About the Department
The evolving connotation of South and Central Asian region as a ‘transformation driver’ has irresistibly been driven not only the great powers to reconsider their strategic and economic priorities, but also a major realm of academia to review the previous drift of learning. Such a challenging task has been undertaken by the Central University of Punjab in the form of a specialized Department of South and Central Asian Studies, which was established in 2009. The Department is being the one of founding pillars among the departments under School of International Studies is unique and innovative in its focus and is committed to cutting edge research. The Department seeks to promote, conduct and disseminate interdisciplinary studies in the key areas of South and Central Asian polity, economy, geopolitics, environment, culture, society, science and technology innovations. The historical and contemporary connections between the two regions alongside multiple forms of exchange among them always are attracting the scholars to explore the region. With a firm emphasis on research based learning and knowledge creation, the Department brings all aspects relating to the region under its academic purview.
Vision
To impart quality education in order to integrate the theoretical, applied and engaged learning in Political Science, International and Area Studies and to develop an effective, analytical research and communication skill
Mission
The Department of South and Central Asian Studies seeks to prepare the learners with a learning experience that will develop capacity to address the socio-political, geopolitical, geo-economic and science and technological challenges of the complex modern society. The Department further emphasizes to make the students as active and engaged citizens at the local, national and global levels. The department provides trans-disciplinary based political education that is embedded and strengthened by theoretical and philosophical traditions. This includes a strong background in the fundamental branches of our discipline: Indian politics, South and Central Asian Politics, Comparative Politics, International Relations, Political Theory, Political Philosophy, Governance and Public Policy Studies, Environmental Relations and Geopolitics. The Departmental students have been encouraged to acquire research skills through projects based research. The Departmental Students would engage in extra-curriculum activities which helps them to cultivate leadership qualities. After the completion of the degree programme, the students would be able to understand, examine and critically analyse the contemporary political events and come out with practical and viable solutions to socio-political problems.
Faculty
- Dr. Bawa Singh, Professor
Profile Publications - Dr. Nishtha Kaushiki, Associate Professor & HOD
Profile Publications - Dr. Sudheer Singh Verma, Assistant Professor
Profile Publications - Dr. Manabhanjan Meher, Assistant Professor
Profile Publications - Dr. Santosh Kumar, Assistant Professor
