The Centre of Excellence for Himalayan Studies
The Centre of Excellence for Himalayan Studies under the School of Humanities and Social Sciences at Shiv Nadar Institution of Eminence (SNIoE) is a research centre focussed on the economy, borders and identities, the environment and regional geopolitics of the wider Himalayan region including the Hindu Kush and the Karakoram. While there are scholars of the Himalayas and small centres and research groups focused on the region, there is a need for institutionalised efforts at the national level that brings together a wide variety of disciplinary and sectoral approaches to the study of what is one of the world’s most environmentally sensitive and politically fraught regions and one that simultaneously has a significant influence on the economic livelihoods of hundreds of millions of people. At the same time, it is difficult to ignore the role of geopolitics in this region.
Recent Publications
Gen. Zhao Zongqi’s Purge: Not About India or Galwan
18 September 2026
Nepal’s Cancelled Tibet Seminar Opens a Door for India’s Buddhism Diplomacy
9 September 2026
Staging Continuity: Political Ritual and the Reproduction of Authority after Khamenei
September 2026
Built for the Wrong Hazard: The Bhote Koshi Flood and Himalayan Early Warning
8 September 2026
Between Protection and Integration: Rethinking the Inner Line Permit Regime in Arunachal Pradesh
September 2026
अक्साई चिन में चीन द्वारा किए गए प्रशासनिक परिवर्तन भारत के लिए दीर्घकालिक चुनौतियां खड़ी करते हैं
2 September 2026
与中国打交道：为何贸易与凯拉什朝圣之旅，应成为印度在实际控制线问题解决之前的破冰之举
30 August 2026
चीन से निपटने की रणनीति: एल.ए.सी. विवाद सुलझाने से पहले व्यापार और कैलाश यात्रा ही भारत की पहली पहल क्यों हों
29 August 2026
China’s “Law on Promoting Ethnic Unity and Progress” and Implications for the Tibetans
28 August 2026
Presenting a Blurred Picture: When Indian Economists Gloss Over Chinese Domestic Politics
26 August 2026
‘Mountains Everywhere Are Mountains’: Revisiting the Earliest Phase of Nicholas Roerich’s Central Asian Expedition
25 August 2026
होर्मुज जलडमरूमध्य (स्ट्रेट) से हिमालय तक: वैश्वीकरण और लद्दाख की पर्यटन अर्थव्यवस्था की संवेदनशीलता
25 August 2026
चीनी पालों के सहारे वैश्विक यात्रा?: यूपीआई का अलीपे से (संभावित) जुड़ाव
25 August 2026
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