Dr.Mohanan B. Pillai – Institute for the Study of Developing Areas

Professor Mohanan Bhaskaran Pillai

Phones: 9486946201

94863 65526

E-mail: mohapillai@pondiuni.ac.in

pillaimb.pol@pondiuni.edu.in

Positions Held

Dean, School of Law, Pondicherry University
Head, Department of Politics & International Studies, Pondicherry University.
Principal, Pondicherry University Community College
Centre Head, Pondicherry University Mahe Regional Centre
Director, UNESCO Madanjeet Singh Institute of South Asia Regional Cooperation.
Head, Centre for South Asian Studies, Pondicherry University
Chief Election Officer for Students Council Election 2012-13, Pondicherry University.
Coordinator UGC Special Assistance Programme DRS I &II Department of Politics & International Studies, Pondicherry University
Member, Advisory Committee, Southern Asia Studies Programme, Pondicherry University.
Member, Expert Committee, School of Interdisciplinary and Transdisciplinary Studies, IGNOU, New Delhi
Member, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kerala
Member, Board of Studies in Five Universities.
Member, Academic Council, Gandhigram Rural Institute, Gandhigram.
Member, Academic Council, Executive Council and Court of Pondicherry University.
Director (Hon), Institute for the Study of Developing Areas.

Visiting Assignments

Visiting Professor, University of Paris 13, Sorbonne City, France
Lectured at the University of Warsaw, Poland.
Central University of Kerala, Kasaragod, Kerala

Education

PhD. (PhD on Regional Cooperation in South Asia: SAARC A Study- 1991).
M.Phil. (A-Grade) on Regional Cooperation in South Asia: Problems and Prospects-1981.
M.A.(Political Science)First Class,1980

Research Publications

Civil Society and Social Capital in South Asia, Palgrave Macmillan,2025(Forthcoming)
India’s Strategic Vision and Foreign Policy: Options and Challenges, How Academics, New Delhi,2023
Global Commons: Issues, Concerns and Strategies, Sage Publications, New Delhi,2020
Connectivity and Integration in South Asia, (Edited with A.S.Raju) Kalpaz, New Delhi,2015
India’s National Security: Concerns & Strategies, New Century Publications, New Delhi,2013
Foreign Policy of India: Continuity and Change, New Century Publications, New Delhi,2010
Women and Law: The case of Kerala, ISDA, Trivandrum,2003
Quest for A Just World Order, ISDA, Trivandrum, 1999.
Gandhi’s Legacy and a New Human Civilization, Gyan Publishers, New Delhi, 1999.
Globalisation of the Economy: Vision for the Future,Gyan Publishers, New Delhi, 1995.
Politics of Regionalism in South Asia, Atlantic Publishers & Distributors, New Delhi, 1992.

