Pratyush Sharma\u2019s dissertation topic for the Master\u2019s programme at O.P. Jindal Global University (JGU) was \u2018India\u2019s Foreign Relations: Connecting the Glorious Past with the Challenging Present\u2019. Currently pursuing a Ph.D. at the United Nations-mandated University for Peace (UPEACE) in Costa Rica, he represents that past and present of the nation in many ways. Having represented India at numerous prestigious events around the world, he is not new to being an ambassador for his country. We look at his journey where he has overcome challenges and achieved success in a short span of time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
After his engineering degree, Pratyush followed his heart by pursuing the MA (Diplomacy, Law, and Business) programme from the Jindal School of International Affairs (JSIA). He says he continues to rely on that interdisciplinary background in International Relations, International Law, and International Economics in his career. \u2018My time at JGU also helped me develop the way I viewed the world,\u2019 he says, looking back. It also gave him the opportunity to intern at the Research and Information System for Developing Countries (RIS), an autonomous New Delhi based think-tank under the Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As a\npart of the internship, Pratyush presented a report on India-Bhutan Development\nCooperation Initiatives. That much-appreciated report acted as the stepping-stone\ninto the world of research that has taken him places. It\u2019s not surprising that\none of his favourite spots at JGU was the library. \u2018It is a true gem that\noutshines many libraries I have seen abroad,\u2019 he shares with a smile on his\nface. It was also not surprising that he made his professional foray as a\nresearcher with RIS, where he coordinated courses and events on South-South\nCooperation and International Development Cooperation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The\nrole with RIS marked his entry into the international arena through several\nhigh profile events. Pratyush presented India\u2019s perspective in a conference organized\nby the United Nations Office for South-South Cooperation in Prague. He was also\na part of the Indian academic delegation to the 3rd International Conference on\nFinancing for Development held in Addis Ababa, the 70th Session of UN General\nAssembly, and the 2nd High-Level UN Conference on South-South Cooperation held in\nBuenos Aires. These international conferences cemented his position as an\nemerging voice in global relations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In his prolific career, Pratyush has received prestigious fellowships that enabled him to participate in the Managing Global Governance programme at the German Development Institute, and the International Futures programme at the German Federal Foreign Office in Germany. Pratyush has always stayed true to his passion for research and has many renowned publications under his belt. He also provided research inputs for a weekly television show called \u2018Global Review\u2019 on Lok Sabha TV. As he closes in on his Ph.D. from UPEACE, he is poised to write a new chapter in his career journey.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Pratyush Sharma\u2019s dissertation topic for the Master\u2019s programme at O.P. Jindal Global University (JGU) was \u2018India\u2019s Foreign Relations: Connecting the Glorious Past with the Challenging Present\u2019. Currently pursuing a Ph.D. at the United Nations-mandated University for Peace (UPEACE) in Costa Rica, he represents that past and present of the nation Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1722,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[52],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1721","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-alumni"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jgu.edu.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1721","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jgu.edu.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jgu.edu.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jgu.edu.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jgu.edu.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1721"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/jgu.edu.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1721\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1723,"href":"https:\/\/jgu.edu.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1721\/revisions\/1723"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jgu.edu.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1722"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jgu.edu.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1721"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jgu.edu.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1721"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jgu.edu.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1721"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}