Based on a thought provoking tweet by a colleague Dr. Rajiv Ranjan, Assistant Professor at ShanghaiUniversity and Adjunct Fellow at the Institute for Chinese Studies, New Delhi, I am highlighting the various scholars from India who have expertise on China. When it comes to the people and places in India where Chinese studies is done, a few places like Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) and Delhi University (DU) stand out due to their prominent location in New Delhi. JNU, my alma mater, has expertise in two schools - the School of Language Studies where Chinese is taught at the Undergraduate level and the School of International Studies, which hosts the Centre for East Asian Studies and offers M.Phil and Ph.D programs. I have been privileged to be taught by Professor Alka Acharya who also headed the Institute for Chinese Studies which is the pre-eminent Think Tank on Chinese studies in India. The Delhi University also has the Department of East Asian Studies ...
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