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Amit Kumar
Research Assistant
Email:
amitkrjnu@gmail.com
Phone:
+91 11 2671 7983
| Archive data: Person was Research Assistant at IDSA from February 2011 to February 2016 |
Joined IDSA
February 2011
Expertise
Russian Affairs, Nuclear related issues, Ethnicity, Internal Security Challenges, Good-Governance
Education
Graduation: Banaras Hindu University (National Merit Scholarship holder)
Post Graduation: University of Delhi (Hindu College)
M.Phil.: Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
Ph.D: Jawaharlal Nehru University (pursuing)
Background
Amit Kumar has done his M.Phil. on “Ethnic Assertions as a Challenge to Democratic Consolidation in Russia”. Currently he is working on his doctoral thesis on “Indo-Russian Strategic and Defense ties”. He has been a keen student of South Asian politics and has published works on Islamic fundamentalism in Bangladesh and insurgency in India’s north-east.
Select Publications
- “Fundamentalist Challenge to Democracy in Bangladesh” Amit Kumar and Pramod Mishra, Minorities and Human Rights in Bangladesh, Authors Press, 2003.
- “Revival of Islamist Forces in Bangladesh and its Impact on the North-East Insurgency” Amit Kumar and Sudhir Kumar Singh, Insurgency in North-East India: The Role of Bangladesh, Authors Press, 2004.