Currently Assistant Professor and Head at the Department of Political Science, St. Joseph’s College, North Point, Darjeeling.
1. PhD, Centre for Political Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi (2021)
2. Post Graduate Diploma, University of Freiburg, Switzerland (2014)
3. M.A (Political Studies), Centre for Political Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi (2009)
4. B.A Hons (Political Science), St. Xavier’s College, Kolkata (2007)
1. Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, St. Joseph’s College, North Point, Darjeeling (current)
2. Head of Department, Department of Political Science, St. Joseph’s College, North Point, Darjeeling w.e.f 2022
3. Fellow, Centre for Multilevel Federalism (CMF), Institute of Social Sciences, New Delhi (current)
4. Associate Editor, Federal Governance (Institute of Intergovernmental Relations, Queens University, Canada & Forum of Federations) until 2016
5. Research Assistant, Institute of Chinese Studies (ICS), New Delhi 2013-2014
6. Field Investigator, Centre for Women’s Development Studies (CWDS), New Delhi, 2010
Citizenship, Federalism, India-China Studies, South Asia & Digital/virtual landscapes
1. Awarded the Order of Merit for First-class-first, University of Calcutta (2007)
2. Awarded the Merit-cum-Means Scholarship by the School of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University (2007-08)
3. University Grants Commission Junior Research Fellowship Award (2009)
4. Awarded Travel Grant by Institute of Federalism, University of Fribourg and the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) Switzerland, to participate in the 26th Summer University Program on Federalism, Decentralization and Conflict Resolution during August-September 2014.
5. Awarded “Travel Grant” by the Scientific Committee to attend the Winter School on Federalism and Governance 2015 – Federalism and Democratic Participation, which will take place from 2nd to 6th February 2015 in Innsbruck (Austria) and from 9th to 13th February 2015 in Bolzano/Bozen (Italy) (could not attend due to personal reasons)
6. Awarded the Jawaharlal Nehru University, School of Social Science “Corpus Fund Travel Grant” in 2013 for paper presentation at the University of Kelaniya, Colombo, Sri Lanka.
1. Joint-Convenor, International Conference on Digital Governance and Digital Politics in South Asia, organized by the Department of Political Science, St. Joseph’s College, North Point, Darjeeling in 2022
2. Convenor, International Conference on Dynamics of Cultures, Literatures and Languages: Exploring the Eastern Himalayas, jointly organized by the Department of Political Science and Nepali, St. Joseph’s College, North Point, Darjeeling in 2024
3. Coordinator, Special Lecture Series, Department of Political Science, St. Joseph’s College, North Point, Darjeeling w.e.f 2016
4. Member, Research Cell, St. Joseph’s College, North Point, Darjeeling w.e.f 2023
1. Samir Sharma (2020) Changing Contours of sub-regionalism in North Bengal, Dialogue Quarterly, 21(3), pp.97-108. http://www.asthabharati.org/Dia_Jan%20020.pdf
2. Samir Sharma (2021) Sanjib Baruah, In the Name of the Nation. Studies in Indian Politics, 9(2), pp.292-294. https://doi.org/10.1177/23210230211043078
3. Samir Sharma (2022) “The North Remembers!”: Virtual Publics and Limits of Digital Interventions in the Darjeeling Hills. Studies in Nepali History & Society, 27(2), 353-382 https://www.martinchautari.org.np/mc-publications/sinhas-volume-27-number-2
4. Samir Sharma and Preksha Shree Chhetri (2022) Nepal, China and ‘Belt and Road Initiative’: Prospects and Challenges. India Quarterly, 78(3), 458-475. https://doi.org/10.1177/09749284221108262
5. Samir Sharma (2023) 1950 India–Nepal Treaty of Peace and Friendship and Regional Mobilisations in Eastern India. India Quarterly, 79(1), 79-92. https://doi.org/10.1177/09749284221147180
1. Samir Sharma , Chandrani Dutta and Sejuti Das Gupta, “Is ‘Recognition’ an end in itself? The case of new state-formation in Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand”, in Shouvik Chakraborty, Taposik Banerjee and Sejuti Dasgupta (Eds.) Contradictions of Democracy, Development and Inequality: A Case of India, Routledge: New Delhi (forthcoming).
2. Dipankar Sinha and Samir Sharma, eds. (2024), Digital Governance and Digital Politics in South Asia, Bloomsbury: New Delhi.
