The Emerging Scholars program draws on The New School’s tradition of fostering and enhancing knowledge-sharing across disciplines and amongst scholars in different stages of their careers. This unique initiative is designed to provide a platform for both advanced level graduate students in professional fields as well as current PhD scholars and those who received their PhD within the last five years, to present and receive feedback on their ongoing research and to discuss recent advances and new trends in research on India and China.
ICI hosts a semi-annual conference in China, India and the United States (a select group of presenters from the India and China conferences are invited to join American-based scholars in New York City) in which the below scholars presented their works in progress. You can review selected finished reports from previous Fellows in our Working Paper Series.
2015 Emerging Scholars
The New School Presenters – New York City
The 2015 Emerging Fellows were (from left to right in front row):
- Jingfeng Li, Assistant Researcher, Sichuan Academy of Social Sciences
- Joe Thomas Krackattu, Assistant Professor, China Studies Centre Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras
- Amen Jaffer, Assistant Professor, Sociology, Forman Christian College, Lahore
- Yang Lu, Lecturer, Heidelberg University
- Marina Kaneti, PhD Candidate, Politics, The New School for Social Research
- Yuan Zhang, Research Fellow, Sanskrit Centre of Institute of Foreign Literature, China Academy of Social Sciences
- Barnali Chanda, Research Fellow, Department of Comparative Literature, Jadavpur University, Kolkatta
You can also view the online program for the 2015 Emerging Scholars event here.
2014 Emerging Scholars
The New School Presenters – New York City
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| Huang Yinghong, Assistant Professor, School of Asia-Pacific Studies Sun Yat-sen University | Prakash Kashwan, Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Connecticut | Uttam Lal, Assistant Professor, Geography & Natural Resources Management, Sikkim University, India | Nirmola Sharma, Doctoral Candidate, Department of East Asian Studies, Univ. of Delhi |
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| Su Ying, PhD Candidate, Institute of International Studies Yunnan University | Min Ye, Assistant Professor, Department of International Relations, Boston University | Yu Zheng, Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Connecticut |
This symposium was the third part of a three-part symposium series; the first part was held in China during the first week of November, 2013. Indian scholars conducting research on China presented their papers in India during the second week of November.
Yunnan University Presenters – China
- Tseng Chin-Yin, Post-Doctoral Fellow, Peking University
- Zhou Jizhen, Lecturer, Party School of the CPC Wuxi Municipal Committee
- Zhao Lei, Senior Researcher, Horizonkey
- Li Na, Lecturer,Liaoning Normal University
- Liu Peng, Lecturer, Yunnan University of Finance and Economics
- Gong Ting, Research Assistant, China Institute of International Studies
- Xu Yang, PhD, School of International Studies, PKU
- Su Ying, Lecturer, Yunnan Agricultural University; PhD Candidate, Yunnan University
- Huang Yinghong, Assistant Professor, Sun Yat-sen University
- Zhang Yuan, Assistant Research Fellow, Institute of Foreign Literature, China Academy of Social Sciences
- Che Zilong, Lecturer, The Communication University of China
Calcutta University Presenters – India
- Sachna Arora, Research Scholar, Political Science, Panjab University
- Obja Borah Hazarika, Assistant Professor, Political Science, Dibrugarh University
- Dhanasree Jayaram, PhD Research Scholar, Manipal University
- Sanket Sudhir Kulkarni, PhD Scholar, International Strategic and Security Studies, National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bangalore
- Uttam Lal, Assistant Professor, Geography & Natural Resources Management, Sikkim
- Manoj Kumar Teotia, Assistant Professor, Centre for Research in Rural and Industrial Development; PhD Scholar, IGNOU
- Shruti Pandalai, Research Analyst and OSD Outreach, IDSA
- Nirmola Sharma, Doctoral Candidate, East Asian Studies, University of Delhi
- Bhaswati Thakurta, PhD Scholar, Calcutta University; Research Associate, Centre for Women’s Development Studies, New Delhi
2013 Emerging Scholars
The New School Presenters – New York City
