Teaching

Courses taught at the School of International Studies, JNU, and students supervised.

50+ PhDs Supervised
55+ MPhils Supervised
32+ Years Teaching-Research
7 Courses

Courses Taught

Masters

Peace and War in the Nuclear Age

Examination of nuclear strategy, deterrence theory, arms control regimes, and the evolving landscape of nuclear security.

Masters

Introduction to Peace and Conflict Resolution

Foundational course on theories and practice of peace studies, conflict transformation, and international peacekeeping.

MPhil/PhD

Strategies of Peace and War

Strategic theory from classical to contemporary, including deterrence, coercive diplomacy, and conflict prevention.

MPhil/PhD

India and Disarmament

India's evolving positions on disarmament, non-proliferation, and arms control in bilateral and multilateral frameworks.

MPhil/PhD

Arms Control and Disarmament Diplomacy

This is an advanced course familiarising MPhil/PhD scholars with current discourses and evolution of institutions and structures for negotiating Arms Control and Disarmament conventions and art and nature of diplomacy in these processes.

MPhil/PhD

Science, Technology and National Security

The intersection of technological change — cyber, AI, space — with national security policy and international stability.

MPhil/PhD

International Negotiations: Theory and Practice

This is a foundational course for training MPhil/PhD scholars in concepts, theories and history but also skillsets, processes, methods and structures in practice of International Negotiations.

PhDs Supervised

*DISCLAIMER
THE LIST IS NOT EXHAUSTIVE. MY STUDENTS WHO FIND THEM NOT LISTED, KINDLY CONTACT ME.
Abhiroop Singh Kumawat
Assessing the Responsibility To Protect Doctrine: A Comparative Study of Libya and Cote D’Ivory (2024)
Abhishek Verma
Oligopoly in International Relations: A Study of 50 years of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (2025)
Anshu Joshi
Defence Against Biological Weapons Use by Non-State Actors: A Comparative Study of Norms, Technologies, and Civil Defence Systems (2010)
Arun Vishwanathan
Ambiguity in India’s Nuclear Decision-Making, 1962, 1998 (2012)
Binoda Kumar Mishra
Evolution and Working of the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW) (2004)
Bonita Pradhan
Gurkh Rifles in the Indian and the British Armies: A Comparative Study of Their Assimilation (2021)
Chander Shekhar
Conflict Prevention in South China Sea: A Study of Joint ASEAN-China Initiatives (2022)
Chandraveer Singh Bhati
Counter Terrorism Laws in India: A Study of Domestic and International Factors (2019)
Daniel Joseph
The Political Debate on Anti-Terrorist Legislation: A Comparative Study of India and the United Kingdom (2005)
Daniel Joseph Kuba
The Political Debate on Anti-Terrorist Legislation: A Comparative Study of India and the United Kingdom (2005)
Deep Narayan Pandey
Geopolitics of Transit Routes for Landlocked Countries: A Comparative Study of Ethiopia and Nepal (2012)
Harinder Kaur
Nuclear Risk Reduction Measure and Deterrence Stability: A Comparative Study of the United States-former Soviet Union and India-Pakistan Equations (2014)
Krishnendra Meena
British Geostrategic Perspectives on Southern Atlantic Region (2021)
Now faculty at JNU
Kush Kumar Gayasen
Assessing the China Factor in India’s Maritime Doctrines: A Study of the India-China Naval Interface in teh Indian Ocean Region (2016)
Manish S. Dabhade
India’s Nuclear Diplomacy After Pokhran II: Towards a Typology (2021)
Mansi Pritam
Sovereign Notions and the Indian State : A Study of India’s Foreign Policy (2024)
Monalisa Joshi
Biological Weapons as Weapons of Mass Destruction: A Study of Technical and Political Dimensions (2007)
Pooja Bhatt
China’s ‘Smart Power’ and Asian Security Architecture: Responses of Vietnam and the Philippines (2022)
Pradip Saikia
The Northeastern Region and India’s Diplomacy: A Study of Strategic, Commercial and Cultural Factors (2010)
Ramanuj Kaushik
Disaster, State Sovereignty and Diplomacy: Responses of India and Indonesia to the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami (2013)
Reshmi Kazi
Evolution of India’s Nuclear Doctrine: A Study of Political, Economic, and Technological Dimensions (2006)
Rishika Chauhan
Nonproliferation and Sanctions: A Comparative Study of Indian and Chinese Discourse (2018)
Satyabrat Sinha
Interpreting The Regional Security Complex Theory in the Context of South Asia’s Nuclearisation (2008)
Saurabh Thakur
Examining Equity Within the Climate Change Negotiations (2022)
Shrabana Barua
Infrastructure Diplomacy as a Tool for Regional Influence by China and India: A Case Study of Myanmar (2023)
Shubhra Chaturvedi
India and Nuclear Weapons: Role of Learning In the Evolution of Norms (2018)
Silky Kaur
Nuclear Coercion in the Post-Cold War World: Case Studies of Russia-United States and India-Pakistan Dyads (2021)
Smita Singh
Coalition Politics and Foreign Policy: A Comparative Study of India-U.S. Nuclear Negotiations during the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) and United Progressive Alliance (UPA), 1999-2009 (2025)
Surae Soren
India’s Energy Diplomacy: A Study of the Impact of Oil Procurement since 1991 (2012)
Vijay Sakhuja
A Comparative Study of Maritime Power of India and China in 1990s (2005)
co-supervised
Vijayanti Raghavan
The Politics of Nuclear Bargaining: A Study of US-North Korean Negotiations, 1993-2001 (2007)
Zainab Akhtar
Nuclear Coercion in the Post-Cold War World: Case Studies of Russia-United States and India-Pakistan Dyads (2017)
Zhong Ai
Evolution of Anti-piracy Strategy of China and India: A Study of Their Cooperation in the Gulf of Aden (2021)
Zothanpuii
Nuclear Renaissance in the Energy Security Paradigm; A Study of India and China (2014)

