Qualification

PhD (CIPOD- Jawaharlal Nehru University)- Examining Vallabhbhai Patel's Approach to India's Foreign Policy.

Past Experience

UPES Dehradun, National University of Singapore, Janki Devi Memorial College- University of Delhi, Jawaharlal Nehru University

My Zone / Area of Expertise

Theories of International Relations, Vallabhbai Patel,India's Foreign Policy, Caste and International Relations, Indo-China Relations, Climate Change, South Asia, Great Power Politics, Realism, Machiavelli

Awards

South Asian Futures Fellowship (SAFF) hosted by the Council for Strategic and Defense Research (CSDR), New Delhi, India and supported by Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES),
Junior Research Fellowship (JRF), SRF in International Relations and Area Studies, from University Grants Commission (UGC), New Delhi in December 2012.
ISA travel grant for ISA Annual Convention 2022.
National Eligibility Test (NET-UGC) in International Relations and Area Studies.
National Eligibility Test (NET-UGC) in Defense and Strategic Studies, MAY 2013.
National Eligibility Test (NET-UGC) in Political Science, June 2014.

Publications

Pavan Kumar (2023), Blame Game on Article 370: Patel, Nehru, and Ayyangar, Strategic Analysis, 47:1, 48- 60, Taylor andFrancis, DOI: 10.1080/09700161.2023.2183589
Pavan Kumar. ‘India Balancing China: Exploring Soft Balancing Through Indo- Pacific’, Millennial Asia: An International Journal of Asian Studies, 2021, Taylor and Francis, Link: https://doi.org/10.1177/0976399621998274
Pavan Kumar. ‘Bringing Machiavelli and Kant Back in on Morality and World Politics’, International Studies, 2019, vol. 56, 4: pp. 292-307, Sage, Available at:https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0020881719863284
Pavan Kumar and Aarushi. “Exploring Australia and New Zealand’s ClimatePolicies: Similarities and Differences”. Indigenous Voices and Climate Change, Edited by Niki Joseph Paul Alsford, Palgrave Macmillan, 2022, Available at: https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-030-98460-1_10
Pavan Kumar and Vikash Chandra, “Covid-19 and its impact on Liberal International Order”, World Affairs: The Journal of International Issues, Winter 2022, Vol 26, No.4, pp.104-114
Pavan Kumar and Aarushi, “Notes from a Survey: How Did the COVID-19 Pandemic Affect Female University Students?,” The Wire (March 3, 2023). n.d. https://thewire.in/women/notes-from-a-survey-how-did-the-covid-19-pandemic-affect- female-university-students.
Pavan Kumar and Aarushi, “Underbalancing China not in India’s Interest”, The Annapurna Express, January 4, 2023, Available at: https://epaper.amn.media/annapurnaexpress-detail/2357#gallery-4
Pavan Kumar and Aarushi, Cost of India’s Underbalancing of China, December 15, 2022, Available at: https://niice.org.np/archives/8436
Pavan Kumar. ‘ India-Japan Relations Under Modi 1.0: Exploring Political, Economic and Security Cooperation’, World Affairs: The Journal of International Issues, Autumn 2020 (July -September), Vol 24, No. 3, pp. 42-53, Available at: https://www.jstor.org/stable/48590642?seq=1

Seminar / Conferences

Presented a paper on ‘Women and Indian IR’ at the ISA Annual Convention 2022, Nashville, Tennessee
Appeared on a podcast on ‘Caste and it’s absence from critiques of Indian foreign policy’ hosted by Urvashi Sarkar at Suno India, Beyond Nation &State, 2022, Available at: https://www.sunoindia.in/beyond-nation-and-state/caste-and-its- absence-from-critiques-of-indian-foreign-policy/
Spoke on ‘Caste and International Relations’ at the Global South Adda hosted by Dr Vineet Thakur (Leiden University), Link available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jcefzg6Zo24&t=2853s
Presented a paper titled, ‘Ambedkar’s China Policy’ at the workshop on International in Ambedkar organized by Shiv Nadar University, November 2020
Completed a certificate course on ‘Indian Military Strategy: its crafting and implementation’ coordinated by Lt. Gen D S Hooda (Retd.) and offered by Council for Strategic and Defense Research (5th September 2021- 26th September 2021)
Participated in Nordic Summer School from April 19-23, 2021, organized by Center for European Studies, JNU and Nordic Center in India on ‘Understanding European Integration through the Regional Lens’.
Presented a paper titled, ‘Getting China Wrong: Understanding Underbalancing From Nehru to Modi’, at the Young Scholars Summit 2020, NIICE, September 2020
Presented a paper titled ‘Belt and Road Initiative and Indian Response: Testing the Balance of Threat Theory’ at the workshop on Chinese studies, organized by Institute of Chinese Studies New Delhi and Shiv Nadar University, Noida, 19-21 July 2019
Presented a paper on ‘Examining India’s Ascendancy in Asia in Relation to China: Claims, Capabilities, Challenges and Possibilities’ at the All India International and Area Studies Convention 2019,’ organized by Jawaharlal Nehru University, 29 February 2019.
Attended winter school on ‘Life and Thought of M.K. Gandhi’ organized by Indian Institute of Advanced Study (IIAS), Shimla. December (1-15) 2016.
Presented a paper titled “Going Beyond Survival; The Analogy of Prodigious Indian Defense Expenditure and Human Security” at the conference on International Relations organized by Ravenshaw University, Cuttack, 2014
Presented a paper titled, “Climate Change- A threat to National Security of India- Understanding and Identifying the key threats to Indian National Security, emanating from Climate Change” at the Conference on Climate Change, Organized by Union Christian College, Umium (Shillong) , Meghalaya, 2015

Presented a paper titled, “Vallabhbhai Patel’s views on International Politics”, at the National Seminar on “Relevance of Modern Indian Political Thought: Gandhi, Hedgewar, Golwalkar, Savarkar, Patel, Ambedkar, Nehru, Md. Iqbal and Maulana Madoodi” on 4-5 October, 2017 organized by Department of Political Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi (India)