Dr. Shushant VC Parashar

Dr. Shushant VC Parashar

Associate Fellow

Areas of Research

  • Maritime Geostrategies of South Asia
  • Environmental Security

Experience

  • Associate Fellow, National Maritime Foundation, New Delhi (since May 2022).
  • Visiting Faculty, Department of Political Science, Amity Institute of Social Sciences, Amity University. (September 2021-April 2022).

  • Visiting Faculty, Department of Political Science, School of Liberal Arts, MIT-WPU, Pune Maharashtra. (July 2021-September 2021).

  • Graduate Teaching Assistant, Department of Political Science, Amity Institute of Social Sciences, Amity University. (January 2017-December 2020).

Education

  • PhD in Political Science, Thesis: ‘Environmental Security Policy in South Asia: A Case Study of India and Bhutan’, Department of Political Science, Amity Institute of Social Sciences, Amity University, Noida (2020).
  • MPhil South and Southeast Asian Studies, UGC Centre for South and Southeast Asian Studies, University of Madras, Chennai (2015).

  • MA South Asian Studies, UMISARC, Pondicherry University, (2013).

  • BJMC (Bachelors in Journalism and Mass Communication), Amity School of Communication, Amity University, Noida (2010).

Presentations

  1. Panellist, Panel-Discussion 1, Workshop with the Embassy of Vietnam, New Delhi, on Vulnerability of Maritime Zones and their Impact on Regional Stability and Economic Development
    September 09, 2019
  2. Panellist, Panel-Discussion 2, Workshop with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, New Delhi, on Maritime Security in the Indian Ocean and the South China Sea January 30, 2020

 

All Publications

  1. Shushant, VC. Environment as an enabler of identity in South Asia. South Asia Monitor. July 13, 2020. URL: https://www.southasiamonitor.org/open-forum/environment-enabler-identity-south-asia.
  2. Shushant, VC. For a Peaceful South Asia, India acknowledges India’s strategic presence in Afghanistan. Mar 12, 2021. URL: https://www.southasiamonitor.org/spotlight/peaceful-south-asia-us-acknowledges-indias-strategic-importance-afghanistan.
  3. Shushant, VC. Himalayan Disasters: Urgent need for collaboration between India, Nepal and Bhutan. Mar 16, 2021. URL: https://www.southasiamonitor.org/spotlight/himalayan-disasters-urgent-need-collaboration-between-india-nepal-and-bhutan.
  4. Shushant, VC. Instability in Nepal fueling the Terai Autonomy Movement. Mar 24, 2021. URL: https://www.southasiamonitor.org/spotlight/instability-nepal-fuelling-terai-autonomy-movement.