3. Samir Sharma (2021) ‘Bilateral Challenges vs. Multinational Prospects: Bangladesh-China-India-Myanmar Economic Corridor’, In Aravind Yelery & Mridul Nile (Eds.), Tailspin: The Politics of India-China Economic Relations. Routledge: London & New York, pp 223-243.
4. Samir Sharma (2022) ‘Minorities in India and China: Conceptual and Historical Considerations’. In Alka Acharya (Ed.), Boundaries and Borderlands: A Century after the 1914 Simla Convention. Routledge: New Delhi, pp 242-259.
1. All India Radio (AIR), Kurseong invited talk for “From the Borderlands” program on 4th July, 2024
2. Invited for two-day Special Lecture on India’s Foreign Policy in a Globalized World”, Southfeild College (formerly Loreto College), Darjeeling on 19th March and 2nd April 2024.
3. Invited for a Special Lecture on “ SSR Compilation and NAAC” at Mirik College (University of North Bengal) on 14 March 2024
4. Invited for a Special Lecture on “ Economic Landscape : Emerging Industries and Economic Challenges: Responses from the Region” for certificate program jointly organized by Rudram Dynamics, Gujarat National Law University (GNLU), IIT-Madras (Pravartak Technologies) and National Law University and Judicial Academy (Assam) on 27 January 2024
5. Invited to Salesian College (Autonomous) Siliguri to deliver a Special Lecture on the digital futures of South Asia on 23 September 2024.
6. Invited for Panel Discussion (virtual) by the Democracy Forum, UK on the theme “Why has China’s Belt and Road Initiative Failed to take off in Nepal?” on 29 Nov,23 moderated by H. Hawksley (former BBC Correspondent) and Chaired by B. Gardiner, Member of Parliament,UK.
7. Invited to speak on the larger geo-political context of India and China for a National Seminar on "Tibet and India: Historical Legacies and Cultural Connections" jointly organised by Dept of Mass Communication and Journalism and Political Science Department on 25th August 2023 at St. Joseph’s College, Darjeeling.
8. Invited as Guest Faculty/Resource Person for the 2 nd English Academic Writing Intensive Summer Programme: From Synopsis to Thesis Writing from 1 st May to 10 th May 2014 organized by the Linguistic Empowerment Cell, Jawaharlal Nehru University.
9. Invited as Speaker at the Seminar titled ‘Democratization in Burma: Challenges and Prospects’ organized by the Euro Burma Office and Institute of Social Science, New Delhi on 18-19May2012.
1. Member Secretary, Institutional Ethics Committee, SJCNP, Darjeeling and DLR Prerna (current)
2. Chairperson, Selection Committee, for UPSC Scholarships provided by the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration (GTA) and Darjeeling Welfare Society on 22 July, 2024
1. ‘An India China Comparative Perspective On Minorities: Some Preliminary Explorations’ presented at the International Symposium on ‘100 Years After the Simla Conference 1913-14’ organized by the Indian Institute of Advanced Studies (IIAS), Shimla and Institute of Chinese Studies, New Delhi on 6-7 June 2014 held at IIAS, Shimla.
2. ‘Citizenship, Autonomy and Political Closure: Re-examining Accommodation of Diversity’ presented at the 2nd International Conference on Social Sciences 2013 (ICSS)on Culture Globalization and the Developing World organized by Research Centre for Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, Colombo, Sri Lanka during 22 nd – 23 rd November 2013.
3. ‘Explorations of ‘Culture’ in the Bhutanese Constitution: An Intertextual Approach’, presented at the 1 st International Conference on Archaeology, History and Culture Studies organized by the Centre for Archaeology and Culture Studies and Sherubtse College (Royal University of Bhutan) during 6 th – 7 th October 2016 at Kanglung, Bhutan.
4. ‘Thinking ‘Northeast’ Through Social Justice: Some Preliminary Explorations’ presented at a Seminar on Process of Inclusion and Development of Minorities in North East India organized by Sikkim University, Ministry of Minority Affairs, Government of India and ICSSR in Gangtok during 22 nd – 23 rd March 2014.
5. ‘Citizenship, Autonomy and Political Closure: Re-examining Accommodation of Diversity’ presented at a Conference on Continuities and Discontinuities of Asian Engagement Borders, Mobility and Identity in Northeast India and Asia organized by the Indian Institute of Technology (Guwahati) and Institute of Chinese Studies (New Delhi) during 17 th – 18 th October 2013.
1. Journal of Asian and African Studies, SAGE (2023)
2. Asian Ethnicity, Taylor & Francis (2024)
3. National Book Trust (NBT) under Pradhan Mantri Yuva (PM-YUVA) Scheme (2024)