and spent a year abroad at the University of Warwick, where he was part of the Politics and International Studies department. His interests during his studies have comprised, amongst others - Security Studies, Diplomacy, Crisis Management and Defence. His research focus with the ICS is on the impact that the current pandemic may have on the future of the Belt and Road Initiative, both economically and politically. 

Megha Pardhi is a Research Intern at the Institute of Chinese Studies. She is pursuing a Masters in Politics and International Relations from JNU, New Delhi. She has previously worked as a research intern with Ministry of External Affairs, India and NITI Aayog. She is a scholarship recipient at Harvard Project for Asian and International Relations Conference 2020. Megha has also represented India in several youth dialogues, including China-India Youth Dialogue 2020. Her research interests include technology and international relations, foreign policy of India, foreign policy of China, and international relations theory.

Amitava Banik Research Intern at the Institute of Chinese Studies. He is an engineer and management professional. He holds a Bachelor of Engineering (BE) degree in Electronics & Communication from Visveswariah Technological University (VTU), Belgaum (Karnataka) and a Post Graduate Diploma in Management (PGDM) in Insurance Business from Birla Institute of Management Technology (BIMTECH), Greater Noida (UP).He is a Fellow of the Insurance Institute of India (FIII). He has about 14 years of rich professional experience spanning across diverse sectors ranging from engineering to insurance with leading multinational and Indian companies. He has keen interest in the comparative study of China and India on the aspects of economy, welfare and development parameters, industry,trade and commerce, etc. He is presently working on a research paper on “Trade between China and East and North East Indian states”. He has presented papers in several seminars and writes blogs and articles on management, economics, international studies, Sociology and related areas.

Snigdha Konar is a research scholar at the Centre for Chinese and Southeast Asian Studies in Jawaharlal Nehru University. She has completed her Masters in Chinese language. Her research interests are contemporary Chinese literature, human rights and gender issues in China.

Akshay Bhambri is a M.Phil. Research Scholar at Department of Political Science, University of Delhi. His research is titled “Healing Politics: Politics of Knowledge of the Traditional Chinese Medicine Industry in the Post Open Door Period.” 

Megha Shrivastava is a research intern at ICS. She holds her masters in Politics (with Specialization in International Relations) from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. Also a UGC-NET qualified scholar, she has published quality papers, blogs and essays in many reputed journals before. She has earlier worked at Foreign Policy Research center, Yogya Foundation and Center for legislative Research and advocacy as a research intern. 

Shruti Jargad is currently a Yenching Scholar at Peking University in China. She is pursuing Masters in Chinese Studies (Politics and IR concentration) and her research thesis focuses on CCP recruitment strategies in the Xi Era. Previously she has completed Master's in Political Science from Centre for Political Studies at Jawaharlal Nehru University. At ICS, under guidance of Dr. Usha Chandran, her research focuses on comparative state feminism in India and China. 

Ananya Raj Kakoti is a research intern at ICS. She have completed my Masters in International Relations and Area Studies, from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. She is currently pursuing a PG Diploma in Human Rights Law from National Law School of India University (NLSIU), Bengaluru. She have previously interned with the United Nations Development Programme.

I Abhyoday, am a Masters student of East Asian Studies at Department of East Asian Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Delhi. I had got my paper on Sino-Indian relations published in FPRC, New Delhi's Quarterly Journal. My areas of interest range from East Asian Security dynamics between Japan and China, Japanese militarization, constructivist approach towards understanding securitization in a region, Japanese & Indian foreign policy and its impact on Indo-Pacific as a whole. During my time at ICS I look forward to working on Japanese Militarization and Japan’s role in the post-pandemic world order.