Profile Publications - Dr. Sandeep Singh, Assistant Professor
Profile Publications
Academic Programmes
- 2023-25
- M.A. Political Science
- M.A. Politics (With Specialization in International Relations)
- Ph.D Political Science
- 2022-24
- M.A. Political Science
- M.A. Politics (With Specialization in International Relations)
- Ph.D Political Science
Research Thurst Area
- Geopolitics of South and Central Asian Studies
- Geopolitics of Eurasian Region
- Indian Foreign Policy and Diplomacy
- Security Studies
- Environmental Politics
Facilities
Will be Updated Shortly
E-Content
Will be Updated Shortly
Placement
S. No | Name and Regd, No | Placement Place |
1 | Mohamad Arif Mir (CUPB/MPh- PhD/SGR/ SCA/2011-12/02)-2013 |
Govt. girls higher secondary school, Sagam, J&K |
2 | Dr. Sandeep Singh (AP) CUPB/MPh- PhD/SGR/ SCA/2012-13/13 |
Former Assistant Professor CT University, Ldh and Ex guest faculty at Department of South and central Asia Studies, Central University of Punjab (Dec 2020 to June 2021) |
3 | Dr. Mudasir Mubarik (AP) CUPB/MPh- PhD/SGR/ SCA/2011-12/05 |
AP Govt. Degree College, Kupwara |
4 | Dr. Hilal Ramzan (P) CUPB/MPh-PhD/SGR/SCA/2012-13/02 |
AP Akal Uni. Talwandi Sabo |
5 | Dr. Manpreet Kaur (AP) CUPB/MPh-PhD/SGR/SCA/2012-13/08 |
Guru Kashi University |
6 | Dr. Shiv Kumar (AP) CUPB/Mph-PhD/SGR/SCA/2013- 14/12 |
AP LPU, Jalandhar |
7 | Dr. Maninderjit Singh (AP) CUP/MPh-PhD/SGR/SCA/2010-11/02 |
Panjab University, Chandīgarh |
8 | Dr. Kovid Kumar CUP/MPh-PhD/SGR/SCA/2010-11/03(AP) |
Department of Defence Studies, Shri Khushal Das University, Rajasthan |
9 | Rupinder Singh (CUPB/MPh/SGR/SCA/2015-16/09(AP) | Malwa College, Bathinda |
10 | Dr. Dinesh Bassi | Bureau Chief Dainik Bhaskar |
11 | Dr. Bhupinder Singh (AP) | Guru Gobind Singh College, Sanghera Barnala |
12 | Dr Parvaiz Ahmad Thoker (AP) | Government Degree College, Kashmir |
13 | SandeepKaur 15mphsca01 (AP) |
Khalsa College, Amritsar |
14 | Rohit Kumar | Punjab Revenue Department (Patwari) |
15 | Harkirat Singh (Master) | Mount Litera Zee School, Bathinda |
16 | Dr AmandeepKaur CUPB/MPh- PhD/SGR/ SCA/2011-12/08 |
Guru Kashi University, Talwandi Sabo |
17 | Hardeep Singh CUPB/MPh/SGR/SCA/2014-15/02 |
Govt Primary School, Punjab |
18 | Bhupinder Singh (2012-13) | Assistant Professor at Guru Gobind Singh College, Sanvera, Barnala, Punjab |
19 | Soorya.K. (Annual Package of 6-7 Lacs) | Assistant Professor of Political Science(Adhoc), Government Brennan college, Dharmadam, Thallassery, Kerala |
Higher Education Admission 2018-20 Batch
S. No | Name and Regd, No | PhD Admission |
1 | Ajay Kumar (18maplsc05) | Ph. D in Panjab University, Chandigarh |
2 | Rajani Mol (18maplsc09) | PhD Admission in Central University of Punjab Bathinda |
3 | Priya Gautam (17maplsc03) | PhD Admission in Central University of Punjab Bathinda |
Student Corner
PhD Research Scholars | |||||||
S. No | Name | Regd No | Fellowship | Batch | Title | Date of Joining | Supervisor |
1 | Nitesh Patel | 19phdsca01 | UGC JRF | 2019 | Left the course | 19 August 2019 | Dr. Bawa Singh |