Publications in Journals, Magazines & Chapters in Edited Books

Global South: Together for a Future, Mathrubhumi, Magazine, January 2024
India’s Energy Security and Foreign Policy: Options and Challenges in Mohanan B Pillai (ed.), India’s Strategic Vision and Foreign Policy: Options and Challenges, How Academics, New Delhi, 2023.
The Quad Collective in the Indo-Pacific: An Analysis in the backdrop of India’s Strategic Vision, in Mohanan B Pillai (ed.), India’s Strategic Vision and Foreign Policy: Options and Challenges, How Academics, New Delhi, 2023.
G20: Challenges and Prospects, Mathrubhumi Magazine April 2023
Political Transitions in the Arab World, Mathrubhumi Year Book 2023
Geopolitical Dimensions of Ukraine War, Mathrubhumi MagazineApril 2022
Nepal’s cartographic aggression and India’s response: Mathrubhumi GK and Current Affairs, July 2020.
QUAD: The coalition in the Indo Pacific, Mathrubhumi Magazine November 2021
India’s Diplomatic Challenges in Afghanistan, Mathrubumi Magazine, September 2021
The Shift in India’s Foreign Policy: Reflections from a Political Economy Perspective Peace and Security Review Volume 8 Number 17
India’s multi-vectored Alignment in the East: Aims, Objectives and Rationale in JosukuttyC.A.(Ed.,) Foreign Policy of India in South East Asia, New Century New Delhi,2020.
US Iranian Strategy and India, Mathrubhumi GK and Current Affairs, September 2019.
Is a new cold war in the offing? Mathrubhumi GK & Current Affairs, May 2018
Terrorism and the New World Disorder, Mathrubhumi Year Book, 2017
Iran’s Policy and US Strategy, Mathrubhumi GK &Current Affairs, June 2015.
India’s Strategic Thinking and Policy options, in Suresh R.(Ed.,)The Changing Dimensions of Security, Vij Books, New Delhi, 2015
Modification of India’s Foreign Policy Strategies: Some Reflections from a Political Economy Perspective, ISDA Journal, Vol.25, No.1, Jan-March 2015
US Rebalancing Strategy in Indo-Pacific Region in Josukutty (Ed.,) India-US Relations and Asian Rebalancing: New Century, New Delhi, 2015.
Social Capital and Region Building in South Asia” in Vinodan .C (Ed.,) South Asia in the Globalised World, New Century, New Delhi, 2014.
India- Pakistan Relations, Mathrubhumi GK &Current Affairs, November 2014
Development and Disarmament: The Case of Europe and Russia, Contributions to Conflict Management, Peace Economics and Development, Emerald London, 2013.
India’s Energy Security Policy: A review, in K S Pavithran (Ed.,) Foreign Policy and Maritime Security of India, New Century, New Delhi 2013
Human Security and Gandhian Ethics in a Globalised World in Mohanan B. Pillai (Ed.), India’s National Security: Concerns and Strategies, New Century Publications, New Delhi,2013.
India’s Search for Energy Security: The way forward in Mohanan B. Pillai (Ed.), India’s National Security: Concerns and Strategies, New Century Publications, New Delhi,2013.
The Ethics of Neoliberal Paradigm: Some Reflections, Indian Journal of Public Administration, July-September 2013
Old Elite are Co-opted, Subdued or Oppressed?: The Politics of Anti-Corruption Crusade in India in Perspective, Indian Journal of Public Administration, Vol.LVIII, No.1, Jan-March 2012
Conflict and Resistance under Globalization – A Study of the Plachimada Struggle in Kerala”, Indian Journal of Politics, January-June 2012Political Economy of ‘Shift’ in India’s Foreign Policy: A Critique, in Nalinikant Jha & Subhash Shukla (Eds.), India’s Foreign Policy – Emerging Challenges, Pentagon Press, New Delhi, 2012.
Human Security and Gandhian Ethics in Globalised World, International Journal of South Asian Studies, Vol.4 (2), July-December 2011, Pondicherry University.
Interrogating India’s Foreign Policy: A Global Perspective, ISDA Journal, Vol.19 (1) January–March 2010, Trivandrum.
Nation-building and Foreign Policy Behaviour of India in the Regional Setting of South Asia in Mohanan B Pillai (ed.), Foreign Policy of India: Continuity and Change, New Century Publications, New Delhi, 2010
India’s Policy Towards Rising China, in Mohanan B Pillai (ed.), Foreign Policy of India: Continuity and Change, New Century Publications, New Delhi, 2010
Democratic Decentralisation and Participatory Planning in T.M. Joseph (ed.), The New Governance Paradigm: Issues in Development, Kalpaz Publications, New Delhi, 2009.
Inclusion of the Excluded in the Decentralisation Process in T.M. Joseph (ed.), Decentralised Governance and Development, Deep & Deep Publications, New Delhi, 2009.
Sustainable Development, Good Governance and Gram Swaraj, in R. Rajeevan (ed.), The Gandhian Way, Icon Publications, New Delhi, 2009.
Ideology, Religion and Social Development in Jose George (ed.), Rethinking Radicalism in Indian Society, Rawat Publications, Jaipur, 2009.
Democratic Decentralisation and Participatory Planning: The Case of Kerala, Man in India: An International Journal of Anthropology, Vol.89, Nos.1-2, Jan-June 2009.
Social Justice: Nehru’s Vision, Political Populism and the State, South Asia Politics (New Delhi), Vol.6 No.8 December 2007. Democratic Decentralization for Growth & Development, Grassroots Governance Journal, Vol 6,No2 December 2007
Fiscal Self Reliance of the Grama Panchayats in Kerala, ISDA Journal, Vol.17 No. 1&2, April-June 2007.
People’s participation in Kerala’s Grama Sabhas: Investigating the Quality, The Grassroots Governance Journal, Vol.5, No.1, June 2007.
Ideology, Religion and Social Development: The Case of Kerala, The Researcher, Vol.1, No.1, July-December 2006.
Political Leadership Empowerment of Women at the Grassroots Level in Kerala, South Asia Politics, February 2006
Neo-Liberal Globalisation and the Future World Order in G.Gopakumar (ed)., Iraq War and The Future World Order, Icon Publications, New Delhi, 2006.
Political and Civil Society in the Context of Globalisation : Kerala’s Experiments in Decentralised Governance” in N.Lalitha ed., Emerging Trends in Partnership in Rural Development, New Delhi,2006
Neo-Liberal Globalisation and the Future World order: A Third world Perspective, South Asia Politics Vol.3, No.1, May 2004.Women Empowerment and Development: An Evaluation of Women Component Plan, in G.Palanithurai (ed), Dynamics of New Panchayat Raj System in India (Concept, New Delhi), 2004.
Problems of Working Women in Kerala, ISDA Journal, Vol.14, No.1, 2004.
Decentralised Planning and Development in the Context of Globalisation, South Asia Politics, July 2003.Democracy and Development at the Local level, South Asia Politics, March 2002.
India in the E-world, ISDA Journal, Vol.12, No.3 July-Sept.2002
From Economic Globalization to Post-Globalized Societal Order and the Indian State, ISDA JOURNAL Vol .10, No 3, 2000.
Controlling Corruption at the Grassroots: Lessons From a Decentralized and Participatory Development Administration” in N. Narayana Swamy (Ed) Corruption at the Grassroots (Concept New Delhi 2000)
“Sustainable Development Good Governance and Grama Swaraj in T.P. Sankaran Kutty Nair (Ed) Perspectives on State, Society and Development (Trivandrum 1999).
Quest for a Just World Order in B. Mohanan (Ed) Quest for a Just World Order (Trivandrum 1999).
India and American Geopolitical Objectives in Asia” in B. Mohanan (Ed) Quest for a Just World Order (Trivandrum 1999).
Reinforcement of Coalition Conundrum: Verdict of Kerala Electorate 1998, ISDA Journal, Vol.9, No.2, 1999.
In Search of an Alternative Structure of Governance, ISDA Journal, Vol.8, No.1, 1998.
China and SAARC, Research Review (Trivandrum) Vol.3, No.2, 1998.
Regional Economic Cooperation in South Asia in Raman Pillai (ed) India’s Foreign Policy in the 1990s (New Delhi 1997).
The Politics of Coalition of Regional Parties at the National Level in India, ISDA Journal, Vol.7, No.1 January-march, 1997.
Democratic Decentralization in India: Impediments and Potentialities,ISDA Journal Vol.6, No.1, 1996.
The Re-structuring of International Relations Theory, ISDA Journal Vol.3, No.2, April-June 1996.
Neo-Nationalism and the Crisis of State in South Asia, ISDA Journal, Vol.3, No.2, April-June 1996.
Community Formation in SAARC’s External Relations: Lessons From Asean, The Indian Journal of Political Science, Vol. 51, No.1, January-March, 1990
Extra-Regional Linkages and Regional Cooperation, Kerala Journal of Political Studies, Vol. 2 & 3, No.4, 5, 6, 1987-88.
French La Decentralization Démocratique en Inde, Alternatives Sud (Belgium) Vol.IV, No.3, 1997.

