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Ritu Agarwal

Ritu Agarwal

Ritu Agarwal
Ritu Agarwal
Associate Professor
Centre/School/Special Centre
Centre for East Asian Studies,
School of International Studies
Room No
340, SIS-II
Off. Phone
011-26744380
Residence
09911191631
Email
rituagarwal@mail.jnu.ac.in, ritu10agarwal@gmail.com
Personal Webpage
http://www.jnu.ac.in/Faculty/rituagarwal/cv.pdf
Qualifications

Ph.D., Chinese Studies, Thesis: Rural Reforms and Their Implications for Women in China, Department of Political Science, University of Delhi (2005)
M.Phil, Chinese studies, Department of Political Science, University of Delhi (1997)
M.A. Political Science, Centre for Political Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University (1995) 

Areas of Interest/Specialization

Chinese Politics, Rural Political Economy, Provinces and China’s Economic Development, New Urban Property Regimes

Experience

Associate Professor, Chinese Studies, Centre for East Asian Studies, School of International Studies, JNU, since July 2008
Lecturer (Chinese Studies) (ad-hoc) in the Department of East Asian Studies, University of Delhi , November 2007- April 2008
Research Associate, Department of East Asian Studies, University of Delhi, November 2002 to July 2006. Assignments include regular M.Phil course lectures on Contemporary Chinese Politics
Research Assistance, Project on China in the 21st Century, Institute of Chinese Studies, CSDS, Delhi 1996-1997

Awards & Honours

UGC Certificate for Eligibility of Lectureship in Political Science 1997
Chinese Government Scholarship to learn Chinese Language 1997-1998
Nehru Memorial Fellowship for Field Work in China 2002
Institute of Chinese Studies / Ford Foundation Grant for Conference and Field Work in China 2005  
Awarded One Month Fellowship to Visit China under ICSSR-CASS India- China Cultural Exchange Programme in year 2007

Research Projects

Dawn Research Project : ‘Gender Impact of China’s Global Engagement in the Global South’, Govind Kelkar( Lead Researcher) and Ritu Agarwal( Co-Author), November- June, 2023  

Project Coordinator, ICSSR Project, Asian Connections and Trans-Border Linkages in Yunnan Province, China, 2016-18

International Collaboration/Consultancy

Visiting Scholar

Visiting Professor, School of International Studies, Yunnan University, Kunming, May-June, 2018
Visiting Professor, South Asian Languages and Yoga Centre, Yunnan Minzu University, Kunming, May-June, 2017
Visiting Scholar, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2012
Visiting Fellow, Jinan university, Guangzhou, China , May-June 2010
Visiting Scholar, Yunnan Academy of Social Sciences, Kunming China , 2002
Visiting scholar, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Beijing, China, December 2007

Best Peer Reviewed Publications

Articles

Agarwal,Ritu, Interview on Yunnan as a Regional Model, published in Chinese Views of Non-Traditional Security, Vol.1, No4, April 2021,Published by Intellisia Institute and Saint-Pierre Centre for International Security Guangzhou , China

Agarwal, Ritu COVID-19 AND Blurred Boundaries of  Women’s  work  in Wuhan, Delhi Post News, published by Institute of Poverty and Governance, New Delhi, December 30, 2020, https;//delhipostnews.com/covid-19-and- blurred-boundaries-of-women

Agarwal , Ritu, “Xi Jinping and the Reinvention of the CPC”, China at a Turning Point: Perspectives after the 19th Party Congress , Ed. Manoranjan Mohanty, New Delhi: Pentagon Press, 2019 : 35-43

Agarwal, Ritu, ‘Ethnic Minorities, Integrative Nationalism and Higher Education in Yunnan Province’, Higher Education in India and China Ed. Sreemati Chakrabarti, New Delhi, Aakar Books, 2018:161-179

Agarwal, Ritu, “Yunnan and the New Regional Economic Model”, Paper collections for the 3rd China-South-Asian Think Tank Forum in ‘Southeast Asian and South Asian Studies , published by Yunnan Academy of Social Sciences, Kunming 2016, China ( Published in both Chinese and English)

Agarwal, Ritu,“Foreign Investment in India: An Analysis of Modi government’s new economic policies, Sectors and investment opportunities in India”, in Capital Co-operation and South Asian Opportunities: Maritime Silk Road Financial Co-operation Development Report ( 2015), eds Xu Dilong, Ren Zhihong, Published by Guangdong Maritime Silk Road Research Institute, Guangdong Academy of Social Sciences, China , January 2016.

