Prof. N. Manoharan

Dr N. Manoharan is Professor and Director, Centre for East Asian Studies, Department of International Studies, Christ University, Bengaluru. He earlier served at the National Security Council Secretariat (NSCS), PMO and Ministry of Defence, Government of India. He was South Asia Fellow at the East-West Center Washington and is a recipient of Mahbub-ul Haq international award for research. His main books include:

• Developing Democracies, Counter-terror Laws and Security: Lessons from India and Sri Lanka;
• ‘Security Deficit’: A Comprehensive Internal Security Strategy for India;
• India’s War on Terror;
• SAARC: Towards Greater Connectivity;
• Ethnic Violence and Human Rights in Sri Lanka; and
• Counterterrorism Legislation in Sri Lanka: Evaluating Efficacy.

His forthcoming book is on Federal Aspects of India’s Foreign Policy.

He is a consulting expert for ‘Varieties of Democracy Project’, Gothenburg University, Sweden. He is a resource person to training institutes of Governments of Karnataka and India. He has led several externally funded research projects pertaining to India’s foreign policy, South Asia and India’s internal security. Dr Manoharan is on the review board of SCOPUS-indexed journals and writes regularly for leading newspapers, and reputed peer-reviewed international journals.