2 | Priya Gauttam | 19phdsca02 | UGC JRF | 2019 | Geopolitics of Education: Locating Higher Education in China's Nepal Policy | 20 August 2019 | Dr. Bawa Singh |
3 | Shubham Verma | 20phdsca03 | UGC JRF | 2020 | Yet to decide the PhD Topic | 19 November 2020 | Dr. Bawa Singh |
4 | Rajni Mol | 20phdsca08 | NFSC | 2021 | Yet to decide the PhD Topic | 24 February 2021 | Dr. Bawa Singh |
5 | Nippun Gupta | 20phdsca09 | UGC JRF | 2021 | Yet to decide the PhD Topic | 22 February 2021 | Dr. Bawa Singh |
6 | Vikash Roushan | 20phdsca01 | UGC JRF | 2021 | Yet to decide the PhD Topic | Dr. Nishtha Kaushiki | |
7 | Nikhil Sharma | 20phdsca06 | UGC JRF | 2021 | Yet to decide the PhD Topic | Dr. Nishtha Kaushiki | |
8 | Davinderpal Singh | 15phdsca01 | UGC-JRF | 2015 | India in post-Kyoto global climate change governance | Dr. Sudheer Singh Verma | |
9 | Raghavendra Pratap Kushwaha | CUPB/MPh-PhD/SGR/SCA/2013-14/14 | NA (integrated M.Phil-PhD) | 2016 | India and the Emerging Energy Governance in Central Asia | Dr. Sudheer Singh Verma | |
10 | Abdul Rauf Bhat | CUPB/MPh-PhD/SGR/SCA/2013-14/05 | NA (integrated M.Phil-PhD) | 2015 | Post -2001India Afghanistan Relations | Dr. Sudheer Singh Verma | |
11 | Gunjan Yadav | 20phdsca10 | UGC JRF | 2021 | Yet to decide the PhD Topic | Dr. Sudheer Singh Verma | |
12 | Babli | 20phdsca02 | NFSC | 2021 | Yet to decide the PhD Topic | Dr. M. Meher | |
13 | Ashish gupta | 20phdsca04 | UGC JRF | 2021 | Yet to decide the PhD Topic | Dr. M. Meher |
MA Political Science Students 2020-22 | |||
S.No | Reg no | Name | M/F |
1 | 20maplsc01 | ABAD QURESHI | M |
2 | 20maplsc03 | ANKITA MUDULI | F |
3 | 20maplsc04 | ANSUMAN MOHANTY | M |
4 | 20maplsc06 | AFTHAB V | M |
5 | 20maplsc08 | DEBA KUMAR DUTTA | M |
6 | 20maplsc09 | GOPIKA PAVITHRAN | F |
7 | 20maplsc11 | GOWTHAM S PILLAI | M |
8 | 20maplsc12 | GREETA FRANCIS | F |
9 | 20maplsc14 | HARSIMRAN | M |
10 | 20maplsc16 | PREETI ROUT | F |
11 | 20maplsc17 | KANDUKOORI RAKESH | M |
12 | 20maplsc19 | KUMAR SUMIT SAURABH | M |
13 | 20maplsc20 | DEEPAK KUMAR DINODIA | M |
14 | 20maplsc21 | GEETANJALI | F |
15 | 20maplsc22 | MOHAMMAD RIAZ | M |
16 | 20maplsc23 | NITHIN ABRAHAM | M |
17 | 20maplsc24 | MOHAMMAD SABIL CHOUDHARY | M |
18 | 20maplsc26 | NAJJMA KOUSER | F |
19 | 20maplsc27 | PRASANTA MAHALING | M |
20 | 20maplsc28 | SHAHNA S PALODE | F |
21 | 20maplsc30 | SANYUKTA | F |
22 | 20maplsc31 | HARITHA B S | F |
23 | 20maplsc33 | RIYA SOOD | F |
24 | 20maplsc34 | MOHD SHARAFAT | M |
25 | 20maplsc35 | MOHD NADIM | M |
26 | 20maplsc37 | NAFIA | F |
Grants
Externally Funded
S. No | Name | Title | Sponsoring Agencies | Amount |
1 | Dr. Bawa Singh | Role of SAARC: Geostrategic and Geo-economics Perspectives ( Feb 2014- Aug 2015) | ICCSR, New Delhi | 7 Lac |
2 | Dr. Nishtha Kaushiki | Reshaping of the Asian Power Dynamics: An Analysis of Russo-Pak Rapprochement 2021-2022 |
ICCSR, New Delhi | 3.5 Lacs |
Internally Funded
S. No | Name | Title | Sponsoring Agencies | Amount |
1 | Dr. Bawa Singh | Maritime Security Threats in the Indian Ocean: Indian Reciprocations 2014-16 | CUPB | 1.5 Lac |
