Biography

Dr. Sriparna Pathak is a Professor of China Studies, and the founding Director of the Centre for Northeast Asian Studies at O.P. Jindal Global University, (JGU) Haryana, India. She also serves in the capacity of the Associate Director of the Jindal India Institute. She teaches courses on Foreign Policy of China as well as Theories of International Relations. In 2022, she published a book titled ‘Drifts and Dynamics: Russia’s Ukraine War and Northeast Asia. Her previous work experience covers Universities like Gauhati University, Don Bosco University; the Ministry of External Affairs, where she worked as a Consultant for the Policy Planning and Research Division, working on China’s domestic and foreign polices; think tanks like Observer Research Foundation in New Delhi and Kolkata respectively,  and the Centre for Armed Forces Historical Research in New Delhi.

She is also associated with Taiwan’s Doublethink Lab, as a regional partner, and works on tracking China’s influence operations. She has also been invited by the European Union's External Action Services for multiple workshops on tracking foreign information manipulation and interference. She is a recipient of the prestigious CITW Community Fund from Taipei’s Doublethink Lab. She has also been a recipient of the prestigious joint fellowship from India’s Ministry of Human Resources Development (MHRD) and the China Scholarship Council for studying an advanced level of Mandarin and for research in Beijing, People’s Republic of China between 2011-2013.

Awarded a Doctorate degree from the Centre for East Asian Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) in 2015, Dr. Pathak is fluent in English, Hindi, Mandarin Chinese, Bengali and Assamese. She has been a resource person for various media organisations, colleges, Universities and think tanks within India and abroad. She has bylines and has been quoted in national and international dailies, ranging from The Hindu to The Indian Express to the Hindustan Times to South China Morning Post to the Washington Post. She is currently working on separate academic projects on China’s perceptions of the Quad, and 10 years of India’s Security and Growth for All in the Region (SAGAR), and beyond. She tweets at @Sriparnapathak on X (formerly Twitter).