overview

  • Dr. Sreeram Chaulia is a social scientist and an opinion maker on international issues. As Professor and Dean, he has headed administration of a team of over 40 faculty members and 600 students at the Jindal School of International Affairs, a premier centre for higher education and learning within the Sonipat-based O.P.Jindal Global University.

    Dr. Chaulia areas of specialisation include diplomacy, foreign policy, comparative politics, international political economy, international organisations, armed conflict, humanitarian practices, and contemporary world history. He teaches courses related to these subjects and has over nine hundred and sixty publications in these domains. His writings have appeared in journals in the USA, UK, Australia, Canada and India. He is the author of six books and writes columns on international issues in the Indian newspapers ‘Dainik Jagran’ (Hindi) and ‘Mint’. His op-eds and columns have also appeared in leading newspapers, including ‘The Wall Street Journal’, ‘Japan Times’, ‘South China Morning Post’, ‘The Straits Times’, ‘The Asian Age’, ‘The Times of India’, ‘Hindustan Times’, ‘The Hindu’, ‘The Economic Times’, ‘The Statesman’ and ‘The New Indian Express’.

    Dr. Chaulia has been interviewed on issues relating to the global economy, contemporary armed conflicts and world politics by Russia Today (Moscow), China Global Television Network (Beijing), South Africa Broadcasting Corporation (Johannesburg), Voice of America, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Al Jazeera, Associated Press, Agence-France Presse, ‘The New York Times’, ‘USA Today’ and ‘The Wall Street Journal’. He has been cited in the world media for his analytical articles on pressing current events.

    Professor Chaulia hosts the fortnightly ‘Indian Diplomacy’ TV show on India’s national broadcaster DD India. He is a regular commentator on international current issues on Sansad TV, DD News and Republic TV in India, with over 700 television appearances to date.

    Professor Chaulia has worked as an international civilian peacekeeper for the Brussels-based NGO, Nonviolent Peace force, in the war zones of eastern Sri Lanka and southern Philippines for over three years. He was a Contributing Editor serving on the Board of the Kashmir News Network (KNN), a rights advocacy organisation for minority victims of ethnic cleansing in the Indian territory of Jammu & Kashmir. He is an advocate for freedom and democracy and has written extensively about the problems of repression and human suffering under authoritarian regimes.

education and training

  • Ph.D. in Political Science, Syracuse University , Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Civilian Protection and Humanitarian Organisations: Rationality or Culture? 2005 - 2009
  • M.A. in International Relations, Syracuse University , Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs 2001 - 2003
  • M.Sc. in History of International Relations, London School of Economics and Political Science 2000 - 2001
  • B.A. in Modern History, University of Oxford , University College 1998 - 2000
  • B.A. in History, St.Stephen’s College 1995 - 1998

full name

  • Sreeram Sundar Chaulia

primary email

  • schaulia[@]jgu[dot]edu[dot]in