India in the 21st Century: Emerging Global Silhouette

The Indian Council for Cultural Relations Chair, Professor Tridib Chakraborti will be speaking on India in the 21st Century: Emerging Global Silhouette as part of DCU’s Ireland India Institute Public Lecture Series.  The lecture will take place in the Retirees’ Lounge, Albert College on Thursday 4th June at 4:00pm.

Professor Chakraborti, IICR Chair has been based in the School of Law and Government at DCU since February 2015 teaching the module, Contemporary India, on both the BA and MA in International Relations..

Professor Chakraborti is the fomer Head of the Department of International Relations, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India. He is a well known expert of Southeast Asian Affairs. He has specialized in South and Southeast Asian politics, foreign relations, strategic issues, Indian Diaspora, Indian political thought and ethnic Issues of Southeast Asia.  His first book was India and Kampuchea: A phase in their Relations- 1978-81 (Minerva Associates (Publications) Pvt. Ltd. Kolkata, 1985. He has also co-edited seven books on International Relations, among which, Vietnam: A Changing Horizon,Chatterjee Publishers, Kolkata, 1992; Anatomy of Fear: Essays on India’s Internal Security, Lancer’s Books, New Delhi, 2004; India’s Foreign Policy,Pearson, New Delhi, 2009 and Power, Commerce and Influence: India’s Look East Experience, Lancers’ Books, New Delhi, 2009, China and the Contemporary World, Reader’s Service, 2014 are noteworthy.  He has written more than 45 articles on different topics related to Southeast and South Asia in edited volumes, and has completed the supervision of six Ph.D. and thirty M.Phil students to date.

To register your interest, email India@dcu.ie.