Other Details:Course -
Introduction to Political Science
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Political Obligation
Research Interests -
Nationalism
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Ethnicity
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Multiculturalism
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Civil Society
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Chinese Domestic Politics
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Harmony and Stability Discourse in China
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China’s Ethnic Policy
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Religion in China, Xinjiang
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Bilingual Education in Xinjiang
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China’s Belt and Road Initiative
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China and Islam
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Environmental Movements and Internet Activism in China
Selected Publications -
Ramachandran, V. Redefining China’s Xinjiang Policy: Rhetoric or reality?International Area Studies Review, 20 (3), 2017, 273–290. http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/2233865917703904
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With Dr. S Gupta, Bilingual Education in Xinjiang in the Post-2009 Period. China Report, 52 (4), 2016, 306-323. http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/0009445516661885
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R, Veena. Critical Examination of the Stability Discourse in China. Indian Journal of Political Science, LXXVII (1), 2016, 85-92.
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R, Veena. Uyghur Separatism and Stability Discourse in China. pp 56-67. in D. Subha Chandran, Teshu Singh and Namrata Hasija (eds) Inside China: New Leadership, Social Change, and Economic Challenges Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies Asian Security Series, Samskriti Publishers, New Delhi, 2013.
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Ramachandran, V. Indian Federalism in a Transitory Phase: From Asymmetry to Multiculturalism. pp 68-77. in G. Gopakumar (ed) Foreign Policy, Federalism and International Treaties, New Century Publications, New Delhi, 2011.
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Ramachandran, V (2018) China-Pakistan Economic Corridor: The Uyghur Challenge and the Chinese Security Model, The Diplomat, 30 March, https://thediplomat.com/2018/03/china-pakistan-economic-corridor-the-uyg...
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Comparing Two Recent Environmental Protests in China, 29 December 2011, https://csc.iitm.ac.in/articles/comparing-two-recent-environmental-prote...
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Deploying Chinese Private Security Force in Africa, 16 April 2012, https://csc.iitm.ac.in/articles/deploying-chinese-private-security-force...
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Afghanistan: US withdrawal and China’s involvement, 12 June 2012, https://csc.iitm.ac.in/articles/afghanistan-us-withdrawal-and-china%E2%8...
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Managing Xinjiang, 7 May 2013, https://csc.iitm.ac.in/articles/managing-xinjiang
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Xinjiang Factor in China’s Arab World Strategy, 15 July 2013, https://csc.iitm.ac.in/articles/xinjiang-factor-china%E2%80%99s-arab-wor...
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Sentence of Ilham Tohti and Mismanagement of Ethnic Policy in China, 30 September 2014, https://csc.iitm.ac.in/articles/sentence-ilham-tohti-and-mismanagement-e...
Papers Presented International Conferences -
A paper titled Islam with Chinese Characteristics: Ethnic vs. Extremist at the International Conference, Ethnographies of Islam in China, held from 27-29 March, 2017 at China Institute, SOAS, University of London.
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A paper titled Silk Road Economic Belt: Challenges and Opportunities for China’s Harmonized Xinjiang and Harmonious World at the International Conference on
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India, China and the New Silk Road Initiatives: Challenges and Opportunities, held from 11-12 November, 2016, at the Institute for Contemporary Chinese Studies, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam.
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A paper titled The Harmony Discourse and China’s Engagement with Ethnic Difference at 7th Annual Conference on Cultural and Social Anthropology of East Asia 2013 (theme: Ethnic Groups, Ethnicity and Ethnic Policies in China) from 31 October-2 November 2013 at the Department of Asian Studies, Faculty of Arts, Palacky University in Olomouc, Czech Republic.
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A paper on Critical Examination of the Stability Discourse in China at the
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International Conference on 'Participation, Contestation, Legitimation in Chinese Politics', conducted from 3-5 December 2012, at IITM CSC.
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Paper on Islamophobia in Europe at the Second International Workshop on Politics in the Global Age: Sovereignty, Citizenship, Territory and Nationalism from 6-10 June, 2011, Organized by Centre for Comparative European Union Studies, DoHSS, IIT Madras.
National Conferences -
Paper on Critical Examination of the Stability discourse in China at the Fifth All
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India conference of China Studies on December 15-16, 2012, at Santiniketan, Kolkata.
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Paper titled Uighur Separatism and the Stability Discourse in China, presented at
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Inside China: Second Annual Conference Organized by IPCS on 8th September 2012 at New Delhi.
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Paper presented on Chinese Winter: A study on Netizen activism in China at U.G.C Sponsored National Seminar on Democracy and Civil Society in India, Organized by Centre for Gandhian Studies, Alphonsa College, Pala, on 7-8 February 2012, at Kottayam.
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Paper on Indian Federalism in a Transitionary Phase from Asymmetry to Multiculturalism at the national seminar on Indian Constitution, Federalism and International Law, organized from 4-5, February, 2010 by the Institute of Parliamentary Affairs, Government of Kerala.
Invited (Expert) Talks -
Delivered a talk titled, ‘The Construction of Ethnic Difference in China’, at the Department of Ethnology, National ChengChi University, Taipei, Taiwan on 25th November 2013.
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Lecture on ‘Forging Partnership: Mandarin as a Bridge between Taiwan and India’, at National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan on 23rd November 2013.
Short Term Courses/ Workshops /Conferences -
One-week course 'China Wired: The Culture and Politics of New Media in China' taught by Dr. James Leibold (La Trobe University, Australia) as part of Global Initiative of Academic Networks (GIAN) held at IIT Madras from 6-10 February 2017.
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International Conference on „China in Transition‟ organized by the Department of East Asian Studies, Delhi University, 10-11 January 2014.
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International Seminar on „Politics in the Global Age: Critical Reflections on Sovereignty, Nationalism, Territory, and Citizenship‟, organized by Centre for Comparative European Union Studies, DoHSS, IIT Madras, 10-14 December 2011.
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The Second International Workshop on “Politics in the Global Age: Sovereignty, Citizenship, Territory and Nationalism”, Organized by Centre for Comparative European Union Studies, DoHSS, IIT Madras, 6 -10 June 2011.
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Third Annual Young Scholars‟ Residential Workshop on Nuclear Disarmament and
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Non-proliferation organized by Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies, New Delhi, 23 - 27 February 2011.
Work in Progress -
(Post-review) Ramachandran, V. The Harmony Discourse and the Construction of Ethnic Difference in China. Asian Journal of Comparative Politics.
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(Review) Silk Road Economic Belt (SREB): Synchronization of China’s Domestic and Foreign Policy in an edited volume.
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De-extremification to De-Islamization: China’s Ethno-Religious Complexity
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The Five No Approach in Africa: China’s Global Paradigm
Academic Experience -
Lecturer in Political Science, under the UGC XI Plan Teacher Fellowship, Department of Political Science, Madras Christian College, Chennai, from 2009-2011.
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Teaching Assistant, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, 2012-2015.
Other Professional Experience Achievements and Awards -
University Rank Holder for B.A. Degree Examination (2005)
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Post Graduate Merit Scholarship for University Rank Holders (2005)
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National Eligibility Test by UGC (2006)
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Gold Medalist for M.A. Degree Examination (2007)
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Awarded Chinese Government Scholarship (2018-19)
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