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| Shahana Chattaraj, Post-doctoral Fellow, The Lauder Institute, University of Pennsylvania | Anil Kumar, Doctoral Candidate, Department of East Asian Studies at the University of Delhi | Dhriti Roy, Assistant Professor in the Department of Asian Languages, Sikkim University | Xin Zhang, Faculty Fellow, School of Advanced International and Area Studies, East China Normal University | Yan Yifei, Erasmus Mundus student, European Master in Law and Economics, Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research Mumbai |
University of Delhi Presenters – India
- Achiransu Acharyya, Assistant Professor, Visva Bharati University and PhD Scholar, University of Calcutta
- Reshimi Banerjee, Research Fellow, Rajiv Gandhi Institute for Contemporary Studies, New Delhi
- Shahana Chattaraj, Post-Doctoral Fellow, The Lauder Institute, University of Pennsylvania
- Suvi Dogra, Research Officer, International Institut for Strategic Studies, IISS
- Nabeel Mancheri, National Institute of Advanced Studies, Indian Institute of Science Campus, Bangalore
- Panu Pazo, PhD Scholar, Centre for East Asian Studies, JNU
- Dhriri Roy, Assistant Professor in the Department of Asian Languages, Sikkim University
- V. Kalyan Shankar, Assistant Professor, Symbiosis School of Economics, Pune
- Nirmola Sharma, Research Associate, Insitute of Chinese Studies, New Dheli
- Vaishali Singh, PhD Scholar, Department of East Asian Studies, University of Delhi
Peking University Presenters – China
- Zhou Jizhen, PhD Candidate,Institute of Economics,Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences
- Jiang Maoxia, Institute for South Asian Studies,Yunnan Academy of Social Sciences
- Hu Xiaowen, Research Assistant, Yunnan Academy of Social Sciences, PhD candidate, Centre for East Asia Studies, JNU
- Zhang Xin, School of Advanced International and Area Studies,East China Normal University
- Lee Xue, PhD Candidate, Institute of International Studies, Yunnan University Sun Xianpu, Ph.D. candidate, Center for South Asia Studies, School of International Studies, Yunnan University
- Yan Yifei, Erasmus Mundus student, European Master in Law and Economics, Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research Mumbai
- Petras Shelton-Zumpano, PhD Candidate, International Political Economy Xiamen University
2012 Emerging Scholars
The New School Presenters – New York City
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| Ka Kin Cheuk, PhD Candidate, Social and Cultural Anthropology, University of Oxford | Mitchell Cook, PhD Candidate, International Development , M.I.T | Chris Eberhardt, PhD, Sociology, New School for Social Research | Anil Kumar, PhD Candidate, East Asian Studies, University of Delhi |
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| Li Lairu, L.L.D, Lecturer, International Business School, Yunnan University | Elmie K. Rengma, MSc, MA, Research Associate, Centre for Policy Research, Delhi | Tang Xiaoyang, PhD, Researcher, International Food Policy Research Institute, Washington DC | Yang Xiaoping, Assistant Professor, Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences |
Jawaharlal Nehru University Presenters – India
- Mohor Chakraborty, Assistant Professor, South Calcutta Girl’s College
- Rukmani Gupta, Associate Fellow, ISDA
- Shubhrajeet Konwer, Assistant Professor, Gauhati University
- Anil Kumar, PhD Candidate, East Asian Studies, University of Delhi
- M.S. Prathibha, Research Scholar, Jawaharlal Nehru University
- Swati Mishra, Research Scholar, Banaras Hindu University
- Elmie Konwar Rengma, MSc, MA, Research Associate, Centre for Policy Research, Delhi
- Dhriti Roy, Assistant Professor in the Department of Asian Languages, Sikkim
Chinese Academy of Social Science Presenters – China
- Ka-Kin Cheuk, Doctoral Candidate, Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology, University of Oxford
- Song Haixiao, Post-Doctorate, School of International Relations, People’s University
- Zhang Jiamei, Lecturer and PhD Candidate, Department of South Asia Studies, Peking University
- Zhang Kuo, PhD Candidate, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University
- Li Lairu, L.L.D, Lecturer, International Business School, Yunnan University
- Deng Lan, Associate Professor @ Director, Center for TRade and Industrial Cooperation Studies, Institute for South Asian Studies, Yunnan Academy of Social Sciences
- Li Min, Researcher, South Asia Institute, Yunnan Academy of Social Sciences; PhD Candidate
- Yang Xiaoping, Assistant Professor, Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences
- Guo Yukuan, Senior Fellow, China Research Center for Public Policy, Beijing
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