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Global Conference on New Sinology (GCNS)

DATE: 25-26 SEPTEMBER 2023 | VENUE: THE GRAND, NEW DELHI

Concept Note

The GCNS assembles the finest global minds in Sinology from diverse academic backgrounds to analyze and understand China's path to global superpower status. ORCA has consistently resolved to make this annual conference the largest gathering of Indian and foreign new sinologists and practitioners in India specifically dealing with China in various capacities. The GCNS audience seats leading China-focused scholars from various Indian institutes and government bodies as well as international institutions. The format of dialogue is divided across Panels, Roundtables, Keynote Addresses, Experts' Dialogues and Special Events. The inaugural edition of the GCNS, saw ORCA host 55+ national/international experts and 400+ delegates in attendance across 5 sessions spanning two days with over 22 panels.  The full report of GCNS 2023 which amassed over 11000+ views. The second edition of the GCNS hosted 60 national and international experts and retained a 400+ delegate attendance count across five sessions. The unique topics ideated by ORCA at each GCNS go on to become grander avenues of discussion and scholarship by our speakers/attendees, and reports continue to inform debates for students and professionals alike. GCNS remains India’s foremost and only dialogue-driven conference dedicated to Chinese domestic politics, integrating emerging themes in New Sinology, and convening the largest gathering of Indian and international China scholars in the country.

SPeakers

Dr. Jagannath Panda

Dr. Jagannath Panda

Head of the Stockholm Center for South Asian and Indo-Pacific Affairs (SCSA-IPA) at the Institute for Security & Development Policy, Sweden
Mr. Claude Arpi

Mr. Claude Arpi

Distinguished Fellow, Centre of Excellence for Himalayan Studies, Shiv Nadar Institution of Eminence (Delhi)
Amb. Shyam Saran

Amb. Shyam Saran

Former Foreign Secretary of India; former Chairman of National Security Advisory Board (NSAB) and current President of India International Centre (IIC)
Amb. Ashok Kantha

Amb. Ashok Kantha

Former Ambassador of India to China
Dr. B. R. Deepak

Dr. B. R. Deepak

Professor, Chinese and China Studies, Centre of Chinese and Southeast Asian Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India
Dr. Anuradha Chenoy

Dr. Anuradha Chenoy

Former Dean at School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
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25 September

26 September

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Partners

Venue Partner

Venue Partner

The Grand, New Delhi is ORCA's GCNS 2023 Venue Partner.
Digital Partner

Digital Partner

KWAD is a software consulting firm that specializes in web-app, iOS & Android mobile application design and website development.
Content Partner

Content Partner

The Memo is a digital platform that provides the latest insights into forces shaping business and politics globally.
Research and Event Cooperation Partner

Research and Event Cooperation Partner

The Policy Perspectives Foundation (PPF) was founded in 2005 as a non-profit and apolitical think-tank on matters of national interest. The organisation’s activities focus on complex and inter-connected challenges to internal peace, stability and development in India.
Media Partner

Media Partner

StratNewsGlobal.com is an Indian niche venture that has established itself as an online media house that provides a judicious mix of on-ground reporting and in-depth analysis of events as they happen, in the strategic affairs, foreign policy and defence space. StratNews Global's coverage is also a valuable open-source intelligence as many dignitaries and people holding high offices talk to us on current affairs and international relations.
University Partner

University Partner

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.
Think Tank Partner

Think Tank Partner

C3S is the only think tank based away from Delhi that carries out a focused study of China, and related dynamics in South Asia. The profile of research and discussion activities at C3S pivots on the in-depth study of developments relating to China with priority to issues of interest to India in various verticals - Business & Economics, Defence & Security, Geopolitics & Strategy, Society & Politics, Science & Technology, Human Rights & Law, Culture & History and Environment & Health.

Convenors

Eerishika Pankaj

Eerishika Pankaj is the Director of New Delhi based think-tank, the Organisation for Research on China and Asia (ORCA), which focuses on decoding domestic Chinese politics and its impact on Beijing’s foreign policymaking. She is also an Editorial and Research Assistant to the Series Editor for Routledge Series on Think Asia; a Young Leader in the 2020 cohort of the Pacific Forum’s Young Leaders Program; a Commissioning Editor with E-International Relations for their Political Economy section; a Member of the Indo-Pacific Circle and a Council Member of the WICCI’s India-EU Business Council. Primarily a China and East Asia scholar, her research focuses on Chinese elite/party politics, the India-China border, water and power politics in the Himalayas, Tibet, the Indo-Pacific and India’s bilateral ties with Europe and Asia. In 2023, she was selected as an Emerging Quad Think Tank Leader, an initiative of the U.S. State Department’s Leaders Lead on Demand program. Eerishika is the co-editor of the book 'The Future of Indian Diplomacy: Exploring Multidisciplinary Lenses' and of the Special Issues on 'The Dalai Lama’s Succession: Strategic Realities of the Tibet Question' as well as 'Building the Future of EU-India Strategic Partnership'. She can be reached on [email protected]

Rahul Karan Reddy

Rahul Karan Reddy is a Senior Research Associate at Organisation for Research on China and Asia (ORCA). He works on domestic Chinese politics and trade, producing data-driven research in the form of reports, dashboards and digital media. He is the author of ‘Islands on the Rocks’, a monograph about the Senkaku/Diaoyu island dispute between China and Japan. Rahul was previously a research analyst at the Chennai Center for China Studies (C3S). He is the creator of the India-China Trade dashboard and the Chinese Provincial Development Indicators dashboard. His work has been published in The Diplomat, East Asia Forum, ISDP & Tokyo Review, among others. He can be reached via email at [email protected] and @RahulKaranRedd1 on Twitter.

Omkar Bhole

Omkar Bhole is a Senior Research Associate at the Organisation for Research on China and Asia (ORCA). He has studied Chinese language up to HSK4 and completed Masters in China Studies from Somaiya University, Mumbai. He has previously worked as a Chinese language instructor in Mumbai and Pune. His research interests are India’s neighbourhood policy, China’s foreign policy in South Asia, economic transformation and current dynamics of Chinese economy and its domestic politics. He was previously associated with the Institute of Chinese Studies (ICS) and What China Reads. He has also presented papers at several conferences on China. Omkar is currently working on understanding China’s Digital Yuan initiative and its implications for the South Asian region including India. He can be reached at [email protected] and @bhole_omkar on Twitter.

Ratish Mehta

Ratish Mehta is a Research Associate at the Organisation for Research on China and Asia (ORCA). He is a postgraduate in Global Studies from Ambedkar University, Delhi and works on gauging India’s regional and global political interests. His area of focus include understanding the value of narratives, rhetoric and ideology in State and non-State interactions, deconstructing political narratives in Global Affairs as well as focusing on India’s Foreign Policy interests in the Global South and South Asia. He was previously associated with The Pranab Mukherjee Foundation and has worked on projects such as Indo-Sino Relations, History of the Constituent Assembly of India and the Evolution of Democratic Institutions in India. His forthcoming projects at ORCA include a co-edited Special Issue on India’s Soft Power Diplomacy in South Asia, Tracing India’s Path as the Voice of the Global South and Deconstructing Beijing’s ‘Global’ Narratives.

Ahana Roy

Ahana Roy was previously a Research Associate and Chief Operations Officer at Organisation for Research on China and Asia (ORCA). She is a postgraduate in Political Science with International Relations from Jadavpur University. Her areas of interest include non-traditional security studies with a focus on gender and sexuality studies, society, and culture in China specifically and East Asia broadly. She can be reached on Twitter @ahanaworks and her email [email protected]
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