2 | Dr. Nishtha Kaushiki | The Great Rebalancing and the Emerging Triangular Dynamics of India, China, and Japan: An Analysis 2021-22 | CUPB | 1.5 Lac |
3 | Dr. Sudheer Singh verma | India and Climate Change: An Assessment of Indian Approach towards Global Climate Regime 2017-2019 | CUPB | 1.5 Lac |
4 | Dr. Manabhanjan Meher | Statecraft in Ancient India: A Comparative Study of Kautilya, Kamandaka and Shukra 2021-23 | CUPB | 1.5 Lac |
5 | Dr. Santosh Kumar | The Growing Interlinkages between India and Japan under Modi Government: Contexualising the Conundrum caused by the rise of China 2022-24 | CUPB | 1.5 Lac |
Seminar/Symposia
Will be Updated Shortly
Alumni
M.A. Political Science - 2015-16 BATCH | |||||
1 | Zulifqar Ahmed Rahi | 15maplsc01 | |||
2 | Jasvir Kour Khalsa | 15maplsc02 | |||
3 | Mansoor Ahmed | 15maplsc03 | |||
4 | Muzaffar Hussain | 15maplsc04 | |||
5 | Ranvijay Singh Panwar | 15maplsc06 | |||
6 | Vedprakash Saini | 15maplsc07 | |||
7 | Adarsh Kumar | 15maplsc08 | |||
8 | Mohammed Waseem | 15maplsc09 | |||
MA History - 2015-16 BATCH | |||||
9 | Mohd Raqeeb | 15mahist01 | |||
10 | Anil Kumar | 15mahist02 | |||
11 | Pankaj Kumar | 15mahist03 | |||
12 | Vilayat Ali | 15mahist04 | |||
13 | Donal Thomas | 15mahist05 | |||
M.A. Political Science - 2016 -17 BATCH | |||||
14 | Khushdeep Singh | 16maplsc02 | |||
15 | Gurmit Singh | 16maplsc03 | |||
16 | Neerudi Gopal | 16maplsc04 | |||
17 | Hafiz Mohammad Ikram-ul-haq | 16maplsc05 | |||
18 | Jitendra Kumar | 16maplsc07 | |||
19 | Husanpreet Singh | 16maplsc08 | |||
MA History - 2016 -17 BATCH | |||||
20 | Shekhar Chauhan | 16mahist01 | |||
21 | Beant Kaur | 16mahist02 | |||
22 | Subamanoj | 16mahist03 | |||
23 | Nazam Ud Din | 16mahist04 | |||
24 | Dharam Kumar | 16mahist05 | |||
25 | Sandesh Kumar | 16mahist06 | |||
26 | Deb Kumar Barman | 16mahist09 | |||
27 | Sumandeep Kaur | 16mahist10 | |||
MA Political Science - 2017-18 | |||||
28 | Sarabjeet Kaur | 17maplsc01 | |||
29 | Feroz Ahmad | 17maplsc02 | |||
30 | Priya Gautam | 17maplsc03 | |||
31 | Nitesh Patel | 17maplsc04 | |||
32 | Gurpreet Kaur | 17maplsc05 | |||
33 | Sahid Raja | 17maplsc06 | |||
34 | Victor .S | 17maplsc08 | |||
35 | Arvind S | 17maplsc09 | |||
36 | Gurpreet Singh | 17maplsc10 | |||
37 | Yadwinder kaur | 17maplsc11 | |||
38 | Neetu Devi | 17maplsc12 | |||
39 | Sukhpreet Kaur | 17maplsc13 | |||
40 | Fazul-ul-Rehman | 17maplsc14 | |||
MA Political - 2018-20 | |||||
41 | Reza Farhang | 18mapol01 | |||
42 | Donn George Varghese | 18mapol02 | |||
43 | Jadi Udaykumar | 18mapol03 | |||
44 | Ajay kumar | 18mapol05 | |||
45 | Gagandeep Singh | 18mapol06 | |||
46 | Ardra Rasmin | 18mapol07 | |||
47 | Soorya k | 18mapol08 | |||
48 | Rajani Mol | 18mapol09 | |||
49 | Ummar Mukhtar | 18mapol10 | |||
50 | Karampal Kaur | 18mapol11 | |||
MA Political Science - 2019-21 | |||||
51 | Muhammed Wafa K | 19maplsc01 | |||
52 | Yogesh Mishra | 19maplsc02 | |||
53 | Edwin Joy | 19maplsc03 | |||
54 | Koushal Nirankari | 19maplsc04 | |||
55 | Sarish Koser | 19maplsc05 | |||
56 | Sukanya Das | 19maplsc06 | |||
