Department of African Studies
University of Delhi

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DR. SANDIPANI DASH

Degree Profile

Career Profile

Worked as Research Fellow in Indian Council of World Affairs (ICWA)/ Sapru House, New Delhi since April 2011 till September 2015
Worked as Research Associate in Institute for Conflict Management, New Delhi since December 2005 till October 2010
Worked as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science/ Maharaja Agrasen College/University of Delhi since October 2010 till March 2011

Administrative Assignments

Member, Grievance Redressal Committee (Admission 2017-18), University of Delhi

Member, Central Admission Grievance Committee (2016-17), University of Delhi

Observer for Delhi University Entrance Test (DUET) – 2016, 2018

Areas of Interest/ Specialization

Resource Politics and Regional Integration in Africa; India-Africa Relations

Subjects Taught

Research Methodology, Government and Politics in Africa, Political Economy of Africa, Africa in Global Affairs

Research Guidance

M.Phil. Awarded - 3
M.Phil. Submitted – 1
Ph.D. under Progress - 4

Association With Professional Bodies

Indian Political Science Association

Other Activities

Editor, Indian Journal of African Studies, Vol. XXII, Nos. 1&2, 2017
Editor, Indian Journal of African Studies, Vol. XXIII, Nos. 1&2, 2018

Publications 

Journal Articles 

1. China’s Oil Venture in Francophone Africa: Implication on India’s Foreign /Energy Policy, Indian Journal of African Studies, Vol. 22, Issue. 1&2, 2017
2. Sudan’s Oil Diplomacy: Role and Importance of Asian Players, Indian Journal of African Studies, 21 (1&2), 2016
3. India-Sudan Energy Partnership: Prospects and Constraints, Insight on Africa, 1 (2),2009

Book Chapters

1. Mapping the Global Experience of Secularism: An Indian Perspective in Shri Praksh Singh (2018), ed. Politics for a New India: A Nationalist Perspective, Rupa:
   New Delhi
2. India-Africa Relations: Issues and Priorities in Sangit K. Ragi, Sunil Sondhi, Vidhan Pathak (2018), eds. Imagining India as a Global Power: Prospects and Challenges,
   London & New York: Routledge
3. India-Southern Africa Extractive-Resource Production Linkage: A Symmetrical Perspective in Paramjit Singh Sahai (2015), ed., India and Southern Africa: Forging Ahead through Partnership, New Delhi: Pentagon
4. India-Africa Relations: Miles to Go in D. Suba Chandran & Jabin T. Jacob (2011), eds., Indian Foreign Policy: Old Problems, New Challenges, New Delhi:Mc Millan
5. Cote d’Ivoire’s Oil Diplomacy: Prospects and Constraints for India in Ajay Dubey (2009), ed., India and Francophone Africa under Globalization, New Delhi: Kalinga Publications
   

Books

1. Regional Resurgence in Africa: Prospects and Challenges of African Union, New Delhi: Vij Books, 2017, ISBN: 978-93-85563-74-4
2. Dynamics of Extractive Resource in Africa: Prospects for India, New Delhi: G. B. Books, 2015, ISBN-978-93-83930-24-1
3. Sudan's Oil Diplomacy, 1991-2003, New Delhi: Manak, 2012, ISBN-978-81-7831-300-9

Edited Books

1. Decolonisation, Development and Diaspora: The Afro-Indian Experience, New Delhi: ICWA, 2013, ISBN-978-81-926825-9-4

Conference Organization/Presentation

1. Organised International Conference on Transforming Africa: Potentials & Challenges, Department of African Studies, University of Delhi, 6-8 February 2019
2. Paper on “Mass Movements in South Africa and India: Approaches of Mandela and Gandhi,” International Conference on Legacies of Gandhi & Mandela and its
   Contemporary Relevance, Gandhi Bhawan, University of Delhi and Department of African Studies, University of Delhi, 18-19 July 2019
3. Paper on “Financial Reforms in African Union: A Collective Self Reliance Perspective,” International Conference on Transforming Africa: Potentials & Challenges, Department of African Studies, University of Delhi, 6-8 February 2019
4. Paper on “Liberal-Idealist Contemplation in Non-Western World: A Study of Ubuntu in Africa,” National Seminar on Indic Perspective on International Relations, Dept of Political Science and International Relations, Gautam Buddha University, 1-2 February 2019
5. Paper on “Ideational Narrative of India as a Global Power: A Study of Vasudheiva Kutumbakm,” 58th All India Political Science Conference of IPSA, C.C.S. University, Meerut, 29-30 December 2018
6. Paper on “India’s Extractive-Resource Diplomacy in Africa”, National Conference on India’s Changing Role in the New World Order, Maharaja Agrasen College, University of Delhi, 14-15 March 2016
7. Paper on “Regionalism in the South: A Comparative Analysis of SADC and SAARC”, Annual International Studies Convention 2015 on Power, Resistance and Justice in the International System: Perspectives from the South, SIS, JNU, 22-23 March 2015
8. Paper on “Ideational Imperatives of Political Development in Africa: Lessons for India and Other Post-Colonial Societies”, International Conference on India and
   Africa in 21st Century: Experiences and Issues of Governance, Development and Foreign Policies, PRIASA in partnership with Organization for Social Science
   Research in Eastern and Southern Africa (OSSREA), Addis Ababa, 11 December 2014
9. Paper on “AU’s Moderating Role in African Electoral Politics: Scale and Scope of India’s Partnership,” International Conference on India and Africa: Developmental Experiences and Bilateral Cooperation, ASA India and Centre for African Studies, JNU in partnership with Wolkite University, Ethiopia, 8-9 December 2014
10. Paper on “India and SADC,” Symposium on India-Africa in the 21st Century: A Comprehensive Partnership, ICWA in partnership with Jindal School of International Affairs, New Delhi, 5 December 2014
11. Paper on “India in the Western Indian Ocean Region: An Extractive-Resource Security Perspective,” National Conference on India’s Foreign Policy: Issues and
    Prospects in 21st Century, Indira Gandhi National Tribal University in partnership with ICWA, Amar Kantak, 24-25 September 2014
12. Paper on “India-Southern Africa Extractive-Resource Production Linkage: A Symmetrical Perspective, IAFS-VI Academic Conference on India’s Partnership
    with Southern Africa, ICWA in partnership with Centre for Research in Rural and Industrial Development (CRRID), Chandigarh, 3-4 February 2014