Joined IDSA

June 2006

Expertise

Sri Lanka; India- Sri Lanka Relations; Conflict & Peace Research; Refugees

Education

PhD (South Asian Studies), Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi; Post Graduate Diploma in Human Rights, International Humanitarian and Refugee Law (Indian Society of International Law, New Delhi)

Current Project

Armed Conflict and Terrorism in Sri Lanka and its Security Implications on India

Background

Worked as Research Assistant, Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies (IPCS), New Delhi, 2001-2002; Project Assistant for the RCSS (Colombo)- supported project "Terrorism in India" at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, 2003-2004; Advocacy and Communication Officer, South Asian Research and Development Initiative (SARDI), New Delhi, 2005.

Select Publications

• "Sri Lanka: Towards Eelam War IV," in S.D. Muni (ed.), Asian Strategic Review 2007 (New Delhi, IDSA/ Academic Foundation, 2008).
• "India's Policy towards Sri Lanka, 1947-2007: Continuity and Change," in World Focus Edited, India's Foreign Policy – Continuity and Change, (New Delhi, Academic Excellence, 2008).
• Co-editor, Sri Lanka: Search for Peace (New Delhi, Manas Publications, 2007).
• "The Re-emergence of the Tamil Nadu Factor in India's Sri Lanka Policy," Strategic Analysis, Vol. 31, No. 6, November 2007.
• "Sri Lankan Refugees in India: Peace Process and the Question of Repatriation," ISIL Yearbook of International Humanitarian and Refugee Law, Vol. 5, 2005.

Other Publications