Adarsh Vijay’s Post

Happy to share the news that a co-edited book titled "Quality Education: Mapping the Global Trajectories" by Vidya Ramanan and myself is out. The book was an outcome of the publication drive led by the Deanery (Research and Development) of the Madras Christian College in collaboration with the Notion Press. This work is a convergence of perspectives on quality education vis-a-vis Sustainable Development Goal 4 (SDG4) by the United Nations from diverse disciplines, such as Business Administration, Philosophy, Public Administration, and Political Science. Thanks, and congratulations to all the contributors (Ashlin Sarah George, Dr. Millicent Serena, Dr. R. Esther Hepziba, Dr. S. Kalyani, Kiran Raghul Raj, Shekin Sancho, Sreeja J S, Tejasvini Adya, Vijay Devanesan & Vimla B). Link: https://lnkd.in/g_z3Aed2

Glad to share that the book titled “Varying Dimensions of India’s National Security: Emerging Perspectives" (Springer Nature Group), edited by Dr. Anshuman Behera and Sitakanta Mishra, which consists of my co-authored chapter (with Dr. Haans J Freddy) titled “Competitive, Cooperative and Convergent Maritime Security and India’s National Security” was reviewed by Ryan Shaffer in the Journal of Policing, Intelligence and Counter Terrorism, published by the Taylor & Francis Group. https://lnkd.in/g7zHdEmi

I am glad to share that I chaired the Technical Session on "Human Security and AI" at Kriya 2024, the Annual Student Seminar of the Department of International Studies, Stella Maris College, Chennai, on 20 February 2024. The theme for this year was "The Age of AI". Thanks to Dr. Aarti S for the invite.

Glad to share that I was recently cited in yet another research article titled "India-Africa Maritime Security and Strategic Cooperation in the Twenty-First Century" published by the Journal of Defence Studies, MP-IDSA

I was invited as a Resource Person (along with Vidya Ramanan & Kiran Raghul Raj) on 29 November 2023 at the Kendriya Vidyalaya (No. 2), Air Force Station, Tambaram, for an interactive session on the Indian Constitution (a combination of lecture, games/puzzles & training) with the students as part of the PM SHRI Scheme. Thanks to Tejasvini Adya for helping me design the puzzles.

Glad to speak this afternoon on the topic - "India's Constitutional Darwinism and Naval Paradiplomacy: A Conceptual Forecast" in the Two Day National Seminar on "Contextualizing Constitution of India: Past, Present and Future" organised by the Department of Political Science, Central University of Andhra Pradesh. Thanks to Prof. Nupur Chowdhury for being the Lead Speaker of the Technical Session 3 - Indian Constitution: Futuristic Perspective.

Spoke today on the topic - Situating India's Naval Attachés in Military Change: A Nation Branding Perspective - in the National Webinar on "India in the Emerging Global Order" conducted by the Department of Political Science, University of Calicut in collaboration with the Society for Social Empowerment, New Delhi & Chaudhary Bansi Lal University, Bhiwani. Thanks to Dr. Sabu Thomas (Head, Department of Political Science - UoC) for the opportunity. Thanks to Mher Sahakyan for the keynote address and Brig (Prof) Jeewan Rajpurohit for chairing the technical session.

Successfully completed the Refresher Course in Political Sciences, Law and Public Administration at the UGC-HRDC, Jawaharlal Nehru University. Thanks to Preeti Dahiya & Prof. Himanshu Roy for facilitating the same. Thanks to Bidhan Golay, Ajinkya Gaikwad, Debjanee Ganguly, Dr. Harsh Meena, JUDALINE TORCATO and the other 43 colleague-friends for their brilliant inputs and ideas over the past fortnight.

Thanks to Subirthana Maharaja, Arpita Maitra & SISIRA K G for inviting me to deliver a guest lecture titled “Significance of Theory in Research” today at the Post Graduate Department of Public Policy, M.O.P. Vaishnav College for Women, Chennai, India.

Given the ongoing protests against the Vizhinjam Port in the state of Kerala, I am reposting my almost-four-year-old article published with the National Maritime Foundation- NMF on the maritime-military profile of the same. #indopacific #vizhinjam #maritime #india