Sangay Lachenpa

Sangay Lachenpa

Post-Doctoral Fellow


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Sangay Lachenpa holds a Ph.D. in Chinese Studies from the School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi. His doctoral thesis examines the concept of sovereignty and development in the border regions of China and India. His research interests include theorising International Relations, border studies with a particular focus on Sino-Indian borderlands, issues of identity, development and sovereignty in the Himalayas.
 

PhD (Centre for East Asian Studies, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi)
 

  • Intern, Project Denjong, The British Library’s Endangered Archive Programme, Gangtok, Sikkim. 
  • Field Assistant, “People in Solitude: Documenting the Lifeworld Practices of the Bhutias in Sikkim”, Jamia Millia Islamia under the Ministry of Tribal Affairs, Government of India.
  • May 2023-December 2024, Guest Faculty, Department of International Relations, Sikkim University, Gangtok, Sikkim.

 

  • Theorising International Relations, Border Studies with a particular focus on Sino-Indian borderlands, issues of identity, development and sovereignty in the Himalayas.

  • National Eligibility Test (NET) for Lectureship.
  • University Grant Commission (UGC) Senior Research Fellow. 
  • Gold Medal (MA), Department of International Relations, Sikkim University (2015).

 

  • Sino-Indian Relations: A Holistic View (2016), World Focus: 37 (12): 147-152.

  • Borders as Capillaries for Economic Exchanges: Nathula Pass in Sikkim and its Implications for Northeast India (2019) in M. Amarjeet Singh (eds), Northeast India and India’s Act East Policy: Identifying the Priorities, London: Routledge.

 

  • BIMSTEC and its Stance on Climate Change: Understanding its Importance (2019), Sikkim University, Gangtok, Sikkim.
     
  • Borders as Capillaries for Economic Exchange: Opening up of Nathu La in Sikkim and its Larger Implication for Northeast India (2018), Jamia Millia Islamia, Delhi.
  • Securitisation and the Changing Livelihood Pattern of the Border Community: Bhutia Community of Northern Sikkim (2021), Association for Borderland Studies, Hokkaido University, Japan, 
  • The Politics of Reinforcing Sovereignty: The Case of Development Policies in the Sino-Indian Borderlands (2022), RCCZ and PESRI, South Korea. 
  • Dzumsa as a Vessel of Economic Security and Preservation of Culture and Ecology: Understanding Traditional Local Self-Governance in Sikkim (2023), Centre for Law and Governance (JNU) and Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of Youth Development, Delhi.
     
  • The Making of Sikkim-Tibet Border: Locating the Understanding of Border Construction in the Region (2023),Centre for North East and Policy Research (JAMIIA) and Government T. Romana College, Aizawl, Mizoram.
     
  • Sikkim-Nepal Border Connectivity: Exploring New Border Prospects in the Region (2023), BHU and South Asian University, Varanasi.
     
  • Development as an Agency to Strengthen Sovereignty: Reflections on India’s Border Area Development Programme (BADP) (2024), Sikkim University, Gangtok, Sikkim.
     
  • Border Securitisation and Developmental Policies in the Chinese Borderlands: Implications on the Border Population (2024), The Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic.

  • China’s Development Model in Tibet: Positioning Shifts in its Strategy (2024), Tibet Policy Institute, Dharamsala, Himachal Pradesh.
     
  • Himalayan University Consortium Thematic Working Group: Himalayan Environmental Humanities (2024), ICIMOD and Royal Thimpu College, Thimpu, Bhutan.