CURRENT POSITIONS
Dr. Mahendra Pratap Rana
Associate Professor, Centre for West Asian Studies, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University
RESEARCH AND TEACHING EXPERIENCE
16 years and 11 months
PUBLICATIONS
Books
1. Egypt and Libya: Propaganda and Persuasions for Survival, Delhi: Academic Excellence, 2005.
2. Egypt and India: National Movements in a Comparative Perspective, Delhi: Academic Excellence, 2005.
3. The Arab Spring: Emerging Trends in West Asia and Challenges for India, Delhi: Global Books Organisation, 2014.
4. West Asia and North Africa: The Emerging Scenario, Delhi: Global Organization [forthcoming].
Chapters in Edited Books
1. “Democratic Upsurge in the GCC (Gulf Cooperation Council) States and India,” inHemayun Akhtar Nazmi, ed., Contemporary West Asia: The Emerging Scenario, Delhi: Global Books Organisation, 2014.
2. “West Asia and North Africa: Uprisings for Social Freedom, Political and Economic Rights,” New Delhi: Centre for West Asian Studies & MMMJ-Academy of International Studies, Jamia Millia Islamia [forthcoming].
3. Egypt’s Arab Spring, Human Rights Abuses: Redefining the U.S. Role Centre for West Asian Studies, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi [forthcoming].
4. India-Saudi Arabia: Economic & Cultural Relations, New Delhi: Centre for West Asian Studies, Jamia Millia Islamia [forthcoming].
Articles Published & Accepted for Publication in Journals
1. “Israel: Colonization of Palestine and India’s Concerns,” Journal of Peace Studies, Vol. 23, No. 1, January-March, 2016.
2. “Towards Maghreb Unity: Algerian Response,” Third Concept, July 1997.
3. “India and Egypt: Historical, Political, Economic and Cultural Relations,” Journal of West Asian Studies, Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) (in press).
4. “Indo-Iran Relations in the New Strategic Environment: Opportunities and Challenges” Third Concept (in press).
International Publications
1. Palestine: The Problem of the Abuse of Human Rights and the U.S. Role, University of Birjand, Iran, April 2015, 2nd International Conference on Human Security in West Asia.
2. “Arab Uprisings” Political and Social Transformation in West Asia and North Africa,” in The New Frontier of the Middle East Politics and Economy,” Beijing: World Affairs Press, 2017.
Papers Presented in India and International Conferences:
1. “India-GCC Economic and Cultural Relations with Special Reference to Saudi Arabia” in Centre for West Asian Studies, Jamia Millia Islamia, Jamia Nagar, New Delhi, on 3rd March, 2015.
2. “Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) strategy for facing the Shale revolution and Challenges from Iran” in Gulf Research Meeting, 2016, Cambridge University, Cambridge, U.K. during 16-19 August, 2016.
3. “West Asia Crisis: Interference of Major Powers in the Region” Department of Political Science, University of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala during 24-26 November, 2016.
4. “Political and Social Transformation in West Asia and North Africa” in 5th International Forum on Asia and the Middle East, Middle East Studies Institute, Shanghai International University, Shanghai, China, 24-25 September, 2016.
5. “The US and Arab Uprisings with Special Reference to Egypt” in three-days International Conference “Democratic Upsurge in West Asia and North Africa: Global Concerns and Implications for India, organized by Centre for West Asian Studies, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi during 16-18 March, 2017.
6. “History of Political participation in India-Bahrain” Gulf Study Program, Centre for West Asian Studies, School of International Studies, JNU, New Delhi on 27th April, 2017.
7. “West Asia and North Africa: People’s uprisings for Freedom, Political and Economic Rights” in Institute of Middle Eastern Studies, Northwest University, Xian, China during 14-20 May, 2017.
8. “Revolution, Political Change and Identity building in WANA” in Fifth Finnish Colloquium of Middle East and North African Studies, University of Eastern Finland, Joensuu, Finland, 29-31 May 2017.
9. “Democracy and Sectarianism in Re-Colonization of West Asia and North Africa (WANA)” in Beijing Forum to be held during 3-5th November, 2017.
10. “Colonization and De-Colonization: Sectarianism in Re-Colonization of West Asia” in Middle Eastern Studies Institute (MESI), Shanghai International Studies University, Shanghai, China at 10.00 a.m. on 8th November, 2017.
11. “Democracy and Sectarianism: The US Intervention in Peace Process in West Asia and North Africa (WANA)” Shanghai University, China at 5.00 p.m. on 8th November, 2017.