Research Grants

Civil Society and Social Capital in South Asia: A Comparative Study of the Process of Democratization and Development in the Age of Globalization” (Sponsored by ICSSR)
Women Law and Public Domain (Sponsored by UGC, New Delhi)
Formation and Strengthening of Self-Help Groups (Sponsored by CAPART)
People’s Participation in Development Planning: Constraints and Possibilities (Sponsored by UGC)
Women Leadership at the Grassroots Level (Sponsored by UGC)
Legal Status of Women (Kerala Women Commission)
Problems Faced by Working Women (Kerala Women Commission)
Geopolitical Objectives of the United States of America in South Asia (Middle Award by the ASRC Hyderabad.
UGC – Special Assistance Programme on India’s Security Strategy Phase I&II, DPIS (2011- 2021)

Teaching Experience:41 Years and Five months.

Department of Politics and International Studies, Pondicherry
UNESCO Madanjeet Singh Institute of South Asia Regional Cooperation (UMISARC)
South Asia Studies Programme
Gandhigram Rural Institute (01/05/2004 – 12/09/2006
PhD Guidance: 15 Completed.

Professional Service

Member, Advisory Committee, Southern Asia Studies Programme, Pondicherry University.
Member, Expert Committee, School of Interdisciplinary and Transdisciplinary Studies, IGNOU, New Delhi
Member, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kerala
Member, Board of Studies in Five Universities.
Served as Member of Academic Council, Gandhigram Rural Institute, and Gandhigram.
Served as Member of Academic Council, Executive Council and Court of Pondicherry University.
Served as Director (Hon.) Institute for Studying Developing Areas.

Grant proposal reviews

Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR) 2018
European Commission – (2009-2010)
Indo-Canadian Shastri Institute

Membership of editorial boards

Founder Editor, International Journal of South Asian Studies, Pondicherry University.
Founder Editor-in-Chief (Hon.), ISDA Journal – Studies in Development and Public Policy, Trivandrum.
Member, Editorial Advisory Board, Grassroots Governance Journal, Tirupati.
Member, Editorial Board, Indian Journal of Philosophy, Religion & Culture, Pondicherry University.

Professional Memberships

Life Member, Society for South Asian Studies
Member, Association for Asian Studies Inc.
Life Member, Indian Political Science Association
Life Member, Indian Institute of Public Administration, New Delhi
Life Member, Institute for the Study of Developing Areas, Trivandrum.
Member, European Association of South Asian Studies
Member, International Studies Association