Dr. Devendra Kumar is an Associate Fellow at the Centre of Excellence for Himalayan Studies, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Shiv Nadar Institution of Eminence. Dr. Devendra holds a Ph.D. in Political Science from the Department of Political Science, University of Hyderabad, and his doctoral thesis examined domestic politics and China’s approaches to the international in the Post-1978 period with particular focus the political legitimacy of the Communist Party of China (CPC). His research interests include China and international order, political legitimacy of the Communist Party of China (CPC), territorial sovereignty questions in China’s peripheries, and political economy with particular focus on western regions of China, and intellectuals and party ideology. He tweets @Doctordev.
2016-2022- PhD in Political Science, Department of Political Science, University of Hyderabad, Telangana (India)
2011-2016- Five-year Integrated MA in Political Science
2019-2020- One Year Chinese Language Program, Tsinghua University, Beijing
2018-2019- One Year Certificate of Proficiency in Chinese Language, English and Foreign Language University, Hyderabad, India
2018- Short-term Certificate of Proficiency in Chinese Language, English and Foreign Language University, Hyderabad, India
- China and International Order
- Political Legitimacy of the Communist Party of China (CPC)
- Territorial Sovereignty questions in China’s peripheries
- Political economy with particular focus on western regions of China
- Intellectuals and party ideology
Multilateral Initiatives and Security Dilemma: Explaining India’s Choice to Join the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), Strategic Analysis (2021).https://doi.org/10.1080/09700161.2021.1920496
Traditional Cultural Ideas and Symbols, and Possibilities of Discursive Legitimacy in Contemporary China, ICS OCCASIONAL PAPER NO. 54, August, 2020 URL:https://www.icsin.org/uploads/2020/08/24/36ebf106b2b6a3ce8b21f7222a7e889a.pdf
The Community of Shared Futures: China’s Counter to Indo-Pacific Narratives in Swaran Singh and Reena Marwah (eds), China in the Indo-Pacific: Manoeuvres and Manifestations (Springer: 2023), pp. 145-170
The China Factor in India’s Approaches to the Russia-Ukraine War, The Center for Strategic Analysis, Vienna (Austria), November 28, 2022 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/57444cbd4c2f85e970724864/t/6383d3bd269e9c76e68872be/1669583805703/CSA+kompakt+17_22+%E2%80%93+China+India+Russia.pdf
China’s Peace Initiative on Ukraine-Russia War and India, The Center for Strategic Analysis, Vienna (Austria), March 2023, https://static1.squarespace.com/static/57444cbd4c2f85e970724864/t/640cfb51b1780317b7087c84/1678572370370/CSA+kompakt+03_23+%E2%80%93+China+India+Russia.pdf
Junior Research Fellow (JRF), University Grants Commission, Delhi (2016-2022).
Visiting Scholar, Tsinghua University Beijing (2019-2020) under Ministry of Education (MoE), Government of India and China Scholarship Council fellowship program