Agarwal , Ritu “Towards Rule of Law: Legal Reforms in China”, ‘China’s Transition under Xi Jinping’, China Year Book IDSA , ed, Jagannath P. Panda, Pentagon Press, Delhi, 2016

Agarwal, Ritu “India and Taiwan : Two Democracies and Two Governing
Systems: A View from India”, India-Taiwan Relations in Asia and Beyond ed. Jagannath P. Panda, IDSA, Pentagon Press, Delhi, 2016

Agarwal, Ritu,“Women Farmers in China’s Commercial Agrarian Economy”, Economic and Political Weekly, Vol.42, No.42, October 2007.

Agarwal, Ritu“ Retrenched Female Labour in Contemporary China” China Report ( Sage Publications ) Vol. 35, No.4 1999

Agarwal, Ritu“ Marriage Law Revised in China : A Comment” China Report, Vol. 38, No,4, 2002

Recent Peer Reviewed Journals/Books

* Yunnan and the New Regional Economic Model”, Paper collections for the 3rd China-South-Asian Think Tank Forum in Southeast Asian and South Asian Studies , published by Yunnan Academy of Social Sciences, Kunming 2016, China ( Published in both Chinese and English)
* "Women Farmers in China’s Commercial Agrarian Economy", Economic and Political Weekly, Vol.42, No.42, October 2007.
* "Retrenched Female Labour in Contemporary China" China Report ( Sage Publications ) Vol. 35, No.4 1999

A warm welcome to the modified and updated website of the Centre for East Asian Studies. The East Asian region has been at the forefront of several path-breaking changes since 1970s beginning with the redefining the development architecture with its State-led development model besides emerging as a major region in the global politics and a key hub of the sophisticated technologies. The Centre is one of the thirteen Centres of the School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi that provides a holistic understanding of the region.

Initially, established as a Centre for Chinese and Japanese Studies, it subsequently grew to include Korean Studies as well. At present there are eight faculty members in the Centre. Several distinguished faculty who have now retired include the late Prof. Gargi Dutt, Prof. P.A.N. Murthy, Prof. G.P. Deshpande, Dr. Nranarayan Das, Prof. R.R. Krishnan and Prof. K.V. Kesavan. Besides, Dr. Madhu Bhalla served at the Centre in Chinese Studies Programme during 1994-2006. In addition, Ms. Kamlesh Jain and Dr. M. M. Kunju served the Centre as the Documentation Officers in Chinese and Japanese Studies respectively.

The academic curriculum covers both modern and contemporary facets of East Asia as each scholar specializes in an area of his/her interest in the region. The integrated course involves two semesters of classes at the M. Phil programme and a dissertation for the M. Phil and a thesis for Ph. D programme respectively. The central objective is to impart an interdisciplinary knowledge and understanding of history, foreign policy, government and politics, society and culture and political economy of the respective areas. Students can explore new and emerging themes such as East Asian regionalism, the evolving East Asian Community, the rise of China, resurgence of Japan and the prospects for reunification of the Korean peninsula. Additionally, the Centre lays great emphasis on the building of language skills. The background of scholars includes mostly from the social science disciplines; History, Political Science, Economics, Sociology, International Relations and language.

Several students of the centre have been recipients of prestigious research fellowships awarded by Japan Foundation, Mombusho (Ministry of Education, Government of Japan), Saburo Okita Memorial Fellowship, Nippon Foundation, Korea Foundation, Nehru Memorial Fellowship, and Fellowship from the Chinese and Taiwanese Governments. Besides, students from Japan receive fellowship from the Indian Council of Cultural Relations.