MPhils Supervised

*DISCLAIMER
THE LIST IS NOT EXHAUSTIVE. MY STUDENTS WHO FIND THEM NOT LISTED, KINDLY CONTACT ME.
A Vinod Kumar
Globalization and the Defence Industry: Studying Post- Cold War Trends (2004)
Abhiroop Singh Kumawat
Responsibility to Protect Doctrine in International Relations: A Case Study of Libya (2018)
Anand Sreekumar
Examining Gandhian Normative Thinking on Nuclear Ethics: The Case Study of ICAN (2021)
Ankita Shree
Liability Issues in Nuclear Accidents: Examining the Role of Private Players (2012)
Anshu Joshi
Chemical and Biological Weapons: Impact of New Technologies (2004)
Archna R.
Role of Verification in the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty: A Comparative Study of Iraq and Iran (2016)
Arun Vishwanathan
India’s Nuclear Decision-Making, 1962-1974: The Roots of Ambiguity (2006)
Arunita Phukan
US as a Factor in the Evolution of China’s Space Program: Case Study of China’s Tilt Toward Building Space Weapons (2008)
Augustine Malsawmdawngliani
Democratisation by Force: A Case Study of US Intervention in Iraq (2012)
Bonita Pradhan
Marginalisation of LGBT in the Armed Forces: A Comparative Study of Russia and Sweden (2017)
Brigadier Deepak Sharma
Theatre Missile Defence (TMD) and India’s Security (2002)
Capt Anil Kumar Chawla, College of Naval Warfare, Mumbai
Role of the Indian Navy as an Instrument of India’s Foreign Policy in the Asia-Pacific Region (2006)
Chander Shekhar
Security Community as a Model for Conflict Resolution: A Case Study of ASEAN (2018)
Deepa Prakash
Managing Security in Post-Conflict Situations: A Case Study of Afghanistan (2004)
Deepak Sharma
Theatre Missile Defence (TMD) and India’s Security (2002)
Jayana Krupakar
The Rise of Cyber Warfare: Explaining How Information Revolution Redefines National Security (2014)
Kazutoshi Tamari
Genesis of Pokhran II Nuclear Tests: Alternative Explanations (2010)
Kush Kumar Gayasen
Negotiating North Korea’s Nuclear Disarmament: An Assessment of the Six-Party Talks (2003-2008) (2011)
Monalisa Joshi
Biological Weapons: Norm Building and its Limitations (2003)
Navjot Bir Singh
Sino-Indian Naval Interface in the Indian Ocean: Rivalry, Cooperation, or Status Quo? (2007)
Neha Kumar
Role of Ballistic Missile Defence in the US Nuclear Deterrence Discourse: A Case Study of Post-Cold War Debates (2008)
P. Kumar Sundaram
Memories as Agencies: The Role of Japan’s Hibakushas in Nuclear Disarmament (2007)
Peter Ki
Role of Verification in Arms Control: A Comparative Study of the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention (BTWC) and the Chemical Weapons Convention (2005)
Pooja Bhatt
Integration of the Ex-Combatants into the National Armies: A Case Study of Nepal and the Philippines (2016)
Preeti Singh
A Comparative Study of European and Asian Confidence-Building Measures (CBMs): Lessons for India-Pakistan Confidence-Building (2002)
Pujya Jennifer Pascal
Emerging Role of Private Military Companies: A Case Study of the US War in Iraq (2005)
Reshmi Kazi
The Rationale of India Nuclear Deterrent (2002)
Rishika Chauhan
Efficacy of Nuclear Sanctions: A Comparative Study of North Korea and Pakistan (2013)
Ritesh Bhardwaj
Revolution in Military Affairs: A Case Study of Military Modernisation in India during 1990s (2004)
Satyabrat Sinha
Civil-Military Relations in Nuclear Decision-Making: A Case Study of Pakistan (2003)
Saurabh Thakur
So0uth-South Cooperation: An Alternative Model in Global Health Diplomacy (2015)
Shaunak Set
Outer Space and Warfare: A Study of Trends and Transformations (2016)
Shrabana Barua
Understanding the Siachen Conflict Through th Copenhagen Lens of Securitisation: A Case Study of the Sustaining Militarisation (2017)
Shubhra Chaturvedi
Explaining the Concept of Nuclear Learning with Reference to India (2013)
Silki Kaur
Understanding Nuclear Coercion in International Relations: A Case Study of South Asia (2014)
Sizy Kumar
India’s Smart Power Strategy in India-China Relations (2018)
Smita Singh
Transformation of India’s Nuclear Identity: A Constructivist Explanation (2012)
Sukanya Poddar
International Responses to the Use of Child Soldiers: A Case Study of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Elam (2006)
Supriya Singh
Impact of 9/11 on Muslims in Europe: A Comparative Study of State Responses in the United Kingdom and France (2006)
Surae Soren
Impact of Pokhran-II on India’s Diplomacy towards China, 1998-2004 (2007)
Tagadi Manjunath
India's Defence Export Policy: Compulsions, Capabilities an Constraints (2009)
Yangstapila Sangtam
Emerging Chinese and Indian Perspectives on River Water Sharing: Case Study of the Brahmaputra (2014)
Zhong Ai
Role of Second-Strike in the No-First Use Doctrine: A Study of China and India (2017)
Zothanpuii
Nuclear Energy Options: A Comparative Study of France and Germany (2009)