57 | Kiran Panjabrao Kadam | 19maplsc07 | |||
58 | Rajinder Singh | 19maplsc08 | |||
59 | B Balaraju | 19maplsc09 | |||
60 | Modalavalasa Priuthvi Raj | 19maplsc11 | |||
61 | Niyas T M | 19maplsc12 | |||
62 | Sudha C | 19maplsc13 | |||
63 | Kotub Uddin Ahmed | 19maplsc14 | |||
64 | Sukhwinder Singh | 19maplsc15 | |||
65 | Vignesh K | 19maplsc16 | |||
66 | Harikrishnan M S | 19maplsc18 | |||
67 | Adarsh R Krishnan | 19maplsc19 | |||
68 | Amandeep Singh Sidhu | 19maplsc20 | |||
69 | Abdul Wasi Popal | 19maplsc21 | |||
MA. Political Science - 2020-21 Batch | |||||
70 | Abad Qureshi | 20maplsc01 | |||
71 | Ankita Muduli | 20maplsc03 | |||
72 | Ansuman Mohanty | 20maplsc04 | |||
73 | Afthab V | 20maplsc06 | |||
74 | Deba Kumar Dutta | 20maplsc08 | |||
75 | Gopika Pavithran | 20maplsc09 | |||
76 | Gowtham S Pillai | 20maplsc11 | |||
77 | Greeta Francis | 20maplsc12 | |||
78 | Harsimran Singh | 20maplsc14 | |||
79 | Preeti Rout | 20maplsc16 | |||
80 | Kandukoori Rakesh | 20maplsc17 | |||
81 | Kumar Sumit Saurabh | 20maplsc19 | |||
82 | Deepak Kumar Dinodia | 20maplsc20 | |||
83 | Geetanjali | 20maplsc21 | |||
84 | Nithin Abraham | 20maplsc23 | |||
85 | Mohammad Sabil Choudhary | 20maplsc24 | |||
86 | Prasanta Mahaling | 20maplsc27 | |||
87 | Shahna S Palode | 20maplsc28 | |||
88 | Sanyukta | 20maplsc30 | |||
89 | Haritha B S | 20maplsc31 | |||
90 | Riya Sood | 20maplsc33 | |||
91 | Mohd Sharafat | 20maplsc34 | |||
92 | Mohd Nadim | 20maplsc35 | |||
93 | Nafia | 20maplsc37 |
Board of Studies(BOS)
- Constitution of Board of Studies, Department of South & Central Asian Studies dated 03.05.2024
- Partial Modification of Board of Studies, Department of South and Central Asian Studies dated 04.05.2023
- Constitution of Board of Studies, Department of South and Central Asian Studies dated 10.03.2022
Meetings of Meetings
- Minutes of the BOS Meeting held on 30.09.2015
- Minutes of the BOS Meeting held on 07.07.2016
- Minutes of the BOS Meeting held on 12.01.2017
- Minutes of the BOS Meeting held on 03.03.2017
- Minutes of the BOS Meeting held on 15.05.2018
- Minutes of the BOS Meeting held on 16.02.2019
- Minutes of the BOS Meeting held on 29.02.2020
- Minutes of the BOS Meeting held on 02.03.2020
Academic & Administrative Committee (AAC)
Meetings of Meetings
- Minutes of the AAC Meetings held in the year 2015
- Minutes of the AAC Meetings held in the year 2016
- Minutes of the AAC Meetings held in the year 2017
- Minutes of the AAC Meetings held in the year 2018
- Minutes of the AAC Meetings held in the year 2019
- Minutes of the AAC Meeting held on 30.04.2020
- Minutes of the AAC Meeting held on 06.05.2020
- Minutes of the AAC Meeting held on 20.05.2020
- Minutes of the AAC Meeting held on 16.06.2020
- Minutes of the AAC Meeting held on 16.07.2020
- Minutes of the AAC Meeting held on 20.08.2020
- Minutes of the AAC Meeting held on 16.09.2020
- Minutes of the AAC Meeting held on 18.10.2020
- Minutes of the AAC Meeting held on 06.11.2020
- Minutes of the AAC Meeting held on 04.12.2020
Curriculum Development Committee(CDC)
Notifications
Minutes of the Meetings